On living in Los Angeles

[summit]

Its hot, dirty, smoggy, brown-colored, full of traffic, and generally shitty-looking with a few gems here and there. Oh, and expensive.

what's wrong with people who are of different skin color?

 

[Leyawiin]

ja ja.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Sounds like pretty much every metropolis in the....world

except it has better weather

 

[bradly1101]

because LA is awesome and everyone wants to live here

No snow (at city elevation)
No tornadoes
No hurricanes
Less humidity

But...earthquakes

 

[K1052]

No snow (at city elevation)
No tornadoes
No hurricanes
Less humidity

But...earthquakes

plus..

Fires
Mudslides
Celebrities

 

[zerocool84]

plus..

Fires
Mudslides
Celebrities

No snow (at city elevation)
No tornadoes
No hurricanes
Less humidity

But...earthquakes

Earthquakes are extremely rare

Mudslides only happen to you if you're in the expensive hilly areas

Fires only happen in places that are out of the way. Rarely do they ever happen in large populated areas.

We are going through a massive drought though. It's ok, we will just steal everyone else's water like we always do.

 

[ussfletcher]

If I was forced to move to LA I'd get a place in Pasadena, its probably the lease objectionable, yet somewhat affordable, place in the area.

 

[postmortemIA]

plus..

Fires
Mudslides
Celebrities

+
Homeless people
illegal immigrants
traffic
assholes everywhere

that was my impression.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

No snow (at city elevation)
No tornadoes
No hurricanes
Less humidity

But...earthquakes

Continuing with the theme of No's...

No fresh air
No unconjested roads
No good food
No good public transport

After visiting LA, I don't think I'd recommend it even to visit. But apparently it grows on people after a while.

 

[Babbles]

I moved to L.A. about six months ago. I grew up in Texas then lived in Pennsylvania for several years, so I've lived in different environments.

The rent and gas is expensive, but I don't think the cost of living is out of line for any other metropolis. It is a surprisingly pretty area with the mountains and ocean.

 

[bradly1101]

Continuing with the theme of No's...

No fresh air
No unconjested roads
No good food
No good public transport

After visiting LA, I don't think I'd recommend it even to visit. But apparently it grows on people after a while.

Fresh air by the coast usually
Plenty of open roads (as long as you avoid the grind)
Food all depends on where you go
I'll give you that on public transport, for which we can thank oil, tire and car companies

Before the demise of the Red Cars, the system was bought up by General Motors, Standard Oil and Firestone Tires, among others, and the service began to suffer. Over a comparatively short period of time, with the management of these automobile-affiliated companies the Red Car system lessened in quality, service, and subsequently lost many formerly satisfied customers. Perhaps not so coincidentally, this formerly popular and efficient service had quickly fallen into disrepair. Once the new owners "proved" the ineptness of the Red Cars to the (notoriously corrupt) city officials, it was agreed upon that the transit system would be shut down and dismantled. Sadly, you can still see skeletons on the old rail system on some of L.A.'s traffic ridden streets.

http://albertcamus27.hubpages.com/hub/Public-Transit-in-Los-Angeles

 

[PieIsAwesome]

what's wrong with people who are of different skin color?

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

Fresh air by the coast usually

Compared to where I live not even the beach has fresh air. Speaking of, LA beaches are a bit of a joke.

Plenty of open roads (as long as you avoid the entire county)

FTFY

Food all depends on where you go

I'll grant you that. But I ate out pretty much every meal during my month there, and most meals were either very cheap or very not worth it.

I'll give you that on public transport, for which we can thank oil, tire and car companies



http://albertcamus27.hubpages.com/hub/Public-Transit-in-Los-Angeles

Sadly Auckland seems to be going the way of LA on the transport front. We don't even have your low gas prices.

Disappointing.

 

[Ns1]

I'll grant you that. But I ate out pretty much every meal during my month there, and most meals were either very cheap or very not worth it.

LA is a huge city. clearly you have no idea what you were doing or have no palette.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

LA is a huge city. clearly you have no idea what you were doing or have no palette.

It's funny, but despite our food being consistently twice the cost of food in the US, and our minimum wage being much higher, with taxes and tips our restaurant food isn't significantly more expensive and I'm more consistently satisfied with the quality here.

Or maybe I'm just a philistine who prefers my hollandaise to come from an egg and butter in a bain-marie rather than from custard and cream, or worse, from a powder in a packet. Or my steak to actually come cooked on both sides (as opposed to at one place which shall remain nameless). Or for it to come medium rare when I ask for it medium rare (not ranging from blue to well done, as I've experienced; thankfully that range was not through the one steak).

My hollandaise was green. I don't even know how that's possible.

 

[Ns1]

It's funny, but despite our food being consistently twice the cost of food in the US, and our minimum wage being much higher, with taxes and tips our restaurant food isn't significantly more expensive and I'm more consistently satisfied with the quality here.

Or maybe I'm just a philistine who prefers my hollandaise to come from an egg and butter in a bain-marie rather than from custard and cream, or worse, from a powder in a packet. Or my steak to actually come cooked on both sides (as opposed to at one place which shall remain nameless). Or for it to come medium rare when I ask for it medium rare (not ranging from blue to well done, as I've experienced; thankfully that range was not through the one steak).

you can get all those things, you just gotta know where to look. where you shouldn't go would be like, cheesecake factory.

so pardon the obvious, did you take any of our suggestions?
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=36182022

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

you can get all those things, you just gotta know where to look. where you shouldn't go would be like, cheesecake factory.

so pardon the obvious, did you take any of our suggestions?
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=36182022

Yes, actually.

Slaters 50/50 was alright, but it wasn't fantastic or anything and it was pretty expensive.

Langers was pretty good. Tommys was pretty good too.

Places like Mastros and Pacific Dining Car were pretty far out of my budget.

I actually went to the Cheesecake Factory, and the food wasn't too bad. The actual cheesecake was shit. Like eating cream cheese that had been subjected to a machine press.

In 'n Out was alright. The first time I had it the beef was a bit dry. The second time was a lot better.

In general, I liked the food in San Francisco a lot more. The LA places I went to seemed to have a philosophy of quantity > quality.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Yes, actually.

Slaters 50/50 was alright, but it wasn't fantastic or anything and it was pretty expensive.

Langers was pretty good. Tommys was pretty good too.

Places like Mastros and Pacific Dining Car were pretty far out of my budget.

I actually went to the Cheesecake Factory, and the food wasn't too bad. The actual cheesecake was shit. Like eating cream cheese that had been subjected to a machine press.

In 'n Out was alright. The first time I had it the beef was a bit dry. The second time was a lot better.

In general, I liked the food in San Francisco a lot more. The LA places I went to seemed to have a philosophy of quantity > quality.

rofl you have no idea about the food scene in LA...the botom line is you get what you pay for...you go cheap you get cheap...

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

rofl you have no idea about the food scene in LA...the botom line is you get what you pay for...you go cheap you get cheap...

I don't mind cheap and mediocre. My problem is that some of the places I went to were cheap and crap, or expensive and mediocre.

 

[MrDingleDangle]

Yes, actually.

Slaters 50/50 was alright, but it wasn't fantastic or anything and it was pretty expensive.

Langers was pretty good. Tommys was pretty good too.

Places like Mastros and Pacific Dining Car were pretty far out of my budget.

I actually went to the Cheesecake Factory, and the food wasn't too bad. The actual cheesecake was shit. Like eating cream cheese that had been subjected to a machine press.

In 'n Out was alright. The first time I had it the beef was a bit dry. The second time was a lot better.

In general, I liked the food in San Francisco a lot more. The LA places I went to seemed to have a philosophy of quantity > quality.

I have lived in LA for 10+ years and have only been to a couple of those places. The key to food in LA is the hole in the wall ethnic restaurants, not the super popular places you may have heard of. I have lived in multiple big cities in the US and LA has by far the best diversity of food and most of the food is pretty cheap.

 

[Sheep221]

And that's the problem we have, it's so awesome, too many damn people live here so we get traffic, but then in turn we get mixes of the hottest women on earth and the best mix of foods anywhere.

Stop by in central europe, we still have the most hot women per sq mi.

But not sure if cities such as LA are good place to live life(the real one not that hollywood nonsense), high crime, traffic and concrete structures everywhere pretty badly impact quality of life.
But I for sure would love to visit it once.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

As an Asian, I'd live in SGV like Arcadia or Temple City. You can get some pretty nice and relatively new houses there to rent with a few friends.

But that's just me.

LA Proper does suck.

I currently fly down to the Irvine area a lot. My take is to go either east or south, away from the filth.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

I have lived in LA for 10+ years and have only been to a couple of those places. The key to food in LA is the hole in the wall ethnic restaurants, not the super popular places you may have heard of. I have lived in multiple big cities in the US and LA has by far the best diversity of food and most of the food is pretty cheap.

That was actually my experience too. The smaller, cheaper places tended to have better food, especially relative to price.

Except for "Mexican" food. Those beans are disgusting.

 

[Leyawiin]

Except for "Mexican" food. Those beans are disgusting.

You completely lost me there. I can now discount everything you've posted as a typically hypercritical New Zealander with a superiority complex and go to bed.

 

[TridenT]

I considered moving to LA. I was thinking of going to UCLA and some other schools in the area.

I decided against it. It's not worth it. The out of state tuition cost won't become in state tuition. Pollution and smog in LA is real and terrible. It's the worst in the USA. If you've lived in clean cities or in areas where smog isn't much of a thing, you are in for a shocker. When I was in West Hollywood it was like acid in my lungs. It wasn't unpleasant, it was unbreatheable. The sprawl is unfuckingbelievable and it's STILL expensive to live in that shithole even though it's so sprawled out. Seriously, LA is not a city. It's a bunch of cities that are near each other enough to have a massive county that includes them all. LA is what other cities metros are but it's all incorporated into one city instead.

You are not buying into a large city, you'll be buying into whatever neighborhood/sub-city you're in. You won't be leaving it much either because it takes hours to fucking get anywhere. You'll sit in roasting hot traffic and breathe in the worst fucking air in the US while doing it.

I used to think of moving to LA. I was there for a week and I was completely turned off by it because it's so hideous as a city.

Maynard was right.