Live in LA
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- frediscrazy0
Worst place on earth. If you work in the design field, be prepared - you wlll be working with some of the biggest weasels you've ever met.
All the cliches about pollution and traffic are as bad u heard, plus more. Beaches - no one goes into the water because of high bacteria count. Apartments are crap; 1960 - 1970's style "cheesy complex" aesthetics, and over-priced. My biggest surprise is the high level of racism - very segregated - and nobody gets along with anyone.
No downtown - just poser bars and club w/ expensive drinks - oh yeah, and trader joes.
Just because a place has warm weather does not mean you should live there - Hell is warm too.
If you meet someone who loves LA - for gods sake - turn around and run - fast. all the way to the east coast.
- LOLakrokdesign
- hahahjuhls
- this is just generalised twoddleAffluenza
- A+Melanie
- Generally right about most of that, but downtown does have some cool bars. No trader joes in downtown though...twooh
- akrokdesign0
downtown has change a bit in a few years. still, its no n.y.
- Where? (said in sincere way) - I live off 7th street by Spring - and it is so depressing, - but it is close to a 24 hour fitness.frediscrazy
- since the disney concert hall. a lot of new condos etc. staple center is changing too.akrokdesign
- scarabin_net0
every point there can easily be argued. life is as good or bad as you make it, no matter where you live, and it's especially easy to be happy in LA unless you're coming to it with fears and angst about everything
- there's something here for everyonescarabin_net
- true.akrokdesign
- ukit0
- frediscrazy0
Dude - It's obvious that LA is getting "props" from a bunch of moron standing around in skinny jeans, vans and a expenisve poser tshirt from buffalo exchange, holding their skate boards.
Visit first - please - what ever you do -visit first. If you want the true LA experience, try Mac Arthur Park (When the lake was drained during construction of the Red Line tunnel hundreds of handguns and other firearms were found to have been disposed of in the lake.)
What is it you do for a living specifically?
- macarthur park is not representative od los angeles in general. that's like saying because one person is retarded, ALL people are retardedscarabin_net
- ALL people are retardedscarabin_net
- morilla0
Try to live in Santa Monica if you can. A very beautiful spot. It is a totally different mindset out here. It takes some people time to get used to it.
L.A. is what you make of it and who you hang around. Just like anywhere else.
- do you live in samo?whendog
- A close friend does. I visit quite often. Probably my favorite spot up there.morilla
- Downtown on spring - I had to relocate for job - no time to see apartment or visit LA - agent promised me it was "just like living in NYC" - they saw me coming. One yr lease - it's up and I'm leaving LA - fastfrediscrazy
- whendog0
It's a good city to have a GF in - it can get lonely and is harder to meet people than in NYC cause you drive everywhere...But there is ALOT to do, and a lot of great restaurants and bars if that is your scene
- fooler20
Maynard does not like...
Some say the end is near.
Some say well see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will.
I sure could use a vacation from thisBullshit three ring circus sideshow of
FreaksHere in this hopeless fucking hole we call la
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fucking time. any fucking day.
Learn to swim, Ill see you down in arizona bay.Fret for your figure and
Fret for your latte and
Fret for your hairpiece and
Fret for your lawsuit and
Fret for your prozac and
Fret for your pilot and
Fret for your contract and
Fret for your car.Its a
Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of
FreaksHere in this hopeless fucking hole we call la
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fucking time. any fucking day.
Learn to swim, Ill see you down in arizona bay.Some say a comet will fall from the sky.
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still.
Followed by millions of dumbfounded dipshits.Some say the end is near.
Some say well see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will cuz
I sure could use a vacation from thisSilly shit, stupid shit...
One great big festering neon distraction,
Ive a suggestion to keep you all occupied.Learn to swim.
Moms gonna fix it all soon.
Moms comin round to put it back the way it ought to be.Learn to swim.
Fuck l ron hubbard and
Fuck all his clones.
Fuck all those gun-toting
Hip gangster wannabes.Learn to swim.
Fuck retro anything.
Fuck your tattoos.
Fuck all you junkies and
Fuck your short memory.Learn to swim.
Fuck smiley glad-hands
With hidden agendas.
Fuck these dysfunctional,
Insecure actresses.Learn to swim.
Cuz Im praying for rain
And Im praying for tidal waves
I wanna see the ground give way.
I wanna watch it all go down.
Mom please flush it all away.
I wanna see it go right in and down.
I wanna watch it go right in.
Watch you flush it all away.Time to bring it down again.
Dont just call me pessimist.
Try and read between the lines.I cant imagine why you wouldnt
Welcome any change, my friend.I wanna see it all come down.
Put it down.
Suck it down.
Flush it down.- maynard hates most thingsscarabin_net
- except winefooler2
- heh, true
and himselfscarabin_net
- morilla0
yeah, but MJK is also a bazillionare who can build a killer compound in Jerome AZ. Waiting for his beach front property.
- skt0
i prefer NYC, but LA is a much, much better a place to live than i expected it to be.
don't listen to tits like fred, the place is what you make of it. he obviously failed at it.
weather is great, smog isn't too bad, eating is good, drinking is good, entertainment is good, work still seems to be plentiful, loads of places within a 5 hour drive that are well worh visiting, hipsters, yes, loads of them, but try going to London, New York, Barcelona, Berlin and not seeing plenty of them. i live right in amongst them all in Silverlake, so fuck, i have a nice apt with outdoor space and views. you don't have to go to Intelligentsia with your macbook and try and join in if you don't want to.
my only major gripe would be the lack of public transport. oh, and it's hot as shit.
- Where in Silver lake do you live poser?frediscrazy
- are you fat? i bet you're fat.skt
- Hey, Macgregor, your a funny guy. We should meet for a drink, and u can convince me how great LA is.frediscrazy
- it's weird, i know almost nobody in this city, and don't have the option of going for drinks very often, but still, no thanks.skt
- That's OK ya big jessy - sliver lake is small - I jog around the reservoir on weekends, and often have drinks at some of the sunset dives - I'm sure we'll bump into each other sooner or later.frediscrazy
- pepe0
bah, LA is no better or worse than anywhere else, at least its warm and when the economy sucks at least there are more opportunities since the pool of work is bigger. The exact same argument could be made for nyc, but like anywhere you just pick and choose your spots and there are gems to be found.
- akrokdesign0
if you want to live close to the beach and affordable. i would recommend long beach. which 30 mins south of l.a. the home of snoop dogg, and a few qbns. :-)
- +1akoni
- yeah, very cheap there, very little snobbery. parking can be bad and avoid any place that looks like you could score meth therescarabin_net
- that would be the eastsideakoni
- frediscrazy0
fine - I'm crazy, right now I'm sitting in a sanitarium with a drool cup in my hand and a protective yellow helmet on my head. Watch any MTV reality show, and that's exactly what LA is like - amazing - So ignore everything I said. U 2 can be spencer
But I still highly recommend visiting for a week, or more if possible - find some cheap flight on South West - sofa surf - and don't give up a rent controlled loft until you know for sure.
- hey loco! lol.akrokdesign
- Actually - it's los vatos locos - brooklyn -frediscrazy
- pepe0
if you dont like hipsters dont go to silverlake or echo park or even venice to some degree. if you want to avoid stereotypical LA dont go to west hollywood or hollywood. That still leaves quite a bit to enjoy. The one bitch is the car/public transportation thing, it makes it hard to meet people if you dont know any.
- akoni0
I live in Long Beach (actually in Belmont Shore area) and like it (in Los Angeles County).. much calmer than actual LA
- scarabin_net0
not sure why anyone would go out of their way to avoid hipsters. they're a harmless lot and from the sound of it you guys don't get out much anyway
silverlake and other "hipster areas" are some of the cleanest, quietest, and crime-free areas in so cal, you're surrounded by the art/fashion/design scene (which i imagine would be a priority for designers here), and there are bangin' chicks everywhere you turn...
- gabe0
crazy fred, honest question for you—if you hate LA so much, why don't you move somewhere else?
- +?SteveJobs
- what the hell, you a fuckin cop. I already posted - lease up in May - movers come and I'm out- is that ok w/ u?frediscrazy
- Corvo20
It looks dangerous on TV. But then, most Europeans have the notion that US major cities are extraordinarily dangerous.
- kush0
to live and die in LA its the place to be youve got to be there to know it what everybody wanna seeeee