Ok, I arrived in LA a few months back. I really am a postive person, but am not a big fan of LA. I find many, not all, people to be really flaky, fake, and with ulterior motives, or an agenda. Maybe its just me, but I really don't care for people who use people and try to extract anything useful, then go on to the next. I had such high hopes for CA, but am kind of disapointed thus far. I can see how this town could turn a person into a lost soul. Thanks
2007-02-24 18:24:05 · 25 answers · asked by Johnny5 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Sacramento
Thanks for all the input. I really find a trend in most people who obsess with looks and are lacking in SO many other areas which actually matter in life. I consider myself a good looking person, but if that was my crutch in life, I would be really eshamed.
2007-02-26 15:06:43 · update #1
Definitely not! I'm from Cali, don't lump me in!!!
2007-02-24 18:27:47 · answer #1 · answered by Nocine 4 · 7⤊ 0⤋
California is an incredibly diverse state. I live in the far north of the state in Crescent City. The population of the entire county is 25,000. Plastic fashionistas? Here, if you can't get it at WalMart, you can't get it. We have 300 foot Redwoods and 100 inches of rain a year. I say this only to demonstrate an extreme. This state has everything in between, be it culture, climate or city size.
LA is a pretty easy place to get lost in. As one person said, "There is no there there". On the surface it all looks the same, the prototype for strip mall America. Dig deeper and you will find one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world. Go to events and places where you are likely to meet people you can relate to and maybe you'll find a niche for yourself. If you still can't stand the place (I can relate) just bear in mind that California is the size of many European countries, and if it was a country it would be the 7th largest economy in the world. Surely there is a place for you somewhere here!
2007-02-28 00:47:29 · answer #2 · answered by gordon B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a really positive person too and a lot of people FROM L.A. are too. Sounds like you met a lot of the imports. People that are flaky, fake and have ulterior motives can't stand the small towns that they grew up in because everybody knows everything about everybody in town. They come to L.A. for anonymity. They don't have to live up to anyone's expectations, not even their own. That's because you probably won't bump into the same person ever again in a big city. Those kind of people care too much about their privacy. Which makes the rest of us keep to ourselves.
Just like anywhere else, most L.A. natives were brought up by good parents and taught morals, manners and hospitality.
Sorry you met the unpleasant people that our big city attracts. Maybe sometime you can run into the rest of us. Just a tip, where ever you go, you can draw out more of the friendly people when you wear a kind smile (not a gullible smile, which makes you a target anywhere). It just takes a little more patience to get people to open up in L.A. because they have to be on guard against "those people" you were mentioning.
2007-02-25 05:36:59 · answer #3 · answered by J Z 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You definitely should not judge the huge state of California by LA. I'm not much of a fan of LA either, but there is so much more to CA.
San Diego is a much more attractive big city. There is the beautiful coast and all the wonderful coastal cities in addition to San Diego: Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo are my favorites, followed by Carmel, Monterey, Santa Cruz, Sausalito, Mendocino, Eureka, & Crescent City. There are the beautiful and unmatched Redwoods of northern CA.
The San Francisco Bay Area is overcrowded & full of traffic, but there are many beautiful things to see in San Francisco, the East Bay & Marin County to the north. The Napa County wine country is wonderful.
The State Capital, Sacramento, is a very overlooked and underrated city: the housing is affordable, the economy is good, the downtown area with its tree-lined streets is nice, there are recreational opportunities galore on the Sacramento & American rivers, the American River Parkway & nearby Folsom Lake, Clear Lake & Lake Berryessa. Lake Tahoe is a scenic & recreational jewel.
And finally, even the deserts of southern CA have something to offer, from Palm Springs to Death Valley.
2007-02-26 20:25:57 · answer #4 · answered by Ray 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just like cultural differences across the country, Los Angeles culture varies from its other city neighbors 20 miles away or 200 miles away. Having been raised in LA county to age 18 and then doing college in Northern California, I instantly saw a big difference in the average person my age. LA people were quite fake and pretentious. I loved meeting real people in NoCal so I have stayed these past 25 years.
"Beauty is only skin Deep" In LA that's really true, because that's all you ever really see. Thank God superficiality is not the rule throughout California.
2007-02-26 02:47:16 · answer #5 · answered by MIKE D 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No, you really can't judge all of California based on LA!! Sweetie, LA is like that-it's full of deeeeply superficial blood suckers. If you want to experience a kinder gentler California, go visit San Francisco, Napa, Bodega Bay, the Redwoods, just about anywhere is better than LA. Head north!! I'm not a huge fan of LA. I'm not in the music, TV or film industry so there's no reason for me to have ever put up with LA for more than a brief visit. Get out while you can, before you become one of them!!
2007-02-26 11:53:58 · answer #6 · answered by wwhrd 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Politically Calif is in bad shape and the cost of living is very expensive.
We live in two states work in No. Calif and have a ranch So Utah. They are as different as night and day. That goes also for No Ca to So Ca.
One can get more then a lost soul in So Ca. Sad because it use to be one of the best places in the US to live from affordability to quality of life. Today it is just one step from being a third world.
2007-03-01 00:59:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not. Because, LA is just one city. It doesn't mean that evrybody in California acts that way. LA is LA, its not all of California. You can't judge a state solely based on one city.
Up where LA is Hollywood, thats why there is fake ppl. But if you go to other towns\cities their not the same. So pls don't judge California and Californians soely on LA. I'm a Californian, and i know for the fact that California is not all people who use people.
Go to other places in Califonia and you will see.
2007-02-25 02:35:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
NO!
la does NOT exemplify our state or even the rest of southern california
northern california is a great place with real people and so are other parts of southern california outside of that city.
people from norcal, and the people ive met from socal out of la despise being put into that category just because of that great, hole of the state
being that la has 5 million or something people in it, im sure you just have to look harder for the good ones.
dont judge our state on that tanned void of culture
2007-02-25 03:34:27 · answer #9 · answered by Pitbull 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not fair! California is a wonderful place, despite the bad wrap it gets. A lot of Northern Californians do not appreciate LA's tainting of their fabulous state. I hope you meet some nice people who can show how nice California is. Leave LA quickly!
2007-02-25 04:53:02 · answer #10 · answered by genepool 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I hate to have to agree with you, but so many ppl I've met in LA were really soulless and sometimes really vicious. Worse than the stereotypical New York city rude person. California however is a really diverse state and you will meet all kinds of ppl. You'll also see that there are all kinds of cities and towns, each with their own personalities.
2007-02-25 02:32:12 · answer #11 · answered by Santa C 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋