I may move out to LA. Will it be that much of a culture shock for a laidback sports chick? Not so interested in being physically perfect or plastic... just not my style.
2007-03-13 14:50:31 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Los Angeles
there are those people but LA isn't really like that, more like Hollywood and that area. LA is majority Mexican so there are a lot of Mexican cultural influences.
2007-03-14 05:32:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I was born and raised in the mid-west and then lived in oregon for awhile and when i came to california for boarding school i noticed a huge difference!
i will admit, it does seem like theres a lot more superficial people here just because it's a part of the culture. As soon as it started getting hot 75% of the girls at my school were all of a sudden orange.... and as clique as it sounds... most of them have dyed blonde hair and white bleached teeth and it took me a REALLY long time to get used to the different type of people here.
but on the other hand... i've met some of the coolest people ever here! they are all from smaller areas around LA but theres always good and bad people everywhere you go.
its not my style to be physically perfect either... i'm happy with *brown hair and *curves and *light skin haha so you just have to know yourself and then you'll be able to see some of the people as different but still accept them.
LA is fun... lots of fun... so even if the people do get to you.. enjoy CALIFORNIA!!
:D
2007-03-14 17:42:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a huge misconception about LA. Yes its true, there are some plastic people who think they are better than everyone because they saw Lindsay Lohan at Fred Segal, but LA is just like anywhere else. All kinds of people live there - and you can find your place with people you like. LA is a great place. Its a great experience to live there at some point.
2007-03-14 17:30:54 · answer #3 · answered by EthanHunt 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they are very superficial and phony, compared to the bay area, where i grew up. and, i also think la has the rudest people, by far, of any city i've visited. i've been in la for 10 years, and you eventually get used to the rudeness, but that doesn't make it right. there are some great people in la, but they are by far in the minority. this is just my experience. i won't speak for anyone else. i am a very laidback, down to earth, punker gay dude, if that makes a difference.
2007-03-16 00:45:07 · answer #4 · answered by Dylan F 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you are moving from New York or that area to LA and you are a New yorker or of jewish descent you will find the place where your fellow east coast neighbors have moved to.
Northern and southern California are two different worlds. Good Luck.
2007-03-13 15:03:12 · answer #5 · answered by Bob G 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the main reason you do no longer see white liberals shifting to the East edge is that even regardless of the indisputable fact which you reside in la, except you artwork for the l. a. Housing Authority, you're in no place to computer screen and count extensive form the races of individuals shifting from one place to a distinctive.
2016-10-02 02:06:38 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are so many people in Los Angeles. You will find more people here who you can relate to and connect with than any other place in the country. So don't worry. Come out and live the good life.
2007-03-13 17:59:36 · answer #7 · answered by David 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to sound like the negative one, but as someone who has lived on both coasts, I have to warn you, that, yes, you will be in for a huge culture shock! Maybe you want a change, or you are sick of the east coast, or something like that. But, the coasts are as different as night and day.
p.s. The people in L.A. never admit to being superficial, even when they are- so it's kind of a useless question...
2007-03-14 09:24:01 · answer #8 · answered by Not so looney afterall 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Unless you are getting into "the business" (entertainment), you are going to find most people just every day kind of folks. There are 13,000,000 or so of us in LA County, so you will find all kinds of peeps.
2007-03-15 06:14:50 · answer #9 · answered by Ricoba 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know where this notion that everyone's shallow here. may some people in "the industry" but the rest of us are just average joe's.
people here maybe unfriendlier than you're used to. it's nothing personal, we're just careful and afraid of weirdos.
laid back is our middle name. sports is our other middle name, except for professional football.
really, you have nothing to worry about.
2007-03-14 07:48:58 · answer #10 · answered by chieromancer 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋