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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]L.A. - yuck.  I have to go there because MIL lives in Lancaster, but I hate that town. [/quote]

Los Angeles poster here again.

I lived in the Washington, DC, area for 18 years, many of those years spent in McLean, VA.  As you know, Washington is a beautiful, educated, affluent and idyllic area -- a wonderful city area in which to raise children.

My DH and I moved our family to Los Angeles, where neither of us had ever lived, for professional reasons.  The beauty of Southern California, and Los Angeles in particular, is admittedly not readily apparent -- especially for those of us who grew up and live in the verdant and lush East Coast or Midwest.  It took me personally about a year to appreciate the desert climate, the colder Pacific waters, the unique, filtered light of day.  The city is also extremely diverse, and for those of us from the relatively homogenous Washington area where there is not as much socieconomic or ethinic diversity -- that can take some getting used to.

In L.A., it seems that so many people come from somewhere else (in the world), and at times it is like another country.  (Perhaps it should be!). You are sometimes as likely to hear someone speak Chinese, Spanish, Armenian, Korean, Lebanese, Filipino, Taiwanese, or Persian, as speak English.  And my children have gone from having mostly caucasian and/or affluent classmates, to having friends from very ethnically and socio-economically mixed backgrounds.

The Los Angeles you describe as "yuck" is not one that I recognize.  And looking in on my life you would not describe anything about it that way.  I live in one of the most beautiful, old neighborhoods of L.A. in a gorgeous house with year-round flowers, citrus trees, the most lovely smells wafting through the air, no humidity to speak of, and no mosquitoes or other bugs to fly in my wide-open doors and windows.  To top it all off I have my own pool.

My children attend wonderful schools where their classrooms open directly to the outdoors, and they play their sports outside year round.  The focus on arts and music in this city (unlike DC) is unparalleled.  California life -- whether eating, playing, concerts, ducation, parties, exercise -- is more-often than not celebrated outside.   The "beauty" of Los Angeles may not be immediatey apparent -- but it is everywhere to be found in this great American city.

I am sorry that you consider your in-law's hometown of Lancaster to be "yuck", but I hope that you may one day have the opportunity to spend some extended time here and come to appreciate southern California for yourself.  [/quote]

I meant "ethnic" and "education".[/quote]

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