Anonymous wrote:L.A. DMV doesn't compare, at all.

What do you love about LA, esp as compared to DMV? I want to learn more!

L.A. DMV doesn't compare, at all.

I like both, but prefer Los Angeles. For all the reasons others have mentioned, greater natural beauty, proximity to beaches, weather, friendlier people, . . .

LA is a pretty ugly city. The downtown is bland and sterile and the whole county is a massive sprawl of cookie cutter postwar houses and strip malls. Nothing is really walkable outside of a couple small pockets, and even then you generally have to drive to that pocket to walk around. The streets are wide and cars speed by so fast that it's a most inhospitable terrain for walking. There are a few charming areas with gorgeous houses built in the 20s and 30s but they are now astronomically expensive. On the whole, most of LA feels very run down and hardly very glamorous. Don't expect a lot of intellectual DC-style conversations; this is the home of the Kardashian Klan, after all. Traffic is ATROCIOUS!

On the plus side, the restaurant scene is far superior to DC and most people are much friendlier and outgoing than DC folks. The beaches are nice and the sunsets are gorgeous.

I lived there for years and I wouldn't go back. For one thing, I'm priced out now; whereas DC still has some close-in areas that are affordable, in LA, "barely affordable" means a 60 mile commute.

Orange County, hands down.

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Anonymous wrote:For the past month, I am really really missing LA. The weather here has been crap crap crap. It's depressing. Hardly any sun. My kids haven't had outdoor recess for days.

I live in LA and I miss the changing of the seasons... I really miss Fall.

Go up to Lake Tahoe. You can see it there. The few weeks of pretty foliage here doesn't make up for the months of dreary or humid weather. It's crap.

Anonymous wrote:For the past month, I am really really missing LA. The weather here has been crap crap crap. It's depressing. Hardly any sun. My kids haven't had outdoor recess for days.

I live in LA and I miss the changing of the seasons... I really miss Fall.

For the past month, I am really really missing LA. The weather here has been crap crap crap. It's depressing. Hardly any sun. My kids haven't had outdoor recess for days.

Different strokes for different folks. LA and DC are apples and oranges.

I have lived for 5 years in each, DC and LA. There are good things to both places, but LA has better people, fashion, food, climate, environments, activities for kids etc.

DC has much, much better schools (public and private) and better behaved kids (marginally) but mostly really unfriendly uptight, unimaginative people and I get very very bored with that.

Pp meaning LA wins out

We have a house in DC per work and a house in LA . Both have pluses abs minuses, but on balance the weather, food, modern architecture, creativity, beaches win out.

DC suburban native and there is no question that Los Angeles is a hundred times better. I would never go back to DC suburbs!

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Anonymous wrote:No question- my life in LA is much better than the DMV. It doesn’t have to do with the weather, although year round nice weather is certainly a perk. It is the laid back vibe, the friendly people, the ability to go to the ocean, mountains, desert. I love LA - and I know people like to hate on it- but it’s a city that has so much to offer. And again, the people are so nice.

People obviously hate on it out of jealously. My only gripe is the traffic and overpopulation, but it’s nothing compared to New York.

The smog and earthquake threats and wildfires kind of suck too.

I mean every state has a potential “Mother Nature” type risk. The smog has significantly improved. There hasn’t been a major earthquake here in a couple of decades (knocking on wood).

Plus isn't there a hurricane expected to hit the Carolinas? There are threats everywhere. California's biggest threat is wildfires, but that's true for many places in the west sadly.

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Anonymous wrote:No question- my life in LA is much better than the DMV. It doesn’t have to do with the weather, although year round nice weather is certainly a perk. It is the laid back vibe, the friendly people, the ability to go to the ocean, mountains, desert. I love LA - and I know people like to hate on it- but it’s a city that has so much to offer. And again, the people are so nice.

People obviously hate on it out of jealously. My only gripe is the traffic and overpopulation, but it’s nothing compared to New York.

The smog and earthquake threats and wildfires kind of suck too.

I mean every state has a potential “Mother Nature” type risk. The smog has significantly improved. There hasn’t been a major earthquake here in a couple of decades (knocking on wood).