i've put together a fun list of things i've noticed about los angeles so far for your entertainment:
- parking sucks.
- lanes are smaller
- parking spaces (if you can find one) are even smaller
- traffic is only ever bad in one direction
- traffic is only ever bad if you choose to drive at certain times, but people choose to do it anyway
- people love fruits and nuts (that's for you dad)
- but seriously, the level of health obsession is concerning/weird/notnormalforatexan
- which means no one ever says "let's go get giant steaks" and that makes me sad
- i need a grill. so i can make my own steaks.
- there is an endless supply of choices of food. really, every kind of food you can imagine you could find here.
- rent is expensive
- the majority of places to live are tiny and expensive
- real estate managers who say "street parking is pretty easy to find" are big fat liars
- the produce here in the grocery stores is amazing
- no one ever goes to the ranch aisle so it's all mine :)
- no one seems to ever be stressed out
- it's always foggy/smoggy in the morning
- people don't obsess over the beach as much as i thought they would
- the ones that do go to the beach go at odd hours
- handicap permits really don't get you anywhere when it's street parking
- businesses/apartments don't do "guest parking"
- parking sucks
- everything is expensive
- there are a billion stoplights. that's a real number, i'm sure of it.
- people move often
- you will never see anyone outside without sunglasses. these people never forget to grab them like i do
- people generally ignore you unless you approach them first. this is something i have to get used to, but i have met some very nice people while looking for a place to live
- if you miss a turn while driving, you're pretty much screwed if you don't know the streets without looking at a map. there's nowhere to pull over because there aren't any parking lots.
- the same street might have many names. you have to know all of them.
- the weather is always perfect. and always the same. i don't have to look at the weather every morning anymore before getting dressed.
- you can walk a lot because unlike texas, everything is crammed in. which is nice because i can save gas
- and that's nice because gas prices are ridiculously high
- people actually dress cute here. which makes me stick out in my standard t-shirt/nike short combo.
- i'm hoping goodwill here has cute clothes because rent is going to render me broke
- parking sucks
- but so far i like it here :)
let me know if you're ever here to visit (after july starts, i'll be gone the second half of june)!
