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It's in LA, right? You can live kinda-cheaply in LA as compared to SF or NYC. Food isn't subject to sales tax, gas is cheaper than in Canada, and you can get by with no health insurance since you can just scoot home if you have a major illness or need dental work, and you're young. Just get a reliable car with air conditioning, that's #1 priority. Check Craigslist for apartment rental prices - search for "silverlake" or "Culver City" for safe-yet-cool areas, or "Burbank" if you don't mind some suburbanness. Hollywood itself sucks, I guess a lot of rockers live there though.
You won't be able to afford Santa Monica, Venice, Beverly Hills, or Manhattan Beach so don't even try.
Good luck! LA is a hellhole in some (many) ways, but a lot of people love it / find their dreams there.
You won't be able to afford Santa Monica, Venice, Beverly Hills, or Manhattan Beach so don't even try.
Good luck! LA is a hellhole in some (many) ways, but a lot of people love it / find their dreams there.
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exaN said:
You really need a car in Los Angeles even if you live close to school. Its not the easiest place to get around without a car. Its a big place, and stuff is very spread out. Plus, Los Angeles is uniquely car-centric in their whole way of life.
Seriously. You cannot "live" in LA without a car. You can exist, but I wouldn't call it living. People who say that are not exaggerating. I once decided to take a bus to my wife's office (from Santa Monica area to Downtown; 10 miles on the freeway). Took 3 hrs.
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tfarny said:
Then again, sometimes it can take almost that long driving given a couple of nimrods running into one another during rush hour....
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I grew up there and if you live in the city, as opposed to the San Fernando Valley, you can probably even do without AC but you will need a car. Public transportation is not very good. My first car didnt have AC and I wasnt really at a loss without it until I started working in the corporate world and had to wear a suit everyday. While Hollywood sucks to live in (I lived right off of Melrose and La Brea) due to the congestion and sometimes downright filth, they have built up a number of apartment complexes there, so you might find a nice clean one, but affordability is the issue. Burbank and North Hollywood might be affordable, but you'll have to go over the pass which will be very busy during rush hour. Maybe up to an hour to go 6 miles. Also, if youre just a single guy, look for something thats a converted garage, pool house or add-on. Many people are renting those just to make a few extra bucks, and you can probably find one at a reasonable price in a nicer area. You'll probably just have to practice with an amp that takes headphones as not to disturb the owners.
Just remember:
1. never EVER, keep anything of value in your car.
2. Always lock your doors or someone will walk in and steal whatever they can carry.
3. If you have a convertible, keep the driver side door unlocked or they will cut your top to get something if you didnt follow #1.
Just remember:
1. never EVER, keep anything of value in your car.
2. Always lock your doors or someone will walk in and steal whatever they can carry.
3. If you have a convertible, keep the driver side door unlocked or they will cut your top to get something if you didnt follow #1.
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La Jolla is number 2 on my places to retire.
#1 is Captiva Island.
#1 is Captiva Island.
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My understanding is it would be easier to live in hell with ground glass in your eyes and a 5HP drill motor up your ass than it is to live in Hollywood. But, my sources may be used to different standards <grin>
Seriously, for all the glamour you hear about Hollywood, it's the metaphorical Hollywood everyone's talking about, not the real place. The real place is pretty much a crime-ridden slum. Nobody lives there on purpose; it's usually that they're stuck there turning tricks for junk food to stay alive between fixes. Kinda like "Motown" in "The Motor City". I'll tell you what - if you can stand outside of where Motown studios used to be for more than 15 minutes without getting shot at, you've got some technology the military would like to talk to you about <grin>
Seriously, for all the glamour you hear about Hollywood, it's the metaphorical Hollywood everyone's talking about, not the real place. The real place is pretty much a crime-ridden slum. Nobody lives there on purpose; it's usually that they're stuck there turning tricks for junk food to stay alive between fixes. Kinda like "Motown" in "The Motor City". I'll tell you what - if you can stand outside of where Motown studios used to be for more than 15 minutes without getting shot at, you've got some technology the military would like to talk to you about <grin>
exaN said:
I would probably prefer london, but the weather is not as nice, and it is probably just as expensive as LA.
on the up side, public transport is great, and you could commute from outside the city. (from places like Slough.. oh or Kingston upon Thames!)
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