I had an internship out there in Southern California 2011-2012 that was supposed to last for a year but I bailed out after 5 months

It sucked total donkey dick and not only did I want to get the hell out but I never want to return, not even for a vacation

Internship started at 7:30am but I had to leave my housing at 5:30am because it was about 1.5-2 hours of traffic each morning, same with going back, traffic

Everything is more expensive... gas groceries food you name it. And they seemed to tack on fees for everything, if you want to use a debit or credit card there is a fee. Cost of living ridiculous. 1 bedroom 750 sq feet apartment will run you $1500, I had a 1 bedroom 750 in Texas for $700 and 1 bedroom 900 sq feet here in Iowa for $630, and both are nicer than the overpriced dump I stayed in in California

Weather sucks. Personally I like seasons and thunderstorms and snow because it mixes things up. In California its pretty much the same weather every day and it gets boring

Mexicans... EVERYWHERE. Whites are a minority for sure. Lots of people do not speak english, mexican families all over the place and their dozen kids. I sliced my achilles in half had to wait in an ER for 2 hours gushing blood and dealing with a ER waiting room jam packed full of hispanics that spoke no English who were there because they had a cold, all while their kids ran around causing ruckus.

The people who live there are pretty arrogant too. I didn't get along with a lot of the people at my internship. Nose stuck in the air types of people.

I bolted as soon as I could and didn't look back. To hell with the internship.

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Posted by DallasTiger11

Los Angeles

Member since Mar 2004

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Posted on 5/30/14 at 5:09 pm to goldennugget

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I had an internship out there in Southern California 2011-2012 that was supposed to last for a year but I bailed out after 5 months

Sounds like you're more of a quitter than anything else. No place is miserable enough where you would absolutely have to leave five months in. You have barely scratched the surface of a city in only five months.

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Internship started at 7:30am but I had to leave my housing at 5:30am because it was about 1.5-2 hours of traffic each morning, same with going back, traffic

Don't know where you lived but this sounds like a mistake on your part. I live in LA and it takes me 15 minutes to get to and from work.

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if you want to use a debit or credit card there is a fee.

Not true at all.

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1 bedroom 750 sq feet apartment will run you $1500,

Again don't know where you lived but you got screwed. Especially if you weren't exaggerating about your commute to work which would place you in the cheaper suburbs. My house is $1700 a month and I'm in LA. That's two bedrooms and 1800 square feet.