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re: Anyone ever lived in/very familiar with Los Angeles?
Posted on 2/18/18 at 5:51 pm to Tigerfan56
Posted on 2/18/18 at 5:51 pm to Tigerfan56
quote:You're going to have to live outside of Los Angeles and probably have a really long commute if you want to have any kind of quality of life given your budget.
Haven't accepted yet, but plan to. Again, this is my dream career. It is what I want to do for the rest of my life, and it isn't an opportunity I am even considering passing up.
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Posted on 2/18/18 at 5:54 pm to redstick13
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Sorry if you consider someone who's lived in California pointing out things you should think about as being a dick.
Admittedly you have "only been here a few times"...so, what exactly do you think you have to offer in this thread?
Posted on 2/18/18 at 5:55 pm to redstick13
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Sorry if you consider someone who's lived in California pointing out things you should think about as being a dick. I find you to be extremely naive and damn sure won't waste anymore time trying to give advice to someone who has already made up their mind. Have a nice trip out west.
what have I said that's been naive? I've already found multiple apartments in my budget in the Westwood area where I'll be working. We get it, you didn't like LA. I'm okay without any more of your "advice".
Posted on 2/18/18 at 5:56 pm to Tigerfan56
Visited a few times. Most of it looks like a third world shite hole.
Posted on 2/18/18 at 5:57 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
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Most of it looks like a third world shite hole.
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Birmingham, Alabama
Must have felt like home.
Posted on 2/18/18 at 6:03 pm to redstick13
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Average price per gallon is $4.30 right now.
Posted on 2/18/18 at 6:05 pm to Tigerfan56
My compliments to the OP. Most people are lazy and do the New Orleans-Houston-Baton Rouge comparisons but Los Angeles threads are really underrated when it comes to bringing out the hate.
The only advice I have is to give weight to people that either live or have lived there in this thread. Visitors don't count.
The only advice I have is to give weight to people that either live or have lived there in this thread. Visitors don't count.
Posted on 2/18/18 at 6:08 pm to brgfather129
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Admittedly you have "only been here a few times"...so, what exactly do you think you have to offer in this thread?
Lived for a year north of LA and regularly visited friends in Long Beach. You're right. I have nothing to add and will bow out.
Posted on 2/18/18 at 6:09 pm to redstick13
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Lived for a year north of LA and regularly visited friends in Long Beach. You're right. I have nothing to add and will bow out.
Sounds good. Thx.
Posted on 2/18/18 at 6:10 pm to Tigerfan56
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I realize that's an impossibly low budget. Which is why I said we will likely have to rent. But I wasn't sure if there were some areas outside of LA that would be worth looking into that might be more affordable (even though traffic would be a nightmare)
The traffic would be such a nightmare that it wouldn't be worth it IMO
I was fortunate to live in and work in the Southbay area so I avoided most of the traffic. The congestion there is miserable.
Posted on 2/18/18 at 6:12 pm to Tigerfan56
Enjoy the the 3 hour car rides just to drive 5 miles my brother. 
Posted on 2/18/18 at 6:13 pm to redstick13
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Lived for a year north of LA and regularly visited friends in Long Beach. You're right. I have nothing to add and will bow out.
LA's motto is to get poor and lazy folk like you outta there.
Posted on 2/18/18 at 6:13 pm to Walking the Earth
Haha yeah it looks like a much more reasonable $3.10 or so right meow. The $4.30 appears to be a Google reference to a time (April 2014) when crude prices were about to peak. Obviously it's a much different world today. Especially with Musk doing work over there with his Teslas and hyperloop and boring company and shite.
Posted on 2/18/18 at 6:14 pm to Walking the Earth
The only reason I left LA was because of financial reasons. I lived comfortably there fresh out of college on 65k per year in 2014. In the career I chose right out of school, it would have been impossible for me to ever retire out there. It's a great city and I would never pass up the opportunity to live out there if I were you. I just wouldn't plan on making a life or career out there unless you have the opportunity to be making 200k plus eventually.
Posted on 2/18/18 at 6:17 pm to nugget
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The only reason I left LA was because of financial reasons. I lived comfortably there fresh out of college on 65k per year in 2014. In the career I chose right out of school, it would have been impossible for me to ever retire out there. It's a great city and I would never pass up the opportunity to live out there if I were you. I just wouldn't plan on making a life or career out there unless you have the opportunity to be making 200k plus eventually.
Ahhh, I agree. You should have been making 200k/yr within 5 years of college graduation. I mean, c'mon.
Posted on 2/18/18 at 6:20 pm to ThatMakesSense
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LA's motto is to get poor and lazy folk like you outta there.
It worked. I moved out by San Luis Obispo then back to Colorado.
Posted on 2/18/18 at 6:24 pm to redstick13
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It worked. I moved out by San Luis Obispo then back to Colorado.
I'd ask if you regret your decision, but I already know the answer.
Posted on 2/18/18 at 6:24 pm to Tigerfan56
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Our budget for a home would be 300-400k
If you can even find a place in LA at that budget, believe me, it will be in a place you REALLY don’t want to be.
Posted on 2/18/18 at 6:24 pm to ThatMakesSense
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Ahhh, I agree. You should have been making 200k/yr within 5 years of college graduation. I mean, c'mon.
Not what I said or what I meant. I figured the word eventually would give that away. However, I'd rater retire at 60 in a Houston suburb than 75 in Santa Monica
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