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I don't understand LA. I've been out here for a couple of months now and I'm seeing 2 trends - the salaries are generally very average (I'm not just talking abo

I don't understand LA. I've been out here for a couple of months now and I'm seeing 2 trends - the salaries are generally very average (I'm not just talking about IT) and completely disproportionate to cost of living and it seems like a good majority of young adults are either broke or severely paycheck-to-paycheck. Yet, somehow these people love the fact that they will never own anything it because "the weather is nice here."

lisper 5y ago
What's so hard to understand? Some people value nice weather, and places with nice weather are scarce. Supply. Demand.
- sakopov 5y ago
  I suppose you're right, but at the cost of barely making ends meet... I don't know.
  - lisper 5y ago
    Different strokes.
  - banannaise 5y ago
    This is what the market is optimizing for. For the vast majority of people, in order to have anything nice, you will barely make ends meet. The market doesn't want to leave any income in your pocket, and it's getting very good at that.
duped 5y ago
I lived in LA for a few years, I noticed the first. But the second is off a bit. LA is the cultural capitol of North America, and only rivaled in the anglosphere by London and New York City. It's where people go to "make it" (or break it) in film, music, art, comedy, (and to an extent, cuisine and theater). When I lived in there I was surrounded by interesting and beautiful people in every apartment building and there was always something going on, somewhere to go, a show to see, etc. It has its ugly side too. In my experience the glamour is lifted after about three months living in the Valley. But I can see why people would stay there, despite the lower wages and high cost of living. And fwiw I left LA for the Bay Area, and I would never live in the Bay Area again (to me the place is an abject dump and not worth the mental or physical toll of living there) but I still have fond memories of LA. It's dirty and loud but at least it has a soul.

lisper 5y ago

What's so hard to understand? Some people value nice weather, and places with nice weather are scarce. Supply. Demand.

sakopov 5y ago
I suppose you're right, but at the cost of barely making ends meet... I don't know.
- lisper 5y ago
  Different strokes.
- banannaise 5y ago
  This is what the market is optimizing for. For the vast majority of people, in order to have anything nice, you will barely make ends meet. The market doesn't want to leave any income in your pocket, and it's getting very good at that.

duped 5y ago

I lived in LA for a few years, I noticed the first. But the second is off a bit. LA is the cultural capitol of North America, and only rivaled in the anglosphere by London and New York City. It's where people go to "make it" (or break it) in film, music, art, comedy, (and to an extent, cuisine and theater). When I lived in there I was surrounded by interesting and beautiful people in every apartment building and there was always something going on, somewhere to go, a show to see, etc. It has its ugly side too. In my experience the glamour is lifted after about three months living in the Valley. But I can see why people would stay there, despite the lower wages and high cost of living. And fwiw I left LA for the Bay Area, and I would never live in the Bay Area again (to me the place is an abject dump and not worth the mental or physical toll of living there) but I still have fond memories of LA. It's dirty and loud but at least it has a soul.