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| candylilacs | Posted – 5/5/2008 3:18:01 AM | show profile I second that. I lived in LA for several years and had awesomely wonderful, smart and attractive friends. That and I exercised everyday and had the best body I've had in years (sigh.) Yes, there are icky Industry types but the majority of people are like anywhere else. I've never lived in New York City, so I don't know what possibly is the draw other than it's a big urban setting. And unless you make beaucoup bucks to wear designer clothes to impress your shallow friends, it's probably not that much fun. Good luck with your choice! ------ http://www.mswritesguide.blogspot.com |
| dribbledrive1 | Posted – 5/5/2008 3:55:50 AM | show profile It depends on how old you are, what you like to do, and what opportunities you are seeking. |
| Village Gal | Posted – 5/5/2008 10:10:14 AM | show profile Candy , nice stereotype of NYC from someone who never lived here. Did you get that from Watching Sex in the City? |
| reporterwriter | Posted – 5/5/2008 11:13:49 AM | show profile >>And, the scenario I wrote about the girl saying people don't read in So Cal actually happened in front of me last time I was over there. Which I found hilarious. No matter where the location, when someone says something like that with conviction, it's funny.<< When you write about one real person, it's always good to clarify from the start that it was one real person you happened to bump into. If you don't do that, the hilarious private joke gets lost, and it sounds instead like you've fallen into the trap, entitled though you may feel as an escapee, of using "some dizzy blond" to illustrate the entire city. Watch those stereotypes, kiddo, and nobody gets hurt. |
| wineaux | Posted – 5/5/2008 12:51:22 PM | show profile I'm no kiddo, and don't care to be referred to one by a total stranger. And I don't need a patronizing lecture about the merits of internet boards, either. |
| wineaux | Posted – 5/5/2008 12:53:26 PM | show profile whoops, I meant, the merits of internet board etiquette. Or, maybe sensitivity is a better word. I'm wasting way too much time on this. |
| onmyown | Posted – 5/5/2008 1:25:42 PM | show profile Move to LA I've read all these posts with great interest. I moved to LA nine years ago from Chicago, and felt at home and in love with the place from Day One. No. 1, the weather is great. No extremes, no snow, low humidity. That alone puts most LA residents in a great mood. No. 2, all the stereotypes are silly. I live in a town of 150,000 that has many attributes of a major city, such as historic architechture, world-class museums, a big parade every New Year's, a famous football stadium, public transportation (!) and streets lined with purple-blue jacaranda trees that are blooming now. Sure, I meet people in the entertainment industry, and they are just like everyone else. I don't live in West LA or the Hollywood Hills or Santa Monica, and maybe those places are more entertainment-centric. The downside? Yes, the traffic is bad. But if you're a freelancer for a full-timer working at home (as I am) you can work around it. Also, housing prices are dipping, but you'd still pay $400,000-$500,000 for a basic two-bedroom condo in most locales. But I wouldn't live in NYC if you gave me a million dollars (which would buy what, 700 square feet?). It seems that the only people who think NYC is the center of the universe are the ones who are trying to convince themselves that all the pain of living there is worth it. |
| Bleak Spouse | Posted – 5/5/2008 1:44:16 PM | show profile reporterwriter: Iron Man is number 1 at the box office. It made like $100 million. I heard it was great, probably going to see it today. |
| reporterwriter | Posted – 5/5/2008 2:22:03 PM | show profile Hey, dude, like I saw it too! Talk about blowing "Made in Whatever" (blah, blah) out of the water! Well, I'd love to chat, but I must go touch up my Mystic Tan before doing lunch with my agent, who, like, doesn't even have a therapist! How's that for righteous? |
| wineaux | Posted – 5/5/2008 4:49:04 PM | show profile onmy....I love those jacaranda trees, how the flowers collect in great purple pools on the pavement. They are very, very pretty. I love the streets in LA that are completely lined with them. The husband lived near a street like that while we were dating and we'd make it a point to bikeride down that particular street. I can say that last week, while trudging around in a wool coat, sweater and pants, with the chill wind blowing, I was daydreaming about hopping on a plane and heading to my sister's, to sit on the beach and enjoy the breeze. And have some Mexican food! And a real Margharita! This is my favorite time of year back in LA. . |
| Homer | Posted – 5/5/2008 4:54:33 PM | show profile I'm confused then. If you're not planning to move to Dublin for a girl, then you'd presumably not be spending much time with her. So, you'd be moving to a place where you "know not a soul." Isn't that what's keeping you from moving to L.A. or NY, or anywhere else for that matter? Here's my suggestion: save up enough dough to last you a year. Take a leave of absence from your job, move to Ireland and freelance -- for pubs in the UK, Europe and N.A. (your own?) Join the press club to get to know people. If at the end of the year you're broke, move back home. The only thing you've lost is some cash, but you've gained a new life experience, learned about a new country, and taken a chance on something (someone). And you never have to spend the rest of your life wondering, "What would have happened if..." |
| caitlinkelly | Posted – 5/5/2008 5:12:24 PM | show profile Given that Dublin is where Bleak Spouse is from (?) I don't get the reluctance to simply move back... |
| Janetblueyes | Posted – 5/5/2008 7:10:28 PM | show profile Bleak- I remember you referring to yourself as a loner in RTQ. As a loner, why the hesitation to move to a place where you don't know anyone? About your Dublin lady, is she at all like Audrey Tatou? |
| Bleak Spouse | Posted – 5/5/2008 8:27:15 PM | show profile caitlin: I'm an Irish American who lived in Dublin a few years (legally for grad school). It's pretty difficult to get a good job there legally, especially when I'm applying from America. Janet: I'm a loner but I can be very social as well when I'm around the right people. I've got some very good friends in Dublin, in fact more so than any place on earth. |
| foto | Posted – 5/5/2008 11:02:28 PM | show profile I guess it all depends on where your spirit leads. I'm originally a midwesterner who was drawn to NYC after college. I love it here (although currently I only work in the city.) But after 28 years here, I could try LA. I'm sure there's a grain of truth in both stereotypes, but what the hell. |
| seeattleme | Posted – 5/6/2008 1:03:09 AM | show profile Right cause people in NY are so non materialistic and earthy and real. Seriously. Come on. |
| Village Gal | Posted – 5/6/2008 9:36:16 AM | show profile On My Own, Not sure what pain you are referring to about NYC. You will not hear me complaining, except about gentrification but that happens everywhere. It's a lovely spring morning here in Greenwich Village as I look at trees outside my window. In a little while I will WALK to my yoga class and later I might go bike riding in Hudsom Hudson River Park, which is near my building. Tomorrow I will WALK to my job via this same park. The only pain I experience is when one of my favorite neighborhood stores closes, aka the Sex in the City effect, which Parker dissuses in the current issue of NY magazine. |
| Village Gal | Posted – 5/6/2008 9:39:35 AM | show profile stop with the stereotypes On My Own, Not sure what pain you are referring to about NYC. You will not hear me complaining, except about gentrification but that happens everywhere. It's a lovely spring morning here in Greenwich Village as I look at trees outside my window. In a little while I will WALK to my yoga class and later I might go bike riding in Hudsom Hudson River Park, which is near my building. Tomorrow I will WALK to my job via this same park. The only pain I experience is when one of my favorite neighborhood stores closes, aka the Sex in the City effect, which Parker dissuses in the current issue of NY magazine. And Seattle, I think I'm earthy and real as are most of my freinds and neighbors here. |
| Bleak Spouse | Posted – 5/6/2008 10:23:47 AM | show profile village: I bet it's fantastic to live in the village. But not many people can afford to live there. It's expensive enough living a 30-minute train ride away in Brooklyn. |
| caitlinkelly | Posted – 5/6/2008 11:44:30 AM | show profile Bleak, I hear you....I get home to Toronto 2-6 times a year to see my closest friends, even after 20 years' absence. Closer and easier than Dublin, but also a very difficult place for jobs and I don't wish to lose my green card. Did you see (and like) "Once"? Great film shot in Dublin. |
| sue ellen mischke | Posted – 5/6/2008 11:50:56 AM | show profile Dublin is more interesting that The Village or any other stretched-ego of a city or neighborhood. Go to her, Bleak. Go to her. Be a man, and not a Bleak Mouse. |
| Bleak Spouse | Posted – 5/6/2008 5:51:00 PM | show profile caitlin: I did see Once and thought it was fantastic. It's the only movie I've seen set in Dublin that looks like the Dublin I know. From the very beginning when he's busking on Grafton Street and chases the guy who steals his money into St. Stephens Green. When I was living there I'd walk through Stephens Green and down Grafton every weekday morning on my way to Trinity. Great music in that movie too. And that actress/musician is beautiful. sue: I wouldn't be going back for a girl. That would just be one of the perks of being back. I'd go back to live in one of the world's greatest walking cities...that happens to have the best pubs in the world (McDaid's, The Palace Bar, Mulligan's, Grogan's). And after 15 minute train ride you're standing on a cliff on the Irish Sea. One of the things that amazes me about Ireland is how small it is. You can drive from one coast to the other in 3 hours. I think the population of the entire country is like 4 million. |
| Homer | Posted – 5/6/2008 7:34:44 PM | show profile If you used to live there, you know people, you know the area, you love it all. The only thing standing in your way is a job. Rather than focusing on whether NY or LA is a better place to live, why not concentrate on finding a way to work in Dublin and, as they say, follow your bliss? |
| sue ellen mischke | Posted – 5/6/2008 8:15:48 PM | show profile Bleak, your lack of desire for women intrigues and upsets me. You are cursed with manly beauty and not the will to use it. What a waste of aesthetics. |
