live in los angeles

I am a young girl only (19) planning on moving to Los Angeles during the late summer. I am looking to meet other new people! I won’t know anyone! I am very afraid but hoping everything goes well with the journey and the move.

I had an internship with TOMS Shoes in Santa Monica for five months. I loved every moment I was in LA. You can never complain about there being nothing to do, because you’re in the center of it all. The weather is fantastic, you’re near the beach and the mountains. Albeit the traffic is horrible, but every city has it’s faults. I would give anything to move back. I grew up, met some of my closest friends, and fell in love.

this city stinks!

I stayed in WEHO for 1 full week walked around west LA and traffic inside the city didn’t seem that bad many people used the buses. Since I don’t ever plan to “settle down” since I’m gay, This seems like a good place for me since I’m still young. I went alone since I’m very comfortable in my own shoes. I’m just worried about finding a job in that area. There isn’t a lot of development and construction going on there, not nearly as much as here in Atlanta, and since I’m a civil engineer I don’t know if I’ll find a job in that area. Think its a good move?

I finally made a home in Beachwood (the community right below the Hollywood sign). I love it here. Very warm! Everything is fast-paced, yet very lax—a quirky balance, but very fitting. I have several things to learn & explore, but so far, reality has yet to set in!

I’ve been planning on this for several years now…& it is finally going to happen. I will be searching for an apt the end of January. I hope to have everything secured by mid-February.

ı wanna change my life.what can ı do????

Though I think it would rad to live in LA at somepoint in my life, right now to get there would take me down a path I don’t really see myself headed in so I’m gunna store this in the “given up” dept for now.

there’s just something about california that i love and i won’t settle until i’ve been to la..walked down sunset blvd, laurel canyon, long beach, downtown etc! i’m saving up at the moment through my job at a telephone marketing company to go, hopefully this summer. at the moment i’m going by myself and travelling around a bit, but i’m trying to persade a friend to come too. i’m bummed that you have to be 21 to hire a car though, could have done it the proper way with an open top banger! route 66?!

all the university courses i have applied for have semesters and years abroad in california or other states, so hopefully by 2009 or 2010 i’ll have completed this goal! LA is also the ideal place to go for what i want to do career wise – art directing films etc, and generally just living in colour and being able to do art. apparently it was the place to go for freedom of thought and expression, art music, etc, in the 80’s. i know it’s become very fake in lots of ways due to celebrities such as paris hilton and the whole “blonde fake boobs” image, but i’m convinced there are areas of inspiration there!

i’ve been to these north american states/cities/parks/places:

california
atlanta – area of martin luther king’s birth, very poor conditions, quite shocking and gives you a new sense of perspective
georgia
south carolina
north carolina
philadelphia
pennsylvannia
new york city (also went to niagra falls during this trip)
savannah
charleston
monterey
yosemite national park
tahoe, lake tahoe,
springfield
florida (orlando, clearwater)
rhode island
donner lake
massachusetts
nevada
san francisco – stunning

and some others, beautiful country.

I moved here about a month ago with a friend from Cleveland, so far we are less than impressed. I’m not a stingy bastanrd and me and my Roommate are about the most sociable people ever. BUT… The prices here are ridiculous, the people around us are stuck WAY up, and the traffic is a joke. Someone give me a hint why everyone is always raving about this place, and what I need to do to turn this slump around QUICK. I’m all ears, cause I’m tired of my friends calling “how is it?, it’s the best place ever isn’t it!” and I have to sigh and say, eh, it’s ok. Ha, help us out!