Wow, lose the stereotypes. I mean, everyone s gay up in San Francisco, right?You can be yourself here in LA, it s pretty laid back. You do your thing and I ll do mine sort of thing. One of the main differences between LA and SF is the public transit and the weather. We only have two seasons down here: Summer (early, mid, and late), and the other one which most people call winter. But since it doesn t snow in LA, and hardly ever gets below 40, we re pretty spoiled. And public transit is pretty ineffective here because everything is so far apart, unlike San Francisco. It s decentralized. So jobs and industries aren t concentrated downtown. So people have to drive everywhere.There s a long standing feud between NorCal and SoCal, that goes back to the water wars of the early 1900 s. I grew up never knowing that I stole water from Northern California. Apparently, most Southern Californians are unaware of this as well. So if you move here from SF, nobody will hassle you. 99.9% of folks here are just regular folks paying the bills. We don t see celebrities, since they live in their own little world. Don t really care about them much, either. If you see one (and you can see one once every few years if you re lucky) they re rather unimpressive up close and personal.So come on down, if you have a job lined up. But if you don t, stay put. The job market here isn t any better than in SF.
i live in LA. it s great, a lot of night life and such... i think the main difference is the culture isn t so urban, but more hipster. perfect for you probably. not everyone is tan... in fact light skin has been popular lately. there is tons of vegetarian food and vegan restaurants, it s been the new thing. other differences- little to none fog, warmer in the winter, no snowi love la and sf. who knows, your future may lead you back to sf.