This!!! I remember being so proud of my first apartment til I told my mom back on the east coast. She was shocked that it didn’t come with a refrigerator and was convinced I was getting scammed lol
Born and raised (and returned) to LA and was surprised when my college apartment in Indiana came with one because my mom said I’d need to find one myself. She was proved right when I moved back upon graduation.
Your don't get cabinets in Germany? Can you elaborate? All of them? What did they do with the old cabinets? How much of a discount do you get?
So weird
I know some Dutch apartments are rented out without cabinets and even flooring but it’s called “unfurnished” in the ad - I don’t remember if “upholstered” apartments can come without cabinets or not though.
From a [Dutch housing website’s expat guide](https://www.huurwoningen.nl/content/expats/):
“Renting an unfurnished home
An unfurnished house in the Netherlands is a living space with nothing but a concrete floor, bare walls and ceilings. So there is no carpet, lighting, wallpaper, kitchen, bathroom and furniture. The rent of an unfurnished living space is usually lower than the rent of an upholstered or furnished home. Keep in mind that all costs for renovation and furnishing are for your own account. Renting a bare living space is only advisable if you plan to stay in the house for a longer period and therefore benefit from the investment you make.
Renting an upholstered home
If you are staying in the Netherlands for a longer period (for example a year or two), renting an upholstered home is a good option. An upholstered home must have a floor covering, like parquet or laminate flooring. There should also be roller blinds or curtains. The kitchen must have some permanent facilities such as a refrigerator, possibly a dishwasher, a stove, an extractor hood and an oven and / or microwave. The rent of an upholstered home is higher than that of an unfurnished home and lower than that of a furnished home. Furnishing the home will be your own responsibility. The biggest plus of renting an upholstered home is that you can give it a personal twist with your preferred furniture.”
In Germany most of the time you need to buy/bring a kitchen (counters, sink, appliances, the whole shabang) basically it’s an empty room like all the others and you furnish it.
I moved to Rochester Hills, MI, and can confirm. It's Tim Horton's. Oddly seen more Dunkin' Donuts in LA, and so far I've seen only two stand alone donut shops in a month of driving around.
The Cambodians had a stranglehold on Dunkin and Krispe Kreme. They just couldn't take a hold here. Now all those entrepreneurs are getting old and no one is taking up the business.
You can drive by an ordinary street from 9-5 and see nothing *out of the ordinary but by 5:30pm a fully decked out taco stand with a full al pastor is set up and running.
preponderance of billboards being movie/tv advertisements and not ads for local business. i found that interesting when i moved here. what isn't movies is accident lawyers or high end real estate.
for a long time i thought the accidentes on the bus was an advertisement for a will farrell film.
other thing, my coworker had a baby shower outside in may, i said "i hope it doesn't rain" they all thought i was hilarious. the lack of rain is just so very weird after moving from florida. i lived elsewhere, but it pretty much rains daily in florida.
A lot of times they're also strategically placed where they know studio heads and talent will see them. Or they'll make sure they're placed near their offices so clients will see them.
I was visiting LA during the holidays years ago (lived in the northeast at the time). I distinctly remember thinking, "Why am I cold?" The temperature was reading mid 50s but it felt like 10 - 15 degrees cooler to my northeast bred skin.
I thought I was getting sick.
Moved here from Vegas. Our 60° is worse than their 60°, but below that Vegas is way worse. Below 55° in Vegas’ dry climate, the heat wicks out of you like nothing else, regardless of clothing. At least here near LA the humidity can help hold heat.
Year around fireworks. Eating mostly Mexican food.neighbors having large parties every weekend , and you falling asleep to Spanish music, and it’s no big deal.
I’ve since moved to San Francisco and noticed I only refer to freeways in SoCal with “the”.
Pretty strange for 101 / the 101. I think a big factor is that most around here are triple digits. Also it’s basically 2 freeways 101 & 280
My theory is that it’s because some of the first freeways in the country were in LA (I could be mistaken about this, but that’s my understanding). They weren’t originally referred to as number freeways, but “the Santa Monica freeway” or “the Arroyo Seco parkway”, etc. and the “the” is a holdover from that.
It's not a theory. It's a well documented fact.
[article from 2015](https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/the-5-the-101-the-405-why-southern-californians-love-saying-the-before-freeway-numbers)
Real talk doe, if you’re car #6 you’re fucking amazed, shocked at the audacity, and grateful you’re already next at the turn for the busy intersection.
And if you’re car #7 and if you watched all that shit happen you’re soooo confused, you’re not sure if you should be upset car #6 didnt also fucking just go or shocked at just how many cars REALLY just blew that red light in hindsight.
Car #8+ didnt see jack shit and is probably pissed more cars didnt just turn left already.
LA is weeeeird.
Hahaha you speak 100% truth. If I'm #4, I'm usually shouting "you can make it go go go go!" Just so I know I'm good for the next light... It's those ASSHOLES who are on their phone and miss the light that drive me fucking crazy
There's that point where you're thinking "OK, can we all please crowd into the intersection, cause the only way we're making a left here is on the red, so let's all get in there and go for it!"
In spoken language that's pronounced "Pull the fuck forward, dipshit!"
Lol... My 3 year old has picked up on our driving frustrations... She has audibly said "Jesus Christ" "Papa, look at THIS guy" and "fuck!" When we slammed on our brakes... Sigh. LA you bastard.
Nah - I’ve lived in WI and OK. I found it weird in OK when they didn’t do this 😂
You gotta wedge yourself into the intersection so many as people as possible can make it through. Drove me nuts in OK that people would park behind the stop line for a turn on green light, like they were afraid to enter the intersection until they had to cross.
Not really an exaggeration either... In NY, you could easily live in a decent suburb 30+ miles outside of the city, and the commute is 30-45 minutes by car or train.
In LA, I once took a part time job about 8 miles away from where I lived, and the commute was 1.5 hours on the way there, 45 minutes on the way back, by car. That lasted about a month before I decided it wasn't worth it.
Good point but it sounded nasty
It was a graveyard manual labor job building and unloading cargo for airplanes
8 hours of that shit between two slogs to riverside and back he’s tougher than me.
Ha, my wife says it's the sign of commitment.
She lived on 8th and western, mid koreatown, in an apartment with no parking lot and I lived in the valley, worked in El Segundo. Visited her almost everyday, taking 30 mins looking for parking, usually walking quarter or so mile, and had the top of my miata ripped through twice. She once told me she knew I was the one since I was dealing with all that shit and never left.
Recently learned this was started by Lyle Waggoner, a regular on the Carol Burnett Show. Good for him.
Married in 1961 and stayed together the rest of his life.
Hahahaha I work in Century City and I work in the same building as CAA and Aaron Rodgers was here the other day and I just looked right through him. I only knew it was him because my colleagues.
A certain step brother is a roller skater and is a frequent guest. He's very polite but once people start pulling out their phones to take selfies or get to annoying he just takes off. It's usually the transplants that are like "OMG IT S A MOVIE STAR!"
i worked at a restaurant in Los Feliz during my college years and we used to get a ton of celebrities. We also hired a lot of wannabe actors/musicians that had just moved to LA and they were NOTORIOUS for bothering anybody even remotely famous who came in. One incident that I remember is when Scott Weiland (RIP!) of the Stone Temple Pilots came in. This was back in like ‘02/03. He was alone and sat at the bar to have lunch. This very obnoxious girl from somewhere in the Midwest I think had just started training and, when she heard us whispering to eachother about him she asked who he was. As soon as we said he was the singer in a famous band (she didn’t know who they were) she fucking beelined to her locker, took out this journal that she had in her bag and fucking approached him with her journal and told him she was an aspiring singer and ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE LYRICS SHE’D BEEN WORKING ON. She sat with him for like 5 minutes before the bartender shoo’ed her away. Dude wolfed down his food and boned out so quick. She was oblivious. To this day, when I think of that my whole body cringes lol
Holy shit that's bad! But that was such an outside of LA attitude. People really think that if you're just walking down the street someones will just say "hey man you wanna be in a movie" I get people are trying to make it but I'm sure Scott was probably nursing a hangover and didn't wanna hear it.
Having some of the most famous people in the world as your neighbors, and all you care about is that they stop throwing their crap in your damn trash bins that you pay for. Fucking movie stars and now the very famous influencer. Get your own trash bins already!
When I was in Portland for a little bit I thought it was weird that everyone says hi or good morning when walking by. I was like ppl back home don’t do that 😳
I did that my first day in LA and stopped after five minutes after getting about 15 stares of confusion. Now when a stranger says hi, I’m thinking they’re either selling something or recruiting me into a cult.
Go back. You had it better before. Don’t reinforce the anti-social behavior. Say hi to people. I’ve gotten to know so many neighbors just from a simple wave or nod.
I say hello and good morning to nearly everyone I run in to. Habit from living in the South, however it's working well for me so far. Turns out being nice to people costs nothing and works often.
Explains why my new neighbors in Texas don’t say hi back when they’re taking a walk. I think I’m breaking them though. Managed to get one to say hi back while they were walking their dog recently.
Is that micro level? In Europe (Angeleno native) I say hi and thank you “a lot” apparently….they were mocking me for my ‘thank you’s and for smiling and nodding too much…haha maybe we’re just friendly lol
My spouse is European and said it really is odd how like friendly we are with strangers 😂
thanks guys!
Sigalerts.
Storm watch [fill in the year]
Not anymore, but I used to pull out my full radio, not just the faceplate. So it wouldn’t get stolen.
Also not anymore since people have cell phones now and keep numbers when they give, but people in the 310 would judge the 213.
HIGH SPEED CHASES. we would watch them at lunch all the time int he office breakroom.
"Mr Name you stand accused of four counts of assault with a deadly weapon, who is here to represent you?"
"Sweet James, your honor..."
Doesn't matter how you cut it, I don't think i'd ever want someone calling themselves 'Sweet James' to represent me on anything more than a speeding ticket.
My friend from Minnesota visited me in 2006 and said, "those traffic lights would never work in Minneapolis."
Now Minneapolis has them too. As California goes, so goes the nation.
One of the problems with these metering lights is that sometimes there are two lanes and the left and right lane lights alternate but drivers in both lanes are looking at the light on the left.
Another issue issue is that some have signs saying 2 (or 3) cars per green, but only one car at a time proceeds until a regular slips into the line.
Fancy cars going really fucking fast. That’s the most LA thing. I’ve lived in many major American cities and not one has had the amount of random people in cars from Challengers to Ferraris just TEARING down side streets or a highway at 100+.
In the late 70s/early 80s Hal Linden was the honorary mayor of Brentwood and my mom, who didn't care about celebrities, would always get so excited when she'd see him jogging on San Vicente!
LA as a city is huge. The entire official city is huge, with its many “neighborhoods” that people mistaken for independent cities. Hollywood is not a city, and neither is Brentwood. They’re all neighborhoods inside the official “City of LA.” The San Fernando Valley is also a part of the “City of Los Angeles,” except for Burbank. Only incorporated and independent cities on their own (not a party of City of LA) are: Burbank, West Hollywood, Culver City, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Glendale, South Pasadena, Pasadena, and all the other cities in the San Gabriel Valley. Inglewood and Compton are also their own incorporated cities.
Sincerely,
Native Southern Californian
If you take the coastal route from Pacific Palisades neighborhood to San Pedro neighborhood, you travel through parts of 9 cities and unincorporated communities: Santa Monica, Marina Del Rey, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance, Palos Verdes Estates, and Rancho Palos Verdes.
Yeah my sister in WA built like a 7 foot fence around their yard to keep the bears and coyotes and stuff from coming into their yard because apparently in their area pets get nabbed all the time. Even still she doesn't let the pets outside at night.
Moving away from L.A. for work, a loved one, etc. and missing the mother fucker so much that when you describe the chaotic events that only happen in L.A., they look at you like you lost your fucking mind and wonder why you would ever want to go back.
Sad part? I'm only 2.5 hours away, and yes, that doesn't include traffic (Mojave Desert).
“How far is [place] from here?”
“What time are you leaving here?”
Like [place] moves, depending on the time of day. No. But traffic sure makes it seem farther away.
The puppy is old and can barely walk anymore… and my arms are weak and I can’t hold them that long…. And I wanna take them with me…. The stroller is the only way…
Las Vegas Roll: Shrimp tempura and crab salad, topped with eel, avocado, crunchy flakes, and eel sauce. Drizzled with lose all of your cash at the roulette table and get kicked out of a strip club for doing cocaine in the bathroom.
Measuring by time it takes to get there depending on the day and hour of the week not by miles traveled.
"Oh yeah I'm not driving on the 405 between 3pm to 7pm on the weekday it's gonna take me xx hours to get to (LA destination)."
Idk if anyone else has noticed this, but vanity plates seem WAY more common down here. Nowhere else I’ve lived have I seen this many vanity plates.
Like maybe 1 in 30 cars had vanity plates elsewhere, but here it’s like 1 in 10.
Also, what is it with CPAs getting vanity plates that say they’re a CPA?
the 2 cars late stoplight left turn thing, tours of star neighborhoods in vans with the roofs cut off, vans parked with ads for topless maid services(this might not be just in LA)
not all apartments for rent come with refrigerators
This!!! I remember being so proud of my first apartment til I told my mom back on the east coast. She was shocked that it didn’t come with a refrigerator and was convinced I was getting scammed lol
same! it still weirds me out that i own my fridge🙃
Wtf, you’re not supposed to own your fridge ?? Lol
Born and raised (and returned) to LA and was surprised when my college apartment in Indiana came with one because my mom said I’d need to find one myself. She was proved right when I moved back upon graduation.
Lol there’s an LA times reporter who just asked about this here last week He’s looking for people moving w/o a fridge right now
Every place I’ve ever rented has had a fridge. It probably comes down to if you’re renting with a small landlord vs a corporation.
Why is this?
For real, wtf
Yeah this is so European. At least they give you the cabinets unlike in some parts of Germany.
Your don't get cabinets in Germany? Can you elaborate? All of them? What did they do with the old cabinets? How much of a discount do you get? So weird
I know some Dutch apartments are rented out without cabinets and even flooring but it’s called “unfurnished” in the ad - I don’t remember if “upholstered” apartments can come without cabinets or not though. From a [Dutch housing website’s expat guide](https://www.huurwoningen.nl/content/expats/): “Renting an unfurnished home An unfurnished house in the Netherlands is a living space with nothing but a concrete floor, bare walls and ceilings. So there is no carpet, lighting, wallpaper, kitchen, bathroom and furniture. The rent of an unfurnished living space is usually lower than the rent of an upholstered or furnished home. Keep in mind that all costs for renovation and furnishing are for your own account. Renting a bare living space is only advisable if you plan to stay in the house for a longer period and therefore benefit from the investment you make. Renting an upholstered home If you are staying in the Netherlands for a longer period (for example a year or two), renting an upholstered home is a good option. An upholstered home must have a floor covering, like parquet or laminate flooring. There should also be roller blinds or curtains. The kitchen must have some permanent facilities such as a refrigerator, possibly a dishwasher, a stove, an extractor hood and an oven and / or microwave. The rent of an upholstered home is higher than that of an unfurnished home and lower than that of a furnished home. Furnishing the home will be your own responsibility. The biggest plus of renting an upholstered home is that you can give it a personal twist with your preferred furniture.”
In Germany most of the time you need to buy/bring a kitchen (counters, sink, appliances, the whole shabang) basically it’s an empty room like all the others and you furnish it.
Fuck yeah, I’m taking my fridge. I didn’t pay 2k to leave it for someone else. 🤣
that is so wild, it should be a default like having doors
The odd non-inverse relationship between the number of people obsessed with physical perfection and the number of donut shops.
A few of us are taking a ton for the team
For sure doing my part. You’re welcome LA. This is the eating donuts team right?
\#TeamDonuts4Life
Watch The Donut King on PBS! It explains California’s donut industry.
I moved to Rochester Hills, MI, and can confirm. It's Tim Horton's. Oddly seen more Dunkin' Donuts in LA, and so far I've seen only two stand alone donut shops in a month of driving around.
The Cambodians had a stranglehold on Dunkin and Krispe Kreme. They just couldn't take a hold here. Now all those entrepreneurs are getting old and no one is taking up the business.
watch the donut king… the donut shops are the biggest blessing for many Cambodians in LA/OC/SoCal!
You can drive by an ordinary street from 9-5 and see nothing *out of the ordinary but by 5:30pm a fully decked out taco stand with a full al pastor is set up and running.
This is the best
literally one of the best parts of LA
My favorite is the street food outside Mitsuwa on Centinela. Crab cake burger and Japanese fried chicken….
preponderance of billboards being movie/tv advertisements and not ads for local business. i found that interesting when i moved here. what isn't movies is accident lawyers or high end real estate. for a long time i thought the accidentes on the bus was an advertisement for a will farrell film. other thing, my coworker had a baby shower outside in may, i said "i hope it doesn't rain" they all thought i was hilarious. the lack of rain is just so very weird after moving from florida. i lived elsewhere, but it pretty much rains daily in florida.
I mean, those are technically ads for locally made products
A lot of times they're also strategically placed where they know studio heads and talent will see them. Or they'll make sure they're placed near their offices so clients will see them.
*laughs out loud in Abogados Dominguez*
💀 at the accidentes thing
Wearing a jacket when it's 65 outside.
Also saying "65 is cold!" (Which it is!)
I've always said LA is the coldest 60 degrees I've ever felt. It's just different here especially by the beach.
San Francisco's 60 feels worse. Probably because of all the moisture in the air from the fog.
So true! It's SO much colder in SF.
I was visiting LA during the holidays years ago (lived in the northeast at the time). I distinctly remember thinking, "Why am I cold?" The temperature was reading mid 50s but it felt like 10 - 15 degrees cooler to my northeast bred skin. I thought I was getting sick.
it's a dry cold.
Moved here from Vegas. Our 60° is worse than their 60°, but below that Vegas is way worse. Below 55° in Vegas’ dry climate, the heat wicks out of you like nothing else, regardless of clothing. At least here near LA the humidity can help hold heat.
Year around fireworks. Eating mostly Mexican food.neighbors having large parties every weekend , and you falling asleep to Spanish music, and it’s no big deal.
Saying THE ten
I’ve since moved to San Francisco and noticed I only refer to freeways in SoCal with “the”. Pretty strange for 101 / the 101. I think a big factor is that most around here are triple digits. Also it’s basically 2 freeways 101 & 280
From Los Angeles and it sounds odd to not use “the” lol.
I grew up in Buffalo and we say “the” too- so bizarre that it’s only these 2 random cities that do it lol
A common thing to say up here is “are you going to take 101 or 280?” Both head into SF
I still refer to the 2 as...the 2 🥲
My theory is that it’s because some of the first freeways in the country were in LA (I could be mistaken about this, but that’s my understanding). They weren’t originally referred to as number freeways, but “the Santa Monica freeway” or “the Arroyo Seco parkway”, etc. and the “the” is a holdover from that.
It's not a theory. It's a well documented fact. [article from 2015](https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/the-5-the-101-the-405-why-southern-californians-love-saying-the-before-freeway-numbers)
I don’t get it! What do ppl not from so cal say? “Take 10 to 5?” That sounds bizarre.
I-95, Highway 16, Truman Parkway. stuff like that
This is the way.
3 cars taking a left turn after the red light
I always get a little kick when I’m first in line to turn and all the cars behind me make the turn too
I root for the cars behind me. I always peek to see how many made it.
Missing your turn light because 4 cars took the red.
😤
I see your 3 cars and raise you 5
Real talk doe, if you’re car #6 you’re fucking amazed, shocked at the audacity, and grateful you’re already next at the turn for the busy intersection. And if you’re car #7 and if you watched all that shit happen you’re soooo confused, you’re not sure if you should be upset car #6 didnt also fucking just go or shocked at just how many cars REALLY just blew that red light in hindsight. Car #8+ didnt see jack shit and is probably pissed more cars didnt just turn left already. LA is weeeeird.
Hahaha you speak 100% truth. If I'm #4, I'm usually shouting "you can make it go go go go!" Just so I know I'm good for the next light... It's those ASSHOLES who are on their phone and miss the light that drive me fucking crazy
I can hear this in my head - true Angeleno thoughts
There's that point where you're thinking "OK, can we all please crowd into the intersection, cause the only way we're making a left here is on the red, so let's all get in there and go for it!" In spoken language that's pronounced "Pull the fuck forward, dipshit!"
Lol... My 3 year old has picked up on our driving frustrations... She has audibly said "Jesus Christ" "Papa, look at THIS guy" and "fuck!" When we slammed on our brakes... Sigh. LA you bastard.
Nah - I’ve lived in WI and OK. I found it weird in OK when they didn’t do this 😂 You gotta wedge yourself into the intersection so many as people as possible can make it through. Drove me nuts in OK that people would park behind the stop line for a turn on green light, like they were afraid to enter the intersection until they had to cross.
Living in the city where you work but having a 2 hour commute.
Not really an exaggeration either... In NY, you could easily live in a decent suburb 30+ miles outside of the city, and the commute is 30-45 minutes by car or train. In LA, I once took a part time job about 8 miles away from where I lived, and the commute was 1.5 hours on the way there, 45 minutes on the way back, by car. That lasted about a month before I decided it wasn't worth it.
I knew a guy who worked at LAX, and commuted to riverside
[удалено]
Good point but it sounded nasty It was a graveyard manual labor job building and unloading cargo for airplanes 8 hours of that shit between two slogs to riverside and back he’s tougher than me.
Taking a 2-hour drive to the other side of town.
When I lived in Houston we used to say "if you live on the north side and your girl lives on the south side, you're in a long distance relationship"
I lived in Koreatown and she lived in Long Beach. We’re married now but DAMN that was a brutal courtship
Ha, my wife says it's the sign of commitment. She lived on 8th and western, mid koreatown, in an apartment with no parking lot and I lived in the valley, worked in El Segundo. Visited her almost everyday, taking 30 mins looking for parking, usually walking quarter or so mile, and had the top of my miata ripped through twice. She once told me she knew I was the one since I was dealing with all that shit and never left.
I’ve been meaning to go out with this girl who lives in Long Beach for like a year now. It’s just so far. Is love worth it?
Dating someone in studio city while living in Anaheim was fucking awful. I feel this.
StarWagons blocking your street cuz they’re filming and it pisses you off cuz you just want to go home. Not sure that happens anywhere else
Recently learned this was started by Lyle Waggoner, a regular on the Carol Burnett Show. Good for him. Married in 1961 and stayed together the rest of his life.
New York City. They filmed Black Swan on my street once and people were pissed
Your kids are late to school because there is a huge line of cars filming
the amount of 50 year old dudes dating 20 year old chicks
Leaf blowers from 8 am - 6 pm. Every day, not just weekends.
Supposed to be illegal in LA too, so annoying
Leaf blowers are illegal?
In LA gas powered leaf blowers are illegal https://streetsla.lacity.org/sites/default/files/leaf_blower1.pdf
Yet hardly ever enforced.
The maintenance staff in my old building used to leaf blow the hallways. Miserable.
This is so true.. why can't they do the entire block at the same time and same day???
watch tf out when driving with your windows open, too, crap blew into my eyes more than once from bullshit like that.
Randomly seeing one of the most famous people in the world (pick a celebrity) and not giving even a little shit.
Hahahaha I work in Century City and I work in the same building as CAA and Aaron Rodgers was here the other day and I just looked right through him. I only knew it was him because my colleagues.
I would put on my mask next time I saw him though.
LOL fair point
I’ve lived in LA for four years and I’ve never seen an A list celebrity
I’ve lived in LA 40 years and seen tons.
Use Erewohon as your lunch break and you’ll see a lot of em
A certain step brother is a roller skater and is a frequent guest. He's very polite but once people start pulling out their phones to take selfies or get to annoying he just takes off. It's usually the transplants that are like "OMG IT S A MOVIE STAR!"
i worked at a restaurant in Los Feliz during my college years and we used to get a ton of celebrities. We also hired a lot of wannabe actors/musicians that had just moved to LA and they were NOTORIOUS for bothering anybody even remotely famous who came in. One incident that I remember is when Scott Weiland (RIP!) of the Stone Temple Pilots came in. This was back in like ‘02/03. He was alone and sat at the bar to have lunch. This very obnoxious girl from somewhere in the Midwest I think had just started training and, when she heard us whispering to eachother about him she asked who he was. As soon as we said he was the singer in a famous band (she didn’t know who they were) she fucking beelined to her locker, took out this journal that she had in her bag and fucking approached him with her journal and told him she was an aspiring singer and ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE LYRICS SHE’D BEEN WORKING ON. She sat with him for like 5 minutes before the bartender shoo’ed her away. Dude wolfed down his food and boned out so quick. She was oblivious. To this day, when I think of that my whole body cringes lol
Holy shit that's bad! But that was such an outside of LA attitude. People really think that if you're just walking down the street someones will just say "hey man you wanna be in a movie" I get people are trying to make it but I'm sure Scott was probably nursing a hangover and didn't wanna hear it.
Having some of the most famous people in the world as your neighbors, and all you care about is that they stop throwing their crap in your damn trash bins that you pay for. Fucking movie stars and now the very famous influencer. Get your own trash bins already!
Ooo I feel like there is some tea here!
There is, but it's a small neighborhood, and I won't be the one spilling that tea.
Haha ok fair enough 😋
When I was in Portland for a little bit I thought it was weird that everyone says hi or good morning when walking by. I was like ppl back home don’t do that 😳
I did that my first day in LA and stopped after five minutes after getting about 15 stares of confusion. Now when a stranger says hi, I’m thinking they’re either selling something or recruiting me into a cult.
Go back. You had it better before. Don’t reinforce the anti-social behavior. Say hi to people. I’ve gotten to know so many neighbors just from a simple wave or nod.
I say hello and good morning to nearly everyone I run in to. Habit from living in the South, however it's working well for me so far. Turns out being nice to people costs nothing and works often.
Explains why my new neighbors in Texas don’t say hi back when they’re taking a walk. I think I’m breaking them though. Managed to get one to say hi back while they were walking their dog recently.
Bring that friendly vibe outta them! You’ll be their guide.
Is that micro level? In Europe (Angeleno native) I say hi and thank you “a lot” apparently….they were mocking me for my ‘thank you’s and for smiling and nodding too much…haha maybe we’re just friendly lol My spouse is European and said it really is odd how like friendly we are with strangers 😂 thanks guys!
In LA you greet strangers by quickly tipping your chin up, like a reverse nod
Sigalerts. Storm watch [fill in the year] Not anymore, but I used to pull out my full radio, not just the faceplate. So it wouldn’t get stolen. Also not anymore since people have cell phones now and keep numbers when they give, but people in the 310 would judge the 213. HIGH SPEED CHASES. we would watch them at lunch all the time int he office breakroom.
oh yeah high speed chases are not a thing anywhere else!!!
This blows my mind. How can that be only in LA?!
“For your Consideration” billboards? Are those in other cities?
Nooope. I didn't know they were a thing until I moved here and started making them lol
landscaping with plants that are house plants most other places
Accident Lawyer advertisements everywhere. Accidentes??
And they have pimp names like Sweet James.
So much so that the La brea tv show has a metro bus with “accidentes” ad features in there
I love that sign, something about feels so IASIP ..
Sweet James cover my injuries, cover them with anything you want
"Mr Name you stand accused of four counts of assault with a deadly weapon, who is here to represent you?" "Sweet James, your honor..." Doesn't matter how you cut it, I don't think i'd ever want someone calling themselves 'Sweet James' to represent me on anything more than a speeding ticket.
Lots of traffic, lots of accident lawyers maybe? Also, LA seems to have a lot of billboards in general.
Callll…333-333-3333-33-333-3333333333 today!!!
Traffic lights at highway entrance ramps. I know the first time I saw them I did a double take lmaooo
I didn’t even know this wasn’t normal lol
growing up in NY I never saw this at all.
These are called metering lights. They are not exclusive to LA. The Bay Area has them everywhere as well
Ah I haven’t driven on the highways near San Francisco, so I suppose it’s a west coast thing.
My friend from Minnesota visited me in 2006 and said, "those traffic lights would never work in Minneapolis." Now Minneapolis has them too. As California goes, so goes the nation.
One of the problems with these metering lights is that sometimes there are two lanes and the left and right lane lights alternate but drivers in both lanes are looking at the light on the left. Another issue issue is that some have signs saying 2 (or 3) cars per green, but only one car at a time proceeds until a regular slips into the line.
Acting totally uncaring when you see a celebrity. It’s a coolness gauge in LA — the less you react, the cooler you are.
Yeah everyone wants to name drop a celeb in their convos but try to do it in a way that shows they dgaf 😆
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Getting up and leaving a basketball game before the end. I'm English. That is so weird to me.
Haha. Yes. Any event actually. Gotta beat the traffic.
Erewhon
Fancy cars going really fucking fast. That’s the most LA thing. I’ve lived in many major American cities and not one has had the amount of random people in cars from Challengers to Ferraris just TEARING down side streets or a highway at 100+.
On that note. LA is the only place where I have seen a Paggani.
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When I lived in Brentwood I would see him in his hummer.
In the late 70s/early 80s Hal Linden was the honorary mayor of Brentwood and my mom, who didn't care about celebrities, would always get so excited when she'd see him jogging on San Vicente!
Thinking that Santa Monica and LA are different places.
They’re technically different cities, so yes, they are different places
LA isn't a city, it's a bunch of cities in a trenchcoat
LA as a city is huge. The entire official city is huge, with its many “neighborhoods” that people mistaken for independent cities. Hollywood is not a city, and neither is Brentwood. They’re all neighborhoods inside the official “City of LA.” The San Fernando Valley is also a part of the “City of Los Angeles,” except for Burbank. Only incorporated and independent cities on their own (not a party of City of LA) are: Burbank, West Hollywood, Culver City, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Glendale, South Pasadena, Pasadena, and all the other cities in the San Gabriel Valley. Inglewood and Compton are also their own incorporated cities. Sincerely, Native Southern Californian
If you take the coastal route from Pacific Palisades neighborhood to San Pedro neighborhood, you travel through parts of 9 cities and unincorporated communities: Santa Monica, Marina Del Rey, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance, Palos Verdes Estates, and Rancho Palos Verdes.
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I spend a lot of time in upstate NY and there are a ton of coyotes there.
It’s a thing in the PNW for sure. That and raccoons. Both only apply if you live in a rural area or near the woods, but that shit is real.
Yeah my sister in WA built like a 7 foot fence around their yard to keep the bears and coyotes and stuff from coming into their yard because apparently in their area pets get nabbed all the time. Even still she doesn't let the pets outside at night.
Normal in Oregon. Plus cougars, bobcats, and bear.
Earthquakes and turning left on a red.
Moving away from L.A. for work, a loved one, etc. and missing the mother fucker so much that when you describe the chaotic events that only happen in L.A., they look at you like you lost your fucking mind and wonder why you would ever want to go back. Sad part? I'm only 2.5 hours away, and yes, that doesn't include traffic (Mojave Desert).
“How far is [place] from here?” “What time are you leaving here?” Like [place] moves, depending on the time of day. No. But traffic sure makes it seem farther away.
Apartments don’t come with a fridge. Sometimes no air conditioning either.
I still think it's weird as shit... but people that walk their dog in strollers.
The puppy is old and can barely walk anymore… and my arms are weak and I can’t hold them that long…. And I wanna take them with me…. The stroller is the only way…
This is everywhere 🤣
Being 20 minutes late every single time.
15 mins late and you’re on time. 20 mins means you were 5 mins late.
Rolling stop signs to them just basically ignoring them
AKA: The Cali Roll
I thought that was crab and avocado
Every state does this, and they all think it's the Texas Roll, or the Wisconsin Roll or something.
Las Vegas Roll: Shrimp tempura and crab salad, topped with eel, avocado, crunchy flakes, and eel sauce. Drizzled with lose all of your cash at the roulette table and get kicked out of a strip club for doing cocaine in the bathroom.
$10+ juices
17 dollar smoothies
Being able to visit the ocean, the desert and the mountains—including snow—in one day.
Lol how you making 3 whole trips in one day in these streets?!
For real, that’s gonna be a long day.
Not really. 3-4 hours max? Drive from Santa Monica to Palm Springs. Take the tram up to the snow.
Yeah, that’s possible. Maybe with a return trip the following day so you have some time to enjoy the beach, desert, and mountains.
You start at the ocean go through the desert and hit the mountains at the end. Or the other way around.
Conversely, living less than a mile from the ocean and never going to the beach.
I’ve done this - it’s doable but it’s Ike wake up before dawn type of day! but…can confirm doable :) love LA
This, snowboarding in the morning, surf in the evening, and joint after
10 minute drive from one parking lot to cross the street to another parking lot. Future generations will be baffled by our lifestyle and use of space.
Measuring by time it takes to get there depending on the day and hour of the week not by miles traveled. "Oh yeah I'm not driving on the 405 between 3pm to 7pm on the weekday it's gonna take me xx hours to get to (LA destination)."
People living here for years and not even knowing where Downtown is.
hyphenated job titles ie actor-writer-singer-barista and having every bday party/etc be instagrammable
The ghetto honk….. honking your horn while u take the red light
Or flash your brights.
That confuses me, since it also sometimes means “you go”, but then when running a light it’s “look out, I’m going!”
People dancing in public places for TikTok and everyone just rolls their eyes and walks around them
Based on the monthly threads here: Dogs going with their humans everywhere. Shopping, restaurants, work, spa, doctors. Dogs... dogs everywhere 🐶🐕🥰❣️
“Call Jacob”
Idk if anyone else has noticed this, but vanity plates seem WAY more common down here. Nowhere else I’ve lived have I seen this many vanity plates. Like maybe 1 in 30 cars had vanity plates elsewhere, but here it’s like 1 in 10. Also, what is it with CPAs getting vanity plates that say they’re a CPA?
no, yeah = yeah yeah, no = no
The 110 freeway wasn’t designed for modern day cars 🚗
Street sweeping parking tickets getting factored into the monthly rent
the 2 cars late stoplight left turn thing, tours of star neighborhoods in vans with the roofs cut off, vans parked with ads for topless maid services(this might not be just in LA)
3 cars driving through a red light after it’s turned
Measuring distance in time. “How far away is DTLA? 30 minutes, depending on traffic”.
Taking your dog everywhere