I guess one person's emptiness is another person's freedom. It's one of the things I like best about L.A. You're can do and be and live however you want (if you're trying to exist within the Hollywood framework, that's a slightly different story).
Whether you're a part of it or not things happen in soCal and the rest of the world cares. Some will pretend like they don't, but turn on a news, entertainment, or talk show - we're all over it. People know where you live. They hear about it, talk about it, write about it, read about it, argue about it, sing about it. No one ever says, "You're from L.A.? Where's that?"
So much of what southern California offers is the best of the best. The best cuisines from around the world, the best shows, shopping, amusement parks, weather, landscapes - mountains to the sea. We set a lot of firsts: we start patterns and establish trends that filter out to the rest of the country and, through Hollywood, the world. It's an amazing mix of people, cultures, and language from everywhere around the globe, all extremes. There's just no place like it. Anywhere. It's really, really hard to move somewhere else accept second-best after living here. Anyplace else seems - what was that word? Oh, yeah: empty.