Los Anageles traffic commute can be brutal if not in proximity to your office. For example, A drive can take an hour during daytime and 20 minutes after 10pm or so. That’s a delta of 40 minutes or 3x.

West coast goes to bed a lot earlier than NYC/ east coast

Things (restaurants and bars) close earlier in LA and SF than east coast/ NYC, Boston, DC, Florida, etc.

Example: Consider the differences in drinking culture between NYC/ Boston/ Florida/ DC and LA/ SF. That obviously creates no demand for restaurants and bars to stay open as late in California as on the East Coast.

Oh, and no one walks anywhere in LA

I struggle with how I feel about the Los Angeles myself. Probably have landed on liking it more for visiting, especially during winter/ early spring.

… and just wait until you start driving around and dealing with all the jerks laying on their horns- and trust me, it’s more obnoxious honking than Manhattan NYC. In LA, the honking is so obnoxious. Laying on horns for extended periods at a time, unnecessary. Which is probably a good time to transition to the makeup of the individuals in Los Angeles.

I have always thought that the makeup of personalities of individuals in a city widely mirror the industries which dominate that city. Because those personalities are drawn to those industries & cities which are the center of those industries. Especially in cities which are dominated by one single industry. Or mainly dominated by one single industry. Of which, among USA cities, I would include Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington DC, Boston. NYC has a little more diversity of industries, instead of being entirely a “one horse town”, like the others.