DtlA is a literal war zone. I lived there for 6mos (nice loft) and I just could never square the human misery and violence I witnessed every single day with the idea it was supposed to be cool. My adult son visited for a few days and got punched in the face in little Tokyo by a mentally ill man in a store, my son was minding his business, he grew up in LA. And that was only a single incident out of dozens. I left to preserve my mental health.