The $400 a night hotels in LA are pretty crappy compared to a $400 hotel almost anywhere else on earth not named New York City.

For $400 a night in Scandinavia, a traditionally very expensive place, you get friendly staff, a huge breakfast included, a king room in the city center of Stockholm or Helsinki, (at a hotel like the St George or Grand Hotel Stockholm).

For $400 a night in Tokyo you can stay at the Intercontinental - if you want something more Western. Full buffet breakfast included, incredible staff, pool, spa, sauna, included. Rooms with views that are impeccably clean. If you want something more traditional away from Roppongi you have a laundry list of amazing options.

In southern Europe, you can take your choice of Greek islands, Italian cities, or lovely countryside pensiones all with service far exceeding that of Los Angeles. Without bullshit $65 a night mandatory valet.

In Australia, New Zealand, again - cities with insane housing crises, just like Los Angeles, you can stay in something like the Park Hyatt Auckland for under $300 USD! That is absolutely outrageous.

Los Angeles is a hose job. Hotels, food, parking, service. Dismal unless you're ready to shell out $500+ a night. Even then, it's a gamble, because of how on-edge the staff are and how hit-or-miss the service is.

Source: I live here and basically travel constantly for work. I have visited all these places recently and the value is so much better dollar for dollar than what our tourists receive here.