1. We Angelenos hate when people call it "Hollyweird," but — full disclosure — this is an everyday sight:
Headline? •Casual Friday •Spidey runs out of web-slinging stuff •Only in LA
2. And OK, yes, other weirdness goes on:
Only in LA.
3. It's not as glamorous as it may look from the outside:
The best part of living in LA is knowing the Oscars take place in a mall.
4. And — whether you know an actor or are one — you understand the actor life isn't all that glamorous either:
Only in LA can I ask a stranger in the laundry room if I may cut ahead for the dryer due to a 10:30am callback and they reply with “Sure. Do you need me to run lines with you?”
5. Dating in LA is...different:
people in LA tell you they’re recently single by saying “looks like I have no one to go to Coachella with anymore”
6. And I'm afraid there are quite a lot of these guys:
"I'm into older women." --40-year-old guy in LA dating someone his own age
7. In LA, driving is a whole thing, which is my way of saying I don't know if we're all bad drivers as much as driving has put us through A LOT:
Man people in LA can’t drive for shit, myself included
8. Like, exhibit A:
only in la where it takes 20 minutes to drive 1 mile-___-
9. When we reach a traffic-free stretch of road, we go a little crazy:
only in LA will you be driving 80 mph on the freeway and still have people honking at you and passing you up
10. And no, if we've waited patiently at the ungodly slow transition, we will not let you merge at the last minute:
People in LA would rather give away their first born child than let you merge in front of them
11. And don't even get me started about parking:
been living in LA for about 6 months and I regret to say the War to Avoid Parking Tickets is over and I have lost. well @candicepool and I have lost. (these two are from yesterday)
12. But the good news is that, for all the car-related misery we go through, you do sometimes randomly spot a celeb driving near you, which is kind of cool:
Only in LA. Just getting off the freeway with @jayleno
13. Speaking of celebrities, they're a literal part of life in LA:
only in LA my training booklet has “what do to do if a celebrity walks in the store” i cant make this shit up
14. You WILL meet name droppers, who are annoying, tbh:
People in LA love mentioning artists real first names “oh you mean _______” lol
15. While we're on the subject of celebs, we've all played the "Is that a celeb or just a rando hot person?" game:
i hate living in la are u just sexy or famous i need to know?
16. And, speaking of hot people, any Angeleno will tell you this reads true:
The amount of hot people in LA who think they’re funny is astounding
17. The weather is almost always perfect (which means we don't do well in the rain):
People in LA (99% of the time): “It’s so dry all the time. We need some rain!” People in LA after 3 HOURS of rain: “This is some biblical type flooding!” Ps. Turn off your sprinklers this week.
18. And yes, people from outside LA will roll their eyes at how we react to a break in the "70 degrees and sunny" norm:
The amount of people in LA calling a windy 60 degrees “chilly” is triggering the inner Minnesotan in me.
19. Kids grow up a little faster here:
Only in Los Angeles: I overheard a 7-year old girl tell her mother, "Mom, I'm not getting sucked into your bullshit again."
20. And even after living here 26 years, I'm not sure of this either:
I can’t tell if people in LA are just chill or secretly full of rage
21. But in the end, despite everything, we wouldn't want to live anywhere else because Los Angeles is an AMAZING place:
Only in Los Angeles are people THIS FUCKING Genius!!!!!!