By: Sara Rosco

Sara Rosco — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:38:00 +0000

I recently moved to Los Angeles from San Francisco and I used City Movers LLC, they were on time and well prepared for my move!
I love this article! No one owns L.A. ! although alot of people around here think that they do! Be prepared is the best way to put it to say the least.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:51:43 +0000

I bet the only thing similar (or worse) to moving to LA is moving to NYC. So many points that you’ve mentioned apply to the Big Apple too (especially hostile reaction to your friendly “hi”, and inpatient drivers on the roads). That’s a very useful survival guide.

By: Boxes for moving

Boxes for moving — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:40:26 +0000

Hey great post!

Staying in LA for a few months soon and really appreciate the detail and advice.

Thanks

By: chris

chris — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:06:00 +0000

Great post. Informative to read.

By: May

May — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:43:08 +0000

Extremely helpful, thank you SO much! Moving in February from VA and I’m all sorts of nervous about it.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:50:19 +0000

Living in LA isn’t as hard as the guide makes it out to be re9). I haven’t seen anything explode outside of a show, let alone a Rolls Royce. People are pretty slow here compared to NYC. If you go to OC people get even slower.

The small fish in a large pond, may be an experience of someone from the rural back country. Or, it certainly looks that way looking onto LA from the mountains. LA is more accurately a patch work of many small and medium sized ponds. There are many cities in LA with their own socio-economic profiles, business, and shopping centers. While there are many long distance commuters, there are just as many people, who say wouldn’t consider working outside of the West Side. Especially, traffic makes one want to stay in one’s own area.

And, you don’t need a guide for the city. While the Thomas Guide was famous, Google Maps is so much more user friendly. Plus, it has satellite photos so you can look for land marks and parking in your target area. There are also current traffic conditions built into the map.

Driving can be a bit hard in the beginning, because direction signs are posted very late compared to other cities. Though, it is easy to get a hang off the city.

Perhaps, the least mentioned aspect of LA is that it is surrounded by amazing nature. For example the Santa Monica mountains have world class rock climbing. If you live in Santa Monica, they are 15 minutes or less away and you are hiking through head over plant growth with creeks and water falls. John Muir called the San Gabriel mountains the most rugged mountains in California. They are within less then an hour. They offer tall snow covered peaks, rivers, dams. There are many National Parks within a weekend trip’s distance.