Ex-NYers in LA: Can someone honestly tell me if (for the most part) media life in LA is more manageable than NYC? Feeling like my time is finally up after over a decade of living here and wondering if it’s worth the move back to the west coast (I spent ~10 yrs in the Bay before NY, now living with a partner who has been in NY all their life and we are pretty set on giving LA a try). Obviously it depends on company/agency, type of work, etc. so curious to hear from everyone!

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Born and raised in NY and moved to LA four years ago, and I can say work culture is WAY more lax in LA. There are just a lot less rules about hours from my experience and people are way friendlier. We’re actually having issues right now because we need to work with people out in NY and there is a big culture clash in how aggressive and needlessly harsh the people in the NY office are coming off as.

But beyond work, rent is also way cheaper, you drive everywhere and don’t have to deal with the daily public transport and crowds, and I much prefer my life out here in LA to my life out in NY (though I do miss it sometimes).

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I miss NY

Generally speaking, yes. But there’s still the grind of working in a Tier 1 market—especially if you’re on an entertainment, auto or QSR account.

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No winter. Access to outdoor activities. Depends on where you want to live. And where you end up working. But it’s a great place to feel like you’re on vacation

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Way better weed.

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