- Distance is measured in time here, too
- Traffic is not as bad as people make it out to be
- Dry heat is different, but 100 F is still damn hot
- When people say no one in LA is from LA, they are very wrong
- Hollywood defines much of what LA is, but much of LA is nothing like Hollywood
- Male celebrities look exactly like you think they will
- Female celebrities do not
- For such a big city, the food selection in the supermarkets is terrible
- Seeing the paparazzi in action may be the most surreal thing you will ever experience
- Bars close at 2, but liquor stores are always open
- If you were wondering, they are fake
- Uggs are apparently comfortable in the middle of summertime
- I don't think there is one real coffee shop in LA
- $120 is an acceptable price for a t-shirt
- "LA time" runs about 45 minutes late
- Shopping carts move by themselves to locations a parkour enthusiast would balk at reaching
- Unattended trash will disappear within 12 hours of being placed on, in or near a dumpster or alley
- The LA River is not a river, was never a river, and usually resembles an empty, blocked off frontage road
- Standard signage on roads is, in most places, optional
- Clouds or rain are a sign of the apocalypse and should be treated as such
- 65 degrees is a reasonable time to break out a winter jacket
- No one talks like a valley girl
- No one talks about, or cares about immigration of any kind
- Donut shops also serve things like fried chicken, and are on every corner
- West coast fast food chains are better in almost every way, except for the fast part
- A 2x2, 2x4 and 4x4 are all something you order at In-n-Out, which only has 6 menu items, but about 100 actual things you can eat
- Standard rules of the road are apparently suggestions
- Schools look like either haciendas, or low security prisons
- If you say "State Trooper", it will sound like Cantonese to most people
That does it for now.
