L.A. No, Don't. Just don't!
I was born and raised here. Hollywood is a DUMP. SoCal is a vast trash heap--a vile and disgusting hellhole with the worst traffic in the nation, worst pollution in the nation, worst homeless problem in the nation (TYPHUS!!!! FCKUING TYPHUS for Chrissakes!!!! Look it up if you don't know what it is.), laughable rents and house prices, and attractions! attractions! attractions! Only thing is, most people here NEVER go to any of them, 'cause you're gonna PAY in time on the freeway, even on the weekend! That hot new Korean-Ethiopian taco place all the celebs are eating at (rumor has it that ******TARANTINO****** was even spotted there!!!!!!)?? You're never going to go there, because it'll take you four hours of driving even on the weekend. Also, did I mention that most of SoCal is soul-crushingly ugly?? My friend in Vanouver said, "Your mountains look like dirt. Your hillsides look like dirt. Your skies look like dirt." Sometimes I think dirt would be an improvement.
Don't even think of going to the beach anytime within two weeks of a rainstorm--all the unspeakable filth on our roadways gets washed down the HELL A river (not a river actually, but a concrete ditch) into the beach. And, when I say unspeakable, I mean it--stay away!!
Fortunately my parents and I moved to Pasadena area when I was about 12--a vastly better scene. My wife and I lived in the Bay Area (expensive, but AWESOME!!) for about a decade, and Vancouver BC for four years (expensive, but also pretty cool)
Now, I'm back here for a fairly cushy job with lots of free time, a pension, a nice office, great benefits--and I have to help my aging parents out (only child, thank god).
When I early retire in a decade or so with a nice pension, I will rent a Porsche 911 Turbo S (the only facepunch-worthy thing is if you pronounce it "Porsh"!), and I will lay the hammer down so hard on my way out of SoCal that the earth will probably careen out of its orbit from the centrifugal force of everyone's head spinning in the same direction.
My job is entirely remote now, and if it remains so after the pandemic, we may be looking to Ireland (I am a citizen) or the SF Bay area. The Bay Area is also very expensive (not so bad where we would be), but it is effortlessly cool and awesome in a way that SoCal could not dream of being in forever!