Do I miss LA?
We lived in Los Angeles for about 4 years when we were first married. I recently met someone who had lived in/near LA for 30 years so it brought back memories. I spent the first two years of living there hating it - newly married and living with my husband for the first time across country from where I had spent the past 20 years of my life, commuting 30 miles (1 to 1.5 hours each way) every day, no friends or family nearby, new job (for a lousy company), working 50 hours a week (not a big deal when you don’t have kids until you count in the commute and the other factors) supporting my new husband through graduate school, and the list goes on. For the record, I would never recommend someone to make so many changes all at the same time. Then we moved closer to my job to West Hollywood where I finally understood how the 14 million people who lived in Southern California could actually enjoy it. We tried really, really hard to buy a place but just could never accept the fact that we could only get a 3 bedroom condo with no garage on two professional incomes 30 to 45 minutes away from where we would prefer to be.
So we made the plunge. Tom gave up his career at an awesome firm. We gave up the awesome restaurants, the convenience of delivery for dinner of pretty much any type of food we wanted (not just Pizza Hut or Dominoes).
And now we still have a great life! Tom fumbled for a couple of years with a lousy job, but now he couldn’t ask for anything better. My commute is usually around 15 minutes. And, we have a house.
I miss LA from time to time. But if I still lived there, my life wouldn’t be the same as I remembered it. Throwing a couple of kids into the mix certainly changes things. At least we have that experience to draw from.
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