lol... this is turning into quite an entertaining and fun-to-read thread.
well, my story's not as interesting as everyone else... born on the u.s. east coast to 1st gen immigrant taiwanese (chinese) parents, grew up in utah (where my dad did his phd), then moved to los angeles, and then family moved to taipei when i was in 4th grade... finished hs there, and then i came back to southern california, and completed undergrad @ UCLA. been in
los angeles ever since- working in the IT field- mostly in entertainment industry, up until 2 years ago...
other than the high cost of living, overpopulation, gangs, graffiti, and awful traffic etc., it's really hard not to love la once you've lived here... the weather in so cal is simply too awesome all year round, and there is simply too much good food and fun stuff to see and do here... <lol>
southern cali is prolly one of the only places in the world where you can (a) go skiing/ snowboarding/ snowshoeing, (b) canyon driving/ riding/ biking/ mountain climbing, (c) surfing, swimming, water skiing/ ocean kayaking, (d) gambling/ shopping/ fine dining/ sport watching (NBA, NHL, MLB)/ concerts/ clubbing... all in the same day! =D
the only thing we need, desperately, is our own NFL team! hehehe xP and, the only thing that makes me ashamed of being from LA is after the stupid Lakers play in any type of championship game. gosh, those rioting morons are just that- completely stupid morons. it took us years to finally get rid of the Raiders. (good riddance, btw, cuz of their stupid, violent fans)
maybe it's asking too much for our city to actually have citizens with some class. sigh =(