Moving to Los Angeles, California?

LA is like every city it has it luxury parts and it also has it's little unwanted places. You should move to Beverly Hills;however, LA has glamarous places too. Like San Pedro.

L.A is very over-rated. The traffic, illegal immigration, housing costs are only getting worse. Ask this question closer to your move date for a more accurate answer. Good Luck and Congratulations.

LA is really bad!!!!! I don't know why people think it is a good place??? The smog is sooooooooooo BAD that when I was going to school there was days that we couldn't go outside because the smog was soooo bad!!!! REALLY!! The traffic is nasty!!!! It will take you 3 hours to go 65 miles on the freeway. I have done it on my way home from work!!!! The housing is very high!!! My grandma sold a house in Riverside for 375,000.00 it was 1/4 acre, 3 bedr, 1 bath, no garge, old built befor WWII. Just houseing is VERY high!!!!!! Over crowed!!!!! The schools there are bad!!! If you plan to have kids it is a bad place for them to go to school!!!! Look into some where else!!! Lived there 30 yrs & glad to be out!!!!!

Congrats on becoming a doctor. I've heard we need more of those. There is much to do in L.A. You won't be bored. You can drive to the beaches one day and then turn around the other direction and go skiing at Big Bear the next day if it's winter. We have many venues for concerts, theater, and of course, film and I'm not talking about the blockbusters that are repetative---I'm talking quirky, good films that are off the beaten path. Plus, every once in a while we have a major brush fire, a car chase, or an earthquake. There is always lots to do and see. Buy an L.A. Times at a newsstand one Sunday to give you a good idea. Sure, you could bring your parents with you. I think the fast pace and traffic here is harder for older adults to cope with, but I guess that depends on their personalities.

California is great if you are single, young, and into parting. However, the schools, are not the best except the universities. It is over populated, crowded, and has horrible traffic. I know very few people who love it, and of the ones I do, they don't live here full time. The work for Dr. will be good and so will the pay, howeverr, the living cost is expencive. If you want to move your parents here it might not be the greatest idea. I would look into somewhere like CO, its great there.