Why They Hate Us: The Life of L.A. Stereotypes

Los Angeles is the place described in Motley Crue's song "Dr Feelgood", with all its ills and good stuff as well : )

Don't tell me that's an unfair stereotype cause the Crue are from LA!

It is true Los Angeles is an AMAZING place. if you were to go to santa monica beach alot of culture is there. venice beach alot of different things around. downtown cheap things cant get better than that. I was born here and i LOVE IT!! no matter what.To SUNANDSHINEDAY all you base about Los Angeles is on Stereotypes. YOU have to go out there and expore LOS ANGELES and base it on your own thoughts and stop following what other people say. OPEN YOUR EYES!! HAVE FUN PARTY.. for sure you will change you mind of LOS ANGELES

THATS WHY ITS MOZ ANGELES!!!! (for all you morrissey fans, were the largest fan-base)

i was born and raised here in LA>born in the bad part of town MLK hospital and lived in a working class neighborhood. True, all big cities have there good and bad parts. i was in the westside a week ago and i can tell you that beverly hills, west la, wee-ho, and the majority of that "side" are cool, pricey/wealthy/, on which most of these reality shows are based on but once you drive east of pico blvd we hit some "bad" parts of town, all these withing a 5mile radius. all these towns/cities/municipalities that make up LA are made up of ppl with different ecoconomic and social backgrounds. GO TO LA and see what you'll find, anything from little armenia, thai town, placita olvera, koreatown, little tokyo, little ethiopia, filipino town, and of course a significant number of jews/iraelis/persians in the westside. plus us "angelenos" have our own stereotypes for ppl from the inland empire and "THE OC" hahaha bunch of bros and brohos...so yeah i guess its all part of the angelo culture...we've got plenty of diversity and we do have a culture ppl that arent from LA dont know about the culture here so whats up with these preconceived notions that were "vain, vapid, and uncultured?"

Los Angeles is a beautiful city its amazing so many things to do the weather is awesome the people are all so beautiful no where have i gone where the people where more beautiful. West Hollywood is my favorite of the LA area people were friendly and not rude or any of that stereotype crap. I'm hoping to move soon can't wait..

Hey all you haters! If LA sucks so bad, then why does everybody move here! You can't visit LA for vacation and know anything about it. Go home!

Don't forget.....if LA was soooo horrible.....then why does everybody move here?!

@ Missie - You just made my point valid, thank you.

@ Sandra - to compare L.A. to New York is rather insulting one lacks culture, the other dwells in it.

Sorry, still have my opinion and value it.

@Sunandshineday:

You are stupid and fuck you.

"This place is filled with phoney people - facades! People here are rude and obnoxious...oh, let's not forget pretentious! It's the "me, me, me" crowd - just look at ALL the vanity plates the cars have here!!"

Where can't you find these people? Stupid ass. In every (big) city, there are good and bad people. You close minded dumbass should go to hell for your stupid stereotypes.

You probably had just vacation in LA for two days, and not actually lived there. LA is beautiful and I'd love to be back to my hometown.

sunandshineday, los angeles definitely does not fit the stereotypes put on by tv shows and movies. we angelinos have a culture just as new york and other major cities do. go to east la and you will find an ecclectic mix of many hispanics and their clutures meshing into one go to culver city or hollywood because there the cinemas are the main attraction...basically what we are known for. if it werent for us, you would see ur precious movies that are "set" in chicago or new mexico! and while downtown does not have the best appeal to everyone, remember that los angeles includes many and many municipalities like the oc sf valley san gabriel valley and sometimes the inland empire...los angeles is built on discovery, inspiration, and opportunities!

C'mon anonymous! It's all true! This place is filled with phoney people - facades! People here are rude and obnoxious...oh, let's not forget pretentious! It's the "me, me, me" crowd - just look at ALL the vanity plates the cars have here!! BLEH!! The smog is absolutely disgusting and toxic - no one ever mentions that! And for the life of me, WHY would you want to continue to live in a place that is overcrowded, no transit system (freeways are horrible), and NO CULTURE!! I'm living here now, but will make a move soon! I'm glad I've come to my senses. Hope you can come to yours..

As a California native, most of these stereotypes are Hollywood driven. They are usually from people who are not natives and who have come here seeking some sort of acting dream and try to assimilate into the culture of California by using television and movies as a guide.

I'm from Jacksonville, Florida and I'm moving here next month. Yes there are many stereotypes about LA, but I mean there are stereotypes about all regions of the world. Like people think Southerners are all inbred, slow talking hicks. The only difference I see in the stereotypes out here is that there are so many different ones that it's impossible for someone to not find someone with similar interest. I love it here and can't wait to officially move.

If it wasn't for all these stereotypes I never would have moved here :-)