Friends in Hollywood

Interesting piece.

I really like one of the comments:

An observation of cultural difference between the left coast and the rest: Back East you're treated like a stranger until you're accepted and then you're in for the whole ride. Out West you're welcomed in on first breath but you will never be fully accepted no matter how long they may know you.

Not so sure it's true, but I can understand how East Coasters never quite feel at home on the West Coast. The attitude out here is hard to define - particularly in Los Angeles. It isn't that no one truly cares about you - it's that no one really cares about anyone. That may sound bleak, but I mean it in the best possible way. The BLDGBlog article says it best.

In Los Angeles you can be standing next to another human being but you may as well be standing next to a geological formation. Whatever that thing is, it doesn't care about you. And you don't care about it. Get over it. You're alone in the world. Do something interesting.