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I am an English Realtor who now lives in LA. I grew up in London and moved here 2 years ago.
I work in the property industry here as well, so have a great insight on the differences between the 2 cities as well as the differences in the relocation process. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out directly.
I spent 4 years working for Foxtons and so understand both markets in depth.
I can relate the processes here to those in the U.K. and vice versa.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of living in London/UK versus Los Angeles/Southern California?
I live in Southern California on the coast south of Los Angeles. I am considering some job opportunities in London. I have been to London twice but only for a couple days.
Below are some of the pros and cons as I understand them. Please add to this list the pros and cons of these two areas as you see them.
I am single, no kids, work in investment management, and love traveling. Thanks.
London/UK
Pros
* Financial capital of the world
* Incredible job opportunities (at least for financial services)
* Excellent proximity to the rest of Europe
* History, culture, character
* Cool British people
* Good public transportation
Cons
* Weather
* Cost of living
* Overpriced, low quality restaurants
* Flat, lacks natural beauty (at least right in London as I recall)
Los Angeles / Southern California
Pros
* Weather / year round outdoor sports
* Scenic beauty / beaches / mountains / open space
* Lots of great, inexpensive restaurants offering a wide variety of cuisines
Cons
* Traffic / lack of public transportation
* Cost of living
* Somewhat isolated (only other countries you have fast access to are Mexico and Canada)
What other pros and cons would you add to these lists?
Your London 'cons' are based on bad stereotypes and as for the lacks natural beauty bit?????
apples and oranges, that's why London people love going to LA because it's so different from London in every way, London is all museums and culture and architecture and sophistication, and LA is freeways and gangs and pollution and palm trees
Los Angeles is a freakingly sunny and dry city . Everywhere will seem like it rains all the time - London gets 110 days of rain . Thats 1 in 3 days .
But I'm sure if you can convince yourself enough it could be 300 .
It's like those tourists who go to Greece when its like 30c and come back and go ' WOW - you'll never guess but it was like 60c degrees over there ' lol .
anyway , London's not a pretty city - . There are much nicer in Europe
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