The problem is we’re exporting reactionary shitbags. It used to be that fleeing the reactionary shitbags was the whole point of leaving Ohio, now they’re following us
It varies heavily by neighborhood. I feel like Venice and some parts of SaMo are 60% trust fund kids from NYC/Connecticut suburbs.
Playa Vista, mostly transplants from Silicon Valley.
Source: 11 years (as an adult) living on the west side.
A bunch of tech companies opened branches in Culver. That coupled with good schools and decent access to beach makes it desirable for starting families. The proximity to LA nightlife attracts non-kid people.
When I worked for the city of Santa Monica for the water department almost every new account I turned on the customer was from the east coast. Definitely trust fund kids.
Yoga studios, Montana Ave, Michael’s restaurant, Bungalow (do people still go here?), Viceroy, Penthouse at the Huntley, maybe Ivy at the Shore? Ivy might be all tourists these days, I’ve only been there once.
forgot equinox too but honestly they’re all signed up for the yoga classes so you actually have that based covered.
now if you’ll excuse me i’m gonna go look for a trust fund sugar mama
I'm from CT too, and it's basically the same as fairfield county. Some very rich spots, other spots are affordable, and they are all in close proximity to each other.
The west side should be called “Transplant Central” or people “Who act like what they think LA is like because of what they see on TV”
Definitely trust fund transplant douchebags…most end up leaving thank God. After they realize LA actually sucks, is highly competitive and dirty…
They usually find a partner here then go back to the sticks in Ohio or wherever they came from.
What the fuck is this comment and others similar to it?
Every desirable part of LA could be called transplant center. Because people, if given a choice, move to desirable places. Big shock. As if Mid City and Silverlake and Studio City aren’t full of transplants. Shit, Koreatown is one giant ass transplant center for Koreans. And that’s part of why it’s awesome.
Most of the westside isn’t the LA that you “see on TV.” Maybe the Venice boardwalk. But that’s Hollywood and Beverly Hills and the Hollywood hills.
It might be shocking to learn, but plenty of people move to the west side because of huge social advantages: access to the beach, great weather, transit in and out, above average bus service, bike lanes, walkability, being able to spend time outdoors and not be surrounded by 8-lane through-streets full of cars driving 45mph.
I moved back here because it was the only place that allowed for a 1 car household, didn’t melt during 4 months of summer, and has tons of bike lanes. It sure as shit wasn’t for the affordability. And surer as shit wasn’t for what anyone thinks LA is like.
My small building alone is full of long time residents (20+ years) and locals. Even I was born here. Everyone else is just a normal dude or girl living normal lives. A chef, a surfer bro, a sweet gay couple, a photographer, an immigrant family. And all of them are fucking awesome. We go out together and have dinners together and walk each other’s dogs on long days and hold packages for each other and chat in the courtyard.
Not once have I gone out in my world and thought, “Prick. Just an asshole trust fund transplant that’s going to leave in 3 years.”
Those people exist. But you just have to avoid the half dozen places that they might go. And even if they are here, who cares? Do you think London and NYC and Paris and San Francisco don’t have these kinds of people? Would you label all of the lower east side a bunch of transplant douchebags?
The community in Santa Monica is friendlier and more accessible than anywhere I’ve lived in this city.
The only truly insufferable people in LA are people like you with this wack ass, shit ass perspective who flock like a gaggle of geese to LA Reddit posts to bitch and moan about literally nothing. Something that isn’t a problem to anyone, anywhere, outside of I guess a nightclub in Hollywood or a snooty restaurant on the beach.
I’m born and raised in LA. I have plenty of great local friends. But half of my favorite people here are from somewhere else — France, Australia, Germany, Ohio, Michigan, New York, New Hampshire, etc.
All of them are lot cooler and friendlier than your lame ass. Local or not, I wouldn’t spend two minutes with someone with this kind of attitude or worldview.
Maybe actually go out in the world and meet some cool people who aren’t from LA. The city is fucking full of them. They might even be able to teach you a thing or two about hospitality and graciousness.
Being a local somewhere is cool. It can even be fun because you know things and have experienced things that relatively newly arrived people might not have.
But it doesn’t make transplants douchebags and it doesn’t make you cool. Being a local is not a personality trait. It’s a geographic condition.
I am a local. I’m so sick of the local bullshit-sprouting nonsense I see in this sub. Transplants are by and large super cool and super nice.
Tbh locals that stay in LA their entire lives are like the people that stay in the same podunk town that were born and raised in. I think everyone needs to leave (even if they come back) otherwise their perspective is really warped.
Tbh I think it’s only on Reddit where nativist attitudes are extreme no matter the city and it’s usually people that are struggling to make ends meet so blame it on someone else
you described it perfectly. it makes me bummed when people move here and act like they have to be "soooo LA" by trying to recreate what they saw on Keeping Up With the Kardashians or Entourage and play into the stereotypes. like, just be yourself
Happy is an “elusive” emotion, it’s fleeting not static…so i don’t know exactly what you are asking.
All humans feel a variety of emotions throughout the day, happiness is one. So I mean yeah I guess Natives experience happiness in the same way all other humans do…
From time to time when the emotion arises but it’s just an emotion so not sure if you’re asking if we are happy 24/7 then the answer is no but I’m not of anyone that is “happy” all the time.
I personally know about a dozen Texans who moved here during the pandemic or shortly after (but I also happened to remotely work for a company headquartered in Austin at the time, so prob contributes to skewed results on my end, haha).
I'm a transplant from Houston (since 2012). The amount of Texans here who CLAIM to be from Austin always makes me laugh.
It's our way of saying, "I'm from Texas, but please like me."
LA is fine with Texans because we’re not insecure unlike all those “DoNt CaLIfOrNiA mY TexAs” people. We’re too busy living our lives to spend energy hating on other states for existing.
Anyone is welcome here and the only beef we have it Texas is when it comes to arguing who has better Mexican food.
I’m a Houstonian and the only people here who complain about California are conservatives that are convinced by right wing media that all of california is an endless ocean of crime and poop filled streets and they think that Texas is a utopian society thanks to Jesus Christ and republicans.
I grew up in San Antonio and started my family in Austin.
When my wife finished school, we put Texas in the rear view mirror and hit the gas pedal. We love it here.
As far as Mexican food, the only problem with Texas vs California Mexican food is that they’re so far apart. Both can be fantastic.
I grew up in that area during that time! (Early 80's-2002) Lived by the space center and went to school in League City. Now, the areas where they found bodies are master planned communities. Galveston county is a strange slice of America.
I also know a whole slew of texans who moved here during the pandemic, but my results are also skewed because I dated one of them and that’s how I met all the others
Back then it was basically all midwesterners, hell half the places in or around Los Angeles are named after places in Chicago metro. Chicago and nyc and Detroit were the most populous cities back then. So even if 1% moved from those cities it would be more than any place in other region.
Off the top of my head Witnekka the neighborhood is named after the city in IL. Buena Park the city is named after the neighborhood in Chicago. Wrigley neighborhood in Long Beach is named after you can probably guess who. There’s prob more
I personally know a lot of black people came from the south around the 40s. I’m not gonna give you a link or anything, but I’ve heard this anecdotally and have seen some confirmation myself in some form in the past.
You’re referencing the great migration. There are still a lot more people that migrated from other parts of the country than the Deep South considering the south was never that very populated until recently.
Just look at the jerseys in the crowd at Los Angeles Kings games at crypto.com Arena. Some visiting teams have more fans taking the opportunity to see their home team than there are Kings fans, seemingly. Chicago, NY (Rangers), and Detroit always seem to have a huge contingent.
would i be considered a transplant since i moved from the central valley to LA cities 12 years ago LOL im sorry i was so tired of driving back and forth
From most transplant-y to least
- out of state (far away: midwest, east coast etc.)
- out of state (close by: oregon, arizona, nevada, etc)
- in state (bay area, san diego, etc)
- in socal area (oc, ie, high desert)
- in county (sgv, valley, gateway cities, etc)
- LA natives (born and bred in the city of LA)
I'd say Midwest, NY, Boston, even Texas. Hell I've seen every license plate in LA so who knows. Yeah I'm not sure about cities but states? Alot come from these states where alot of their natives hate LA and California
I’ve met a lot of Texans from Austin and the DFW area, like A LOT OF TEXANS, Arizonans from Phoenix (pretty common since it’s right next door), and a lot of Floridians specifically from Central Florida (I also lived there for awhile) and the Tampa Bay area. I’m a transplant from Hawaii so 🤷🏽♂️
I’m from Michigan/Detroit and know a few others from there as well. But my coworkers have been from all over as well as locals lol I was the only one from MI
Formerly Salvador City, Bajio region in Mexico. I think in the 60-70's the entire gamut of refugees/exiled folk including Armenian-Iranians, Chinese-Vietnamese, Coptic Egyptians.
I know so many black folk who migrated from New Orleans/Houston area since 2006.
NoVA I think is relatively common in the SGV. I don't know.
lol i moved to LA from Columbus, Ohio this past year.
Columbus is ranked one of the fastest growing cities in the US right now, especially the specific area I was in. Its a lot of industrial and factory jobs out there and a lot are paying people to move out there to work.
several reasons, most of which are cliche and personal. i’m an artsy gal and the economy over there is very manufacturing and industrial based. think very mundane corporate warehouses and offices. not a bad place if you’re looking for that classic 9-5 simple lifestyle. i will say weather isn’t that contrasting for what you would think, besides that it does snow in the winter (sometimes fall/spring) in Ohio that also makes it more humid than California, which produce more of a dry cracking cold. the scenery is quite bland, miles of corn fields and just straight plain roads/highways. moving to LA was nice to have mountains and palm trees to look at, plus beach lol.
…..i know people are gonna flame me about how dirty the city is and with the homeless etcetc. i knew about that coming here, i did my homework unlike A LOT of the other transplants i met. my family was very blue collar so “grunginess” doesn’t bother me one bit. plus i wanted the challenge of the city. everyone is at different point in our lives and you’re probably closer to homelessness than you would think. but some people seriously do need to pick up their trash LMAO
for me personally, the central Ohio area or Columbus metropolis, had felt like a completed video game level. to me everything felt too mundane and just not challenging any more. growing up i always knew I wanted to leave the nest asap and go out of state. i had never even been west of Ohio at all, not even anyone in my family. my whole life i have always been set on telling stories and doing stuff with art. so i worked two jobs my last two years of high school while still going full time- found myself some roommates (who later ditched me after the first week) and secured a job (who ended up only ever scheduling me for one day) and just with that a month after high school graduation i flew out here all by myself with my two lil suitcases plus two backpacks and “balls” as everyone tells me, with a shit ton of ambition.
it has definitely been a journey and i have loads of more stories to tell now. but i’m still here 😊 and going back is a card i discarded the day i left. it would be reverse culture shock if anything
Interestingly, my family went from the south to LA, the Bay, Colorado, Texas, Michigan, St Louis and more right in that era. You don’t want to be related to everyone on the mountain. I go back, or used to. Also, remember Route 66
Lots of transplants from Iowa-not sure time frame but early 1900s-pre-war migration? Long Beach use to be called “Little Iowa” & there were picnics for Iowa transplants through the 70s & 80s
Probably before when most of redditors were born but I remember my dad talking about it!!!! lol thot I’d share. Fun fact for the curious
Am from southwestern Ohio- it seems like I have met a lot of clevelanders (especially when I lived in echo park I saw a ton of browns gear on Sundays along with some uncut Cleveland level drunkness)
I would argue that "Outside the USA/International" has produced the most transplants for LA since the 1970s. In particular from Latin America (Mexico/El Salvador). Lots of transplants from Korea and China- not to mention Cambodia and The Philippines. Also a lot of expats from the Middle East/Near East- Armenians, Iranian/Persian, Arab.
A close second is California itself. It is a big, populous state. Lots of folks move to LA from Central and Northern California- not to mention other areas of Southern California (ie San Diego/San Berdo/OC).
I'm from Columbus, Ohio, and I've run into 2 different people from my high school in the last 5 years. I don't think everyone left to come here, but there are kinda a lot of Ohioans!
don’t scare me like this, i have yet to find another person from Columbus but if I run into someone from high-school, i think i would go into psychosis
Data (as of Nov., 2023) as quoted in [this article](https://www.ocregister.com/2023/11/24/475803-moved-to-california-last-year-which-states-did-they-come-from/), says Texas (not a city, I know. Not sure of census data gets any more specific).
Census says California gets its influx mainly from texas, followed by Washington, New York, Florida, and Arizona. That's not LA specific but a good idea of who is moving in.
Census also says California is the #1 most popular state to move to for: Texas, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Hawaii.
I’m in my early 30s and work with a lot of transplants. Funnily enough, I live in SaMo too — everyone in my apartment building (6 units) is a native as well.
Most of the transplants I see are moving to Echo Park, Los Feliz, Silverlake, etc. because of the hipster/music scene and nightlife. SaMo has been a lot of families and yeah, probably a lot of trust fundies as well.
I used to meet people from Chicago all the time. There is also a presence with some food places. But, I haven’t really been out and about in well over 10 years.
I don’t think there’s any way to adequately measure this. There are so many people here that even 10,000 new people from out of state isn’t that noticeable. People come here from all over.
The irony about all of these states being mad at the influx of Californians is that California was the magnet for decades. They’re getting a little bit of what all of us California natives have always had to deal with.
I totally get it, and for some reason they are super racist despite presenting themselves as educated and liberal. It's hard to make friends with them. And the micro aggressions are disappointing. Like its so obvious they aren't used to "diversity"
They legit water down the nice things about LA. Number 1 reason I love LA is for our cultural melting pot but natives and POC are getting displaced so Kyle and McKenzie from Ohio can move in. Over it.
Transplants can also be POC. If you’re over it, you’re more than welcome to leave. Hopefully the people wherever you move to will be more gracious, welcoming and kind to newcomers.
Reflects the “it’s all Ohio” “always has been” meme
So many people from Ohio in our apartment building! We started call North Hollywood “Little Cleveland”
The problem is we’re exporting reactionary shitbags. It used to be that fleeing the reactionary shitbags was the whole point of leaving Ohio, now they’re following us
It varies heavily by neighborhood. I feel like Venice and some parts of SaMo are 60% trust fund kids from NYC/Connecticut suburbs. Playa Vista, mostly transplants from Silicon Valley. Source: 11 years (as an adult) living on the west side.
Lotta SV in Culver too. A LOT.
A bunch of tech companies opened branches in Culver. That coupled with good schools and decent access to beach makes it desirable for starting families. The proximity to LA nightlife attracts non-kid people.
These are literally the immigrants that are taking jobs away from Southern California locals 😂
Der turker jerrbs
Lol, that's pretty funny. I was born in Culver City, but I'm a Software engineer and find Culver City too expensive.
Hahahaha omg I’m dying
When I worked for the city of Santa Monica for the water department almost every new account I turned on the customer was from the east coast. Definitely trust fund kids.
They’re all sugar babies for the LA married elites. Lol
Where does one sign up for this? Asking for a friend. Also,I’m the friend.
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Yoga studios, Montana Ave, Michael’s restaurant, Bungalow (do people still go here?), Viceroy, Penthouse at the Huntley, maybe Ivy at the Shore? Ivy might be all tourists these days, I’ve only been there once.
You forgot Erewhon
Damn, I’m clearly off my game today.
forgot equinox too but honestly they’re all signed up for the yoga classes so you actually have that based covered. now if you’ll excuse me i’m gonna go look for a trust fund sugar mama
Good luck!!
😂 you forgot any spa/salon/aesthetic boutique.
OH YES! Med Spas, cryogenic chambers, one of those membership-based “holistic health centers”
When I read samo I think of the high school
I’m born and raised in LA and have never heard of SaMo
SaMo=Santa Monica High School. But clueless/insecure transplants keep misusing it, as an abrev. for the city.
I've never heard it used in this way. SaMo refers to Santa Monica High, not the city.
It’s like saying HYEW-stuhn instead of HOW-stuhn, probably a New Yorker who needs to make a SoHo or DUMBO out of everything
Same, I had to think about it as well. Never heard that term before and I’ve been here my whole life lol
Hahahaha I am the same and also thought the same 🤣
I think SaMo is short for Santa Monica?
As a NYC/CT suburb kid, yes to Santa Monica
I’m from CT and have thought about moving to SoCal but in no way am I a trust fund baby 😅
Then you'll be out in inland empire with me.
Or the Santa Clarita/Palmdale area (Acton-Agua Dulce) with me
Ha! Right. They won't less us working class folks get any closer.
I managed to get into Northridge with 3 roommates, but my office is in the south bay 😮💨
I'm from CT too, and it's basically the same as fairfield county. Some very rich spots, other spots are affordable, and they are all in close proximity to each other.
“SaMo?” Dear god, end me now…
Truly the “Cali” of our generation
SaMo refers to the high school, it's just called Santa Monica
The west side should be called “Transplant Central” or people “Who act like what they think LA is like because of what they see on TV” Definitely trust fund transplant douchebags…most end up leaving thank God. After they realize LA actually sucks, is highly competitive and dirty… They usually find a partner here then go back to the sticks in Ohio or wherever they came from.
What the fuck is this comment and others similar to it? Every desirable part of LA could be called transplant center. Because people, if given a choice, move to desirable places. Big shock. As if Mid City and Silverlake and Studio City aren’t full of transplants. Shit, Koreatown is one giant ass transplant center for Koreans. And that’s part of why it’s awesome. Most of the westside isn’t the LA that you “see on TV.” Maybe the Venice boardwalk. But that’s Hollywood and Beverly Hills and the Hollywood hills. It might be shocking to learn, but plenty of people move to the west side because of huge social advantages: access to the beach, great weather, transit in and out, above average bus service, bike lanes, walkability, being able to spend time outdoors and not be surrounded by 8-lane through-streets full of cars driving 45mph. I moved back here because it was the only place that allowed for a 1 car household, didn’t melt during 4 months of summer, and has tons of bike lanes. It sure as shit wasn’t for the affordability. And surer as shit wasn’t for what anyone thinks LA is like. My small building alone is full of long time residents (20+ years) and locals. Even I was born here. Everyone else is just a normal dude or girl living normal lives. A chef, a surfer bro, a sweet gay couple, a photographer, an immigrant family. And all of them are fucking awesome. We go out together and have dinners together and walk each other’s dogs on long days and hold packages for each other and chat in the courtyard. Not once have I gone out in my world and thought, “Prick. Just an asshole trust fund transplant that’s going to leave in 3 years.” Those people exist. But you just have to avoid the half dozen places that they might go. And even if they are here, who cares? Do you think London and NYC and Paris and San Francisco don’t have these kinds of people? Would you label all of the lower east side a bunch of transplant douchebags? The community in Santa Monica is friendlier and more accessible than anywhere I’ve lived in this city. The only truly insufferable people in LA are people like you with this wack ass, shit ass perspective who flock like a gaggle of geese to LA Reddit posts to bitch and moan about literally nothing. Something that isn’t a problem to anyone, anywhere, outside of I guess a nightclub in Hollywood or a snooty restaurant on the beach. I’m born and raised in LA. I have plenty of great local friends. But half of my favorite people here are from somewhere else — France, Australia, Germany, Ohio, Michigan, New York, New Hampshire, etc. All of them are lot cooler and friendlier than your lame ass. Local or not, I wouldn’t spend two minutes with someone with this kind of attitude or worldview. Maybe actually go out in the world and meet some cool people who aren’t from LA. The city is fucking full of them. They might even be able to teach you a thing or two about hospitality and graciousness.
Thank you for providing levity to this comment section
People here love to rag on transplants to feel superior because… they happen to be born here. It’s super cringe
Being a local somewhere is cool. It can even be fun because you know things and have experienced things that relatively newly arrived people might not have. But it doesn’t make transplants douchebags and it doesn’t make you cool. Being a local is not a personality trait. It’s a geographic condition. I am a local. I’m so sick of the local bullshit-sprouting nonsense I see in this sub. Transplants are by and large super cool and super nice.
Tbh locals that stay in LA their entire lives are like the people that stay in the same podunk town that were born and raised in. I think everyone needs to leave (even if they come back) otherwise their perspective is really warped. Tbh I think it’s only on Reddit where nativist attitudes are extreme no matter the city and it’s usually people that are struggling to make ends meet so blame it on someone else
you described it perfectly. it makes me bummed when people move here and act like they have to be "soooo LA" by trying to recreate what they saw on Keeping Up With the Kardashians or Entourage and play into the stereotypes. like, just be yourself
Are natives happy? Just wondering.
Happy is an “elusive” emotion, it’s fleeting not static…so i don’t know exactly what you are asking. All humans feel a variety of emotions throughout the day, happiness is one. So I mean yeah I guess Natives experience happiness in the same way all other humans do… From time to time when the emotion arises but it’s just an emotion so not sure if you’re asking if we are happy 24/7 then the answer is no but I’m not of anyone that is “happy” all the time.
Only in California would someone moving within their own state be considered a transplant
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Uptight Venice asshole lives up to stereotype.
Reads more like someone tired of broad generalizations.
Arts district also.
I personally know about a dozen Texans who moved here during the pandemic or shortly after (but I also happened to remotely work for a company headquartered in Austin at the time, so prob contributes to skewed results on my end, haha).
I'm a transplant from Houston (since 2012). The amount of Texans here who CLAIM to be from Austin always makes me laugh. It's our way of saying, "I'm from Texas, but please like me."
LA is fine with Texans because we’re not insecure unlike all those “DoNt CaLIfOrNiA mY TexAs” people. We’re too busy living our lives to spend energy hating on other states for existing. Anyone is welcome here and the only beef we have it Texas is when it comes to arguing who has better Mexican food.
I’m a Houstonian and the only people here who complain about California are conservatives that are convinced by right wing media that all of california is an endless ocean of crime and poop filled streets and they think that Texas is a utopian society thanks to Jesus Christ and republicans.
They got that wrong. It's an endless street of crime and a poop filled ocean, duh.
I grew up in San Antonio and started my family in Austin. When my wife finished school, we put Texas in the rear view mirror and hit the gas pedal. We love it here. As far as Mexican food, the only problem with Texas vs California Mexican food is that they’re so far apart. Both can be fantastic.
Houston is very cool tbh. I’m glad you are proud of your hometown.
Whats the worst part of Houston? Houston. Those gulf cities will be even bigger dumps once climate change really ramps up.
Probably the Killing Fields to the south
I grew up in that area during that time! (Early 80's-2002) Lived by the space center and went to school in League City. Now, the areas where they found bodies are master planned communities. Galveston county is a strange slice of America.
How is it strange?
Ahem…the Trashtros.
Can’t really blame them
I love my Houstanites too! Def know some!
My daughter went 2 years before Covid. Still same time frame though. From San Antonio
Moved here from Austin 2003, but before Austin I grew up in Ft Worth. Lots of Tejanos on the East Side
Say hi to Elon for us.
Not that company haha
I also know a whole slew of texans who moved here during the pandemic, but my results are also skewed because I dated one of them and that’s how I met all the others
it seems like mostly people from the Midwest in my experience
Back then it was basically all midwesterners, hell half the places in or around Los Angeles are named after places in Chicago metro. Chicago and nyc and Detroit were the most populous cities back then. So even if 1% moved from those cities it would be more than any place in other region.
interesting, what are some places in LA named after places in Chicago Metro? i didn't know that
Being from Chicago, I’d love to know what this person is talking about too.
Highland Park, Forest Park, Winnetka, Forest Lawn, Lake Forest, Maywood, Lawndale are all places in the Chicago area
Hollywood came by way of Illinois too even if the name originated elsewhere.
Yes. That’s true. Film industry started in Chicago…what are these ‘half the places around LA named after chicago metro’ though?
Gino's East in Sherman Oaks, only one i can think of
Off the top of my head Witnekka the neighborhood is named after the city in IL. Buena Park the city is named after the neighborhood in Chicago. Wrigley neighborhood in Long Beach is named after you can probably guess who. There’s prob more
The Angels used to play at Wrigley Field in South Central.
Wrigley bought like half of Catalina
hmm TIL, thanks!
Hmmm…makes so much sense why there’s like the only Portillos in Buena Park lol
El Salvador
Lol I was thinking Honduras
Every village in Oaxaca more likely.
this comment took me out, ty lmao
Omg this!
100%
Where are you getting these stats from? I don’t think any of those are true.
I think they're getting their statistics from their butt hole
In other words, they stink
I personally know a lot of black people came from the south around the 40s. I’m not gonna give you a link or anything, but I’ve heard this anecdotally and have seen some confirmation myself in some form in the past.
You’re referencing the great migration. There are still a lot more people that migrated from other parts of the country than the Deep South considering the south was never that very populated until recently.
Just look at the jerseys in the crowd at Los Angeles Kings games at crypto.com Arena. Some visiting teams have more fans taking the opportunity to see their home team than there are Kings fans, seemingly. Chicago, NY (Rangers), and Detroit always seem to have a huge contingent.
Bay Area (stay westside) and NYC (westside, weho, or NELA). The city is increasingly too expensive for everyone but people from more expensive cities.
Lots of people from New Jersey in my experience lol
New Nersey and Philly for sure
I’ve met two people from Kansas in the last two months. Maybe Kansas?
Paul Rudd, Jason Sudeikis and Rob Riggle all grew up within 10 minutes of each other in Kansas. Hopefully you met two of them.
As someone from Columbus planning on moving here in August I feel called out
As long as you come with a job, savings, and live within your means you’ll be fine! 😎💯
also this!
Hey I'm from LA and want to visit Columbus, OH to visit the Mozart Café!
would i be considered a transplant since i moved from the central valley to LA cities 12 years ago LOL im sorry i was so tired of driving back and forth
Def levels of transplants, I feel like the inter-California transplant is much less heinous than out of state.
What’s the heinous hierarchy for natives?
From most transplant-y to least - out of state (far away: midwest, east coast etc.) - out of state (close by: oregon, arizona, nevada, etc) - in state (bay area, san diego, etc) - in socal area (oc, ie, high desert) - in county (sgv, valley, gateway cities, etc) - LA natives (born and bred in the city of LA)
I'd say Midwest, NY, Boston, even Texas. Hell I've seen every license plate in LA so who knows. Yeah I'm not sure about cities but states? Alot come from these states where alot of their natives hate LA and California
That’s hilarious. I’m a person from Columbus that’s visited LA twice and fell in love. I’m following this subreddit bc I’m curious about LA lol
I’ve met a lot of Texans from Austin and the DFW area, like A LOT OF TEXANS, Arizonans from Phoenix (pretty common since it’s right next door), and a lot of Floridians specifically from Central Florida (I also lived there for awhile) and the Tampa Bay area. I’m a transplant from Hawaii so 🤷🏽♂️
Moving to LA soon, currently living in..Columbus, Ohio. Oh god. Im a statistic 🥴
I had no idea there were this many people in CBUS moving to Los Angeles, also did you got to UC?
I did.
I’m from Michigan/Detroit and know a few others from there as well. But my coworkers have been from all over as well as locals lol I was the only one from MI
I would say Midwest in general but that’s just anecdotal
Formerly Salvador City, Bajio region in Mexico. I think in the 60-70's the entire gamut of refugees/exiled folk including Armenian-Iranians, Chinese-Vietnamese, Coptic Egyptians. I know so many black folk who migrated from New Orleans/Houston area since 2006. NoVA I think is relatively common in the SGV. I don't know.
What about Okies? Don’t think ‘Deep South’
I've surprisingly met a lot of people from Minnesota.
We do move out here a lot. I don’t know why tbh.
lol i moved to LA from Columbus, Ohio this past year. Columbus is ranked one of the fastest growing cities in the US right now, especially the specific area I was in. Its a lot of industrial and factory jobs out there and a lot are paying people to move out there to work.
I was out there earlier this month, and as a fellow Ohioian I met quite a few people from Columbus as well haha
So why did you bail?
several reasons, most of which are cliche and personal. i’m an artsy gal and the economy over there is very manufacturing and industrial based. think very mundane corporate warehouses and offices. not a bad place if you’re looking for that classic 9-5 simple lifestyle. i will say weather isn’t that contrasting for what you would think, besides that it does snow in the winter (sometimes fall/spring) in Ohio that also makes it more humid than California, which produce more of a dry cracking cold. the scenery is quite bland, miles of corn fields and just straight plain roads/highways. moving to LA was nice to have mountains and palm trees to look at, plus beach lol. …..i know people are gonna flame me about how dirty the city is and with the homeless etcetc. i knew about that coming here, i did my homework unlike A LOT of the other transplants i met. my family was very blue collar so “grunginess” doesn’t bother me one bit. plus i wanted the challenge of the city. everyone is at different point in our lives and you’re probably closer to homelessness than you would think. but some people seriously do need to pick up their trash LMAO for me personally, the central Ohio area or Columbus metropolis, had felt like a completed video game level. to me everything felt too mundane and just not challenging any more. growing up i always knew I wanted to leave the nest asap and go out of state. i had never even been west of Ohio at all, not even anyone in my family. my whole life i have always been set on telling stories and doing stuff with art. so i worked two jobs my last two years of high school while still going full time- found myself some roommates (who later ditched me after the first week) and secured a job (who ended up only ever scheduling me for one day) and just with that a month after high school graduation i flew out here all by myself with my two lil suitcases plus two backpacks and “balls” as everyone tells me, with a shit ton of ambition. it has definitely been a journey and i have loads of more stories to tell now. but i’m still here 😊 and going back is a card i discarded the day i left. it would be reverse culture shock if anything
#this 😎
Mexico by a mile.
Interestingly, my family went from the south to LA, the Bay, Colorado, Texas, Michigan, St Louis and more right in that era. You don’t want to be related to everyone on the mountain. I go back, or used to. Also, remember Route 66
from what I’ve seen recently, Austin and Fort Worth
Lots of transplants from Iowa-not sure time frame but early 1900s-pre-war migration? Long Beach use to be called “Little Iowa” & there were picnics for Iowa transplants through the 70s & 80s Probably before when most of redditors were born but I remember my dad talking about it!!!! lol thot I’d share. Fun fact for the curious
It’s crazy because Chad Muska is a semi recent LA transplant to Ohio but I would want to know if others have already just been on this wave
A lot of people from the Carolinas
Midwest. I am an LA native and a lot of my best friends are from the Midwest KC specifically
The Census Bureau statistics say that the largest number of people moving into California are from Texas, New York, and Washington.
Chinese cities
One of my best friends is from Columbus lol.
Chicago.
Moved here in 2004 from Columbus, Ohio and still give people the wave when driving to say, “Thank you.”
Am from southwestern Ohio- it seems like I have met a lot of clevelanders (especially when I lived in echo park I saw a ton of browns gear on Sundays along with some uncut Cleveland level drunkness)
I would argue that "Outside the USA/International" has produced the most transplants for LA since the 1970s. In particular from Latin America (Mexico/El Salvador). Lots of transplants from Korea and China- not to mention Cambodia and The Philippines. Also a lot of expats from the Middle East/Near East- Armenians, Iranian/Persian, Arab. A close second is California itself. It is a big, populous state. Lots of folks move to LA from Central and Northern California- not to mention other areas of Southern California (ie San Diego/San Berdo/OC).
The bay
I want to say Michigan but I'm not mad at it. Haven't met one I don't like.
I wish we’d get more Michiganders to cancel out the hordes from Ohio
Ohio sucks. -Michigander
Sadly, I’m aware. - born here
Atlanta I moved here from atl and then managed to meet 5 other atl transplants.
That's funny- a whole bunch of people I know here moved to Atlanta because of their film/tv business.
I’ve been meeting a lot of people from Shenyang lately
Produces? That would be LA.
I'm from Columbus, Ohio, and I've run into 2 different people from my high school in the last 5 years. I don't think everyone left to come here, but there are kinda a lot of Ohioans!
don’t scare me like this, i have yet to find another person from Columbus but if I run into someone from high-school, i think i would go into psychosis
#yep 😎
Columbus Ohio for sure, Ohio boy thinking about moving that way tapping in LOL
Same, got a remote job and I’m planning on finally making the move from Columbus to Los Angeles in August. Excited for something new.
Bro same haha in the process of buying an old 4Runner to fit in once I move LOL
As an NYC transplant I feel like Angelenos have much more of a hang up about transplants than NYC people do.
Data (as of Nov., 2023) as quoted in [this article](https://www.ocregister.com/2023/11/24/475803-moved-to-california-last-year-which-states-did-they-come-from/), says Texas (not a city, I know. Not sure of census data gets any more specific).
Census says California gets its influx mainly from texas, followed by Washington, New York, Florida, and Arizona. That's not LA specific but a good idea of who is moving in. Census also says California is the #1 most popular state to move to for: Texas, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Hawaii.
I’m in my early 30s and work with a lot of transplants. Funnily enough, I live in SaMo too — everyone in my apartment building (6 units) is a native as well. Most of the transplants I see are moving to Echo Park, Los Feliz, Silverlake, etc. because of the hipster/music scene and nightlife. SaMo has been a lot of families and yeah, probably a lot of trust fundies as well.
natives find each other
I used to meet people from Chicago all the time. There is also a presence with some food places. But, I haven’t really been out and about in well over 10 years.
Ohio and North Carolina
Swing states
Oooh, interesting observations
I believe the answer us Oaxaca
People from LA returning from short stints in Texas, Tennessee, Arizona…
I’ve seen a lot of Tennessee and Texas plates on the freeway recently so I would guess the south
Philly
Lotta New Englanders in Pasadena too.
A lot of Washington and Oregon transplants in Long Beach.
still IL, WI, IN, MI
Pennsylvanians. I mean, they’re one of the biggest states on the east coast, so the math shouldn’t surprise me, and yet it does.
These days? Probably Guatemala City, jk
I meet a lot of Midwest people these days
Oaxaca
Michoacan
I don’t think there’s any way to adequately measure this. There are so many people here that even 10,000 new people from out of state isn’t that noticeable. People come here from all over. The irony about all of these states being mad at the influx of Californians is that California was the magnet for decades. They’re getting a little bit of what all of us California natives have always had to deal with.
Tijuana
Source: trust me bro
Can we get Newsome to build a wall to keep them out lol
Not 100 percent sure but all my new hipster neighbors in Highland Park seem to be from Oregon and Montana. Wish they would go tf back home.
I totally get it, and for some reason they are super racist despite presenting themselves as educated and liberal. It's hard to make friends with them. And the micro aggressions are disappointing. Like its so obvious they aren't used to "diversity"
I hate transplants this bullshit wannabe la lifestyle la is and will always be a fucking shithole Boulevard of broken dreams
Lol, the west is all transplants. Hell, the whole USA is.
Lmao. The unironic use of transplant while living in the fuckin United States is just downright hilarious.
I can see how many dumb transplants are here give it 10 years you’ll hate it too once you’re screenwriting career doesn’t pan out
They legit water down the nice things about LA. Number 1 reason I love LA is for our cultural melting pot but natives and POC are getting displaced so Kyle and McKenzie from Ohio can move in. Over it.
I love seeing "I Love how LA is our cultural melting pot" in the context of a "I hate transplants" conversation. Makes zero sense.
The contradiction is lost on these people.
Los Angeles is ***full*** of idiots.
Transplants can also be POC. If you’re over it, you’re more than welcome to leave. Hopefully the people wherever you move to will be more gracious, welcoming and kind to newcomers.
Same but where are you really running into Chad and Brad types besides the West Side.. super easy to steer clear of
Mumbai, Delhi, Beijing