I love LA

Coming back home is always a weird feeling. Knowing I could run into people I don't care about randomly and have to pretend I like them or just being in a city full of people I have nothing in common with anymore. And so I retreat to Los Angeles, where my sibling lives, to the county of my birth and where I feel less out of place.

Though it recently came to my attention that in this setting, and I guess in most outside of Oberlin, I would be considered a hipster, I really do love it here. There are all sorts of people and all sorts of delicious food, with beautiful weather year round, perfect for growing things year round. I guess it's hard to describe. But in my hometown in the suburbs, it feels like just about everyone is trying to make a statement with their outward appearance and I never feel comfortable, but in LA that's not entirely the case. Yes, there are people for whom that would be true, but then there are other people just living their lives or just trying to get by and it makes me feel better.

And hey, you can't beat a place with In N Out, the beach, mountains, and sunshine.