Quote Originally Posted by SL33P3R View Post
www.recordingcareer.com is the school in LA, and www.newyork.sae.edu is the NYC school
I know that area very well, I used to live about 2 miles west. That area is basically right on the line between "new" and "old" Hollywood. New Hollywood = Kodak Theater, very tourist friendly. "Old" Hollywood = sex shops and street crime. You wouldn't be IN the bad area, but you'd be close to it.

In LA you will 100% need a car unless you plan on never going more than a couple of miles from your home, which isn't realistic. LA itself is very big, and SoCal as a whole is absolutely huge. I've lived out here since 2008 and I still can't get over how huge the sprawl is compared to Atlanta.

If you are into cars, SoCal kills everything else. The car culture here is unlike anything you can believe. After living in LA for a year you'll be so tired of exotic cars that the only thing that will still catch your eye are classic / vintage whips.

That being said, what are you looking to do for your career? Do you want to be an audio engineer as in film and TV production, or do you want to be in music? If you want to be in music, especially hiphop/R&B I would say you should look hard at NYC. Also, LA is fiercely competitive when it comes to jobs for audio engineers or film/video editors. There are a lot of them out here and many of them will work for practically no money if it means getting their name on a credit. But NYC is very competitive too, and there are relatively fewer jobs in the field - especially film and TV.

In the end I think if you move to LA you will almost certainly not regret it. But it's a pretty tough place, it's tougher than Atlanta. Cali has a reputation for being laid back, but it's not really like that. LA can get rough, fast. And it's a city that is just as famous for destroying peoples' dreams as it is making them come true.