This Is Why I Hate Los Angeles... (rant)

[ProfeZZor X]

First let me start off by saying that I was born and raised in Los Angeles all of my life. But as we mature we tend to have different viewpoints on the general populace as society evolves around us.

For the last 20 plus years I've lived just a few miles north of the general L.A. area. The valley has been relatively peaceful in my area and not as single-minded as most people are in L.A.. Less of a "me" mentality, and more of a "we" mentality. Family oriented and thoughtful neighbors. L.A., not so much. People are selfish, wreckless, and thoughtless when it comes to everyone else's property, and will keep driving on by if they damage your property. That was the case here, when I parked on a public street in Culver City, as far to the curb as possible without damaging my wheels. So really, the person that hit my SUV really didn't have a reason to accidentally hit me because I wasn't obstructing the road. I'm guessing this is probably someone that had a wide load or didn't care about damaging someone's property so long as they got to where they were going.... typical of L.A. residents.

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[PG01]

First let me start off by saying that I was born and raised in Los Angeles all of my life. But as we mature we tend to have different viewpoints on the general populace as society evolves around us.

For the last 20 plus years I've lived just a few miles north of the general L.A. area. The valley has been relatively peaceful in my area and not as single-minded as most people are in L.A.. Less of a "me" mentality, and more of a "we" mentality. Family oriented and thoughtful neighbors. L.A., not so much. People are selfish, wreckless, and thoughtless when it comes to everyone else's property, and will keep driving on by if they damage your property. That was the case here, when I parked on a public street in Culver City, as far to the curb as possible without damaging my wheels. So really, the person that hit my SUV really didn't have a reason to accidentally hit me because I wasn't obstructing the road. I'm guessing this is probably someone that had a wide load or didn't care about damaging someone's property so long as they got to where they were going.... typical of L.A. residents.


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First thing that came to mind was the song ‘I was born in EAST L.A.’ by Cheech Marin….

On a serious note…. Brother, I hear you. But it’s not just there it’s the entire country….. people just don’t care I’m 50yo and have been trying to protect my vehicles from morons my entire driving life….. just thoughtless, clueless, it’s just a car….people out there. Just because your POS looks like that doesn’t mean I want mine to look all f’d up too. From the guy mowing lawns spitting grass and rocks into the street as you drive by to the guy that parks inches from your drivers door to the jackassses that don’t put their cart back…it’s frustrating as hell trying to keep something nice.

Sorry about your truck and hopefully nothing more happens to it.

 

[NothEastTahoe]

I can't help but think, with that off set and no mudflaps, you throw rocks and crap at people all day long.

 

[tjs3922]

Sorry about your truck. Parking is one of my main concerns when we are out and about. We live in the country/rural so the home base is pretty safe in town. Even when we park at the last long distance nobody around spot some person in a beat up Subaru will park 7 inched from my driver door. Ugh.

 

[DuraYuk]

Sorry man. That's not an LA thing. Lame people live everywhere.

Your paint looks good considering your offset. Id imagine you would have more chips.

Either way sorry this happened. Hopefully you get it fixed quickly.

 

[Tahoe14]

Maybe try a PDR(Paintless Dent Removal), that sucks sorry it happened to your truck.

 

[tom3]

Matching that paint for the touchup might be tough too.

 

[ProfeZZor X]

I can't help but think, with that off set and no mudflaps, you throw rocks and crap at people all day long.

Mudflaps in the city? ...there are no country backroads with loose gravel here.

 

[OR VietVet]

Mudflaps in the city? ...there are no country backroads with loose gravel here.

If you had ever driven behind a truck, SRW or DRW, and had rocks flip up and hit your w/s because of no mudflaps, you might change your mind.

 

[grouch]

One problem with people from L.A. is they don't stay there. A couple of years ago I had a neighbor who had moved here from L.A. call the police on me because I was washing my car. While they were on their way, she came down and was screaming at me for washing my car while there are water restrictions. When the Deputy showed up, he saw me looking at her and then the garden hose in my hand and he caught my eye and shook his head "no". I'm 3 miles from the Ohio river and 1/2 a mile from the treatment plant. She also complained at various times about, the smell of a pig farm nearby, tractors on the road, a guy at the gun counter leaned over and pistol butt popped out of his jacket (he had a permit) along with several other acts to endear herself to us.

A friend had a car with California plates just cut in front of him like they do in big cities. What they don't do in big cities is drive trucks with oil filed pipe casings made into bumpers. Between ripping the rear cover off the car and replaying the dash cam, the woman from Cali got a rude awakening.

 

[petethepug]

If that’s a Target parking lot you should show up with a Costco pizza on a weekend or holiday and ask for the loss prevention staff. Ask if the cameras out front captured anything (off the record).

I’ve had the pleasure of getting a license plate # off a hit and run when I was at a jr college. The jack hole hit my Porsche I couldn’t afford. I learned how to wrench on it so I made it work.

I grabbed a witness, made a police report and dogged determined to recover the $1k deductible for refinishing the huge panel.

I filed in small claims court, subpoenaed the owner of the car and low & behold he showed up to contest it. My witness got intimidated and backed out. I lost but the judge gave me a nice compliment for going after him saying the guy was really lucky. Judge said it just happened to his car.

Keep in mind that it may not have been a car. Does it line up with a shopping cart or their shopping cart “go kart” that pushes 15 of them at a time?

 

[bobsburban]

Visited L.A. one time with my wife to visit a friend of hers. Other than the Ansel Adams exhibit at the museum near the LaBrea Tarpits, I decided we should put a 12' tall razor-barbed chain link fence around the whole place and declare it the United States National Zoo. I've yet to witness behavior that selfish since - particularly when it comes to driving. And I do battle in Nashville and Atlanta on a regular basis.

 

[yates ™]

Not just an LA thing, had it happen too a few times on different vehicles. Over the summer we went to a community pool we like but they have the narrowest parking spots, my 5 year old throws her door open and press a dent in the car beside us. Spent the next half hour finding the owner, a teenage lifeguard there, and luckily she didn't care but I felt bad.

On another note, I dated a girl from around the LA area and she was the worst human being I have ever met.

 

[PG01]

Not just an LA thing, had it happen too a few times on different vehicles. Over the summer we went to a community pool we like but they have the narrowest parking spots, my 5 year old throws her door open and press a dent in the car beside us. Spent the next half hour finding the owner, a teenage lifeguard there, and luckily she didn't care but I felt bad.

On another note, I dated a girl from around the LA area and she was the worst human being I have ever met.

Hi Yatesiepoo

 

[adventurenali92]

Mudflaps in the city? ...there are no country backroads with loose gravel here.

There are tiny rocks and pebbly type crap EVERYWHERE, in EVERY city and on every road. Lol. It’s called asphalt and that’s jsut what happens to it…. even if you’re not driving on gravel roads your tires are throwing up pebbles at everyone behind you at some point in the day driving….. that and there are tons of mountains surrounding LA….. I live in some of them. There are plenty of gravel roads near you…. You just don’t go on them. Lol.

That being said it’s not just an LA thing. I avoid it whenever possible but I still have to drive there once in a while. The same jerk wads that don’t care about other peoples belongings live here too. And then the LA tourists that are totally clueless come up here to vacation in the mountains and they do the same things. It’s just how our society is now. It doesn’t make it any less sucky…… but…. What can we do about it?! I’m lucky in that being in a smaller town the attitude is less selfish. But it happens. Just not as often.
A guy on a mountain bike decided to ignore the red light on his side of the intersection and pulled out in front of me last week when I’m my light turned green. I blared the the horn and he got pissed so much so that he decided to turn around and slam the front of his bike into my front bumper. I have a pretty nice gash in my paint from his stupid bike…. I was furious. He was the one in the wrong and yet he flipped out on me. I’m not gonna lie I wasn’t nice….. he hit the bumper and I touched my throttle a tad bit so that he got the message to not mess with me anymore than he already had…. I put the window down and threw out a pretty sarcastic line about the fact that he was not exempt from following traffic laws and clearly his pull out game needed work….. I also made it known he was lucky that I hadn't already gotten out and laid his behind to pavement…. Because it took everything I had not to get out and finish him off…..I’m not proud of it but I said what I said and can’t take it back….. lol.

 

[gooffeyguy]

I thought LA roads were made of gold and lined with silver

 

[DuraYuk]

I thought LA roads were made of gold and lined with silver

Lots of places in California are. Lots of places look like the south too. Pick your poison.

 

[Doubeleive]

the one's I like is when you accidentally bump the door of a beat up shitbox and they get out and take a good long look at the numerous dents and scratches and duck tape holding it together and give you a dirty look lol f-off

 

[Tonyrodz]

the one's I like is when you accidentally bump the door of a beat up shitbox and they get out and take a good long look at the numerous dents and scratches and duck tape holding it together and give you a dirty look lol f-off

Not just in LA. That always cracks me up.

 

[Baja_Bob]

Sorry about your truck but Detroit's no better, people driving around without plates and insurance still blaming covid.

I'm sure it would cost more to replace that rim/tire than fix the sheet metal.