I think what people don’t realize about big cities like LA and NYC is while they’re certainly gigantic geographically most people who live there stay in their general neighborhoods unless you’ve made your life horrible with a bad commute. So they can actually have a small city feel, despite being big. It’s not like you’re living in Pasadena and hanging out in Santa Monica everyday. Likewise a New Yorkers daily life isn’t hanging in Times Square, if anything it’s more like You’ve Got Mail or Bored to Death.