Why wouldn't you leave LA? Imo, the only reason to be in California AT ALL is the weather.
Why on Earth did you leave LA?
pennsylvania to LA to colorado.
i thought LA had all the eye candy? next to impossible to have a successful PP in LA?
i dont want to put words in his mouth, but he had stated that one of the reasons for going to LA was for the women. as good a reason as any, i suppose
Why wouldn't you leave LA? Imo, the only reason to be in California AT ALL is the weather.
I wish I had lived in Southern California during the beach boys days. Would have killed to lived there 50-60 years ago but the place has now completely gone to hell.
Insane housing prices, insane office leasing prices, insane taxes, insane traffic, everything costs double what it should, from contractors to haircuts.
Not as sunny or warm as you would think if you lived next to the ocean as I did.
Most insurance pays less than medicare. People absolutely everywhere. You can't even escape to go on a hike on the weekend, (hiking is a passion of mine) without running into 500 people, and 1/5 of them carry minature stereos that blast ****ty music inconsiderately, while the rest of us are trying to enjoy nature. Headphones cost like $10 but no one could bother with those. Sorry, but it was middle eastern people doing this 90% of the time. Was ready to throw their stereos off the side of a mountain more than once.
The only way you can make a decent living practicing pain in Socal is to completely sacrifice your ethics. Guys who do nothing but PI and follow the lawyers orders like sheep, or guys who do stem cells on people who should be treated with common and reasonable surgeries, guys who do prp for Medicare patients with severe facet degeneration because it pays better than RF, but doesn’t work as well, or guys who will give you a stimulator for a sore toe.
And the referral networks are hard to break as the other physicians don't care if you’re the best doctor since Hippocrates. If you don't benefit them financially, they will never send you a patient. I got most of my referrals from PT and online. I got by, but I wasn't going to be able to save for retirement and I'm in my 40s so that is a concern.
I won't get into the political side of things, but the state is grossly mismanaged. And it just kills me to see how they waste such an enormous amount of taxes, as the state functions like its funded by the income of mongolia, not the 5th largest economy in the world.
I did meet a lot of interesting people in LA, indulged my passion for sailing, hiking, and racing cars, ate some great meals, dated a number of lovely ladies, one of which moved with me to the Rocky Mountains, which reminds her of where she grew up in Europe.
So it was a worthwhile few years in SoCal for her alone, but I'm happy to not go back there for a long time.
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