You moved to LA with the hopes and dreams of making something of yourself, but now, well, now you're starting to fantasize about a simpler life—a place where you can park your car right in front of your house without fearing a ticket on street sweeping day; where you can legally have a pet inside your rental (aside from those cockroaches you've started naming). If you've been thinking it might be time for you to move out of the city, you might be right. If you're nodding your head to any of the below, it's time for you to say "peace out" to Tinseltown and "howdy" to the country.
1. You're researching how to sign your cat up as a service animal so you can move into the new apartment you found.
2. Your current "garden" is an 8-by 8-foot plot that your duplex neighbor wants to turn into a parking space.
3. You wait in the parking structure at work for an hour just to avoid traffic.
4. You use a sick day to take a three-day weekend just to get a breath of fresh air in Big Bear.
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6. You're not able to meditate and find your inner peace because it's so damn loud outside.
7. You’re thinking about trading in your Prius for a pickup.
8. You think you might be ready to eat cheese/beef/gluten again.
9. You’ve dated all your coffee shop baristas—okay, so maybe this just means you need to move to a new neighborhood.
10. You’re tired of having to coordinate your commute around presidential figures/film shoots/awards season.
11. You've started turning down industry parties or invitations to join table service at that hot new dance club.
12. You're interested in buying a house but you can't even afford the half-million dollar shack across town.
13. ...So you’ve looked at Salton Sea real estate prices out of curiosity.
14. You miss real seasons, and are over LA's inability to handle a drop of rain.
15. You're thinking about having kids and, well, you're not a millionaire.
