the (possibly delusional) small town fantasy
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Why is the host's voice raspy?
Hey, do me a favor and excuse my raspy voice today. I know it's sexy. I know it's mysterious. I know it's distracting. But I went to the Sabrina Carpenter concert last night. I sang my heart out and now my vocal cords are fatigued. I hope you can understand. I mean, to go to the Sabrina Carpenter concert and sing your heart out is to be human. That's all I have to say. If you go to the Sabrina Carpenter concert and you don't sing your heart out, you might be an alien. You might be a reptile. I don't know. Go get it tested. There's something wrong. Go get that checked out. If you wanted a test to see if I was human, my voice is raspy the day after the Sabrina Carpenter concert because I sang. Because that is what humans do.
Anywho, so my voice is raspy, and it's kind of fun because I haven't lost my voice in a while. I've been a bit more chill in my lifestyle recently. I tend to lose my voice more when I'm more of a party girl going out more, and I just haven't been recently. So my voice has been really solid. My vocal cords have been really solid. But Sabrina Carpenter, demolish them. Please, please, please. demolish them. And now my voice is raspy. But anyway, let's make a really big pivot here. Okay. I'm about to, I don't know how to transition to the next part of my conversation. So we're just going to do a really strong pivot. Like I'm going to snap my fingers and you're just going to pretend that all the stuff I said before, like you're just going to pretend I didn't even say that because we need to switch subjects in a very big way. Okay. Snapped my fingers. Here's the deal. I've been living in Los Angeles for six years now. And I finally now love it. Six years later. I've probably loved Los Angeles for the past year.
So let's say for the first five years, my relationship with Los Angeles had many ups and downs. You know, when I first moved to Los Angeles, I loved it because it was new and exciting and I was making new friends. The city itself was this symbol of freedom and independence and also a huge milestone in my career. So it was very exciting and positive. But very quickly, things got complicated. And my relationship to the city of Los Angeles changed a little bit. I started to see the negative sides of the city. Now, I think some of that was accurate because as with all cities, as with all things, there's negatives. But I think a big part of my perception of Los Angeles was skewed by the industry that I'm in that is based here in Los Angeles.
And I started to see the negative sides of this industry, which also sort of skewed the way that I perceived the city. And so for many years, I struggled with that. But I was here because for career purposes, it seemed like unthinkable to leave. And, you know, a lot of people around me at that time also didn't love Los Angeles.
What changed in the host's relationship with Los Angeles?
And we were all very immature, in my opinion, and wanted to be punks and wanted to hate everything. And You know, it's part of being a teenager, young adult, like, rebelling against shit and hating stuff and wanting to be different. And all of that led to me hating Los Angeles. And I think the people around me. And then... I grew up, I surrounded myself with different people and I started to see the light in Los Angeles. I built a really great group of friends. I started to figure out where I liked hanging out in this massive city, where there's like-minded people, where there's things that I like to do. Yeah, I just grew to actually really love this city. I grew out of my negative punk lens of hating everything.
And the older you get, the easier it is to see the bigger picture. Yeah, I just decided to see this city from a positive lens. And now I really love Los Angeles. There are still things that I don't like about it. Don't get me wrong. It is challenging to live here in a lot of ways. But I'm choosing to love it. And that's amazing. And then... Like, finally, I love this city. God damn it. And then a few things happened that made me kind of start fantasizing about leaving one day. Now, fantasizing about leaving Los Angeles is very different from actively living in Los Angeles and being like, this place fucking sucks. This place sucks. You know, like those are two different things. I would say it's not like now I hate Los Angeles again because of a few things that happened recently.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
Why is the host's voice raspy?
0:00–3:08
2
What changed in the host's relationship with Los Angeles?
3:08–10:44
3
What are the pros and cons of living in big cities?
10:44–13:54
4
What inspired the host to contemplate life after Los Angeles?
13:54–17:00
5
How does the host define big cities versus small towns?
17:00–25:32
6
What are the benefits of living in a big city?
25:32–31:51
7
What challenges come with living in a big city?
31:51–36:26