Born and raised in la and its not the same at all brother everything changed after pandemic, it was already kinda dyin down 2019, 2018 was the last year it felt like something. I still stay in la now, I have no friends, no life outside work, and I hardly go out side. You see people doing cool things on the internet, but like you said it’s a façade. When you actual go outside, it’s a ghost town. I actually fell asleep at the club the other day it was so boring and expensive felt like I wasted my money lol