10 Los Angeles Stereotypes That Are Completely Accurate

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1. People From LA Treat Cars Like Extensions Of Themselves

If the old trope about Americans being in love with their cars is true, it's the holy gospel in Los Angeles.

This is partly due to an attachment to the cars themselves and partly because you simply need a car to live in LA. Whether it's a day job, a friend's party or a favorite restaurant, people in Los Angeles can't seem to get there without a car.

Once you're accustomed to it, it becomes second nature to avoid walking. And while Los Angeles does have a metro system, only about 362,904 people take it per day-pretty much a blip in a city of just under 4 million.

And apparently all that driving just tuckers them out, since...

2. Everyone In Los Angeles Worships Coffee

Considering the year-round temperate weather, you wouldn't think that Los Angeles would be such a coffee-addicted city, but it is. With 13 coffee shops per every 100,000 residents, LA ranks #5 in coffee consumption in the country.

Then again, when have you ever seen a celebrity without a Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf or Starbucks mug in their hand? Answer: Pretty much never.

But we've been tuned into Hollywood's obsession with coffee since 1984 when Serge demanded that Axel Foley try an "espresso with just a little lemon twist" in Beverly Hills Cop.

3. Everyone Knows Someone "In The Industry"

Maybe your grandfather played in a big band that did soundtracks for the Golden Age of the silver screen. Or your dad was a sitcom writer. Maybe your best friend's mother is a costume designer, or a location scout. Or your sister does craft services for movie sets. Maybe your neighbor shoots video for TMZ. Maybe not.

But chances are even if you didn't move to LA to become a movie star, there are fewer than six degrees of separation between you and someone "in the industry." Last night while you were standing in line at Mann's Chinese Theater to see this summer's blockbuster, you probably stood behind someone who played a bit part in last summer's blockbuster.

The movie industry is everywhere in LA. Even if you have no particular love for the Hollywood big business, you probably interact with at least one person a day who is or was involved in some way. It's pretty much unavoidable.

4. Yes, Everyone In LA Is Vain

Consider this: In 2009 people in LA spent almost $50 million on makeup, hair products and skin care. There are more than 3,700 personal care businesses (like salons, spas and gyms) in the city. As of 2010, there were 200 plastic surgeons per 100,000 people in Beverly Hills alone! That's a lot of maintenance.

When you live in this city, it's hard to not be a little overly conscious of your appearance. You think reading a copy of Cosmo gives the average American an unhealthy obsession with body image? Try walking down La Brea Avenue and see how insecure you feel.

As vain as all this might seem, if you live in LA it kind of becomes kind white noise. Sure, not everyone has a personal trainer and goes to the spa every day, but being fit-and looking good-is always on their minds.

5. Everyone In Los Angeles Is A New Age Hippie

Whether it's a penchant for the healing power of crystals, doing tai chi in the driveway, a dedication to fighting cancer with dieting, or simply needing that morning blueberry, beet and goji berry smoothie, everyone holds to some form of spirituality in LA. Hey, it could even be a high school kid getting high with a black light discovering Jim Morrison.

Not everyone likes it, though. Many Angelenos bristle at this spiritual mumbo jumbo. This is, after all, the same city that forged Charles Bukowski, Ice T, Tom Waits, Charles Mingus and Dr. Dre.

But like it or not, when you live in LA you get used to several people a day sincerely reminding you when Mercury is in retrograde.

6. Everyone In Los Angeles Will Laugh At Your Gadgets

Maybe even more than their vanity, people in LA love technology. If you don't believe that, bring a flip phone to your next cocktail party and see how long it takes people to start throwing shade. It's not enough that you have a juicer-you'll still be mercilessly mocked if you have the wrong one or worse, the one from last year.

The vote still isn't in on Google Glass, though. They make your face look like mom jeans, but they're also pretty cool, and very "in." We'll check back on that one. Maybe the reason they're so attached to the coolest tech is because it's their only social connection. After all...

7. Everyone In Los Angeles Is Forever Alone

Yes, it's difficult to meet people in LA, even when you look fantastic. Since you need to drive everywhere, pretty much the only way to meet someone new is to run them over, or speed in the hope of getting to exchange digits with a police officer.

Okay fine, it's not that dire, and there's lots of freeway flirting, but trust me, meeting people is a challenge in the City of Angels.

8. You're Obsessively Healthy... Except For Burgers

People in Los Angeles love their kale and acai berries (gotta stay fit in case they get that callback), but they're also disturbingly fanatic about In-N-Out, the California burger joint of legends. Yep, I said it.

At this year's Vanity Fair party after the Academy Awards, hundreds of famous actors lined up at the In-N-Out-Burger food truck. Actors who could basically afford to buy the entire In-N-Out franchise! (Which, by the way, got its start right here in what's now Baldwin Park)

And ordering from the legendary hamburger joint's "secret menu" makes ordinary people from Los Angeles feel a little more "in the know" too, which they love.

"Be right back-going to go get a cheeseburger. 'Animal Style.'"

9. Everyone In Venice Beach Is Really Weird

Everything you've heard about Venice Beach boardwalk is right on. From bulging biceps on Muscle Beach to tattoo artists, from marijuana shops to the steady soundtrack of guitar strumming musicians playing in the background. It's all true.

Be careful while you're walking, though: A 70-year-old might rollerblade backwards into you while cranking tunes on his iPod. There's also a good chance you'll get panhandled.

But if that's the only price of admission to get in, it's well worth the money.

10. Everyone In Los Angeles Worships The Sun And Sea

It's true that in LA it seems like the concrete and smog are sprawled out so far you can't even see where they end.

But it is where the desert meets the ocean, and so the natural world is hard to avoid. It sneaks its way into the lives of people in LA more than in many other big cities, no matter how much they claim to love being "urban." They're all hypocrites in some way.

Everyone contemplates the vastness of the universe at the Griffith Observatory, attends an outdoor concert at the Greek Theatre, or spends a day off at the beach watching the waves comes in at some point.

And even though most of the LA region is actually too humid to be accurately described as "the desert," a winter rain sure makes it smell like one.