Here are some common complaints as a sub-list, a meta-list if you will. It's an inception list:

1) It all looks the same - That's right, the 1930s apartment blocks of Korea Town are identical to the 1950s ranch homes of the Valley and the late 19th century Victorian homes of Angeleno Heights.

2) Nobody Walks/Takes Transit - True... if you think that only people with the means to buy and operate a car are people.

3) The air sucks - Yeah, if you insist on driving everywhere, the air is going to suck. Luckily, even with a booming population, the air is continuing to get better.

4) The traffic sucks - Yeah, if you insist on driving everywhere, the traffic is going to suck. Luckily, with the extra sales tax Angelenos voted to impose on themselves, we have lots of ambitious transit projects happening all the time. But it's hard to keep up with so many people moving here all the time with their cars.

5) Hippie Sh*t - I'm glad you have enough leisure time and disposable income to indulge in the exploration of non-western traditions, organic/vegetable based diets, and other forms of non-normative lifestyle choices that you're bored.

6) There is no History - Except for the Indigenous populations displaced by hundreds of years of Spanish Colonialism, formerly being part of Mexico, the late 19th century oil boom, and the rise of mass entertainment. But, no we don't have that many art deco skyscrapers...

7) The bagels and the pizza - Two things. First, you're wrong and lazy. Second, Tacos. Yeah, the first things was two things, think of the value. But if you primarily value your location based on its access to the cuisine of a primarily European diaspora which immigrated to the US in large numbers in the 19th and early 20th centuries, you shouldn't move to the clear opposite side of the continent from where they would have entered the population, and which is more heavily populated with those who will have emigrated from Central America, South America and Asia (or were just already here) ?

8) It is all about movies and money and dominated by shallow celebrity culture - If you're primarily interacting with less than 2% of the population of a city (see above).

9) So many broken dreams - You mean failed actors stuck waiting tables? Or do you just mean people who, despite trying and working hard, can't catch a break and are having a hard time trying to make ends meet? Welcome to the world. LA doesn't have a corner on this market. Try to meet some folks just trying to give their kids more.

10) It's dangerous - It's a city. Crime is pretty low from where it once was. It's a city. Some people have had life crap on them... it makes unfortunate things happen.

A lot of Los Angeles hate seems to originate from people coming to town and then wanting LA to be like some place else, just with better weather. It's a unique place with its highs and lows like any gigantic, diverse, complicated city. It's not like it's a city under constant threat of chemical warfare from a brutal dictatorship... or the anxiety of daily suicide bombings. There is traffic congestion. It doesn't snow. These are not unmanageable issues.

And, yeah, I think it smacks of I've-got-enough-to-complain-about-anything privilege. It says: I'm so threatened by the dangerous unfamiliar city, that I'm doing to pay too much for rent to remain in s specific safe enclave of people who don't really engage with the city, which, let's face, includes a disproportionately high number of people who have moved to Los Angeles to be in the entertainment industry...

GET OVER IT!