Renee.....I hear ya about the housing in LA. 15 yrs. ago I lived there. We paid 875.00 a month for a roach infested apt. I moved quickly. I had never seen a cockroach till I moved there. I haven't seen one since I moved either. Remember....the raisins in the raisen bran do not move and everything goes into tupperware and gets stored in the frige.
I get the willies just thinkin about it. I have a HUGE house in central WI now and my morg. pmt is only 550.00. Couldn't rent a garage for that in LA.