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LA vs New York: Entertainment Delusion and Middle Class Struggles
from Find Your God (with Dan St. Germain) · #25
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4 minDan and Tim discuss the fallacy that any entertainment job beats other careers, the divide between LA's successful and unsuccessful, and the difficulty of being middle class in New York versus LA.
- 24:01Entertainment jobs aren't inherently better than other professions like law, medicine, or teaching.
- 24:38Tim notes he's met people with serious professional skills who left those careers behind for entertainment.
- 24:54LA creates a sharper wealth divide than New York, where successful people are visibly doing much better.
- 25:13Top-tier writer's rooms in LA have no weak links—everyone's been writing comedy for years and knows their craft.
- 25:39New Yorkers commiserate together, but LA people avoid showing desperation or catching each other's struggle.
- 26:11Tim admits his Irish background makes him self-deprecating even when doing well.
- 26:43LA has more open jockeying for opportunities, with people trying to figure out how to advance.
- 26:57Dating in LA is harder than in New York, partly because people always wonder if they can do better.
- 27:21Two people in the entertainment business together struggle even if successful, like the James Taylor and Carly Simon dynamic.
Greg FitzsimmonsJames TaylorCarly Simon