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To be closer to Hollywood and other media types? Idk
Because the people who can make you more successful are all in LA. When you go to parties in Ohio, it’s not full of executives and producers and celebrities. It’s already there and if you want to increase your chances of making it big and be in proximity to those people then you have to be there. You can’t fly there from Minnesota once a week.
Same reason why finance people move to NYC.
The weather 🌞
Southern California has probably the best weather in the continental US by any popular metric
But not everyone likes the same weather
For filming (especially back when they used actual film) you want a lot of consistent light and no surprise rain. It probably wasn’t just the weather, I vaguely remember there having been some tax incentives too, but it’s at least part of the reason why the big movie (and by extension all sorts of entertainment) production hub of the US is there still.
I don’t know why people praise L.A.'s weather. It’s shit. It’s a semi-desert climate, so there are no seasons. Just the same weather, all year long. Call me crazy but I like it to be cold in the winter and warm in the summer, and maybe even have a thunderstorm once in a while. In L.A. once the temperature dips into the 60s (brrr!) everyone goes into the closet and brings out their black leather jackets.
You’re not crazy, people aren’t a monolith they have preferences
Not everyone wants four seasons a year
Years have four seasons. Wanting the same weather every day is like the midwesterners who eat the same brown meat and corn and potatoes every day. You’re missing out on so much richness in life by insisting on the blandest option. Bland is better!
Proximity to other creative people can enhance your own creativity and open up opportunities for collaboration. As to where doesn’t really matter all that much though, and there are other big creative hubs all over the world.
