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  I'm planning on moving sometime this summer to California so i've been looking around for places that are friendly towards the LGBT community. Preferably somewhere in L.A. but i'm open to any suggestions. 

 

San Francisco. Is this even up for debate? :P

It's honestly the safest place for us. Really. L.A. is far more dangerous. Although more big time porn happens down there, I think... so if you're in that business, then maybe L.A. >.<

Quote from: The Passage on April 16, 2012, 08:59:38 PM
San Francisco. Is this even up for debate? :P

It's honestly the safest place for us. Really. L.A. is far more dangerous. Although more big time porn happens down there, I think... so if you're in that business, then maybe L.A. >.<

Well obviously San Francisco lol. I can't afford to live there though, houses and apartments are kinda pricey over there.

About L.A., I've heard Northern L.A. is pretty LGBT friendly but idk I guess there are ->-bleeped-<-s anywhere you go.

Lol @ big time porn...umm no I haven't heard that but sounds intriguing.  :laugh:   :)

What about San Diego? I'm just asking cause I kinda wanna live there someday, lolz.

Also I'm sure you could afford to live in San Francisco if you got a job there lolz.

Quote from: ~RoadToTrista~ on April 16, 2012, 10:56:25 PM
What about San Diego? I'm just asking cause I kinda wanna live there someday, lolz.

  Yeah i've heard good things about San Diego.

QuoteAlso I'm sure you could afford to live in San Francisco if you got a job there lolz.

  Yeah but the rent there for houses and apartments is outrageously high compared to other area's of California which is why I said I can't afford it.  :P

I'm in LA (hollywood) and haven't noticed anything negative ... i see trans girls around now and then (and of course, tons of gay guys ... or I suspect they are gay guys :P).

Quote from: Rabbit on April 16, 2012, 11:51:36 PM
I'm in LA (hollywood) and haven't noticed anything negative ... i see trans girls around now and then (and of course, tons of gay guys ... or I suspect they are gay guys :P).

  Hollywood sounds fun! I heard west hollywood is gay central lol.
  Yeah I haven't heard a whole lot of negative things about LA in general. I'm really into the fashion scene which is why i'm interested in LA. Oh and I want to be a famous actress!!  :D  ;D

  Whats the average cost of a single bedroom apartment over there Rabbit?

 

Rabbit's right, LA is trans friendly and you are pretty much guaranteed to bump into them at coffee shops, malls, etc. Trans event (trans pride, DOR, stuff like that) usually have crowds of hundreds. Yes, the porn industry is here. Yes, trans escorts are all over the place. But it's affordable and you can't beat the weather. West Hollywood is expensive. Look into the area just north of Sunset and East of Highland, it's cheaper than WeHo and not too far. Also, the Valley is cheaper but why live so far from the action. So much to do! Plus, Rabbit and I will welcome you to town with flowers and smiles :)

That area will run you like $750 - $1,500 a month for an apartment and like $400 - $900 for a room depending on how big you want it and where it's located. The Hills are nice, if it's really the hills. This is representative of kinda quirky hills place for $900:

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/apa/2961838643.html

Fine... I'll just continue to sit on my bed, alone, day in, day out, in San Francisco... friendless... -cries- XD

  Thank for the useful info Meghan!

  I'm so looking forward to moving now haha can't wait!  ;D

Quote from: The Passage on April 17, 2012, 03:17:29 AM
Fine... I'll just continue to sit on my bed, alone, day in, day out, in San Francisco... friendless... -cries- XD

  Awe that sucks Passage....sorry.  :(

 

lol, it's okay. As soon as I put myself out there, and actually start going to things that people invite me to, I might find myself with friends. But as long as I lock myself in my room, I won't. :P

Still, for someone like me... someone with "issues", this city is a great place to kind of venture out of your bubble. I mean, bad things happen everywhere... but at least here, it's just a little safer, the people are just a little nicer. :angel:

My daughter and her boyfriend live in San Francisco in the Richmond District one block from Golden Gate Park, they rent a real nice two bedroom house with a garage for 2,500 month, she has lived alone in other places around town and has payed between 600 and 1,100 for studio apts.  Both of them work in upscale restaurants and so far haven't had to much trouble affording to live in SF
Some of her girlfriends share 3 or 4 bedroom apts and when the rent gets split 4 ways its quite affordable, craigslist always had "roomate" listings (be cautious of course)

there is probably no city more friendly towards us than SF, while there I see trans folk out and about and working at all sorts of places around town...for the most part the locals are quite accepting :)

The Bay area also offers lots of things to see and do! fantastic beaches, lots of scenic hiking trails and cultural things galore to enjoy.

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  I heard people in San Fransico are kinda smug...oh no wait that was in that south park episode lol. I wouldn't mind moving there but it's just not in my budget atm. =P

Humboldt county (tall redwoods) 200 miles north of san fran is super friendly and open minded and yet there are very few TS there. I lived there for 2 yrs from 2004 to 2006 and lived there pretransitioning too back in 70 to 71 then 74 to 81 ..it has mostly hippies there.. Myself i tend to steer clear of places without many trees for shade.. skin cancer is bad news.. for light skined people like me..

the local radio station mentions lesbian gay bisexual transgender at least 5 times a day www.kmud.org

Quote from: MacKenzie on April 16, 2012, 04:51:22 PM
  I'm planning on moving sometime this summer to California so i've been looking around for places that are friendly towards the LGBT community. Preferably somewhere in L.A. but i'm open to any suggestions. 

Thanks for making this thread MacKenzie.  I eventually plan to move to California one day and wanted to know the same thing. -hugs-

But good luck passing in SF. Born females are clocked as being trans there..  lol

I live in So Cal kinda out of the way in the Inland Empire area, as much as I love Cali and wish I could live in San Fran I'm actually leaving for Seattle if things work out by end of the year.

Just wanted to say good luck and that LA can be pretty awesome.

Quote from: The Passage on April 17, 2012, 03:17:29 AM
Fine... I'll just continue to sit on my bed, alone, day in, day out, in San Francisco... friendless... -cries- XD

In San Francisco, you never know when you might bump into Mahsa the Disco Shark.

Quote from: MeghanAndrews on April 17, 2012, 12:58:46 AM
Rabbit's right, LA is trans friendly and you are pretty much guaranteed to bump into them at coffee shops, malls, etc. Trans event (trans pride, DOR, stuff like that) usually have crowds of hundreds. Yes, the porn industry is here. Yes, trans escorts are all over the place. But it's affordable and you can't beat the weather. West Hollywood is expensive. Look into the area just north of Sunset and East of Highland, it's cheaper than WeHo and not too far. Also, the Valley is cheaper but why live so far from the action. So much to do! Plus, Rabbit and I will welcome you to town with flowers and smiles :)

That area will run you like $750 - $1,500 a month for an apartment and like $400 - $900 for a room depending on how big you want it and where it's located. The Hills are nice, if it's really the hills. This is representative of kinda quirky hills place for $900:

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/apa/2961838643.html

I know Long Beach (Belmont) used to have a pretty active lesbian scene.  Santa Monica, Venice, and the West Side, too, seemed trans-friendly to me.

I am in Ventura County, with no support groups, and one gay friendly bar.  >:(

Quote from: Malachite on April 17, 2012, 07:22:58 PM
Thanks for making this thread MacKenzie.  I eventually plan to move to California one day and wanted to know the same thing. -hugs-

  Haha you too Malachite? Coolio!!  :D

  Thanks for all your replies guys!

   xo

Quote from: MacKenzie on April 18, 2012, 12:39:41 AM
  Haha you too Malachite? Coolio!!  :D

  Thanks for all your replies guys!

   xo

Certainly I need to leave S.C. and start a new and fresh life. :D Aside from the trans-friendly places over there Anime Expo takes place there and I need to be close to it!   :D

  Yeah i'm a big Anime fan too. It's my only weakness!  :icon_shakefist:

Quote from: MacKenzie on April 18, 2012, 01:09:05 AM
  Yeah i'm a big Anime fan too. It's my only weakness!  :icon_shakefist:

I feel you there.  That's one of my weaknesses along with cheesecake and women :o

Quote from: Malachite on April 18, 2012, 01:18:02 AM
I feel you there.  That's one of my weaknesses along with cheesecake and women :o

Cheesecake!?!  :o  K you get outta here now....we have to much in commen.

Quote from: MacKenzie on April 18, 2012, 01:25:27 AM
Cheesecake!?!  :o  K you get outta here now....we have to much in commen.

:D Fine I will though I have to admit cheesecake is a food of the Gods.  It's sooo delicious!

Quote from: Jamie D on April 18, 2012, 12:16:51 AM
In San Francisco, you never know when you might bump into Mahsa the Disco Shark.

Do you speak of the catty gay man in a woman's body? (Isn't that what she said about herself at one point?lolol) XD

I think she goes to the same clinic as I do but I'm not entirely sure. So I've been... I don't know. Keeping a lookout, I suppose. For better or worse. :/

Quote from: The Passage on April 18, 2012, 03:50:10 AM
Do you speak of the catty gay man in a woman's body? (Isn't that what she said about herself at one point?lolol) XD

I think she goes to the same clinic as I do but I'm not entirely sure. So I've been... I don't know. Keeping a lookout, I suppose. For better or worse. :/

I know Mahsa rubbed some people the wrong way, but I thought she was refreshing.

I got weepy when she left.  I still miss her.  I still miss the makeup lessons I could have received had she stayed.

Quote from: Jamie D on April 18, 2012, 04:34:53 AM
I know Mahsa rubbed some people the wrong way, but I thought she was refreshing.

I got weepy when she left.  I still miss her.  I still miss the makeup lessons I could have received had she stayed.

  Yeah she could be a real bitch at times but I agree with alot of what she was saying.

With Los Angeles, as with any big city, (LA is considered to be and functions as a big city, although it really isn't) I would think you get a little bit of everything: "We're not in Kansas any more Toto".  Yet, this could also mean your also likely to run into right-wing wackos there.  Is SF really more expensive than LA?  I ask because I too one day want (hope!) to relocate to Pacific big city to be free of east coast weather  :P and to inter-act to a much greater degree with those such as me.  Nobody in his or her right mind is going to question the fact SF is at least one of the most GBLT friendly places in the world.  Is the the cost of living really so high in every part of this town?

Quote from: patstar on April 19, 2012, 07:17:49 PM
With Los Angeles, as with any big city, (LA is considered to be and functions as a big city, although it really isn't) I would think you get a little bit of everything: "We're not in Kansas any more Toto".  Yet, this could also mean your also likely to run into right-wing wackos there.  Is SF really more expensive than LA?  I ask because I too one day want (hope!) to relocate to Pacific big city to be free of east coast weather  :P and to inter-act to a much greater degree with those such as me.  Nobody in his or her right mind is going to question the fact SF is at least one of the most GBLT friendly places in the world.  Is the the cost of living really so high in every part of this town?

I use to own a RV and parked in san fran for free.. don't get one too big though they are hard to park and find spaces.. now if you had a partner with one yo could each take turns in it whiloe the other was out and about.. that would be like totally cheap and cool.. sure beats paying for rent..

 Well idk about everywhere in SF but the places that i've looked into were pretty high. I mean yeah i'm sure you could find a cheap place in SF but it might be in a bad part of town and i don't think that's safe.

I love the fashion scene so it was either NY or LA for me haha.   ;D 

Quote from: Amazon D on April 19, 2012, 08:08:35 PM
I use to own a RV and parked in san fran for free.. don't get one too big though they are hard to park and find spaces.. now if you had a partner with one yo could each take turns in it whiloe the other was out and about.. that would be like totally cheap and cool.. sure beats paying for rent..

I heard of a guy getting an RV to help save for his top surgery and he recovered in it.  I thought that was so cool and something I should think about.  I've never been in one before.

Yeah, SF is that expensive.  Outlaying areas are not much cheaper, it's just that you get more space for your money - but start tossing communing costs in there, and it adds up.

And its not just the LGBTXYZ thing either, lots and lots of people what to live here for all sorts of reasons.  It's a financial capital, a major world arts center, a high-tech hub, center for people into mountain biking, road biking, sailing, surfing - all that stuff.  Berkeley, Stanford, Academy of Art, digital design, Pixar all bring people in and people interested in those fields.

Just be sure you have real skills, not just a degree.

It's hard to park an RV in any place you'd feel safe to park it.

Some of the neighborhoods my daughter has lived in SF over the last five years

Marina dist, Cow Hollow, Laurel Heights, The Haight, a couple places in the Richmond dist, she likes to move around when the rent goes up to high on her, but she loves SF and does not want to ever leave :)

Well the first 3 are just about the 3 most expensive neighborhoods in the City.  I'm more a North Beach, Mission, Inner Sunset kind of girl, but other than the real ghetto areas in the extreme south all the neighborhoods are pretty nice.

And I assume that your daughter is not there because she is TG, she's there because highly desirable places are highly desirable to lots and lots of people for lots of reasons.

Quote from: patstar on April 19, 2012, 07:17:49 PM
With Los Angeles, as with any big city, (LA is considered to be and functions as a big city, although it really isn't) I would think you get a little bit of everything: "We're not in Kansas any more Toto".  Yet, this could also mean your also likely to run into right-wing wackos there.  Is SF really more expensive than LA?  I ask because I too one day want (hope!) to relocate to Pacific big city to be free of east coast weather  :P and to inter-act to a much greater degree with those such as me.  Nobody in his or her right mind is going to question the fact SF is at least one of the most GBLT friendly places in the world.  Is the the cost of living really so high in every part of this town?

According to the 2010 census, the city of Los Angeles has approximately 3.8 million residents in an area of 470 square miles.  The county of Los Angeles has 9.8 million residents in an area of 4,060 square miles, with at least 15 cities with a population over 100,000.

Los Angeles is a big city, but it is also very diverse and spread out.

Quote from: Jamie D on April 20, 2012, 12:34:58 PM
According to the 2010 census, the city of Los Angeles has approximately 3.8 residents in an area of 470 square miles.  The county of Los Angeles has 9.8 million residents in an area of 4,060 square miles, with at least 15 cities with a population over 100,000.

Los Angeles is a big city, but it is also very diverse and spread out.

Yes, that is what I meant; I really should have been more clear:  Rather than a single big city, LA is much more a network of towns and neighborhoods.  It certainly IS much more diverse than any other major big city in the US.  Unlike New York, Chicago, Boston, SF, etc you need your own wheels to get around there.

Actually, I would settle for for LA or San Francisco in a heartbeat, lol.  I just want to get out of Rhode Island.  Although it also gets way too cold and snows there, even Boston would be a major improvement.

Quote from: tekla on April 20, 2012, 12:08:34 PM
Well the first 3 are just about the 3 most expensive neighborhoods in the City.  I'm more a North Beach, Mission, Inner Sunset kind of girl, but other than the real ghetto areas in the extreme south all the neighborhoods are pretty nice.

And I assume that your daughter is not there because she is TG, she's there because highly desirable places are highly desirable to lots and lots of people for lots of reasons.

She first moved there when she was going out with a spoiled brat rich boy...hense the Marina and Cow Hollow locations. She stayed after they broke up because she LOVES the city, its also close for me to visit and stay with her as I live near lake Tahoe and cant get enough of SF :)
If a person can just live there for a bit and likes the "feel" of SF...they will try and find a way to afford it I have found. The Bay Area is spendy no matter where you are and my dream someday is to live in Mill Valley along the ridge to the west...truly a dream mind you, cuz I sure cant afford that area anytime soon :(

Quote from: The Passage on April 17, 2012, 03:17:29 AM
Fine... I'll just continue to sit on my bed, alone, day in, day out, in San Francisco... friendless... -cries- XD

that is so sad, message me if you want to meet up for drinks or a movie

I work in san francisco and live in the east bay, rent is less in some of the east bay areas and they are still not that bad.
I pay 850 a month for my 2 bedroom apartment and one room only has tropical plants in it...
you rally can rent a room for 400 to 500 a month if you look around.
and jobs in SF pay enough to afford higher rent.
where I work had a guy that was not trans, but came to work in dresses often...
and lots of places in SF to work at if you don't fit in in other places