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[Alakazzam]

I refuse to support an industry that hates me as an audience member.

[grimlock]

Hey guys remember that time we bottomed out the industry by driving viewers away with crap content, then went on strike twice and lost our jobs to AI. Good times.

[kreese-yinb]

Hollywood deserves its own Grapes of Wrath being written about it at this point.

[mheiseus]

Los Angeles has become unliveable... Outta control crime, homelessness, $3000.00 a month to live in the GHETTO is insane

[StratumPress]

The lady who complained about "old White guys" and not being seen... I hope she stays unemployed.

[paullatina]

Old white guys have been responsible for most of the great arts and entertainment we have…….or at least use to have….

[WhiteDragon]

Hollywood Elites have forgotten that can't exist without an audience and those that toil to keep it functioning.

[mattydominic]

I work in the industry & escaped LA in 2020 (along with more than a few industry friends). Southern CA is such a beautiful patch of this planet & was once chock-full of opportunities; you'd REALLY have to screw it up BAD for people to choose to leave it. They've somehow managed to do just that. Sad.

[lance]

They've shifted to making their movies and shows for "modern audiences", but apparently that's a pretty small percentage of the population. So it's not surprising that the industry is shrinking. Yes, there are lots of other factors, but that's the one that bothers me the most and why I mostly watch older movies and shows.

[RoverIAC]

I saw 57 movies in the cinema in 2017... now I couldn't be bothered. Most of the films are forgettable.

[kenrides]

I used to think places like the west coast were years ahead of the rest of the country on fashion, trends, and ideas. Now it's the complete opposite and they seem to be around 5 - 7 years behind the rest of the country on most things.

[kneepayne]

Over the past few years, I've had a lot of people reach out about "how do I get out? what do you do?" I know a film editor that turned data analyst. I know an animation assistant director that stocks shelves at a grocery store. A knew a story artist that got laid off while on maternity leave. He was so pissed, he left the industry went back to college and got his PhD in psychology. Then I hear from other people who are like "my kid wants to get in the business, what can you tell them?" and a part of me just dies on the inside.

[SpeakyDeak]

woke did this to hollywood. they did it to themselves, ive little sympathy, what they do produce is terrible. thats the bad bit, we got nothing to watch

[ImaginaryShadows]

The reason why people are leaving LA is the studios haven’t put out good products for the audience. It affects profits and salaries. The studios are to blame for the downfall.

[shinigamiauthor]

Good. Abandon hollywood. It hasn't been needed for at least half a century

[caseymoore]

I’m a art director in the key art side of Hollywood and just moved out of Cali this week! Gotta love remote work! F Cali

[Elmgren]

Twenty years ago I would watch 3-4 films in the cinema every month. My average in the last four years is 3 films per year…

[PaulNolanofficial]

I'm a music producer / composer. I lived in LA 2015 - 2017, and did pretty well, producing albums out of the Village studios in West LA and working on a number of other projects with some of LA's best composers. Even though it was still a hard place to be back then, I feel like I got the last 2 really good years. I went back to the UK after that and rode out the pandemic, and when I returned afterwards I couldn't believe how much LA has changed, it's like a different city. Now I wouldn't even consider living there, I do all my work remotely, and split my time between the UK and Buenos Aires. It's far better, far more affordable, and all of my work is done remotely. I only fly in to LA maybe once a year to do meetings, and that mystique, that aura of 'you have to live in LA to make it' has well and truly gone. Sad, but true.

[JayM]

Unfortunately, a bunch of studios have come to Georgia, which sucks. I was passing through a nice small town and saw this monstrosity of a gated area tucked away off a main road. I was sad to see it.

I don't know anyone except for wheeling and dealing local politicians that want that crap over here. If they left their LA crazy behind and assimilated into the local culture, that'd be one thing, but they don't.

[CGMedia]

The bigger stars have been leaving LA for other cities for years. They just commute when new projects come up.