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We lived in Durham, NC for 8 years and loved it. Raleigh is too conservative and sprawl-y, Chapel Hill is too expensive, but Durham and Carrboro are awesome! Diverse, affordable, artsy, cultural, and some fine, fine food. Where we are now (Greensboro) is also a great place - the downtown is better than Durham's, and it has good theater and more walkable neighborhoods - but Durham and that area have a lot to offer. PM me if you want more info.
LA has its appeal, but I think unless you're willing to live in a shithole and drive for at least 2 hours/day, you'll probably be miserable. There's a lot going on out there, if you can afford to do it, and the weather can be nice, but I think the disparity in wealth would drive me nuts, being surrounded by all that money with none of it trickling down. That said, of what I've seen outside of LA proper, Pasadena seemed like a cool place to live. But I was only there for a day.
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