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Originally Posted by Rain Man
What else differentiates a place to live?
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And finally, for me anyway, I live in Los Angeles because it's the music and entertainment capital of the world. If the music and entertainment capital of the world was Kansas City, I would have never moved but in 1993, I didn't have a choice. Today, it's somewhat easier due to the internet but it's nowhere near as "easy" as attending one of the many music related functions each month and getting real "face time" with decision makers (i.e., Music Supervisors, Production Music library execs and creative departments, Ad agency execs, etc.).
While I haven't forayed much into composing for scripted television and movies, mainly due to the time it requires, which would take away serious time from my young children, I could theoretically move from Los Angeles to another city (or state) because I'm already established as a composer for the biggest production music libraries in the world. But as mentioned earlier, both of my children have aspirations of working in the TV and movie business, so it doesn't make any sense to move further from Hollywood, which would take them out of this element.
So in reality, there's no reason to do so. My children love their friends, their respective schools and where we live. My wife has an amazing job 15 minutes from our home. We have plenty of friends nearby and with the 17 new hotels and multiple skyscrapers planned for Hollywood just minutes from our home, we'll have even more choices for restaurants, "Staycations" and will likely see our property value skyrocket once everything completed. Also, our home does everything we need, including housing a large, sound proofed studio for me, an office for my wife while each of my kids have their own bedrooms and bathrooms.
But yeah, I think location is also tied to certain job opportunities for sure.