Los Angeles Of course the weather is always great in LA. Before Europeans found it, it was lightly populated by people who could cope with the desert-like conditions without resorting to civil engineering. The first Europeans to name the area, in effect, "The City of Our Lady, Queen of the Angels" were probably so bothered by the heat that they began to contemplate their own demise. A lot has been said about the creative environment LA offers. I think it is due to LA's original position, culturally, as slightly out of the loop, a place to go if you aren't consumed by ambition. Today The Left Coast is its own loop, and if you are consumed by certain ambitions, LA is the first place to go.