Offer your resentments as a sacrifice for the poor souls in Purgatory. I know of people who have probably suffered more than you and for longer. Take this experience and understand how other people are feeling about things. Try to forgive the people who hurt you. Remember, none of us are perfect. Make a special effort to pray for them.

I'm just curious, have the people who are not from Southern CA and who been there for vacation or business,  noticed how unfriendly and detached and rude the people are there?  I know I'm not imagining this

Me and mine visited that part of the country this past summer.  

Yes, you're right.  But that's the nature of gigantic megalopolises.  When you cram that many people together, they adapt themselves for survival, I suppose.  There are many different cultures living around there, and it's like putting cats and dogs together and expecting them to behave.  Nonsense, I say.  

The Californians we were visiting were gracious and kind.  But I'm sure that coming across these people in commutes is a different matter altogether.  I do not begrudge them of that.  If I had to live in New York City for two years, I'm certain I would evolve my attitude much differently from my laid-back and more accommodating public face.  

Stop being so self-indulgent. If you now do not like the place or people there, so what? Grow up and realize that you now prefer elsewhere and others. Big deal.

Lol!  If you don't like conversation, then don't come to a place of conversation, anonymous guy!

I live in the Valley. LA is a cesspool that we only go to if it is absolutely necessary.  Not only are the people rude, but we always feel stressed, like we have to watch over our shoulders. Not only is the traffic crazy, the drivers are too. Take a wrong turn into the wrong neighborhood and its downright scary. Large parts of LA that you don't see on TV look like a 3rd world country. If you just plopped someone into the middle of one of them and took off the blindfold,you could easily fool them into thinking that's where they were. Angelenos seem to come in only 2-3 varieties- snooty superficial rich people and semi- or just-plain scary hood types. Statistically there must be some nice normal people there somewhere, but they must lock themselves indoors or something; because we certainly never run into them. Thanks to the internet, we hardly ever have to go to there to shop for things unavailable where we live anymore. The only thing we need from LA are the occasional medical specialists we might be referred to. We would rather miss out on many of the cultural things LA has to offer than go through the stress. Others here may see it differently, but this is just my honest opinion.