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Originally Posted by Beninho
Maybe, just maybe, he does not love LA? I lived in Southern California for years, living in LA is not for everybody. Traffic is terrible, it’s always hot (some people like seasons, I know crazy), tons of tourists year round, everything is always busy. I did not live in LA but know plenty of people who have and it just really is not all that it is cracked up to be. I would way rather live in San Diego compared to LA. Toronto has a far more vibrant downtown core than LA. Downtown LA is frankly pretty terrible, the area around Dodgers stadium is pretty bad. It would not surprise me that a non-American who grew up in a big city could potentially find living in Toronto more appealing. Toronto is far more similar to Osaka and Yokohama where Ohtani grew up playing in than LA is. I don’t think Toronto would be wasting time if he hasn’t shown at least a little bit of interest in the team and city. Just a thought.
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Of all the big American cities that people say they would love to live in I think LA is the worst
I get the appeal of New York. Las Vegas would be fun as a single man in your 20s. Same with Miami...but LA is brutal IMO. San Diego is the much nicer city in SoCal.
No centralized downtown core with any real appeal. Crime is bad and the city always feels dirty to me. Traffic is horrendous, like terrible. Really the major benefit LA would have for him is if he wanted to get into Hollywood more.
The Dodgers were always the most likely destination, but it's also quite possible he's sick of living in LA