Bottom Line: You can live in Los Angeles without a car. But it's not "easy" as MikeCF claimed somewhere. It definitely hinders your game, though it doesn't need to preclude you from getting laid. In other words, it's possible, but it's definitely playing life on the difficult setting.
The subway in LA is up-and-coming, but not where it's going to be in, say, 10 or 15 years. If you live near a current line or station, it definitely enhances your mobility--getting you Downtown, for instance, which is a new hot spot. LA has a robust bus system as well, that pretty much goes everywhere. But the strength of LA transportation continues to be its world-class freeways. Buses are slow and the subway doesn't go to key places.
Don't underestimate the car culture of LA. "Regular" people have cars. There's an ugly undercurrent of class/race association with public transportation there. Your average bar skank and bitch is going to judge you for having a bus pass. The exception is the occasional Silverlake hipster, since they're starting to think using the bus is cool, but that's still an overwhelming minority--even within their little enclave.
I know LA better than I know my own dick. This is as good as gospel.
The subway in LA is up-and-coming, but not where it's going to be in, say, 10 or 15 years. If you live near a current line or station, it definitely enhances your mobility--getting you Downtown, for instance, which is a new hot spot. LA has a robust bus system as well, that pretty much goes everywhere. But the strength of LA transportation continues to be its world-class freeways. Buses are slow and the subway doesn't go to key places.
Don't underestimate the car culture of LA. "Regular" people have cars. There's an ugly undercurrent of class/race association with public transportation there. Your average bar skank and bitch is going to judge you for having a bus pass. The exception is the occasional Silverlake hipster, since they're starting to think using the bus is cool, but that's still an overwhelming minority--even within their little enclave.
I know LA better than I know my own dick. This is as good as gospel.