What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I grew up in the San Fernando Valley, Sherman Oaks specifically.  I also went to college in LA.  After graduating I moved to New York. My first three years in New York I went to law school in Manhattan.  I would have moved here sooner, but…

What’s your historical connection to Los Angeles and New York? I was born and raised in Brooklyn. I lived there for 20 years. After high school, I started Rabbinical school in Israel and traveled from New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and back to Brooklyn to finish school. The schooling gets pretty boring, so I took the…

What’s your historical connection to Los Angeles and New York? I was born and raised in Santa Monica, CA — proud alum of Samohi! — and spent two summers as an intern in New York City, before starting Branch there. Describe your experience in NYC. What to say! Surprisingly, I HATED New York as a…

What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I grew up in LA, then shipped myself off to Syracuse, which friends seem to think was motivated by a profound self-loathing. NYC was a natural next step. Describe your experience in NYC. I arrived in February ’09 and luckily was able to plug right into…

What’s your historical LA and New York connection? I moved to New York on vacation. For a short while I worked in politics before transitioning into non-profit event planning while trying to make comedy happen. Eventually I got a job that allowed me to split my time between New York and LA, which helped establish…

What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I grew up in LA (specifically OC) before going to college in Pittsburgh. After college, I lived in Austin for a couple years before moving to New York, where I’ve been for over 5 years now, settling in Williamsburg. I’ve always called both LA and, recently,…

What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I grew up in Westchester county New York, about 30 miles north of the city. I moved to LA after I graduated from Fairfield University in Connecticut. Most of the friends I grew up with moved to NYC after school, but being a bit of a…

What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I moved originally to New York and recently to LA in order to help build the first General Assembly educational programs in these cities – courses in design, tech, and business disciplines where we get practitioners to teach their field to those who want to transition…

What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I was born in New York to 2nd generation Eastern European Jews who wanted some sunshine and frankly at the age of 3, I was ready for Hollywood, so we moved West. I’ve been back and forth twice – once for grad school (NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications…

What’s your historical connection to Los Angeles and New York? (when did you move where) After growing up in Boston and going to college in Boston and hearing 22 straight years of Boston accents, I needed to get the hell away from the East Coast.  LA was a different planet, so that fit the bill…

What’s your historical connection to Los Angeles and New York? Growing up in Chicago, I had family living in Palm Springs, and ended up going to marine biology camp on Catalina Island in my teens. When the time for college came around, I fell in love with USC and decided to give LA a try….

What’s your historical connection to Los Angeles and New York? In 2000, I was offered my first job right out of college at a boutique agency in NY. For a kid who grew up in South Florida, it was a no brainer to make the move. The city was great, but my wife hates apartment…