19. You are a celebrity here
So, if you tell them you come from L.A. you will get the ooohing and ahhhing. They really like anything from the States, you know Hollywood, movies, Ed Hardy, Polo stuff like that. They dream about going there and they really think that if you're in LA, you'll run into celebs, drive convertibles along Malibu, and see Paris Hilton in the clubs, but wait you really do!