Just had to make that one little correction up there. I had a car when I lived out there, so I can't tell you what it's like being carless in LA. But if you can manage to live and work somewhere on the west side of LA (or the 405 for that matter), then you should be able to get by just fine. For a while I lived in Venice and worked in Santa Monica--if I'd been biking then I would've been much better off. Not to mention you can actually see BLUE sky from there if you look in the right direction.