I'm moving to LA soon as well, I'll be applying for the LAPD, once they tell me I'm in, ill pack my bags and get an apartment :) (of course I'll have like $15,000 saved up...but that's just me. You'll be good with like $1000 -$2000).
Don't pay attention to the b.it. Ch that said to not call it Cali. She's retarded :D.
Don't call it "Cali" - it's like saying "Frisco" to people that live in San Fransisco.
Actually, people in SoCa or No CA do HATE it being called Cali-we should know we live here, unlike the poster who called us stupid and does not live here. Cali is a notorious drug city in Columbia. San Francisco is one of the most expensive cities to live in in Ca.
And planning to come out and live in homeless shelters is just plain ridiculous. From Vegas you can drive out here and look at apartments & prices and look for jobs. Do not plan on coming if you do not have a reasonable way to support yourself.
You may have to readjust your expectations about where you want to live too.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.