Move to LA for 6 months with work?

Here's the lowdown -

Work offered me a chance to go to LA for 6 months at the beginning of the year to start a branch office. Would be doing business development, meeting and greeting in marketing.

Great interest, but not sure about leaving NYC for LA. Was just getting settled here. Is it tough to make friends? Get your life together.

I would go except, work is not really going to help too much with relocation, except for a car.

So i would need to sublet my studio, find a new place.

Otherwise would be building up on everything that i've been doing here in New York.

If it doesn't jeoperdize your career, I would say that you should stay in NYC because at least over there you have trains and you can walk, you already have an apartment and you are already adjusted. Los Angeles is way too spread out and it actually costs more to live in LA because you'll have to leave home atleast an hour and a half earlier than necessary if you want to get to work on time (2 hours to be safe) because the freeways are usually clogged and so are the city streets (there aren't many alternate roads that'll make your trip shorter). You would be buying gasoline more often because of the long times you spend on the road. You would either have to give up your free time or sleep because you won't have enough time to fit both in your schedule. You could probably get a place close to work (which I'm assuming is either in LA proper, Hollywood, Burbank, Glendale, Woodland Hills, LAX area, Santa Monica or Wilshire) and those areas are expensive and would just buy you 30 minutes of extra time a day. I made the mistake of moving from San Francisco (which is like NYC but slower) to Los Angeles and now, I'm back in SF. LA people are friendly but they generally don't have a lot of time to socialize. So I stay stick to NYC because it's cheaper and you already have a good life there. Then again, it's only for 6 months so, you should think about it. You might get more contacts in Los Angeles (which aren't that different from NYC contacts).

well, LA rentals are comparable to New york's, that is expensive, so you would be paying the same amount to rent for six months.

you would be taking a loss since they aren't offering too much relocation.

it depends on what you want. From your post, I am inferring, that you would relaly like to just stay in New York. perhaps in a few months, there will be another opportunity.

is it really worth it at this point?

LA is crowded, overpopulated and spread out!!!

If this is a good opportunity for you, then you should consider moving to LA temporarily. What you will fetch for your sublease will probably be more than what you will be paying for rent in LA. You should try to negotiate for more relocation assistance.