Advantages of a Cross-Country Move?

Anyone who reads this blog knows that I think moving to L.A. was ... difficult. But there are certain advantages to a cross-country move. One of them should be that when you're buying your coffee at the ungodly hour of 6:20 in the morning, you should not run into your elementary school principal, who is wearing sweats. It's just not fair to still have that as an even remote possibility, never mind a reality, after having moved 3,000 miles.