haha Celine, New York itself will toughen you up. I dont know how it works in LA but we just ignore the drunks and let them do their thing, unless of course they get too rowdy, then a little call to the policeman makes a difference OMG Celine why would you pick NY out of all those amazing choices????????????? If I were you I would go to Paris, Florence or Rome. Screw London, I just dont get its appeal, but the other three, I would kill to go there. You can come here anytime and the atmosphere is not that different from L.A, except of course for the drunks and people rushing through their day, but still its the same country and same people. I would rather go away somewhere, go experience a different culture. I am surprised that they offered you Florence instead of Milan, I would have thought Milan would be the more ideal location for fashion, since its the fashion capital of the world.