Dating in LA has a bad reputation, but is it deserved? Writer Alice Lutes reveals how using dating apps & sites in LA is different to other places in the US and how it affected her

What it's really like on the dating scene in Los Angeles 

When I moved to Los Angeles, I was optimistic, feeling better about myself than ever, and yet my experience with dating got so, so much worse.

I let Los Angeles into my head: the images it projects, the environment in which I exist (the entertainment industry), all of it runs on idealism

I’ve grown to like myself more in the last two weeks than I ever have in the last 11 years

Alicia Lutes experienced horrors with dating apps and sites that killed her self-confidence 

Why the LA dating scene left me broken - and how I put myself back together