Yep, got it now! I see your'e from L.A. My wife is born and raised in L.A, we lived in the Valley for 10 years, moved back here in -97. I still work there a lot though :) Mostly remote.
I'm actually not from L.A. - I was born in Chicago, IL, but grew up in Germany. So kinds the opposite from your cross-Atlantic move, haha. Where in the Valley did you live? I'm in Eagle Rock currently and before lived all over North East L.A. - Highland Park, Echo Park, Silver Lake and East Hollywood.