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Writer, consultant and speaker Esther Kustanowitz lived on New York’s Upper West Side for 14 years before moving to Los Angeles 12 years ago. She, too, noted a shift from a more closed tradition in New York.

“New York Jewish life is dense, compressed and provincial because its geography is,” she said. “In Los Angeles, Jewish life may have mini-centres but it is also spread out because there’s more geographical space.

I'm not sure what she means about Jewish life being more "spread out" in LA than in NY. You can find Jewish concentrations all over the metro.