This vid that was posted on Monday makes me think of the point I was making in this thread a few days ago....that LA has a Mediterranean type climate, associated with resort areas in southern Spain and southern france, and parts of Italy too, that also comes within the framework of a large urban scene.
https://youtu.be/QropkR9iasY
Resort areas like cannes, marbella, st tropez, costa del sol, tuscany, etc, are outside major centers like paris, madrid, rome, london, so it's a choice of one or the other. However, transit in europe is very good, so traveling from a resort with beaches & med-type climate to a big city is cheap & convenient.
France's 2nd largest city, coastal marseilles...& older than Paris...does have a med type climate, but it's not as much an international hub as certain other cities are.