I'm a transplanted New Yorker now living on the Left Coast. No one in LA would even dream of disagreeing with you (although many are passive aggressive) much less being snotty. I'm staying at the Essex House in a couple weeks so I'm really looking forward to the attitude! It'll probably wear off the second or third time they do it to me, and I'll probably revert to form with something like "Oh I'm sorry are you Mr. Essex? And is this your house?" Usually I save this for checkout