The guys who give reasons that justify why LA people cancel more often than others seem to ignore the fact that the same justifications exist for men in other places, except we do it more often here. Why?
Here are some answers:
1) Traffic and distance. It is worse here than most other places. We are accustomed to complaining about it. People know it is real. As a result, we more readily fall back on it as an excuse.
2) Huge numbers; huge variety. It is easy to meet an awesome woman here. They come thru all the time. There are a ridiculous number of hot women living here and open to being providers. If we cancel one, we can replace her with another. There is no downside to being thoughtless for many people here. [Providers do it too, btw. Clients can also be replaced more easily, which is why not all women complain about it].
3) Anonymity. Many people here are from other places. Often, they are not going to remain here for long. When that is common, reputation mean less. People come and they go. Promises are more easily broken.
4) Phoniness and materialism. Both are more prevalent in LA than any place on earth. People here are, in fact, more full of shit on average than people in most places on earth. Can I prove this? No. I wouldnt know how. Do I absolutely believe it? Yes. And I think anyone who denies it is either an idiot or clueless or utterly full of shit. People in this city drive around in cars they cannot afford to look better off than they are. They will max credit cards and not recognize the insanity of their existence. They live on image and act accordingly.
5) The K-gals. There are gorgeous women arriving here all the time from Korea who charge less than most other providers, are gorgeous, and are great at what they do. It is a fact that truly cannot be denied. Once men are used to that, including having an experience where it is fine if you dont speak the same language, it is easy to stop caring if an independent woman thinks you are an a-hole. The same guys would not risk blowing their connection in the k-gal world because that would leave a mark on them that would have consequences. So they do it to independent women and ruin their trips here.
You asked. Now you know. This is why.
I am sorry for whatever crap you were put thru on your visit. You are not the first to experience it.