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Many actors dream of going to "Hollywood" to "make it big" (to be a big success), and a few are probably surprised to learn that there is no city of Hollywood in California. Hollywood is actually just a neighborhood of Los Angeles. "Moreover" (in addition), many of the "film studios" (places where movies and TV shows are made) are not even in that neighborhood, so the term "Hollywood" really describes the larger entertainment "industry" (business) in this city. Now comes a new surprise: Most movies and TV shows aren't even made in Hollywood/Los Angeles anymore.

According to a 2009 Los Angeles Times article, only about 30% of movies are now "filmed" (made) in California, "down from" (decreasing from) more than 60% just five years before. Only 57% of all TV shows' first episodes, called "pilots," are filmed in Los Angeles, down from more than 80% in 2004.

So why is everyone leaving? The reason is simple: Other cities and states are giving filmmakers incentives to film in their locations. "Incentives" are things you are given to motivate you to want to do something. These incentives are mostly "financial" (related to money), including lower taxes and fees for filming. Los Angeles, however, doesn't have any organized program of incentives, and has therefore been losing jobs to other cities and states, such as New York, Connecticut, and "elsewhere" (other places).

Los Angeles is trying to create its own incentive plan to keep the studios from moving their business to other states. But some think it may be too late. Soon, instead of actors dreaming of coming to Los Angeles, perhaps they'll "flock" (go in large numbers) to Vancouver, Hartford, and Dallas instead.