/usr/local doesn't exist in fresh install Yosemite I am trying to install ssh-copy-id, and it wants to be placed in 

/usr/local/bin/


but when I do

cd /usr/local/


it responds with

-bash: cd: /usr/local/: No such file or directory


Is this because I have a fresh install of Yosemite and the changed the location of /usr/local/?
/usr/local does not exist on a standard plain OS X install

You need to create it by

sudo mkdir /usr/local


In some odd cases e.g. for Homebrew you need to change permissions