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Oh heck yes, El Segundo and Hawthorne: http://www.walkinginla.com/2016/Jul24/07_24_16.html http://www.walkinginla.com/2016/Jul24/07_24_16.html My daily walking

by bhauer 10y ago

Oh heck yes, El Segundo and Hawthorne: http://www.walkinginla.com/2016/Jul24/07_24_16.html http://www.walkinginla.com/2016/Jul24/07_24_16.html My daily walking commute is between these two cities. El Segundo is home to several firms as it's a particularly business-friendly city. Meanwhile Hawthorne is best known as the home of Spacex. The In N Out that several of us go to more often than we should is in one of the photos.

Inconel 10y ago
I've always loved El Segundo for some reason. Most people I tell this to don't understand why but it's just a very charming town to me. Even the old industrial areas west of Sepulveda and north of the refinery have a very cool feel. I love walking around that area and I've noticed over the last 2-3 years that a number of those smaller warehouse/industrial properties are being converted into office space for tech/ad/vfx companies. The refinery usually offers a tour once a year for the public which is very informative and there is a great park at the top of a small hill off of Imperial Ave that affords what is probably the best view of LAX. Sadly El Segundo's aerospace industry is slowly but surely shrinking. Plaza El Segundo, where that huge Whole Foods is, used to be a Honeywell fab if memory serves correctly.
CalRobert 10y ago
Bizarrely, about the nicest commute I ever had was to El Segundo. I lived in Santa Monica by the beach, and worked in El Segundo by the beach (crappy job but that's a different story). It was a 13 mile cycle down the beach, with the terrible exception of Marina Del Rey, where you had to go inland. I saw bonfires every Friday after work; an episode of Wilfred being filmed; and once even a pod of Dolphins swimming along and jumping out of the water as I cycled along this unusual formation: https://goo.gl/maps/WXaZm1Kb5Lu https://goo.gl/maps/WXaZm1Kb5Lu (long and narrow with water on either side). I saw numerous beautiful sunsets, drum circles in Venice beach, homeless encampments waking up for the day (I always liked the idea that the homeless at least got to sleep with a ten million dollar view), and the occasional tallbike. Of course, my own recumbent got a fair amount of attention. This all took about 50-55 minutes. The drive down 405 was 40-50 minutes by comparison. All the while I inhaled loads of particulates, no doubt, and my rib still hurts from the crack put there by an inattentive driver for the 1 mile stretch between my apartment and the beach. I got screamed at the few times I tried to cycle down Lincoln, and one guy got out of his car and threatened to punch me. I was buzzed too many times to count by gigantic brodozer SUV's and lifted pickups. Man, I usually say I hate LA but those 8 months of commuting were amazing. I really wish I'd gotten a helmet camera. Paradoxically every commute I've had since has been under 10 minutes and kind of dull. At the risk of being melodramatic I weep to think of the city it could've been.

by bhauer 10y ago

Inconel 10y ago

I've always loved El Segundo for some reason. Most people I tell this to don't understand why but it's just a very charming town to me. Even the old industrial areas west of Sepulveda and north of the refinery have a very cool feel. I love walking around that area and I've noticed over the last 2-3 years that a number of those smaller warehouse/industrial properties are being converted into office space for tech/ad/vfx companies. The refinery usually offers a tour once a year for the public which is very informative and there is a great park at the top of a small hill off of Imperial Ave that affords what is probably the best view of LAX. Sadly El Segundo's aerospace industry is slowly but surely shrinking. Plaza El Segundo, where that huge Whole Foods is, used to be a Honeywell fab if memory serves correctly.

CalRobert 10y ago

Bizarrely, about the nicest commute I ever had was to El Segundo. I lived in Santa Monica by the beach, and worked in El Segundo by the beach (crappy job but that's a different story). It was a 13 mile cycle down the beach, with the terrible exception of Marina Del Rey, where you had to go inland. I saw bonfires every Friday after work; an episode of Wilfred being filmed; and once even a pod of Dolphins swimming along and jumping out of the water as I cycled along this unusual formation: https://goo.gl/maps/WXaZm1Kb5Lu https://goo.gl/maps/WXaZm1Kb5Lu (long and narrow with water on either side). I saw numerous beautiful sunsets, drum circles in Venice beach, homeless encampments waking up for the day (I always liked the idea that the homeless at least got to sleep with a ten million dollar view), and the occasional tallbike. Of course, my own recumbent got a fair amount of attention. This all took about 50-55 minutes. The drive down 405 was 40-50 minutes by comparison. All the while I inhaled loads of particulates, no doubt, and my rib still hurts from the crack put there by an inattentive driver for the 1 mile stretch between my apartment and the beach. I got screamed at the few times I tried to cycle down Lincoln, and one guy got out of his car and threatened to punch me. I was buzzed too many times to count by gigantic brodozer SUV's and lifted pickups. Man, I usually say I hate LA but those 8 months of commuting were amazing. I really wish I'd gotten a helmet camera. Paradoxically every commute I've had since has been under 10 minutes and kind of dull. At the risk of being melodramatic I weep to think of the city it could've been.