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cool experience, but small gripe : the grimier parts of Los Angeles are a million times more fun to drive through than a loop through 'the Hills', Malibu, or Be
by serf 6y ago
cool experience, but small gripe : the grimier parts of Los Angeles are a million times more fun to drive through than a loop through 'the Hills', Malibu, or Beverly Hills.
I'd hate foreigners to think that's what LA is like, not by a long shot. Driving through LA is a lot more like driving through a huge industrial area with a small metropolitan ultra-lux oasis every few miles.
If someone wants to get the real feel for Los Angeles, in my opinion of course, jump on Google Earth, start at El Segundo and Crenshaw Blvd. and 'drive' south until you hit San Pedro.
THAT's a true Los Angeles drive. (imo, of course).
For an even fuller 'California' experience, drive up PCH afterwards and have dinner on the coast somewhere nice.
- qppo 6y ago> THAT's a true Los Angeles drive. (imo, of course). It's also wholly outside the Los Angeles city limits
- adjkant 6y agoSo are Beverly Hills and Santa Monica, but I'd argue most would call them LA. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Los+Angeles,+CA/@34.0101268,-118.5695702,10.3z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x80c2c75ddc27da13:0xe22fdf6f254608f4!8m2!3d34.0522342!4d-118.2436849 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Los+Angeles,+CA/@34.010126...
- dorkwood 6y agoThey're part of LA County.
- warpech 6y agoComing from Poland, a 30 minute drive through a random industrial area in LA to pick up the keys to an AirBnb days was one of my most horrifying moments in life. That was my first time in the US. Getting behind the wheel to drive through the dark, narrow streets at dusk only brought memories from crime TV shows, where bad things are guaranteed in such places. To my relief, only good things happened :)
- dijit 6y agoOne of the most striking things for me, as a Brit, was DTLA. There are streets of prestine opulence, fountains and statues, then on the opposite side of the same street tents and broken down shops that seem to be permanently closed and graffiti'd. Also the crazy people yelling. It's just jarring how close the inequality is, it can be both extremes on the same street.
- gt2 6y agoClick the city name a few times to cycle through alternate videos the creator selected. Found one for LA that was more in line with what you described.