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Originally Posted by hulkrogan
Shoot yourself in the face.
LAX is just as big of a dump as the city.
Inglewood is way closer than Compton, so if you're looking for a quick scare just take a cruise through there.
I once was stuck in LAX for 9 hours because our plane (Delta) started on fire on the runway. They gave us food vouchers and the only thing open in our section of the airport was a bagel place. We ended up buying mugs and travel cups from the bagel place with our food vouchers just so Delta would be out the cash. The rest of the time was spent sleeping on the floor while clutching our belongings so the homeless kids campaigning for fake charities wouldn't steal our stuff.
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LA is a huge place, to say LA is a dump is a pretty uninformed statement.
LAX is basically in Inglewood, and that is a dump, but on either side of LAX is El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach Redondo Beach (my preferences) to the other side is Marina Del Rey, Santa Monica, Venice. Venice is kind of a dump but the rest of those places are certainly not. You're close to West LA, but with traffic you probably don't want to chance getting to and from the Getty Museum, which is near Westwood, Bel Aire, Beverly Hills and Beverly Glen, also parts of LA that are not dumps. There are a lot of beautiful places in LA, and there are lots of places I wouldn't be caught dead in. But to label an entire city a dump because you've only been around the airport just isn't legitimate. Obviously living by the airport would not be desireable so the neighborhoods surrounding it are lower income, higher crime areas.
BTW, by car, it takes me about 20 minutes to get from LAX to Manhattan Village (shopping center) and maybe ten minutes from there to the pier so if you had transportation you probably have plenty of time to take in beach time. Its hotter than hell here right now, so I would avoid the more inland parts of LA.