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Originally Posted by Ice
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.
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I've been to LA 4 times.
It's urban sprawl gridlocked air pollution hell.
Of course there are going to be some really nice neighbourhoods in a city that size, and I would never deny some of them are beautiful, but really LA is a crappy city located in a perfect climate with some decent natural surroundings.
Downtown LA sucks. It's no where near the city centre of a "world" city.
The transit system is pathetic.
The river is a dried up concrete landfill.
You have to wait every day for the sun to finally burn through the smog.
LA sucks. No thanks.
San Francisco is the city to visit in California.
San Diego is the place to live if you can't afford San Fran.