Randomguy Posted November 13, 2019 Share #1 Posted November 13, 2019 The hotel seemed in a good spot and it was very nice. The part that we drove through to get to the airport seemed like Tijuana, but with more black people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted November 13, 2019 Share #2 Posted November 13, 2019 Did you stop in for a donkey show? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted November 13, 2019 Author Share #3 Posted November 13, 2019 15 minutes ago, Mr. Silly said: Did you stop in for a donkey show? There wasn’t a zebra in view, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted November 13, 2019 Share #4 Posted November 13, 2019 Too bad. Maybe you could catch on in New York Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted November 13, 2019 Share #5 Posted November 13, 2019 Not sure how they drove you to LAX but if you looped to the North and then west you went through predominately Hispanic areas. If you go due South & west you go through South Central which is predominately black neighborhoods. Los Angeles does have a huge Hispanic population though. They used to say there were more Spanish speakers in LA than Mexico City. Not sure if that’s still a true statement though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted November 13, 2019 Share #6 Posted November 13, 2019 4 minutes ago, ChrisL said: Not sure how they drove you to LAX but if you looped to the North and then west you went through predominately Hispanic areas. If you go due South & west you go through South Central which is predominately black neighborhoods. Los Angeles does have a huge Hispanic population though. They used to say there were more Spanish speakers in LA than Mexico City. Not sure if that’s still a true statement though. I was in LA for the Rodney King verdict. Flying some news team. We decided to drive to a computer store in Ontario. Coming back to LAX, the guy I was riding with headed south on the east side of LA and we drove East Imperial back to the airport. I felt safer in Tehran and Lagos than I did in LA that day. People were angry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted November 13, 2019 Share #7 Posted November 13, 2019 7 minutes ago, wilbur said: I was in LA for the Rodney King verdict. Flying some news team. We decided to drive to a computer store in Ontario. Coming back to LAX, the guy I was riding with headed south on the east side of LA and we drove East Imperial back to the airport. I felt safer in Tehran and Lagos than I did in LA that day. People were angry. My buddy was in the National Guard and got deployed for the riots. He said he got shot at more times during the riots than his deployment to Iraq... Yeah you went through Inglewood “Inglehood” and probably parts of Compton. Not great areas then not now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted November 13, 2019 Share #8 Posted November 13, 2019 I used to see the big doughnut shop (I forget what it was called) every time I drove from LAX to the freeway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted November 13, 2019 Share #9 Posted November 13, 2019 1 minute ago, Road Runner said: I used to see the big doughnut shop (I forget what it was called) every time I drove from LAX to the freeway. Randy’s on Manchester Blvd a few miles from LAX. It’s an LA icon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Further Posted November 14, 2019 Share #11 Posted November 14, 2019 Dragnet, Falling Down, & Pulp Fiction are my LA frame of reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted November 14, 2019 Share #12 Posted November 14, 2019 51 minutes ago, Further said: Dragnet, Falling Down, & Pulp Fiction are my LA frame of reference I never lived in LA but spent most of my career working in LA. It’s a very dynamic city with many personalities. A few years back I took my kids to LA . We did everything from Rodeo Drive to a taqueria in East LA. They really enjoyed the tour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrapr ★ Posted November 14, 2019 Share #13 Posted November 14, 2019 5 hours ago, Road Runner said: Louis Burger looks interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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