So my girlfriend and I moved to Los Angeles from Santa Barbara. I spent my High School years in The Valley but Santa Monica is pretty different.
Good:
Many things to do. There's so much variety in everything, places to eat, places to go, and places to shop. Last weekend we went to go see Psycho at a revival theater and this weekend we'll probably try the little rides at the Pier. I feel like I'll probably never be too bored.
I walk a lot more since everything is so densely packed. I'm actually saving a lot in gas which I did not expect. I just walked to Brentwood and got a Love It sized ColdStone's Ice Cream.
Bad:
There seem to be a lot of crazy people. Not crazy like "Haha random" crazy like I fear for my safety. Our next door neighbor has accused us of "knowing what he's doing in his apartment and telling the cops about it"
Homeless people are rude like rude titties are rude. They don't go somewhere to hide when they sleep. They sleep just where ever, sidewalk, intersection, front door.
I've smelled urine way too much while walking around the streets.
Lastly, just today my job said, "Remember how we hired you to come in at 8am everyday? Well now we need you to come in at 6am everyday." I may have to quit
So that's been my month
tl;dr What are the good and bad parts of where you live?
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We're practically neighbors. I live there too.
Well, West L.A. actually
Santa Monica was a bit too expensive
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Good: Always sunny and warm.
Bad: Crippling drought; washing your car and watering your plants is illegal.
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West LA is big. What part?
Good: college town, with a college that has a high female to male ratio, lots of college babes
Bad: college town, with a college that has a high female to male ratio, lots of college babes
I'd go back again I guess.
Go to the Grove and the Farmer's Market
Go to Amoeba
Go to Diddy Riese
Go to El Cholo
Go to C&O Trattoria
OH HO HO HO.
You're never gonna survive here.
Good: a few really cool bars and clubs to hang out and drink.
Bad: Literally like three good places.
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good: my girlfriend and friends live here
bad: everything else
I had El Cholo for lunch.
The bad: It's fucking LA nothing good can come of it.
Haven't tried the other places
Oh and Gabbofest
I'm right before the 405 and within walking distance of Brentwood
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good: i live in a nice little suburb
bad: if i want to go somewhere everything is at least 5 miles away and i don't have a car
What colors make suburban middle-class black kids angry pray tell?
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Howdy neighbor I live in Hermosa
-Terry Pratchett
should i watch it
There was this weird little restaurant on Fairfax with action figures and comics in glass cases and a 9 foot tall plush chthulu hanging from the ceiling.
It was the first place I tried Jones' Green Apple Soda, I'll never forget it.
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edit: He's right Iglewood is fairly safe. Now Watts...
The Good: Small town life with not a whole going on.
The bad: Haha, there isn't any bad.
How have we never met?
I mean, besides the obvious "I've read your posts and am terrified to be within 100 feet of you" thing.
There are gangs in Inglewood, BusterK. Bloods, for instance.
Everyone needs to get killed every once in awhile, it gives you good character.
Yeah inglewood has some ok Parts, but It has some very bad ones as well, much like Torrance, and Hawthorne. Generally try to not go east of the 405
-Terry Pratchett
I couldn't breathe the air, it was so polluted.
They cast a shadow like a sundial in the morning light. It was half past 10.
I'm starting to feel like we should throw a real-life, OG style SOCALPAX.
I SUMMON THEE BOGEY
I SUMMON THEE NADS
I SUMMON THEE WOOK
SOCALPAX ORIGINAL GANGSTER STYLE IS UPON US
...
man i was like 11 years early on that
so boring
The Good: Really good and talented live music scene.
The Bad: a town full of hipster idiots who would rather do meth and dance to awful german techno
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sounds like a good time
TO MEDIEVAL TIMES!
SCARLETPAX, HOOOOOOOOOOOO
At least you have In-N-Out.
Yes definately
Though I think Sherlock Jr. is a superior movie
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