What to avoid in Los Angeles?

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ilessthanthreeyou

i would avoid downtown la (thats where skid row is), compton, hollywood at night. i know everyone thinks hollywood is about movie stars and that they are walking down the street, well the don't! i have lived in la all my life and have been around. some of the funnest things to do are on the outskirts of la. santa monica is nice. a nice hotel (but relativly expensive somtimes) is hotel casa del mar.

kg1

Avoid Compton, City of Industry & sometimes Santa Ana. Though I love Santa Ana, I always seem to get harassed by the hommies.

nikkibadbad

uhm it'ss an amazing city, just avoid gang member and such.

Samba Queen

Upland is next to Pomona and Montclair off the 10 freeway just past Ontario. Upland is pretty nice and safe. Every place has it's bad parts though. Santa Monica is a pretty safe place. You want to stay away from Compton, Watts, Inglewood, Maywood and most parts of Long Beach. In fact, if you are interested and you like to dance - this coming Saturday night at the Arthur Murray Studio in Upland they are going to be having a dance that the public can attend. it starts at 7pm. It's off Mountain Avenue I believe.

birdgirl

avoid downtown Los Angeles...especially after dark. Santa Monica is fine, Upland is fine too, I don't live far from there...just the next town over. All the suburbs are pretty nice and safe. Of course there are bad neighborhoods everywhere...but just keep your eyes open and try not to look like a tourist.

petesyodaddy

The bad news is that most of the fun places to live like SM and Hollywood have their fare share of crime. OC/Laguna is really safe but boring unless you are married and have kids. If I were you I'd move to Westwood near the UCLA campus because it's relatively cheap and safe, close enough to Hollywood to party, and still close enough the the beach.

LADY GEMINI

Downtown Los Angeles
Upland is nice place to live, nice homes but there's nothing to do there.

Shoreline Village in Long Beach is a nice place to eat, drink, look at the ocean see the Queen Mary and The new Pike is great, also go down Pine Avenue off Ocean Blvd to the restaurants, great food and drinks and nice shopping outlets.

salvikicks

watta compton skid row

SJK

traffic. no. cerritos is great.

honey_dip_baby_girl

I disagree with the Samba Queen regarding her statement to "avoid most parts of Long Beach." That is ridiculous. There are parts of Long Beach that I would avoid, as with most cities, but there are beautiful areas in Long Beach. You can take a Gondola ride in Naples, and see beautiful waterfront homes in the process, and the area near Cal State Long Beach is pretty quiet. They've recently built beautiful new apartment homes and condos downtown near the newly built Pike, which is just off of the water. The Signal Hill region of Long Beach boasts arguably the best views in the city--you can see the Pacific Ocean to the southwest and the Big Bear mountains to the northeast. Also, the California Heights region of Long Beach is one of the safest neighborhoods in the country.

The Defiant One

Well, if you're black, I would avoid police officers who carry night sticks. Especially if your last name is King!

oldmoose2

Avoid in LA? How about pretty much all of LA? It's crazy there. Skip it and go down to San Diego.

The best parts of LA are outside of LA.

aimeemay

Avoid the city itself

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