"Matt Robinson" wrote in message
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> Hi, I'm a 23 year old from London looking to go to L.A. for a couple of
> weeks this summer with my best friend. We were thinking about grabbing a
> cheap hotel around town, taking in the sun, the sites, heading to the
> beaches, and enjoying a little bit of the night life.
> However as much as I'm looking forward to it, the more I've started
> researching, the more I'm starting to wonder if this is all such a good
idea
> as neither of us drive and therefore don't plan on hiring a car - and it
> sounds like in the US there is much more of an emphasis on driving than
> public transport? In London you can live quite easily with just using
buses,
> trains and the subway, but I'm wondering if that's possible (and safe) in
> LA. So any tips or advice along those lines would very helpful, including
> suggestions for places to stay around town that could cut down our travel
> issues, while still being in nice parts of town.
> Additionally, how feasible in that part of the country is it to take
the
> odd day excursion out of the city by train or coach and explore some of
the
> quieter surrounding areas (providing there's stuff worth seeing)? For
> instance just grabbing a train down the coast for a change of scenary,
that
> sort of thing?
> Any advice, tips, places to stay and most importantly places to
> definitely avoid would be really useful.
>
It's difficult but not impossible to survive without a car in LA. Stay in
the Santa Monica area (there is a good hostel there), there is plenty to do
within public transportation in the area. It's a lot more difficult to just
up and go to the country. For one thing the "country" is pretty far away
from LA, being a huge metropolis.
San Francisco is lot easier to do without a car.
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