On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 00:51:37 +0100, "Matt Robinson"
wrote:
>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.
if you don't plan on driving, and you want public transport and
beaches, think about staying in Santa Monica
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