People may laugh, but consider Philadelphia if you aren't opposed to
the east coast. An excellent public transportation system within the
city and it's environs (you can get to many day trip areas on the
regional rail system), frequent (and cheap) public bus transfers to
the New Jersey coast (with some very nice beaches), and lots of good
nightlife and restaurants in the city itself. Philadephia actually has
one of the biggest public transportation networks in the USA,
comprising subways, regional rail lines, extensive bus service,
trolleys, etc.
> "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.
> >
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