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LA a few final thoughts
Mar. 5th, 2023 02:31 pmSo, some overall impressions.
LA's public transport is actually a lot better than I expected. Buses are cheap and don't seem to be particularly fussy about collecting fares. The subway system does suffer a bit from being a B&B for the homeless but at least it's reasonably new (The oldest lines date from the 90s) and well lit. Also has lifts, which is nice to have, but they reek. Shame the escalators rarely worked when we were there. Still, we did get the subway to Hollywood Boulevard, a bus all the way to Disneyland (which is actually around 25 miles) and a light rail to Santa Monica.
The city really needs to do something about its homlessness problem. We did encounter an extremely chartming beggar but she shouldn't have had to ask strangers for money.
It's true that everyone is in, or wants to be in, the movie business!
Wish we had more time at Disneyland. And at Universal Studios for that matter. And would have been nice to have been less rained on that day.
Californians seem to be a lot more easy going than New Yorkers.
Hotel was very nice, and was used in many movies. Pool was okay, but they used to have a hot tub. They still had signs bout it but the wall leading to it was blocked off. The Historic Corridor was really nice though, with photos from Oscar celebrations that had been held there.
LA's public transport is actually a lot better than I expected. Buses are cheap and don't seem to be particularly fussy about collecting fares. The subway system does suffer a bit from being a B&B for the homeless but at least it's reasonably new (The oldest lines date from the 90s) and well lit. Also has lifts, which is nice to have, but they reek. Shame the escalators rarely worked when we were there. Still, we did get the subway to Hollywood Boulevard, a bus all the way to Disneyland (which is actually around 25 miles) and a light rail to Santa Monica.
The city really needs to do something about its homlessness problem. We did encounter an extremely chartming beggar but she shouldn't have had to ask strangers for money.
It's true that everyone is in, or wants to be in, the movie business!
Wish we had more time at Disneyland. And at Universal Studios for that matter. And would have been nice to have been less rained on that day.
Californians seem to be a lot more easy going than New Yorkers.
Hotel was very nice, and was used in many movies. Pool was okay, but they used to have a hot tub. They still had signs bout it but the wall leading to it was blocked off. The Historic Corridor was really nice though, with photos from Oscar celebrations that had been held there.
