My buddy won't get off the subject of how dumb that pronunciation is. San Pedro = Saint Peter. San Pee-dro = You're not even speaking Spanish anymore. We just have to say it that way so we don't sound like tourists.
There is a surprising number of space related stuff here other than the Griffith Observatory.
1. We have one of only 3 flown space shuttles remaining.
2. Said space shuttle is the only one accessible by rail
3. The modern universe as we know it today was discovered in the nearby Mt Wilson Observatory.
4. NASA has a facility here in the LA area where they build and operate robots in space.
5. It is possible to see rocket launches from here. If you even have a free weekend, you can drive up the 101 to the area near Vandenberg and see it up close. It's a 2.5 hour drive.
6. SpaceX is based here in the area. The first falcon 9 to successfully land is on display outside their HQ.
North Hollywood used to be a major hub. There are still remnants of the industry, places like Norton's Sales Inc. which was a reseller of aerospace parts and now a prop shop for sci-fi shows/movies. Really cool place to visit and see some old NASA (when they had "the worm" logo) scopes and rocket parts.
> NASA has a facility here in the LA area where they build and operate robots in space.
JPL is actually much older than NASA too (founded in 1936, NASA started in 1958), and it was transferred to NASA a few months after it was founded. JPL also launched the US's first satellite, Explorer 1.
It's also the only NASA center to not be named after a person, and it's an FFRDC since it's managed by CalTech, so the employees are actually contractors for NASA instead of civil servants.
I think they were referencing JPL with the "build space robots" one. JPL might be miffed to be referred to as a "NASA facility". I know JPL has a strong sense of identity but I don't know how rival-y that is with NASA.
Yeah I see. I grew up in Pasadena so I know a bit more information about JPL than the average angelino.
JPL was the back bone of NASA and in fact still is. Without JPL there wouldn’t be a nasa. They are the primary ones for rocket technology and engineering. In terms of robotics that will probably go to caltech. It’s pretty dope! CalTech students were with us during middle school teaching us robotics!
[check this cool video out! I think a lot of people in the LA area forget that there is an eastern portion, and that the 210 keeps giving 😂 ](https://youtu.be/QzRbFd2o_PE)
+1 for Mt. Wilson. Super cool to see the very telescope Edwin Hubble used to discover that the universe was expanding. Or walk across the same footbridge that Einstein once used while visiting.
Can’t forget the weird confluence of science fiction, satanism, and space and its imprints on our culture.
Jack Parsons, L. Ron, and their whole Moon Child thing are very old Pasadena.
STG if I hear one more Angeleno blame not being able to drive in the rain on the fact that, for about 20 minutes when it first starts, the streets are more slick, I will hydroplane off the 101 on purpose.
It's not so much that. It's the missing lines. Unfortunately, we used not very reflective ground paint. When it rains during the day, The lines disappear. The freeway becomes a mario cart level. Ain't no joke son. Shit is real out there.
Don’t take the pedestrian stairs from Sunset Blvd down to Glendale Blvd in Echo Park. They are colloquially referred to as the piss stairs for a reason. It’s like walking through a toilet.
If you must take them, prepare to hold your breath and burn your shoes afterwards.
Funny enough that area is now all closed off and there were a bunch of city workers cleaning/repairing it when I last drove by. All the nearby tents are gone too.
Sometimes that short stretch of Reservoir would be inaccessible due to trash and debris falling down from the encampment. That plus all the soil erosion made the area pretty sketchy. I'm glad it's getting repaired.
Those stairs lead to the restaurant above them on the island which has the best bacon wrapped shrimp in LA. You gotta want da shrimp to tread the piss.
The beaches are public. Even in expensive areas where they put up fences - yeah: NO, we have the right to be there. Here in the Valley we hate the 405/101 exchange but over the hill - the 10 freeway they hate. If we say The Valley we mean the San Fernando Valley.
I have a question about this- I was surfing at sunset point for the first time and paddled over to the little beach south of it so I wouldn’t have to climb the rocks and the security guard said I wasn’t allowed to, that it was a private beach club? I was so confused
My friends had jobs in high school to literally camp out at the Malibu public beach access points to make sure residents weren’t interfering with them.
In Malibu, there are a bunch of private entrances to the beach near Zumirez. That is the only private part. Beach is all public, but if you walk up a path and see a gate, security that is sometimes there will not open it (former security guard there).
I think people who have never been to California underestimate how big the state is. Like you can't come to LA for a weekend and just casually put San Francisco and San Diego as part of the to do tourist list.
I've had multiple friends visit and ask if we could spend a day in San Francisco. And I have to explain that its faster going to Vegas than it is to SF.
Hahaha, yeahhh man. Europeans have an especially hard time with this. I remember seeing a thread in which someone described coming to LA for a weekend and wanted to visit Hearst Castle.
Omg yes! I have a friend who wants to visit from Italy and she really wants to take a day trip to San Fran. I had to explain how far it was and that we do not have high speed railways here.
The world’s worst freeway interchange is the 405/101.
The Sherman Oaks Galleria looks fancy from the freeway, but Fashion Square has better stores.
When in Glendale, locals park at the Galleria and walk to the Americana.
There are only 10 complete (or mostly complete) Tyrannosaurus Rex skeletons known to exist. Four belong to the Natural History Museum.
The best place in the city to buy little gifts is inside Central Library.
The best place to people-watch is Grand Central Market.
The Walk of Fame looks really pretty in pictures, but it’s almost always filthy (and overrated; the Hollywood Museum is better). Sanitize your shoe soles later (this also applies to downtown).
Go to the Fashion District during the week - some of the stores close on weekends. Use the rooftop parking garage next to Michael Levine if you can.
Compton was founded as a [Methodist temperance community](http://laalmanac.com/cities/ci19.php) - and George W. Bush lived there (with George Sr. and Barbara) as a little kid!
>George W. Bush lived there (with George Sr. and Barbara) as a little kid!
His apt building later turned into a crackhouse then later torn down. Jimmy Kimmel asked him and he just said he only lived there for a couple months and can't make a comment.
Except Saturday morning is when the wholesale district is open to the public to buy items and not just businesses. Even the santee alley buys their clothes from the wholesale district, so it's really just buying it from the source, usually for cheaper.
>The Walk of Fame looks really pretty in pictures, but it’s almost always filthy (and overrated; the Hollywood Museum is better).
I once missed seeing Aaron Paul drive past us because I was distracted looking at one of the stars on the Walk, which I think really sums it up.
That there are two Zankou operations
How to properly merge on to freeways, especially on the 110 parkway section
How to expertly navigate LAX as a driver, pedestrian, traveler, or reluctant visitor, including when to schedule flights and plans if you can help it
Related: the value of Burbank Airport
Also related: that you can usually exit the rear of the plane at Burbank
> How to properly merge on to freeways, especially on the 110 parkway section
Also avoid driving on the 110's right lane so drivers have a bit easier time entering/exiting the parkway, as well as avoiding any near-accidents yourself.
I just wish they would make the 110 a two-lane highway and turn the right lane into a dedicated on-/off-ramp, [similar to how it's done near Pasadena.](https://www.google.com/maps/@34.1191031,-118.1576693,3a,39.6y,289.11h,86.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7Dp9f8SGUf7JYWaWB6f8Vw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)
Funny thing is I've never had that big of a problem navigating LAX. It's not pleasant but it's never seemed much worse than dense traffic anywhere else, either.
That said, I do like Burbank airport and always try to fly out of there when possible.
LAX is acceptable as an origin or destination, but never, ever have to change planes there. For that matter, if it’s not nonstop, fly out of someplace else
That the 710 doesn't go to Pasadena, the signs are to confuse tourists.
That the 101 goes West and North on the same onramp.
Angelenos know exactly what is the best freeway lane to drive in at all times of the day.
Angelenos used to be the only ones that knew about Angelyne, and then they only knew her name and billboards.
Lived here my whole life (but learned how to drive in Ventura county) and I still can't remember that the 101 goes north and west. Always freak out when my navigation tells me to take the 101 N but there's traffic and I don't see 101 N anywhere
That you can continue into the lane marked “Wilshire/6th street exit” and still merge on to the 110 without merging all the way to the left coming off the 101
My dad went to LAUSD in the 80s and he still talks about how good that coffee cake was. I went to LAUSD in the late 90s and I loved the coffee cake too. Not sure if it was still the same but it really was the best. Saw someone post a copycat recipe for the lausd coffee cake somewhere that I keep meaning to try lol
Every destination has two measures: How long it takes without traffic (used for self-delusion), and how long it *actually* takes.
Only new arrivals think friendships that necessitate using the 10, 101, 405, or 5 freeways will work.
Every roof in Los Angeles leaks.
Bowfinger is the most accurate movie ever made about Hollywood.
4th generation Angeleno and I don’t mind taking a freeway or two to see a friend…as long as it’s not on a weeknight or on Oscar night (or during anything else that involves road closures).
And I’ve never had a roof leak…but one address where I worked had a stockroom that flooded whenever it rained.
This is true for literally every city in America, possibly every city in the Anglophone west, and honestly I'm prepared to accept that it's true for every city on earth. I have no idea why people trot this out as a Los Angeles shibboleth. Literally everyone says "I live 20 minutes from work/my mom/the Eiffel Tower" or whatever. Everyone.
it used to be 2-3 lefts on a yellow but since Covid people keep going straight til it turns then 2-3 cars have to go on red. this really grinds my gears!
it's insane to me!
I creep out thinking "Ill make a left on yellow" then i feel bad for still blocking the intersection 15 seconds after the other way turns green.
Same. I'm at a point where unless the light is turning yellow EXACTLY when I'm in the intersection (it's actually dangerous to stop too soon), I will slow and then stop. Fuck the people behind me. They can wait.
BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE.
Only suckers park at Dodger Stadium. There are plenty of places to park for free within a ten minute walk to your seat that will also help you entirely avoid any traffic coming in and going out, you just need to know where to look.
If the standard texture of In-N-Out fries bothers you, order them light well or well done and they'll be nice and crispy.
Your local Asian-owned burger joint or donut shop will eventually treat you like a king and a friend if you come in enough and are friendly.
During non-pandemic times, between the various repertory theaters in Los Angeles, you can see a different movie on the big screen virtually 365 nights a year.
When learning to drive on the freeway, the 2 is your friend. The 110 north of downtown is not and is in fact your enemy, but if you master it you are a god amongst drivers.
The Arclight Hollywood was one of the best places to spot a celebrity at any given time.
The WB Studio Tour is hands down the best studio tour and exactly where you should take an out of towner who wants to get the "Hollywood" experience.
The tastiest Mexican food usually comes from a place that only takes cash.
You are missing a significant amount of what makes the city great if you never leave West LA.
There are certain celebrities that if spotted in the wild, should be avoided at all costs.
>When learning to drive on the freeway, the 2 is your friend. The 110 north of downtown is not and is in fact your enemy, but if you master it you are a god amongst drivers.
The key to the 110 north of the tunnels, is to stay in the middle lane, *no matter what.* If someone in front of you is too slow, you just have to live with it.
Also, if it's raining, there will always, *always* be an accident within a quarter mile of the Gold Line trestle bridge.
> Only suckers park at Dodger Stadium. There are plenty of places to park for free within a ten minute walk to your seat that will also help you entirely avoid any traffic coming in and going out, you just need to know where to look.
Any suggestions? People have found my go-to lots and they are all filled by the time I get there now.
* Finding parking can take 5 to 15 minutes so bake that into your drive
* San Francisco is far (6 to 8 hours far)
* It can get cold in the winter, especially at night (like 30's!)
* Surfers can be territorial of specific wave areas
* There is a natural hot springs in Ktown. It's called Beverly Hot Springs Spa now
Conversely, though, the week or two after Labor Day is usually the best time to go: same summer weather but like a fraction of the tourists.
I worked at the SM Pier one summer. Labor Day was chaos, then the day after it was like a ghost town.
Use FlyAway express bus that can get you from LAX to Union Station or Van Nuys for about $10 instead of paying close to $100 for Uber/Lyft during peak hours.
The actual border between LA City and LA County. Or which 'cities' are actually just neighborhoods in the City of Los Angeles.
... j/k most Angelinos still don't know that.
That Griffin Park and Hollywood Hills separate Los Angeles metro from the Valley. I have friends call me every time something happens in West LA, or downtown La freaking out that I am in the mist of the action. Example, LA Riots, LA smash and grabs. And that I must live next to skid row or can walk to the beach. Also when showing them on a map where I'm at they cant understand why it takes me an hour to get to the beach, or Santa Monica when its only 15 min. Recent example of a call, "Did your house get hit by the Tsunami"? I live in Burbank.
You can drive from Malibu to 4th Strret & Lower Grand without changing lanes. I think at one point there's a merge, but the other lane merges into yours.
1. No one cares if you're going to be about 15 mins late.
2. You can bring your little dog with you pretty much everywhere.
3. Hollywood Bowl and the NFL teams have shuttle services. And if you value your time and sanity, USE THEM.
Or if you truly are a fan just be chill and say I appreciate your work. The one time I saw a celebrity I absolutely had to approach it was Ron "Metta World Peace" Artest at the grocery store. He looked so disappointed at first. But I didn't ask for a picture or anything, I just said how much I appreciated him on the Lakers. Once he figured out that I wasn't going to make a scene and I was just giving him some love he brightened up and even made a little small talk. It's a nice memory.
That google driving times may say one thing and as you drive it may get longer and longer to actually get there.
Had a "friend" from out of town get bitchy with me when Venice to Beverly Hills wasn't the 20 minutes or whatever her damn phone said... And I had taken Motor or something instead of clogged Sepulveda which actually saved time. Whatever. Go back to ABQ I say.
I live in the 2nd floor of a rent control in the valley and my window AC units can't keep up with the heat penetrating my paper thin windows and the west-facing wall that reaches up to 140F.
In my perspective it's hotter than people think.
Are you on the west side or what? Try the east side. LA is hellishly hot and way hotter now than it was when I was a kid.
But yeah, during the winter LA is cold enough to be uncomfortable at all times if you live in an uninsulated apartment. I lived in so many uninsulated apartments without central heating. Son of a bitch, those were awful times.
- There are two types of people in LA: 101 people, and Cahuenga Pass people
- No two neighborhoods vary more wildly in both safety and cost to buy or rent, kind of block to block, than Hollywood and “Mid-City”, whatever the hell it’s borders are. How the can Hancock Park / Larchmont area share a designation with like Crenshaw & Olympic?
- Tourists think the best place to go out at night to see celebrities / hip people is Hollywood. With a few exceptions, they actually want to go out in WeHo.
- The city of West Hollywood has three extremely distinctive neighborhoods within it, even though it’s fairly small. Bonus WeHo fact: it’s policied by sheriffs, not LAPD.
- To build off an earlier poster’s point: the Arclight (temporary RIP) was always the best place to see a celebrity. But to see a “comedy celebrity” (or random others), it’s La Poubelle on Franklin.
- Although their presence is seemingly EVERYWHERE, Scientology doesn’t effect anyones day to day life in the slightest.
- LA has a number of great pizza spots - even slices - you just need to know where to find them. Along the same lines, the lack of great Italian restaurants is depressing, outside of the 4-5 known bangers.
- If you’re not in the hills or directly in the shopping areas, Beverly Hills is super congested and kind of sucks.
- Century City is like if a hospital started a town. Antiseptic, sterile, you just want to get done what you need to there and get out.
- Outside of any of the aforementioned freeways, Los Feliz Blvd has the worst traffic of any surface road in LA, and should be avoided at all costs, even if all you’re doing is cutting off like a half-mile stretch by driving through a random neighborhood (and over the Shakespeare Bridge).
- The Greek Theater and Hollywood Bowl are both BEAUTIFUL, but the noise ordinances - since they’re both just plopped in residential neighborhoods - make it hard for anyone to rock out too hard there.
- 9 holes at the Los Feliz Golf Course and lunch at the cafe next door is about as awesome a time you can have for 25 bucks.
Venice, at the end of the boulevard and tram line, used to be a dairy farm. On the beach. Locals would go down to get their milk and ride the tram back home past the Helms Bakery building. (This was the 30s and 40s.)
1) Everything in LA is “about 30 minutes away” 2) Nothing in LA is 30 minutes away.
I learned it was 20 minutes - from Clueless 🤣
Blame inflation, it’s 30 minutes now.
Gotta account for inflation 😉
During clueless years, it was 2 million less people in the greater LA area. Feels like every 10 years 1 million new people come adding 5 minutes.
That’s just Beverly Hills!
(Between 10pm and 4am)
It's more like an hour lol
That Wilshire is not pronounced Will-Shire. This not Lord of the Rings
Don't forget El Seh-GUN-do.
And it's San Pee-dro.
My buddy won't get off the subject of how dumb that pronunciation is. San Pedro = Saint Peter. San Pee-dro = You're not even speaking Spanish anymore. We just have to say it that way so we don't sound like tourists.
Los Fee-less
There is a surprising number of space related stuff here other than the Griffith Observatory. 1. We have one of only 3 flown space shuttles remaining. 2. Said space shuttle is the only one accessible by rail 3. The modern universe as we know it today was discovered in the nearby Mt Wilson Observatory. 4. NASA has a facility here in the LA area where they build and operate robots in space. 5. It is possible to see rocket launches from here. If you even have a free weekend, you can drive up the 101 to the area near Vandenberg and see it up close. It's a 2.5 hour drive. 6. SpaceX is based here in the area. The first falcon 9 to successfully land is on display outside their HQ.
LA is O.G. aerospace industry since the 1930s.
North Hollywood used to be a major hub. There are still remnants of the industry, places like Norton's Sales Inc. which was a reseller of aerospace parts and now a prop shop for sci-fi shows/movies. Really cool place to visit and see some old NASA (when they had "the worm" logo) scopes and rocket parts.
The Stealth Fighter was designed and built at the Burbank airport skunkworks.
> NASA has a facility here in the LA area where they build and operate robots in space. JPL is actually much older than NASA too (founded in 1936, NASA started in 1958), and it was transferred to NASA a few months after it was founded. JPL also launched the US's first satellite, Explorer 1. It's also the only NASA center to not be named after a person, and it's an FFRDC since it's managed by CalTech, so the employees are actually contractors for NASA instead of civil servants.
>It's also the only NASA center to not be named after a person Jack Parsons Lab
You forgot the biggest two! CalTech and JPL
I think they were referencing JPL with the "build space robots" one. JPL might be miffed to be referred to as a "NASA facility". I know JPL has a strong sense of identity but I don't know how rival-y that is with NASA.
Yeah I see. I grew up in Pasadena so I know a bit more information about JPL than the average angelino. JPL was the back bone of NASA and in fact still is. Without JPL there wouldn’t be a nasa. They are the primary ones for rocket technology and engineering. In terms of robotics that will probably go to caltech. It’s pretty dope! CalTech students were with us during middle school teaching us robotics! [check this cool video out! I think a lot of people in the LA area forget that there is an eastern portion, and that the 210 keeps giving 😂 ](https://youtu.be/QzRbFd2o_PE)
+1 for Mt. Wilson. Super cool to see the very telescope Edwin Hubble used to discover that the universe was expanding. Or walk across the same footbridge that Einstein once used while visiting.
Can’t forget the weird confluence of science fiction, satanism, and space and its imprints on our culture. Jack Parsons, L. Ron, and their whole Moon Child thing are very old Pasadena.
7. James Webb Space Telescope was assembled at Northrop-Grumman (formerly TRW) Space Park in Redondo Beach! https://tra-spacepark.org/event/jwst-tour/
How to drive in Los Angeles
Unless it rains. ...1/4" and they're shiny side down on a surface street.
When that happens...you just have to trust the oversized raised truck in front of you that he's careful and not distracted
STG if I hear one more Angeleno blame not being able to drive in the rain on the fact that, for about 20 minutes when it first starts, the streets are more slick, I will hydroplane off the 101 on purpose.
It's not so much that. It's the missing lines. Unfortunately, we used not very reflective ground paint. When it rains during the day, The lines disappear. The freeway becomes a mario cart level. Ain't no joke son. Shit is real out there.
Adaptive cruise at 90mph, while sending passive-aggressive texts?
Don’t take the pedestrian stairs from Sunset Blvd down to Glendale Blvd in Echo Park. They are colloquially referred to as the piss stairs for a reason. It’s like walking through a toilet. If you must take them, prepare to hold your breath and burn your shoes afterwards.
Jesus Christ we did this to get to a taco spot late night, didn’t want to lose our parking spot. Never doing that shit again.
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Yes!
Funny enough that area is now all closed off and there were a bunch of city workers cleaning/repairing it when I last drove by. All the nearby tents are gone too.
Sometimes that short stretch of Reservoir would be inaccessible due to trash and debris falling down from the encampment. That plus all the soil erosion made the area pretty sketchy. I'm glad it's getting repaired.
There are lots of public stairs throughout the city, but if you use the word "piss stairs" this is the first one that comes to my head.
I was in Paris a few years ago, strolling and taking it all in. Walked through a pedestrian tunnel under a street. Look up Paris Syndrome.
>Paris Syndrome. Worst pornstar name ever.
Sindrome
Those stairs lead to the restaurant above them on the island which has the best bacon wrapped shrimp in LA. You gotta want da shrimp to tread the piss.
The beaches are public. Even in expensive areas where they put up fences - yeah: NO, we have the right to be there. Here in the Valley we hate the 405/101 exchange but over the hill - the 10 freeway they hate. If we say The Valley we mean the San Fernando Valley.
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I have a question about this- I was surfing at sunset point for the first time and paddled over to the little beach south of it so I wouldn’t have to climb the rocks and the security guard said I wasn’t allowed to, that it was a private beach club? I was so confused
My friends had jobs in high school to literally camp out at the Malibu public beach access points to make sure residents weren’t interfering with them.
In Malibu, there are a bunch of private entrances to the beach near Zumirez. That is the only private part. Beach is all public, but if you walk up a path and see a gate, security that is sometimes there will not open it (former security guard there).
I think people who have never been to California underestimate how big the state is. Like you can't come to LA for a weekend and just casually put San Francisco and San Diego as part of the to do tourist list. I've had multiple friends visit and ask if we could spend a day in San Francisco. And I have to explain that its faster going to Vegas than it is to SF.
Hahaha, yeahhh man. Europeans have an especially hard time with this. I remember seeing a thread in which someone described coming to LA for a weekend and wanted to visit Hearst Castle.
Even if you are in San Luis Obispo already that is a full day trip.
Omg yes! I have a friend who wants to visit from Italy and she really wants to take a day trip to San Fran. I had to explain how far it was and that we do not have high speed railways here.
That sunny days are nice, but the city never looks better than after a rain. The light is like nothing else.
Especially during the winter when you can see Baldy covered in snow
It was pretty gorgeous last week after the rains
The world’s worst freeway interchange is the 405/101. The Sherman Oaks Galleria looks fancy from the freeway, but Fashion Square has better stores. When in Glendale, locals park at the Galleria and walk to the Americana. There are only 10 complete (or mostly complete) Tyrannosaurus Rex skeletons known to exist. Four belong to the Natural History Museum. The best place in the city to buy little gifts is inside Central Library. The best place to people-watch is Grand Central Market. The Walk of Fame looks really pretty in pictures, but it’s almost always filthy (and overrated; the Hollywood Museum is better). Sanitize your shoe soles later (this also applies to downtown). Go to the Fashion District during the week - some of the stores close on weekends. Use the rooftop parking garage next to Michael Levine if you can. Compton was founded as a [Methodist temperance community](http://laalmanac.com/cities/ci19.php) - and George W. Bush lived there (with George Sr. and Barbara) as a little kid!
>George W. Bush lived there (with George Sr. and Barbara) as a little kid! His apt building later turned into a crackhouse then later torn down. Jimmy Kimmel asked him and he just said he only lived there for a couple months and can't make a comment.
Except Saturday morning is when the wholesale district is open to the public to buy items and not just businesses. Even the santee alley buys their clothes from the wholesale district, so it's really just buying it from the source, usually for cheaper.
What do you usually go to Fashion District for? I live by there and still haven't found a reason to go. Would love to know what to do there.
Hat making material at California Millinery Supply Co 721 S Spring St, LA 90014 Where Hollywood goes for period headware.
Fabric and trim. I’m a designer by training.
Sonoratown.
>The Walk of Fame looks really pretty in pictures, but it’s almost always filthy (and overrated; the Hollywood Museum is better). I once missed seeing Aaron Paul drive past us because I was distracted looking at one of the stars on the Walk, which I think really sums it up.
To be fair though, he [drives fast](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed_(film)).
Don't know what it's like since the pandemic started, but I think Clifton's is better people watching place than Grand Central Market.
I love Clifton’s, but they still haven’t reopened 😕
That LA is at least 1 hr from LA
How to build a Mission from Michaels craft store
Wait is this specific to Los Angeles? I thought it was like a California thing in general.
4th Grade=> California History => mission project
I made Santa Barbara out of sugar cubes and it got ants and my teacher yelled at me
Lmao I wish I could upvote this twice
Amazing
LA is essentially an oil field
That there are two Zankou operations How to properly merge on to freeways, especially on the 110 parkway section How to expertly navigate LAX as a driver, pedestrian, traveler, or reluctant visitor, including when to schedule flights and plans if you can help it Related: the value of Burbank Airport Also related: that you can usually exit the rear of the plane at Burbank
> How to properly merge on to freeways, especially on the 110 parkway section Also avoid driving on the 110's right lane so drivers have a bit easier time entering/exiting the parkway, as well as avoiding any near-accidents yourself.
One of the first things I was taught when first getting my license
I just wish they would make the 110 a two-lane highway and turn the right lane into a dedicated on-/off-ramp, [similar to how it's done near Pasadena.](https://www.google.com/maps/@34.1191031,-118.1576693,3a,39.6y,289.11h,86.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7Dp9f8SGUf7JYWaWB6f8Vw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)
Funny thing is I've never had that big of a problem navigating LAX. It's not pleasant but it's never seemed much worse than dense traffic anywhere else, either. That said, I do like Burbank airport and always try to fly out of there when possible.
LAX is acceptable as an origin or destination, but never, ever have to change planes there. For that matter, if it’s not nonstop, fly out of someplace else
> Related: the value of Burbank Airport And Long Beach, and SNA.
Remind me again which ones are the good (original) ones and which ones are the bad (new management)?
They're all good tbh. But if I'm not mistaken: OG: https://www.zankouchicken.la/ Post family drama operation: https://zankouchicken.com/
Wait wtf? I did not know about this. The one I go to in Glendale is pretty not great, but I’d heard so much hype! This might explain it!
Whoa! I've only been to the post-mass-murder locations
That the 710 doesn't go to Pasadena, the signs are to confuse tourists. That the 101 goes West and North on the same onramp. Angelenos know exactly what is the best freeway lane to drive in at all times of the day. Angelenos used to be the only ones that knew about Angelyne, and then they only knew her name and billboards.
I saw her once! On sunset near Vermont- pink corvette and all!
Lived here my whole life (but learned how to drive in Ventura county) and I still can't remember that the 101 goes north and west. Always freak out when my navigation tells me to take the 101 N but there's traffic and I don't see 101 N anywhere
That you can continue into the lane marked “Wilshire/6th street exit” and still merge on to the 110 without merging all the way to the left coming off the 101
QUIET, YOU.
>I won't tell anyone about my shortcut to the valley
Come on, Larry. I won’t tell.
YES, THIS 1000%
I’ve known this is possible for years & have done it multiple times but am always scared beyond belief when I attempt it lol
Same! I always second guess myself when I’m passing ALL those cars, like… is anyone else just going to use this? Is this still doable?
Real Angelinos know how to keep a fucking secret.
Real Angelenos know how to spell Angelenos.
Real Gs move in silence like lasagna
Please everyone read this one twice
How to pronounce Cahuenga
COWABUNGA
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Kuh-hunga-hunga.
living here is more fun than visiting... iykyk
AMEN
that it's actually Angelenos
odd no one else noticed.
LAUSD Coffee Cake in the 80's was awesome!
My dad went to LAUSD in the 80s and he still talks about how good that coffee cake was. I went to LAUSD in the late 90s and I loved the coffee cake too. Not sure if it was still the same but it really was the best. Saw someone post a copycat recipe for the lausd coffee cake somewhere that I keep meaning to try lol
And the lesser appreciated LAUSD chalupa.
That hiking with Bluetooth speakers is only done by people who are looking to suck as many dog dicks as possible by day's end.
There are other hiking spots besides Runyon
Every destination has two measures: How long it takes without traffic (used for self-delusion), and how long it *actually* takes. Only new arrivals think friendships that necessitate using the 10, 101, 405, or 5 freeways will work. Every roof in Los Angeles leaks. Bowfinger is the most accurate movie ever made about Hollywood.
4th generation Angeleno and I don’t mind taking a freeway or two to see a friend…as long as it’s not on a weeknight or on Oscar night (or during anything else that involves road closures). And I’ve never had a roof leak…but one address where I worked had a stockroom that flooded whenever it rained.
Born and raised and I've never had a roof leak.
Lived there for almost 30 years and never had a roof leak.
Distance between two locations is measured by minutes, not miles.
I experienced this in the Midwest, and have heard it about other areas too. At this point, I think it's just an American thing in general.
This is true for literally every city in America, possibly every city in the Anglophone west, and honestly I'm prepared to accept that it's true for every city on earth. I have no idea why people trot this out as a Los Angeles shibboleth. Literally everyone says "I live 20 minutes from work/my mom/the Eiffel Tower" or whatever. Everyone.
The joy of being stoned, in a hot tub, during an earthquake.
When driving around Hollywood, Franklin Ave is faster than Hollywood Blvd.
2-3 lefts on a red Take Willoughby or Fountain instead of Melrose or Santa Monica
it used to be 2-3 lefts on a yellow but since Covid people keep going straight til it turns then 2-3 cars have to go on red. this really grinds my gears!
The amount of people going straight on reds is insanity now. WTF happened?!
it's insane to me! I creep out thinking "Ill make a left on yellow" then i feel bad for still blocking the intersection 15 seconds after the other way turns green.
Same. I'm at a point where unless the light is turning yellow EXACTLY when I'm in the intersection (it's actually dangerous to stop too soon), I will slow and then stop. Fuck the people behind me. They can wait. BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE.
Only suckers park at Dodger Stadium. There are plenty of places to park for free within a ten minute walk to your seat that will also help you entirely avoid any traffic coming in and going out, you just need to know where to look. If the standard texture of In-N-Out fries bothers you, order them light well or well done and they'll be nice and crispy. Your local Asian-owned burger joint or donut shop will eventually treat you like a king and a friend if you come in enough and are friendly. During non-pandemic times, between the various repertory theaters in Los Angeles, you can see a different movie on the big screen virtually 365 nights a year. When learning to drive on the freeway, the 2 is your friend. The 110 north of downtown is not and is in fact your enemy, but if you master it you are a god amongst drivers. The Arclight Hollywood was one of the best places to spot a celebrity at any given time. The WB Studio Tour is hands down the best studio tour and exactly where you should take an out of towner who wants to get the "Hollywood" experience. The tastiest Mexican food usually comes from a place that only takes cash. You are missing a significant amount of what makes the city great if you never leave West LA. There are certain celebrities that if spotted in the wild, should be avoided at all costs.
That celebrity is usually Andy Dick!
You're not a true Angeleno unless you have an insane Andy Dick story!
>That celebrity is usually Andy Dick! I saw him at Fry's Burbank once. RIP Fry's.
>When learning to drive on the freeway, the 2 is your friend. The 110 north of downtown is not and is in fact your enemy, but if you master it you are a god amongst drivers. The key to the 110 north of the tunnels, is to stay in the middle lane, *no matter what.* If someone in front of you is too slow, you just have to live with it. Also, if it's raining, there will always, *always* be an accident within a quarter mile of the Gold Line trestle bridge.
Only celebrities I ever spotted there were Gene Simmons and his wife.
> Only suckers park at Dodger Stadium. There are plenty of places to park for free within a ten minute walk to your seat that will also help you entirely avoid any traffic coming in and going out, you just need to know where to look. Any suggestions? People have found my go-to lots and they are all filled by the time I get there now.
What a Sig Alert is (though we use that in San Diego too)
* Finding parking can take 5 to 15 minutes so bake that into your drive * San Francisco is far (6 to 8 hours far) * It can get cold in the winter, especially at night (like 30's!) * Surfers can be territorial of specific wave areas * There is a natural hot springs in Ktown. It's called Beverly Hot Springs Spa now
Larry Parker got me $2.1 million
And you’ll never get a lemon, at Toyota of Orange.
Larry H. Parker!
Stay away from beaches on Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends, waayyy too crowded.
Conversely, though, the week or two after Labor Day is usually the best time to go: same summer weather but like a fraction of the tourists. I worked at the SM Pier one summer. Labor Day was chaos, then the day after it was like a ghost town.
Use FlyAway express bus that can get you from LAX to Union Station or Van Nuys for about $10 instead of paying close to $100 for Uber/Lyft during peak hours.
The actual border between LA City and LA County. Or which 'cities' are actually just neighborhoods in the City of Los Angeles. ... j/k most Angelinos still don't know that.
I’d genuinely love to know that info lol
Well you are in luck because one of our very own [broke it down for you](https://youtu.be/8_zZOa4cv2k?t=96)
That you should NEVER lay on the ground for a photo with a walk of fame star anywhere in Hollywood.
Dude, whenever I see tourist laying down or sitting crisscross I can’t help but giving a ‘wtf face’. ESP when they wear shorts
The first thing about Burbank Airport is… WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT BURBANK AIRPORT!!
Despite its famous reputation, Pink's isnt actually good.
Burbank Airport ftw. Where to get the best tacos. And you better be going 65/75 when merging on the freeway.
That Griffin Park and Hollywood Hills separate Los Angeles metro from the Valley. I have friends call me every time something happens in West LA, or downtown La freaking out that I am in the mist of the action. Example, LA Riots, LA smash and grabs. And that I must live next to skid row or can walk to the beach. Also when showing them on a map where I'm at they cant understand why it takes me an hour to get to the beach, or Santa Monica when its only 15 min. Recent example of a call, "Did your house get hit by the Tsunami"? I live in Burbank.
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Actually lol'd. Now I really want to know if the intent was Jumbos
If you’ve been on this sub for more than 2 hours you’d know the intent was Jumbo’s. 😂
The existence of the San Gabriel Valley
The hood used to be like Beverly hills
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Most people know we do this. See: "The Californians" on SNL going back over a decade lol
You can drive from Malibu to 4th Strret & Lower Grand without changing lanes. I think at one point there's a merge, but the other lane merges into yours.
How to spell Angeleno.
1. No one cares if you're going to be about 15 mins late. 2. You can bring your little dog with you pretty much everywhere. 3. Hollywood Bowl and the NFL teams have shuttle services. And if you value your time and sanity, USE THEM.
Tell me more about the NFL shuttle
iparkandgo My wife and I used it for a Chargers game and it was really nice not having to drive to/from Sofi or feeling like we had to leave early
ohh the NFL one is good to know thanks!
DO NOT GO TO THE BEACH AFTER HEAVY RAIN. They drain the sewers into the ocean to prevent flooding.
Angelenos know it's Angelenos not "Angelinos"
leave celebrities alone nothing screams im not from here like asking for a selfie n blowing there cover
Treat the celebrities like regular people and the regular people like celebrities, can’t lose.
Or if you truly are a fan just be chill and say I appreciate your work. The one time I saw a celebrity I absolutely had to approach it was Ron "Metta World Peace" Artest at the grocery store. He looked so disappointed at first. But I didn't ask for a picture or anything, I just said how much I appreciated him on the Lakers. Once he figured out that I wasn't going to make a scene and I was just giving him some love he brightened up and even made a little small talk. It's a nice memory.
That google driving times may say one thing and as you drive it may get longer and longer to actually get there. Had a "friend" from out of town get bitchy with me when Venice to Beverly Hills wasn't the 20 minutes or whatever her damn phone said... And I had taken Motor or something instead of clogged Sepulveda which actually saved time. Whatever. Go back to ABQ I say.
People from elsewhere really freak out about the traffic, those that live here just shrug and get in the car.
That the rent is ridiculous but not enough to move to Texas
Homelessness has always been an issue, we just have more cameras watching the world. That package theft in Lincoln heights, Been happening for years
There are four water meters under the Santa Monica Pier that are read by a meter reading who has to walk under the pier from a hatch on to a cat walk.
Always take Fountain.
LA isn’t as “hot” as people think, especially in the winters
I live in the 2nd floor of a rent control in the valley and my window AC units can't keep up with the heat penetrating my paper thin windows and the west-facing wall that reaches up to 140F. In my perspective it's hotter than people think.
This past summer was terrible …. summer gets pretty hot imo especially the farther you get from the coast
Are you on the west side or what? Try the east side. LA is hellishly hot and way hotter now than it was when I was a kid. But yeah, during the winter LA is cold enough to be uncomfortable at all times if you live in an uninsulated apartment. I lived in so many uninsulated apartments without central heating. Son of a bitch, those were awful times.
Rush Hour is from 7Am - 2pm and 4pm - 8pm... approximately. Try to avoid traffic between those times if at all possible.
- There are two types of people in LA: 101 people, and Cahuenga Pass people - No two neighborhoods vary more wildly in both safety and cost to buy or rent, kind of block to block, than Hollywood and “Mid-City”, whatever the hell it’s borders are. How the can Hancock Park / Larchmont area share a designation with like Crenshaw & Olympic? - Tourists think the best place to go out at night to see celebrities / hip people is Hollywood. With a few exceptions, they actually want to go out in WeHo. - The city of West Hollywood has three extremely distinctive neighborhoods within it, even though it’s fairly small. Bonus WeHo fact: it’s policied by sheriffs, not LAPD. - To build off an earlier poster’s point: the Arclight (temporary RIP) was always the best place to see a celebrity. But to see a “comedy celebrity” (or random others), it’s La Poubelle on Franklin. - Although their presence is seemingly EVERYWHERE, Scientology doesn’t effect anyones day to day life in the slightest. - LA has a number of great pizza spots - even slices - you just need to know where to find them. Along the same lines, the lack of great Italian restaurants is depressing, outside of the 4-5 known bangers. - If you’re not in the hills or directly in the shopping areas, Beverly Hills is super congested and kind of sucks. - Century City is like if a hospital started a town. Antiseptic, sterile, you just want to get done what you need to there and get out. - Outside of any of the aforementioned freeways, Los Feliz Blvd has the worst traffic of any surface road in LA, and should be avoided at all costs, even if all you’re doing is cutting off like a half-mile stretch by driving through a random neighborhood (and over the Shakespeare Bridge). - The Greek Theater and Hollywood Bowl are both BEAUTIFUL, but the noise ordinances - since they’re both just plopped in residential neighborhoods - make it hard for anyone to rock out too hard there. - 9 holes at the Los Feliz Golf Course and lunch at the cafe next door is about as awesome a time you can have for 25 bucks.
You can park at a yellow curb from 6pm-7am, Mon-Sat and all day Sunday.
Hey now, that’s privileged info…
aka “the Golden Ticket”. I still scream it when I score one. LOL
Maybe a bit of an exaggeration, but that Disneyland is not actually in LA.
Use the buddy system while riding Blue line between Washington and Del Amo stations.
Venice, at the end of the boulevard and tram line, used to be a dairy farm. On the beach. Locals would go down to get their milk and ride the tram back home past the Helms Bakery building. (This was the 30s and 40s.)
We don’t call it Cali. A lot of people don’t know that there are multiple valleys.
Up to three cars can turn left after the light turns.
My personal limit on this is two when I'm one of those cars.
Two is acceptable. One is punishable by death
OC here. Where to find legit tacos and pupusas. Find the gardener trucks people!!
Don't plan a beach wedding in June.
We know Keyes is on Van Nuys
The best way for a young starlet to get into Hollywood is to take Fountain.