The benefit of renting a car in LA is that it makes visiting areas like Long Beach and Orange County more accessible, especially southern Orange County which has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world.
As a local, you pretty much nailed it. I do have a few things to add though: Another free outdoor activity which is popular here is hiking. The metro rail system is slowly but surely expanding. Soon more places will be accessible by rail that might be of interest to tourists including LACMA, the Academy Museum, Peterson, La Brea Tar Pits, and LAX (via people mover)
The metro needs to remove the junkies camped out in the stations. Meth is smoked on the trains. It's not safe or tourist friendly. There are good reasons why you never see children or families on the metro.
Also there’s a newer program called Microtransit that has little shuttles around metro stations that can take you for the last mile or so for very cheap.
You are very welcome. And it's especially pricey if the conference you go to is out by LAX and you need to Uber into town everyday :) as I'm sure you are well aware 😉
Yet tens of millions of us live here and don't spend that kind of money because we avoid the isolated tourist spots most of our lives. There's really nothing there that isn't elsewhere in the metro area.
It always helps to know a local wherever you go, but after living in LA in for 3 years I do think it's essential. There's a lot of charm in LA in many of its neighborhoods and cities, but a lot of the tourist stuff is spread out. Having a local show you around does help. Also the food here is not that expensive, but there are mark ups around the popular and touristy areas.
I usually stay in Culver City when I'm in LA. The area is convenient especially when it comes to public transportation and is near Venice. Saved me alot unlike staying at a relative's place in either Carson or San Dimas.
I live very close to Manhattan Beach. I grew up in this area. MB has gotten much more expensive since a studio moved in here. Street parking, especially durinng the summer, has always been terrible. Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach are cheaper. By just going a little inland parking becomes easy and lodging much cheaper. The area is quite safe and we all have the advantage of beach weather, though parts of the year can be foggy. Our local diners and restaurants are good. For hime style food Joe's in Redondo Beach is a local tradition. When I was a kid John Wayne used to dock his boat in the local marina on some weekends and duck in there to grab a meal. They still serve his favorite special. I occasionally run into film and TV people in the area but don't expect to. The Kettle in Manhattan Beach, on the road running to the pier, is a 24 hour coffee shop with decent food that's also a local tradition. My favorite sushi place, assuming it's survived the insane pandemic restrictions here, is hidden away on the Manhattan Beach Pier. They even have excellent happy hour sushi. Never trust a sushi restaurant where the sushi chef isn't trained in Japan or trained by a Japanese sushi chef. If the menu is in Japanese, usually with an English translation, and the majority of the customers are Japanese, Japanese Americans or obvious locals then you should be golden. Some of our local Chinese restaurants are so tuned into Asia that new trends in Shanghai or Beijing restaurants appear here within weeks or months of their introduction in China. Our Thai restaurants are usually run by Thais. We have a sizable Vietnamese American population resident here for at keast a half century. Vietnamese food is becoming a staple here. Stip and eatat a pho (soup) restaurant and I think you'll like it. We have all kinds of good Mexican food. By eating outside of Hollyweird and the West Side you'll pay local prices, not tourist or rich people prices. Check out some of the exotic foods in our local groceries. We don't even realize they're exotic. Shop in a Latin or Asian supermarket. They cater to all the locals and things will also be in English. Many of our Japanese supermarkets are part of Japanese chains so it's like shopping in Japan, with Japanese goods at normal retail prices. One of mine has a good food court where I get extremely fresh and cheap packaged sushi and shashimi. I can combine it with a plate lunch of tempura and soup, or a ramen bowl, and tea from another food stall. I can get a Japanese dessert, like an adzuki bean stuffed waffle, from a third food stall to finnish the feast off. This only costs a few bucks, everybody in our family gets what they want, there are indoor tables to eat on and you get a huge restaurant quality meal for a fraction of the price. A lot of the customers are typically Japanese. You can do things like this a lot in LA.. Unlike New York, where many immigrants are from Europe, we get a lot of people from all over the Pacific rim from Chile to Australia. Generally we're a friendly bunch, though we all prize politeness. Being rude like a New Yorker is a good way to get into trouble. Don't do it. In every public establishment I've ever been in my lifetime here English can always bee spoken and there's no need to be uncomfortable about it. The clientele are always going to be the normal mixture of locals and we all have to use English to get along with our lives.
I live in LA. There are a lot of "Free" (not free) things in LA. Almost everywhere that is free to enter is not free to park. Parking examples for free places. The Getty $20, The Broad $17, The orginal farmers market, The Grove, Hollywood walk of fame, all of these are expensive to park, so keep in mind.
If people are visiting they DEFINITELY need to get food from trucks or simply just street tacos! I know most people want everything to be bougie but there is really great food ok the street. Best place to meet locals too
@@brianmccarthy5557 fiance works in the industry and I am a professor. We also were lucky to get a great guest house up in the hills. What's your advice? I'm coming from Atlanta and they're incredibly similar in so many ways other than climate
There are great galleries like the Louver in Venice that are usually open to the public and the ones where Santa Monica Airport/Douglass Field used to be. Look them up online. The art areas tend to migrate around town as prices for rents and lofts change.
Thank you so much for your guid tips. I'll travelling alone to California in the end of august soon. And it would be very exciting and also very good infomation for my first time in State. 😊
You will notice in all of these tips, when it comes to how far everything is, we measure in time, not distance. Traffic into L.A. in the mornings is always three to 5 times as long as off peak hours. The same is true leaving L.A. after 5 pm.
@@calres8626 No. Not distance but time. This goes way back. In the ranchero days people thought nothing of saddling up their horses and travelling 4 or 5 hours one way to visit a friend and dine with them. Cars just made this easier. We're practically born in cars. We can drive legally at 15 with a learner's permit but most of us could probably safely drive as soon as we're tall enough to reach the foot pedals and see over the dashboard. Ask somebody how far away something is and we'll say 'maybe 10 minutes' or 'maybe an hour'. We have less of an idea of the actual travel mileage or the crows flight distance.
I highly recommend the open markets and street merchants. A really good one is where Vermont crosses the 101, near Hollywood. It's on weekends. Amazing finds for cheap.
@@d.j.howardindtla8748 I have necessary questiob about Los Angeles, I will study in Los Angeles and when i search zillow app, apartments and rental accommodation appeared between 700$ to 1200$ and my monthly stipend is 1736$. Will the 1736$ stipend cover me for a whole month? I love take bus i think per trip per per but abut 1.75$ 😫
good point about weighing up the travel cost vs the accommodation cost. we're travelling up the east coast of the US using public transport at the moment and we were surprised at how spread out everything is. sometimes it's worth it to pay a bit extra to be closer to where you need to be.
I live here in LA. The museums that have their once a month free days put those tickets go online for one day a month before and they are gone in about an hour. So if you want to take advantage of those free tickets you have to plan ahead! also because of covid they are limiting entry. So keep that in mind. Also there are no walk up's for free days.
I'm from here and hate it. Surprised so many are watching. Looking to move to TX or Tennessee. LA and much of CA has gone down hill. Just glad we made a fortune on our home and can move out of here.
@@scottreardon4011 Govt shutdowns and restrictions hit LA hard. Emptying the jails and letting tent encampments spring up everywhere hit LA hard. Govt officials who made these decisions hit LA hard. Vaccine passports and mask mandates - which the surrounding counties dont have- have hit LA hard
California has always been a hate it or love it type of thing. I’m fortunate where I travel a lot for work. Many places are just out right beautiful but just like anything else the charm wears off. For me it’s the amount of amenities and beautiful places to see just within California. Many things to keep the family busy. I understand how California is very expensive and can be hard for many families to survive, so states outside of CA are very appealing for many families. I have two family members who have moved to Texas and Oregon. All their kids tried to move back to California as soon as they graduated but just couldn’t survive and eventually had to move back. Both families have been wanting to come back for years now but now are kind of stuck. As their homes will not fetch a fair share of equity to put down for payment. Which is needed where homes are much more expensive in California.
As someone who was born and raised in Los Angeles I can tell you that you will diffently need a car hire while visiting Los Angeles. It is spread out and you can't get very far without a car. When you buy a flight ticket from say the U.K. (where I now live) you can also book a car hire. When you get to LAX you simply get in one of the car shuttles that circle the airport. They will drop you off, for free, to one of the many car hires just outside the airport.
Another shocker for some tourist is that they generalize everything as Los Angeles and they don’t realize their in another city. It is because you can drive 10 to 15 minutes in any direction and be in another city. Can be much sooner than that depending where you are. If you’re on the freeway in Southern California, in general you can almost guarantee every 3 to 4 freeway exit is another city. The freeway exits in most cases are no more than 3-5 miles apart. So you can imagine how many different cities you are driving by. Southern California is very dense with a lot of things to do.
That wasn't Disneyland, that was Hollywood. Disneyland is an hour way from L.A. In fact, skip L.A. if your main reason for coming here is Disneyland and go to Orange County. Great beaches and close to Disneyland
If your coming here to party check happy hour at the bars near you. in Santa Monica/Venice where I live it saves me a tonne of money and always a great atmosphere
When I have family and friends visit, I basically take them to all the non tourist spots, and they love LA. Venice is a shit hole. Be careful walking on the sand and not poking yourself with a syringe. Food trucks are EXPENSIVE, and by the way gas is up to $7 per gallon.
My family moved to LA in 1924 (before me, haha) so I know the place. Since LA is not one city, people should think of it as visiting several cities and plan accordingly. Your tip about splitting up hotels or rental houses into different places is good, but it needs to be emphasized that Disneyland is not in LA.
Not even in the same county. Consider the greater LA area as extending on the coast north to Ventura (Ventura County) and south to Camp Pendleton, San Onofre and San Clemente. From the Pacific Ocean to as far east in the Inland Empire (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) desert as Barstow and including several large mountain ranges separting big valleys. The scale here is immense and unlike New York there is no central focus like Manhattan. I've lived here all my life, as did my parents and grandparents, and my great grandparents came here when they were young, and I still end up going places I'm fairly sure no member of my large, extended, multiethnic family has ever been or possibly even heard of. There may be about 30 million people in the entire area. I'm not sure anybody really knows. Of course a lot of folks are leaving due our Third World neo-Communist governments which are held in power by equally Third World electoral shenanigans. For a perceptive visitor we can serve as an object lesson. It wasn't always this way. Much of it is the product of the last three decades.
Hello Walter. Will be bringing the family to LA soon. Would you know where are the public rest rooms / comfort rooms / toilet in the hollywood blvd and sta monica beach? Is it true that in venice beach they smoke marijuiana? Need to keep the kid the family away from marijuina other drugs.
Local here. Love your videos - been watching for years. Have to disagree on renting a car. DO RENT A CAR. You don't want to be waiting around for expensive ubers. Driver shortage right now. Pubic transit? It goes very few places and is slow, dirty, and dangerous. Good advice on picking a spot and doing things nearby. People don't realize how spread out it is. Best places to visit to do what locals do: Hollywood Bowl, Greek Theater, Dodger Stadium, Getty, In N Out, South Bay beaches and bike trail, the drive up PCH through Malibu. Hiking, also, is a religion here. Places locals don't go: Santa Monica Pier and Promenade, Venice, Hollywood other than the Bowl, Walk of Fame, Beverly Hills (boring), Downtown LA (dangerous post-pandemic).
Thank you, this was very helpful! LA is on my bucket list, but I've always thought it's too much of a hassle for people without a driver's license. By the way, have you been to the surrounding areas like Santa Barbara or Montecito? Would be nice to get some tips for those as well :)
I don't drive OR use Uber/Lyft and I have visited LA many times getting all over on public transportation. (Hollywood, DTLA , Huntington Beach/Costa Mesa, Long Beach, Anaheim, Pomona, and have gone LA to San Diego on the train) It's definitely possible. You just have to do some research and allot extra time. He says ignore the buses. Do not ignore them. They often go much closer to where you wanna go than the metro does.
Santa Barbara is a small town and is super cute. Montecito is right next door. Montecito wouldn’t be worth visiting if you don’t have a car, but I’m pretty sure you can get to SB via train (just know that it will take a LOT longer to get there and if you wanna maximize your day you might have to wake up early). If you do get a car, it’s a beautiful drive especially on a sunny day. SB is great for food and ocean activities. There are lots of businesses where you can rent a kayak or paddle board for a few hours and it isn’t too expensive. There’s one place on the harbor that does rentals for $20/hr. If you do choose to explore SB, it would be best to just make it a day trip or a short weekend trip if your main destination is LA. It’s quite far from downtown and travel to and from will eat up a lot of your time, esp w/o a car.
Hi, Have you ever made a video about safety in US? I am interested in visiting US but the image that we have about US is that some places are very unsafe. What is your view about this?
It’s very doable, and in a lot of cases, advisable. I’ve been going to LA since the early 90’s, and I’ve only driven once. All I need is a $25 Metro Weekly pass.
No. In fact they keep increasing the prices. Don't use a bus unless you have to, like I often do. It can been physically dangerous from some psychotic and/or criminal passengers and hazardous to your health from the diseases carried by some. Forget Covid. We have an epidemic of bubonic plague (the Black Death) here among the "homeless", along with leprosy, typhus and a host of 3rd World diseases. With the flood over the border it just keeps getting worse. By the way, packs of coyotes (the animal kind) run through the streets of many areas late at night. They can be very dangerous but the media tries to avoid reporting on it. Locals know.
How is having to mask up everywhere and having vax mandates "pretty open". This is a surprise to me and everyone else who lives here. Of course we try to ignore the rules as much as we can but there's no true escape except to revolt or to leave.
Thank goodness the original video wasn’t your new style. The center window within the screen was crazy but I honestly thought I was out of touch and it was the latest editing thing. 😆😆
Really? Because outside of some major meteopolitan areas the vast majority of us never want to leave. And yes I have travelled in the rest of the world and speak a couple of languages.
Am I the only person who visited LA and thought it was the most over hyped place ever 🥲 Florida is >>>> And the beach water is like bath water. You also don’t have to deal with human feces on the street or people on drugs yelling at trash cans on every corner 🥲🤣
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The benefit of renting a car in LA is that it makes visiting areas like Long Beach and Orange County more accessible, especially southern Orange County which has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world.
but then you gotta deal with those damn hipsters
@@eddiew2325Just switch to Trevor and do the Hipster rampage 😂
As a local, you pretty much nailed it. I do have a few things to add though:
Another free outdoor activity which is popular here is hiking.
The metro rail system is slowly but surely expanding. Soon more places will be accessible by rail that might be of interest to tourists including LACMA, the Academy Museum, Peterson, La Brea Tar Pits, and LAX (via people mover)
LA Metro expansion is necessary especially when the city is hosting The 2028 Summer Olympics and will bring in millions of visitors.
The metro needs to remove the junkies camped out in the stations. Meth is smoked on the trains. It's not safe or tourist friendly. There are good reasons why you never see children or families on the metro.
Also there’s a newer program called Microtransit that has little shuttles around metro stations that can take you for the last mile or so for very cheap.
Meaning they don't go there now or in the forseeable future. Maybe someday.
@@hyphenlife could you elaborate regarding the Microtransit? Many thanks🙂
LA is price-yyyyyyy! Thanks for the tips, Mark!
You are very welcome. And it's especially pricey if the conference you go to is out by LAX and you need to Uber into town everyday :) as I'm sure you are well aware 😉
Yet tens of millions of us live here and don't spend that kind of money because we avoid the isolated tourist spots most of our lives. There's really nothing there that isn't elsewhere in the metro area.
i live in LA yet i still watch these
It always helps to know a local wherever you go, but after living in LA in for 3 years I do think it's essential. There's a lot of charm in LA in many of its neighborhoods and cities, but a lot of the tourist stuff is spread out. Having a local show you around does help. Also the food here is not that expensive, but there are mark ups around the popular and touristy areas.
I usually stay in Culver City when I'm in LA. The area is convenient especially when it comes to public transportation and is near Venice. Saved me alot unlike staying at a relative's place in either Carson or San Dimas.
Same. I’m in and out or as long as I’m need or agent needs me
Thank you for sharing
I live very close to Manhattan Beach. I grew up in this area. MB has gotten much more expensive since a studio moved in here. Street parking, especially durinng the summer, has always been terrible. Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach are cheaper. By just going a little inland parking becomes easy and lodging much cheaper. The area is quite safe and we all have the advantage of beach weather, though parts of the year can be foggy. Our local diners and restaurants are good. For hime style food Joe's in Redondo Beach is a local tradition. When I was a kid John Wayne used to dock his boat in the local marina on some weekends and duck in there to grab a meal. They still serve his favorite special. I occasionally run into film and TV people in the area but don't expect to. The Kettle in Manhattan Beach, on the road running to the pier, is a 24 hour coffee shop with decent food that's also a local tradition. My favorite sushi place, assuming it's survived the insane pandemic restrictions here, is hidden away on the Manhattan Beach Pier. They even have excellent happy hour sushi. Never trust a sushi restaurant where the sushi chef isn't trained in Japan or trained by a Japanese sushi chef. If the menu is in Japanese, usually with an English translation, and the majority of the customers are Japanese, Japanese Americans or obvious locals then you should be golden. Some of our local Chinese restaurants are so tuned into Asia that new trends in Shanghai or Beijing restaurants appear here within weeks or months of their introduction in China. Our Thai restaurants are usually run by Thais. We have a sizable Vietnamese American population resident here for at keast a half century. Vietnamese food is becoming a staple here. Stip and eatat a pho (soup) restaurant and I think you'll like it. We have all kinds of good Mexican food. By eating outside of Hollyweird and the West Side you'll pay local prices, not tourist or rich people prices. Check out some of the exotic foods in our local groceries. We don't even realize they're exotic. Shop in a Latin or Asian supermarket. They cater to all the locals and things will also be in English. Many of our Japanese supermarkets are part of Japanese chains so it's like shopping in Japan, with Japanese goods at normal retail prices. One of mine has a good food court where I get extremely fresh and cheap packaged sushi and shashimi. I can combine it with a plate lunch of tempura and soup, or a ramen bowl, and tea from another food stall. I can get a Japanese dessert, like an adzuki bean stuffed waffle, from a third food stall to finnish the feast off. This only costs a few bucks, everybody in our family gets what they want, there are indoor tables to eat on and you get a huge restaurant quality meal for a fraction of the price. A lot of the customers are typically Japanese. You can do things like this a lot in LA.. Unlike New York, where many immigrants are from Europe, we get a lot of people from all over the Pacific rim from Chile to Australia. Generally we're a friendly bunch, though we all prize politeness. Being rude like a New Yorker is a good way to get into trouble. Don't do it. In every public establishment I've ever been in my lifetime here English can always bee spoken and there's no need to be uncomfortable about it. The clientele are always going to be the normal mixture of locals and we all have to use English to get along with our lives.
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I live in LA. There are a lot of "Free" (not free) things in LA. Almost everywhere that is free to enter is not free to park. Parking examples for free places. The Getty $20, The Broad $17, The orginal farmers market, The Grove, Hollywood walk of fame, all of these are expensive to park, so keep in mind.
disneyland tickets are worth the money
The Hollywood Walk of Fame (stay at The Roosevelt Hotel 🏨 it’s right across the street and you would just be parked at the hotel or parking garage
If people are visiting they DEFINITELY need to get food from trucks or simply just street tacos! I know most people want everything to be bougie but there is really great food ok the street. Best place to meet locals too
Your tips are great. It makes LA much more reasonable. I always loved driving by their beaches
I'm moving to LA in 8 weeks. You couldn't have chosen a better time to post this lol 🙏 thanks bud. Safe travels
Why? You'll be sorry. From a local.
@@brianmccarthy5557 fiance works in the industry and I am a professor. We also were lucky to get a great guest house up in the hills. What's your advice? I'm coming from Atlanta and they're incredibly similar in so many ways other than climate
@@bcbphilosophyhow is it
@crishnaholmes7730 dope. West coast is best coast for a reason. Love it. Weather, weed, people. It's so dope
@@bcbphilosophy ok
There's free art to see all over LA, not only in museums but at galleries in the Arts District and world famous street art all over the city.
There are great galleries like the Louver in Venice that are usually open to the public and the ones where Santa Monica Airport/Douglass Field used to be. Look them up online. The art areas tend to migrate around town as prices for rents and lofts change.
I’m general 530am-10am traffic, 2pm to 7pm traffic.
Thank you so much for your guid tips. I'll travelling alone to California in the end of august soon. And it would be very exciting and also very good infomation for my first time in State. 😊
I know people are saying split your stay but not suggesting where. For a 5-7 day trip, any suggestions which areas I should look for ?
You will notice in all of these tips, when it comes to how far everything is, we measure in time, not distance. Traffic into L.A. in the mornings is always three to 5 times as long as off peak hours. The same is true leaving L.A. after 5 pm.
Very true. People, the reason we do that is because something might be 5 miles away, but it may take 40 minutes.. or 5 minutes.
That’s funny you said that as never thought about that. It is very true, everything is measured in time in Southern California.
@@calres8626 No. Not distance but time. This goes way back. In the ranchero days people thought nothing of saddling up their horses and travelling 4 or 5 hours one way to visit a friend and dine with them. Cars just made this easier. We're practically born in cars. We can drive legally at 15 with a learner's permit but most of us could probably safely drive as soon as we're tall enough to reach the foot pedals and see over the dashboard. Ask somebody how far away something is and we'll say 'maybe 10 minutes' or 'maybe an hour'. We have less of an idea of the actual travel mileage or the crows flight distance.
I highly recommend the open markets and street merchants. A really good one is where Vermont crosses the 101, near Hollywood. It's on weekends. Amazing finds for cheap.
@@d.j.howardindtla8748 I have necessary questiob about Los Angeles, I will study in Los Angeles and when i search zillow app, apartments and rental accommodation appeared between 700$ to 1200$ and my monthly stipend is 1736$. Will the 1736$ stipend cover me for a whole month? I love take bus i think per trip per per but abut 1.75$ 😫
good point about weighing up the travel cost vs the accommodation cost. we're travelling up the east coast of the US using public transport at the moment and we were surprised at how spread out everything is. sometimes it's worth it to pay a bit extra to be closer to where you need to be.
Whenever I go to Los Angeles I usually go grocery shopping and fill up the mini fridge with food,occasionally I'll eat out
I live here in LA. The museums that have their once a month free days put those tickets go online for one day a month before and they are gone in about an hour. So if you want to take advantage of those free tickets you have to plan ahead! also because of covid they are limiting entry. So keep that in mind. Also there are no walk up's for free days.
I have a friend who lives in LA so I don't have to rent a car or hotel. That's a lot of money saved already. 🙂
I agree. Hotels are very expensive in LA.
I'm from here and hate it. Surprised so many are watching. Looking to move to TX or Tennessee. LA and much of CA has gone down hill. Just glad we made a fortune on our home and can move out of here.
Crime and homeless are off the charts right now. The pandemic hit LA hard and it still hasn't recovered. But I think it'll come back.
@@scottreardon4011 Govt shutdowns and restrictions hit LA hard. Emptying the jails and letting tent encampments spring up everywhere hit LA hard. Govt officials who made these decisions hit LA hard. Vaccine passports and mask mandates - which the surrounding counties dont have- have hit LA hard
California has always been a hate it or love it type of thing. I’m fortunate where I travel a lot for work. Many places are just out right beautiful but just like anything else the charm wears off. For me it’s the amount of amenities and beautiful places to see just within California. Many things to keep the family busy. I understand how California is very expensive and can be hard for many families to survive, so states outside of CA are very appealing for many families. I have two family members who have moved to Texas and Oregon. All their kids tried to move back to California as soon as they graduated but just couldn’t survive and eventually had to move back. Both families have been wanting to come back for years now but now are kind of stuck. As their homes will not fetch a fair share of equity to put down for payment. Which is needed where homes are much more expensive in California.
When you visit it from Europe is exotic 😆🤷♀️
As someone who was born and raised in Los Angeles I can tell you that you will diffently need a car hire while visiting Los Angeles. It is spread out and you can't get very far without a car. When you buy a flight ticket from say the U.K. (where I now live) you can also book a car hire. When you get to LAX you simply get in one of the car shuttles that circle the airport. They will drop you off, for free, to one of the many car hires just outside the airport.
Another shocker for some tourist is that they generalize everything as Los Angeles and they don’t realize their in another city. It is because you can drive 10 to 15 minutes in any direction and be in another city. Can be much sooner than that depending where you are. If you’re on the freeway in Southern California, in general you can almost guarantee every 3 to 4 freeway exit is another city. The freeway exits in most cases are no more than 3-5 miles apart. So you can imagine how many different cities you are driving by. Southern California is very dense with a lot of things to do.
Hii . Could you suggest some activities and no of hours to spend on it? Thanks
Because I've been there
That wasn't Disneyland, that was Hollywood. Disneyland is an hour way from L.A. In fact, skip L.A. if your main reason for coming here is Disneyland and go to Orange County. Great beaches and close to Disneyland
People need to know Disneyland is in a completely different city and county. It is not in Los Angeles.
Yup. And fly into OC instead of LAX. Cheaper, easier, and more convenient.
Anaheim
you are amazing very good inf you sharing keep it up. thanks
another big thing with paying more for better location hotels is that you don't waste so much time in traffic trying to cross the city
If your coming here to party check happy hour at the bars near you. in Santa Monica/Venice where I live it saves me a tonne of money and always a great atmosphere
Another helpful video!
When I have family and friends visit, I basically take them to all the non tourist spots, and they love LA. Venice is a shit hole. Be careful walking on the sand and not poking yourself with a syringe. Food trucks are EXPENSIVE, and by the way gas is up to $7 per gallon.
May I recommend King Taco for some great fast Mexican food? Don’t forget Tito’s Tacos in Culver City!
It's not authentic but good for commercialized fast food
Usually a line and hard to park.
Guisados is much better and more authentic.
Don't assume parking is free with your hotel room. Often it's an additional charge
You are just amazing dear friend!!!
Beautiful pearl in the world.🤩😂
What a great video, stay happy forever....👍❤🧡💯
My family moved to LA in 1924 (before me, haha) so I know the place. Since LA is not one city, people should think of it as visiting several cities and plan accordingly. Your tip about splitting up hotels or rental houses into different places is good, but it needs to be emphasized that Disneyland is not in LA.
Not even in the same county. Consider the greater LA area as extending on the coast north to Ventura (Ventura County) and south to Camp Pendleton, San Onofre and San Clemente. From the Pacific Ocean to as far east in the Inland Empire (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) desert as Barstow and including several large mountain ranges separting big valleys. The scale here is immense and unlike New York there is no central focus like Manhattan. I've lived here all my life, as did my parents and grandparents, and my great grandparents came here when they were young, and I still end up going places I'm fairly sure no member of my large, extended, multiethnic family has ever been or possibly even heard of. There may be about 30 million people in the entire area. I'm not sure anybody really knows. Of course a lot of folks are leaving due our Third World neo-Communist governments which are held in power by equally Third World electoral shenanigans. For a perceptive visitor we can serve as an object lesson. It wasn't always this way. Much of it is the product of the last three decades.
Hmm, that's a neat idea for AirBnB operators. If you're outside the city, work in an included daily in-city dropoff/pickup...
Very helpful thank you !
Cheers!
What is more expensive Paris or LA?
Hidden gem...Venice Canals.
Hello Walter. Will be bringing the family to LA soon. Would you know where are the public rest rooms / comfort rooms / toilet in the hollywood blvd and sta monica beach? Is it true that in venice beach they smoke marijuiana? Need to keep the kid the family away from marijuina other drugs.
Not sure how you can enjoy California without personal transportation
watching this like i dont already live here LOL
any one going to LA go to Phillipes for a beef french dipped sandwich or Langers for a pastrami sandwich!
Neither is fancy but both are great and have been here forever.
Local here. Love your videos - been watching for years. Have to disagree on renting a car. DO RENT A CAR. You don't want to be waiting around for expensive ubers. Driver shortage right now. Pubic transit? It goes very few places and is slow, dirty, and dangerous. Good advice on picking a spot and doing things nearby. People don't realize how spread out it is.
Best places to visit to do what locals do: Hollywood Bowl, Greek Theater, Dodger Stadium, Getty, In N Out, South Bay beaches and bike trail, the drive up PCH through Malibu. Hiking, also, is a religion here. Places locals don't go: Santa Monica Pier and Promenade, Venice, Hollywood other than the Bowl, Walk of Fame, Beverly Hills (boring), Downtown LA (dangerous post-pandemic).
Thank you, this was very helpful! LA is on my bucket list, but I've always thought it's too much of a hassle for people without a driver's license. By the way, have you been to the surrounding areas like Santa Barbara or Montecito? Would be nice to get some tips for those as well :)
SB is not a surrounding area. It is a 2-3 hours drive.
@@denisiurchenko5588 Okay, maybe not the best word choice, but you know what I mean. Areas next to Los Angeles, as in nearby towns.
I don't drive OR use Uber/Lyft and I have visited LA many times getting all over on public transportation. (Hollywood, DTLA , Huntington Beach/Costa Mesa, Long Beach, Anaheim, Pomona, and have gone LA to San Diego on the train) It's definitely possible. You just have to do some research and allot extra time. He says ignore the buses. Do not ignore them. They often go much closer to where you wanna go than the metro does.
@@lestranged Thank you for the advice, much appreciated! LA has felt a bit intimidating, but it seems more doable now.
Santa Barbara is a small town and is super cute. Montecito is right next door. Montecito wouldn’t be worth visiting if you don’t have a car, but I’m pretty sure you can get to SB via train (just know that it will take a LOT longer to get there and if you wanna maximize your day you might have to wake up early). If you do get a car, it’s a beautiful drive especially on a sunny day. SB is great for food and ocean activities. There are lots of businesses where you can rent a kayak or paddle board for a few hours and it isn’t too expensive. There’s one place on the harbor that does rentals for $20/hr. If you do choose to explore SB, it would be best to just make it a day trip or a short weekend trip if your main destination is LA. It’s quite far from downtown and travel to and from will eat up a lot of your time, esp w/o a car.
Must I have car to six flags magic mountain. Isnt it any shuttle bus to the park?
No.
Hi,
Have you ever made a video about safety in US?
I am interested in visiting US but the image that we have about US is that some places are very unsafe. What is your view about this?
Venice is a hell hole
L.a have a dollar or 99 cent stores to buy food, or knick nacks. There ubiquitous
Great video as always ☺️ I plan to visit LA but I don't want to rent a car. Now I know it's doable.
It’s very doable, and in a lot of cases, advisable. I’ve been going to LA since the early 90’s, and I’ve only driven once. All I need is a $25 Metro Weekly pass.
Is there a "the donts of los angeles"?
Yes it came up in my feed, looks like Workers did it two years ago.
Public transportation? We have that? 🤔😆😆😆
Are the buses still free???
No. In fact they keep increasing the prices. Don't use a bus unless you have to, like I often do. It can been physically dangerous from some psychotic and/or criminal passengers and hazardous to your health from the diseases carried by some. Forget Covid. We have an epidemic of bubonic plague (the Black Death) here among the "homeless", along with leprosy, typhus and a host of 3rd World diseases. With the flood over the border it just keeps getting worse. By the way, packs of coyotes (the animal kind) run through the streets of many areas late at night. They can be very dangerous but the media tries to avoid reporting on it. Locals know.
@@brianmccarthy5557 Damn... I am now in Montenegro... US is becoming a third world country
are the subways full of homeless?
Is LA pretty open as far as covid 19
How is having to mask up everywhere and having vax mandates "pretty open". This is a surprise to me and everyone else who lives here. Of course we try to ignore the rules as much as we can but there's no true escape except to revolt or to leave.
Thank goodness the original video wasn’t your new style. The center window within the screen was crazy but I honestly thought I was out of touch and it was the latest editing thing. 😆😆
Even with a budget, it will still be hard to live in LA
Is this the german flag?
This will help my family coming from Germany next summer when they come to do a 🇺🇸 tour!
Your country work parmet
Mexico city please is bigger
I don't want to be in that horrific town on any budget.
Lodging is way too expensive
“It’s not a cheap place to visit” it’s not a cheap place to live lol
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"Fitness Beach"?? Is that what used to be called "Muscle Beach"?? By god, PC California is way too sensitive... and I'm a lefty...
I have a bunch of couchsurfing friends
that will save you some money
Not sure why anyone would want to visit USA yet alone LA ???
Forget LA, NYC, Chicago, Portland, Seattle. There’s plenty more in the USA to see and do.
I live in the U.S. and after traveling to other places I can’t understand why anyone would ever want to come here.
How are things in Moscow?
Really? Because outside of some major meteopolitan areas the vast majority of us never want to leave. And yes I have travelled in the rest of the world and speak a couple of languages.
Am I the only person who visited LA and thought it was the most over hyped place ever 🥲 Florida is >>>>
And the beach water is like bath water.
You also don’t have to deal with human feces on the street or people on drugs yelling at trash cans on every corner 🥲🤣
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