Geographic Guide to the Sheetholes of SoCal
 

I'm curious about the bad areas in the L.A. basin - they don't seem to be the ones with the worst pollution (which tends to blow east into the mtn.s - e.g. Redlands).

We all know about Compton and South-Central, but I was talking to an attractive blonde yesterday and places like Bellflower, Downey (Home of MM!) and some other places came up as sources of patients for her (she's a 3rd yr Res. - ER doc).

Every area has its bad side except Beverly Hills. Long Beach is right at the top. But the real sheetholes are out in the desert like Barstow. Down around the Salton Sea are some real dirtbags.

There's a few Million dollar homes in Downey. But overall It's not that upscale. Long Beach can go from Posh to Poverty in a block or two

Lakewood is just straight middle. Look a little to the South and things start getting better. Brea, La Habra, Fullerton ( Fullerton has good side of the tracks and other side of the tracks), Seal Beach, Rosmore, Los Alimitos, Huntington Beach (Not Huntington Park) and further south.

The larger the city, the more smaller pockets of siht hole (and some big ones). It just depends, and you just have to know. Downey is ok, Bellflower is just, well, all right and nothing to write home about. Mostly working class hispanics but across the fwy in Cerritos, it is nice.

Any lawns left in Lawndale?

No more Palm trees in Palmdale.

I didn't see the fountains in Fountain Valley.

or the gardens in Hawaiian Gardens

No Orange Groves in Orange County

Where is the gate in South gate?

Is there a brook in Willowbrook?

Is there a spring in Santa Fe Springs?

You guys are talking like there are no more angels in Los Angeles.

85% of the school age children in Santa Barbara is non-caucasian.....just sayin'....

Palmdale never had palm trees. The original german settlers misidentified Joshua trees as palm trees. the town was originally called Palmenthal.

Had two kids come into the cockpit on a flight out of John Wayne Orange County. They lived in nearby Lemon Grove and I asked them if they knew why their city was named Lemon Grove. They didn't know so I told them. They said, "NUH-UHH!"

Since Diego got shot, they've become sans-Diego.

And Buena Park is no bueno after dark.

Once upon a time SoCal was like this:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ps7ddacde0.jpg

(Swiped from another PP thread. Thanks to whomever the OP was.)

Actually the biggest should be Sacramento, think about it.

Sucramento

too much work to do it in green

There are plenty of pockets like that throughout socal

There's really no bad sides in Newport Beach. Or Irvine.

If you are serious, then I can go one with a few cities up here in LA county as well.

Irvine is SO FARGING boring that the cops LOOK for people to screw with. Make sure your schincter is squeaky.....

BTW, there ARE trailer parks in Newport....just sayin'....

newport beach trailer park:

http://www.mhvillage.com/GetPhoto.php?key=4062563
http://www.mhvillage.com/GetPhoto.php?key=4062561
http://newportterrace.buildspiderweb...147911_189.jpg


They're not the average $1.5-$2.5 million that is most of Newport, but they're not really what most would consider a "bad side" of a town

Bayside and PCH......150K gets ya a double wide. Space rent 1800 per month plus utilities.

They have vandalism....unlocked rides get their GPS stolen....

Crime in Bayside? Mom's been there 10yrs, I haven't heard or seen any crime?

But she is on the north side of the road?

Maybe its like being on the better side of the town?





PS: Who leaves there car unlocked? Anywhere!

I have three relatives in that park....

Once upon a time, everywhere looked like it did in the 1950s. And before that, it looked like it did in the '20s.

What's your point?

EDIT: Sorry, I was responding to a post on previous page.

The Los Angeles metro area is so huge that you can live your whole life here without ever spending one minute in Bellflower or whatever those other depressing places are. Pretty sure that I've never been there.

Small world, Mom & couple of her friends on the North, one friend in the south.

The joke about the west side folks who never go past LaBrea. Are you one of those guys Dennis? I have been to or driven through every city west of the 15 all they way up to Santa Barbara. I can tell you this, there are some very nice pockets in many of those cities. Some, not so much and will never return. Bellflower is one of them. You can have the area between the 91 and the 105, the 110 and the 605. No thanks, but do go down there to pick up a thing or two from my plywood vendors when necessary.