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Monterey Park is OK and perfectly safe, it is ~100% Asian which is kind of interesting. L.A. is such a vast melting pot, with HUGE communities of each and every immigrant group in America. Monterey Park is mostly Chinese, but we also have a huge Koreatown, (where I live), OC has little Saigon+ big Cambodian community, great Tai-town in Hollywood, etc...

And that is just the Asian communities. We have a medium-sized city worth of Russians, the most Armenians in the U.S., Brits everywhere, and on and on... We have a few Mexicans as well. It's what I love about the place, besides the weather and all of the great trim walking around everywhere. That and the comedy clubs. And the great driving and MC riding. Almost forgot the beach. And the desert. Camping in all imaginable conditions. Did I mention the climate? Yeah, it rocks...

The one thing to consider is that you want to stay near where you are going to be hanging-out in L.A. The distances can be considerable and you don't want long unnecessary drives.