[Herpes Reasons]

Isn't Echo Park hipster land now?

ffs. echo park comes in as the first hit on google. :(

Yes. So many fucking crackers walking around Sunset and Alvarado these days. Echo Park Blvd has tons of local coffee shops, yoga gyms and other hipster shit.

i thought i'd never see the day i'd see white people walking the streets of echo park.

[StopMakingSense]

ffs. echo park comes in as the first hit on google. :( i thought i'd never see the day i'd see white people walking the streets of echo park.

Eh it sort of varies, closer to the park it gets browner real quick. The really gentrified area is around Alvarado and Sunset, and toward the north east, into the hills. and up Glendale Blvd up into Silverlake.

[Puddles]

If anyone in Echo Park/Silverlake wants to meet up for a beer at the Red Lion, I'd be down.

[Herpes Reasons]

If anyone in Echo Park/Silverlake wants to meet up for a beer at the Red Lion, I'd be down.

im down. just let me know.
i'd prefer to meet on weekends though. :/
also something to consider.
lotus festival in echo park this year. i think its in july.
asian pacific food, dance, music, and makeshift shops.

[Anticitizen One]

No. Fuck that. He really wasn't. Fucker said all of LA was like that and it's obviously complete bullshit not worthy of defense. Defending his sentiment is being disingenuous. I'm saying this as someone who has actually spent a fair amount of time in the poorer areas of the city, and who's wife grew up in Pico-Union.

I didn't say ALL of L.A. was like that but I would say a good amount of it is. Unless you sit at home high all day or live in a nice area your probably not even aware of the reality around you. Or you could just be downplaying the negatives of the city you obviously love which I can understand.

I was (briefly) in L.A. this past summer and it looked like the same damn shithole I used to go to every now and then as a kid. I'm sure if I take a quick glance at latimes.com or look up some statistics I will see that crime rates are just as high as they used to be over there.

[beat]

This is probably a stupid question, but: how safe or unsafe is it to wear red or blue in LA?

[FStop7]

I didn't say ALL of L.A. was like that but I would say a good amount of it is. Unless you sit at home high all day or live in a nice area your probably not even aware of the reality around you. Or you could just be downplaying the negatives of the city you obviously love which I can understand. I was (briefly) in L.A. this past summer and it looked like the same damn shithole I used to go to every now and then as a kid. I'm sure if I take a quick glance at latimes.com or look up some statistics I will see that crime rates are just as high as they used to be over there.

herp derp

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jan...crime-20110118

[Herpes Reasons]

I didn't say ALL of L.A. was like that but I would say a good amount of it is. Unless you sit at home high all day or live in a nice area your probably not even aware of the reality around you. Or you could just be downplaying the negatives of the city you obviously love which I can understand. I was (briefly) in L.A. this past summer and it looked like the same damn shithole I used to go to every now and then as a kid. I'm sure if I take a quick glance at latimes.com or look up some statistics I will see that crime rates are just as high as they used to be over there.

its cool brah. i defended your honor.
and he made some valid points.

This is probably a stupid question, but: how safe or unsafe is it to wear red or blue in LA?

its fine.
doing it while throwing gang signs in some shady neighborhoods?
different story. you pretty much have to go out of your way to find trouble.

[kr2t0s]

This is probably a stupid question, but: how safe or unsafe is it to wear red or blue in LA?

The 90's are over - it's 2012. This is a really stupid question.

Do people not realize how spread out LA is?

[StopMakingSense]

I didn't say ALL of L.A. was like that but I would say a good amount of it is. Unless you sit at home high all day or live in a nice area your probably not even aware of the reality around you. Or you could just be downplaying the negatives of the city you obviously love which I can understand. I was (briefly) in L.A. this past summer and it looked like the same damn shithole I used to go to every now and then as a kid. I'm sure if I take a quick glance at latimes.com or look up some statistics I will see that crime rates are just as high as they used to be over there.

This is from 2009, BUT:

"Los Angeles has seen the citywide per capita crime rate decrease to its lowest level since 1954, and the total number of homicides fall to a 40-year low."

http://mayor.lacity.org/Issues/Publi...lice/index.htm

[Anticitizen One]

its cool brah. i defended your honor. and he made some valid points.

Thanks bro!

Our enemies aren't la or oc Gaf, the real enemy is Least coast Gaf

I'm with you on that!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWbXQQG9B6c

[Fidelis Hodie]

I didn't say ALL of L.A. was like that but I would say a good amount of it is. Unless you sit at home high all day or live in a nice area your probably not even aware of the reality around you. Or you could just be downplaying the negatives of the city you obviously love which I can understand. I was (briefly) in L.A. this past summer and it looked like the same damn shithole I used to go to every now and then as a kid. I'm sure if I take a quick glance at latimes.com or look up some statistics I will see that crime rates are just as high as they used to be over there.

So your briefly being in LA over the summer just overrides all of the people in the thread who live here saying it's not like that?

[beat]

So what are the internet and TV options in west LA? Time Warner? U-Verse? FIOS?

[Sobriquet]

So what are the internet options in west LA? Time Warner? U-Verse? FIOS?

You just kind of take what you can get. I have one (no) choice: Time Warner.

edit: I was thinking cable TV

[HenryGale]

If anyone in Echo Park/Silverlake wants to meet up for a beer at the Red Lion, I'd be down.

Why not The Thirsty Crow? Lets. Get some love for whisky.

Also I apprently live in a very hipster area. Los Feliz, just east of silverlake. Its a super nice area though. Love it here. 6.50$ matinee at the two theaters down the block from me.

[beat]

You just kind of take what you can get. I have one (no) choice: Time Warner.

D'oh. I was hoping for glorious consumer choice. TWC's prices kinda suck too.

[StopMakingSense]

edit: I was thinking cable TV

Honestly with the DSL options available in LA, he'll be looking at Cable internet as well. (Although Verizon is quite better than AT&T in that regard, depends on where you live though). DO NOT GET AT&T DSL.

[FStop7]

So what are the internet and TV options in west LA? Time Warner? U-Verse? FIOS?

It depends. I lived in Mid-Wilshire and I could get 6meg DSL or Time Warner cable. My landlord lived one block east and he could get U-Verse.

[Kintaco]

I may be a bit late with it, but FUCK THE 3rd STREET KING TACO! They are the stingiest and most crowded piece of shit King Taco. Go to any other one, you'll most likely get better portions! Speaking of which I just had some King Taco tonight, but from the one in East L.A. on Olympic and Downey! Boo Yah bitches. It was delicious!

[Zyzyxxz]

D'oh. I was hoping for glorious consumer choice. TWC's prices kinda suck too.

Hah good luck ever since the government deregulated Cable and companies were allow to section off and claim territories Cable prices skyrocketed which also severely limited cable internet options in the longrun.

I have Charter and I'm happy with my 20mb download but wish my 4mb upload was higher which I pay $45 a month for, pricey but what can I say I share with my two other brothers who are heavy users as well.

If you are stuck with TWC I am so sorry to hear that, my condolences. See what AT&T offers you since they are preferable to Charter but you may be fucked and live in a shitty zone where they can only offer you 1.5mb internet speed.

[HenryGale]

Hah good luck ever since the government deregulated Cable and companies were allow to section off and claim territories Cable prices skyrocketed which also severely limited cable internet options in the longrun. I have Charter and I'm happy with my 20mb download but wish my 4mb upload was higher which I pay $45 a month for, pricey but what can I say I share with my two other brothers who are heavy users as well. If you are stuck with TWC I am so sorry to hear that, my condolences. See what AT&T offers you since they are preferable to Charter but you may be fucked and live in a shitty zone where they can only offer you 1.5mb internet speed.

I have TWC its expensive but fast.

[brollyman2k]

i got AT&T Uverse and i'm paying 85 bucks for 20 meg download speed internet and the U200 channels. i didn't think it was bad because i was paying 80 with Time Warner Cable and they only offered 10 meg download

[ivysaur12]

i got AT&T Uverse and i'm paying 85 bucks for 20 meg download speed internet and the U200 channels. i didn't think it was bad because i was paying 80 with Time Warner Cable and they only offered 10 meg download

Uverse is great. Literally the only good thing about my roommate is that he has Uverse.

[brollyman2k]

it's definitely better than Time Warner Cable. even though i lived a block away from one of their offices i was getting crappy internet speed. not sure what's up with that

[beat]

i got AT&T Uverse and i'm paying 85 bucks for 20 meg download speed internet and the U200 channels. i didn't think it was bad because i was paying 80 with Time Warner Cable and they only offered 10 meg download

AT&T offers Uverse internet but not TV (or voice) for the address I'm looking at, and it maxes out at 18 mb/s. I guess it's TWC for me then. =(

[HenryGale]

it's definitely better than Time Warner Cable. even though i lived a block away from one of their offices i was getting crappy internet speed. not sure what's up with that

Really? I just ran a couple speed tests. I got 19 down and 7.5 up and a ping of 18 which is amazing. At least compared to the shitty ping I used to have back east with comcast. Its pretty fast here for me. I hate my DVR and Guide but my TWC internet and TV service has been great but a bit pricey.

[brollyman2k]

Really? I just ran a couple speed tests. I got 19 down and 7.5 up and a ping of 18 which is amazing. At least compared to the shitty ping I used to have back east with comcast. Its pretty fast here for me. I hate my DVR and Guide but my TWC internet and TV service has been great but a bit pricey.

i've always had weird issues with internet in general. i guess i got bad luck. AT&T seems like the best internet i've had in LA

[clearacell]

I've got ATT u-verse internet 6 mbit down/1 mbit up for $40 a month, ping is always solid and they haven't started their bandwidth capping yet.

[Jharp]

If we're including Los Angeles county, rather than just the city, the greatest restaurant in the area, and indeed, the world, is in Bellflower on the corner of Sommerset and Bellflower blvd. It's called Pupu Y Seria (probably incorrect spelling), it's a tiny Salvadoran restaurant built into the side of a car wash, and it's run by an old Salvadoran gentleman that loves Jesus, makes amazing food in his tiny kitchen that's probably no bigger than your own, and will not make you pay until you eat the food and enjoy it.

If you live near the South/East part of LA county, do yourself a favor and go there.

As for myself, I live in La Mirada, a tiny suburb just south of Whittier, that shares a border with Buena Park in Orange County. I work in Orange and San Diego counties and don't visit the heart of Los Angeles too often anymore.

[Robot1X]

lotus festival in echo park this year. i think its in july. asian pacific food, dance, music, and makeshift shops.

Are you sure they're doing it this year?
I don't think the park's remodeling will be done by then, but I don't really know for sure.

[HP_Wuvcraft]

it's run by an old Salvadoran gentleman that loves Jesus

I can picture that.

[Jharp]

I can picture that.

I only bring it up because as regulars of the place, me and bros often love to eat there and smoke, and he always comes out and hangs out with us a bit telling us about his troubled youth and how all he did was drink and smoke but then found Jesus.

Oddly enough he never comes off as preachy. He's just a big fat loving dude and gives it all up Christ, which as someone who was raised in the church and Christian schooling for a decade and a half, I can respect. He's a great guy.

[JEKKI]

another brag post!!!





Carney's!! hella good hot dogs!!

the menu isnt as diverse as Pink's is, but the food is way better and u dont gotta wait in line for an hour!

[CFMOORE!]

another brag post!!! Carney's!! hella good hot dogs!! the menu isnt as diverse as Pink's is, but the food is way better and u dont gotta wait in line for an hour!

at least post up the OG Sunset location!

[Fidelis Hodie]

Aww yeah, that's my turf too!

[Game Analyst]

Carney’s “Express” Ltd site.

[NoRéN]

I may be a bit late with it, but FUCK THE 3rd STREET KING TACO! They are the stingiest and most crowded piece of shit King Taco. Go to any other one, you'll most likely get better portions! Speaking of which I just had some King Taco tonight, but from the one in East L.A. on Olympic and Downey! Boo Yah bitches. It was delicious!

They definitely are extra stingy there. I try to go to the one you mentioned instead and my girlfriend and I order separately to get more salsa.

[HP_Wuvcraft]

How many LA GAF are Theater GAF as well?

[Fidelis Hodie]

As in . . going to a movie?

Or let's make a GAF musical?

Both are yes.

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Haha.

I was just watching Smash on Hulu, so thought I'd ask.

[Herpes Reasons]

stay safe out there LA!
someone hold me.

[donkey show]

Get off dem roads!

[Nekobo]

I love rainy days...just not driving in them. +10 - 20 minutes to dat commute. Drive safely, friends. :)

How many LA GAF are Theater GAF as well?

Sometimes I watch plays at East West Players in Little Tokyo. The last play I watched was Blood Wedding at Odyssey Theatre in LA.

Also, Carney's is the shit. I need to go back again soon.

[Dahellisdat]

ey I posted in the tattoo thread but never got a response.....anyone know of a good tattoo artist in the LA area? My fiance and I are gonna be there in June and wanted to go get some ink together.

[bluemax]

So what are the internet and TV options in west LA? Time Warner? U-Verse? FIOS?

Depends. I have DirecTV for TV and Verizon DSL. I know Fios is somewhat available but it depends upon your building.

Time Warner seems to have a pretty big choke hold on the area.

[ivysaur12]

Well, this weather is the worst.

[Nintendoll]

ey I posted in the tattoo thread but never got a response.....anyone know of a good tattoo artist in the LA area? My fiance and I are gonna be there in June and wanted to go get some ink together.

http://www.americanelectrictattoo.com/home.html

In Silverlake. Great shop, cool people. Adrian and Craig do amazing work.

[bluemax]

Well, this weather is the worst.

I only hate it because LA drivers are horrible at handling the rain and it took me an extra 15 minutes to get to work.

[Dahellisdat]

http://www.americanelectrictattoo.com/home.html In Silverlake. Great shop, cool people. Adrian and Craig do amazing work.

cool....you had stuff done there before? Are they crazy expensive or anything?

[Phthisis]

Let's be honest, your perception of LA is straight out of 20+ year old movies. Also, your "box" makes no sense. It excludes Beverly Hills, Mid-Wilshire, Miracle Mile, Bel-Air, Westwood, Burbank, etc.

I was born in LA and have lived here for 26 years. I think I know what I'm talking about.

For the rest who live/are going to live in Culver City: that's where I live. Probably the best area in LA that's left. Downtown Culver is awesome. I'm going to hold on tight to the Culver area until I leave the state completely.

Also, as far as the Bay Cities sandwich thing, I personally think that the sandwiches from the Larchmont deli are better.