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Living in L.A. without a car?

post #1 of 25
5/31/09 at 3:54am
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Is it possible? I have a week to decide whether or not to go to USC law but I'm worried about my quality of life in L.A. relying on public transportation.
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post #2 of 25
5/31/09 at 8:32am
Yes. Where will you be living?
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post #3 of 25
5/31/09 at 3:28pm
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I would probably try to live on campus or near it. I'm aware it's not the best of neighborhoods.
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post #4 of 25
5/31/09 at 3:42pm
It isn't. But the campus itself is pretty safe.

Congrats on into getting into USC Law school. My dad went there.
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post #5 of 25
5/31/09 at 5:04pm
Its possible if you have a friend or roommate with a car and are willing to just go wherever they go. Otherwise no.
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post #6 of 25
5/31/09 at 5:40pm
You might look in to buying a scooter.
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post #7 of 25
5/31/09 at 9:47pm
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You might look in to buying a scooter.
Yea, it's an option. I'll probably get killed on the road though.
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post #8 of 25
5/31/09 at 11:27pm
My friend's been hit twice now on his Scooter. Both times not his fault, so keep in mind the crazy-ass drivers that live here.

It is possible to get around on public transportation, but you'll have to leave about 1-3 hour(s) early to get to your destination. Depending on where you are going, you'll have to transfer several times to different lines. It's a tedious, slow, fucking painful process. That is, unless you're on campus, then there's shuttles and people getting knifed in the streets...
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post #9 of 25
6/1/09 at 12:28am
I can only speak for The Valley and the answer is pretty much a "NO". Unless, as pointed out, you have a spare four hours every day.
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post #10 of 25
6/1/09 at 1:58am
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hmmm, not boding well.
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post #11 of 25
6/1/09 at 3:06am
Speaking on behalf of California, we don't want you.
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post #12 of 25
6/1/09 at 4:52am
Ouch.
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post #13 of 25
6/1/09 at 5:14am
It's not fun. Not impossible by any stretch. but definitely not fun.
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post #14 of 25
6/1/09 at 9:10am
Buy a small and reliable used car?
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post #15 of 25
6/1/09 at 11:08am
I bought a car for only $1500 when I first moved out here, and it lasted a year and a half before self-destructing.
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post #16 of 25
6/1/09 at 11:13am
By self-destructing, did it just die or explode in a ball of flame?
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post #17 of 25
6/1/09 at 3:46pm
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You might look in to buying a scooter.
Speaking as someone who has been hit once and run off the road once on his motorcycle, this is probably not your best option.

Get a shitty car if you can. I went with public transportation for a while and while I admit you can get to where you want to go, be prepared for it to take forever and a day for you to get there.
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post #18 of 25
6/1/09 at 5:22pm
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By self-destructing, did it just die or explode in a ball of flame?
The engine died, and it would have cost more than I paid for the entire car to fix.
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post #19 of 25
6/1/09 at 6:03pm
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Speaking as someone who has been hit once and run off the road once on his motorcycle, this is probably not your best option.

Get a shitty car if you can. I went with public transportation for a while and while I admit you can get to where you want to go, be prepared for it to take forever and a day for you to get there.
On my motorcycle I had no one, but two people do U turns right in front of me with in one week once. He did say no cars though. If you do go the two wheel way get something with enough speed to get you away from cars if you need to, at less a 250 or better, depending on how much you weight.
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post #20 of 25
6/1/09 at 6:04pm
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Speaking on behalf of California, we don't want you.
I guess I'm not enough of a failed writer for the likes of you eh?
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post #21 of 25
6/1/09 at 6:06pm
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I guess I'm not enough of a failed writer for the likes of you eh?
give it a couple more year I sure yo can get more bitter with experience
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post #22 of 25
6/1/09 at 6:07pm
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I guess I'm not enough of a failed writer for the likes of you eh?
I don't know how you define 'failed' but at this point in his life, Slater fits none of those possible definitions.
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post #23 of 25
6/1/09 at 6:12pm
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Just a raging asshole then?
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post #24 of 25
6/1/09 at 6:17pm
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So the consensus seems to be that without a car life will, at the very least, be rough. Thank you for those who responded with sincerity.
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post #25 of 25
6/1/09 at 6:27pm
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So the consensus seems to be that without a car life will, at the very least, be rough. Thank you for those who responded with sincerity.
Southern Cal is pretty spread out. Some kind of Vehicle is a must.
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