My Aunt lives in the valley, but within city limits. I have spent a lot of my life visiting them, but never really was in charge of our activities until last winter. Within a mile of their house is access to hundreds/thousands of acres of public open space with trails, rock climbing, mountain biking. I was frankly shocked by that. Now it's not close to downtown and they have to commute to work at UCLA (though they've always only had one car and work in the same place so for them it's not as big a deal a for others). I happen to love the San Gabriel mountains, topanga canyon state park, and the state beaches north of malibu.
I would love to have access to that stuff and be in a different setting than the valley and have the opportunity for more of a city setting closer to the natural areas. But there is a reason a lot of people live in the LA area. It's quite beautiful.
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Date: 2010-10-04 11:39 pm (UTC)I would love to have access to that stuff and be in a different setting than the valley and have the opportunity for more of a city setting closer to the natural areas. But there is a reason a lot of people live in the LA area. It's quite beautiful.