# Tell me about East Los Angeles **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 18, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-east-los-angeles/831332 "2019-03-18T20:17:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nayna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ebca7d/32.png) [@Nayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nayna)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-east-los-angeles/831332/1 "2019-03-18T20:17:52Z")
My sister and I are visiting a cousin in East LA this July. We’re both flying from the eastern time zone, and will stay for three or four nights. I assume our cousin will have an agenda planned, so I don’t really need ideas on what to DO - more on what to EXPECT. Neighborhood? Weather? But if you’ve got 'em, suggestions on what we absolutely MUST do (or not do) are always welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-east-los-angeles/831332/2 "2019-03-19T21:57:38Z")
> [@Nayna](#): > > But if you’ve got 'em, suggestions on what we absolutely MUST do are always welcome! Head towards West Los Angeles. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-east-los-angeles/831332/3 "2019-03-19T22:03:56Z")
Enjoy the weather. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-east-los-angeles/831332/4 "2019-03-19T22:04:18Z")
> [@Quintas](#): > > Head towards West Los Angeles. This _is not_ a smart-ass answer. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-east-los-angeles/831332/5 "2019-03-20T00:07:20Z")
[First thing I thought of](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFUFw1GH6ic). 😉 (Cheech and Chong comedy video. Don’t click if you’re easily offended.) ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-east-los-angeles/831332/6 "2019-03-20T00:17:42Z")
yeah, its the latino version of south-central aka “barrio” and most everyone there wants to move elsewhere but can’t afford it … you’ll probably be doing everything somewhere else … be careful and don’t leave anything valuable in your car … Great Mexican food tho ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-east-los-angeles/831332/7 "2019-03-20T01:08:34Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > This _is not_ a smart-ass answer. It most certainly is not. Go west, and go fast. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-east-los-angeles/831332/8 "2019-03-20T01:18:51Z")
Wow, you guys aren’t kidding. I googled “East Los Angeles” and the 3 top stories are: Man Found Fatally Shot in East Los Angeles; Gunman sought Man Killed in East Los Angeles Stabbing Identified Man shot to death on Whittier Boulevard in East LA It’s 98% Latino which, with the news stories and comments here, suggests it’s a ghetto. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-east-los-angeles/831332/9 "2019-03-20T01:21:45Z")
My best friend is a latino in east la. He would always ALWAYS rather take an hour bus/train ride to visit me in the valley or hwood rather than have me drive out to his side of town to hang out. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-east-los-angeles/831332/10 "2019-03-20T01:29:29Z")
If you like Mexican food check out La Golondrina in Olvera Street. We’ll be passing through L.A. ourselves, next month, and it’s my big regret that we won’t have time to go there ourselves. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-east-los-angeles/831332/11 "2019-03-23T21:27:10Z")
> [@Nayna](#): > > This is all amazing, and exactly what I was looking for. Thanks, all! I’d say that just about all of the things that Ronald Raygun mentions are good choices, though places like Jumbo’s have just become over-run, and with only two days I wouldn’t bother wasting your time at the Scientology building. The real question is what your cousin has planned. I wouldn’t be surprised if he/she thinks you want to just do things like go to Universal Studios or something like that, totally outside of East Hollywood. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_Raygun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@Ronald\_Raygun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_Raygun)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-east-los-angeles/831332/12 "2019-03-24T06:09:06Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > I’d say that just about all of the things that Ronald Raygun mentions are good choices, though places like Jumbo’s have just become over-run, and with only two days I wouldn’t bother wasting your time at the Scientology building. The real question is what your cousin has planned. I wouldn’t be surprised if he/she thinks you want to just do things like go to Universal Studios or something like that, totally outside of East Hollywood. Yeah, don’t bother going into the Scientology Building. If you want to live dangerously, you can cut across the lawn on your way walking to something else. Oooh ahhh! So blue. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-east-los-angeles/831332/13 "2019-03-25T22:42:53Z")
I still recommend La Golindrina, though now that the thread title has been changed, you’d be going in the opposite direction to what I thought. Even better, because from Hollywood all you have to do is hop on the Red Line which will take you right to it (Union Station stop). Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Nayna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ebca7d/32.png) [@Nayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nayna)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-east-los-angeles/831332/14 "2019-06-30T05:30:20Z")
I’ve put all of this in my iPhone Notes, and we head to CA on Thursday. Any last-minute suggestions welcome, and I’ll report back when I return! Thanks again for the excellent feedback.