If you really want to have a ghetto good time without getting shot, just take the Blue line! It is very 'scenic' between the Del Amo and the Washington Stations, and the oh the patrons!!!! Nothing like chillin with some 'fragrant' homeless people, while jammin out to last years hits, courtesy of a Boost Mobile speakerphone!! It is good times to the max!! I have scared quite a few of my out of town guests with a ride on the Blue Line. You have never seen so many bars on so many windows, and it goes right through the middle of a housing project. Sorry to hear about your bus breakdown, next time in LA, stick with the trains. The Green Line to the airport is not nearly as much fun, but it does easily connect to the blue, right in the heart of LA, between Compton and Watts. (FWIW, I have ridden this line more times than I can count, and while it is often entertaining, especially when the homeless guy starts dealing drugs right next to you, I have never seen anyone get attacked/robbed/beaten up/etc, so it is probably safer than if feels).