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Old Sep 9, 2019, 5:25 pm
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Originally Posted by mahlerfan
Don't get me wrong. Santa Monica Pier and the adjacent Palisades do have some nice qualities (as do Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39), but if you have been to Santa Moncia lately, during the summer, especially now that the Expo light rail line can whisk tourists and beach goers to the beach from downtown LA and all points in between in under an hour, you'll know that the place is swarming with people.
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Which was exactly my first point in post #31 .

Except that if a lot of those tourists are indeed using public transit instead of clogging the roadways and parking lots even more, well, at least there's that.
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