Originally Posted by
dbuckho
There are several different neighborhoods even in Santa Monica. I live in Sunset Park which many call one of the last Ozzie and Harriet neighborhoods in LA. It is often has a small town feel but on the westside of LA - with easy access to all LA offers and the beach. Moved out here 17 years ago from the east coast and would not want to live anywhere else. There are also many new apartments/condos opening so PM sent to OP - happy to answer questions.
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Unless they were to reorient the runways at LAX so there was a direct southern landing approach, not sure Santa Monica airport closing is going to change the LAX approach for Asia/north all that much. They will most likely still come over Santa Monica on their way to downtown before turning back to LAX. Maybe a little lower - but I doubt it - they are still flying over the entire westside of LA's population.
Fair enough.
I miss Southern California horribly, I know what it means to not want to live anywhere else.
As far as the airport goes, it's something an air traffic controller told me, he said when SMO closes there will be an airspace redesign and the good people of Santa Monica will miss Harrison Ford's little bush planes and Bono's Learjet.