The LA sprawl begins as soon as you leave downtown, whose diverse environs tend to be forgotten quarters, cut through by freeways and with large distances separating their few points of interest. It makes little sense to see them consecutively, as each is ten to thirty minutes by car or bus from the next

Around downtown

• Around downtown

Explore Around downtown

• Exposition Park
• MacArthur Park
• South Central LA

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