The LA area is such a city planner's dream that you need to drive at least around 60 miles in congested traffic to go shopping at a mall for example. Hollywood's Walk of Fame is overrated, the streets are shitty there.. basically the whole area is quite rundown. If you want the good stuff, well a normal guy like me and you dont have access to those affluent residential areas, otherwise trespassers shall be shot. And if someone tells me Beverly Hills is topclass.. well think about it. Hugely overpriced European brands which you can get for so much cheaper in Europe and the whole architecture there is a lame copy of Europe anyway. Go to San Diego or San Francisco and winetasting in Napa.