2023 I spent a couple of months in LA and orange county and stayed for a month in a strip motel in South Gate right next to inglewood and Compton,the place was a taxi hotel used by pay-for-play ladies and their John's,my bed had disco lights above it,life is indeed a rich tapestry.
Last year I spent time in NorCal and up into oregon with really nice people,salt of the earth folk,gives you a whole new perspective on a place.