When I heard the name El Segundo I thought about Sanford and Son. The character Fred Sanford used to tell his son Lamont that they were going to send him to El Segundo.
My son used to live in New York and relocated to California in July 2019. Los Angeles is his nearest city and I cannot believe the difference here. No high rise buildings,no crowds, no tourists and a totally different atmosphere. Takes some getting used to!!!
Los Angeles had over 50 Million tourists in 2019...that's a lot of tourists! No high rise buildings? Downtown Los Angeles has a lot of sky scrapers. No crowds...in a non-COVID recovery period the streets of Downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood and other districts are full of people. Common now...
Anyone 50 and older will remember the old Andy Griffith show called The Andy Griffith Show. It takes place in fictional Mayberry. One of El Segundo’s nicknames is Mayberry because of its quaintness and same town atmosphere.
I love El Segundo!!! My client had physical therapy the beginning of this year, across the street from the city hall where you started your walk and when she was doing her thing I sat in my car or took in the sights of the city. It's a really cute little city!!! Enjoy!!
I've never been to El Segundo...it's really a beautiful town! Thanks for the tour of El Segundo...I'll have to come down and take a look around in person!! Great video, ActionKid!!
El Segundo has Candy Cane Lane during the winter Holiday and there are some fantastic lighting displays! Good Fun for the family! I've visited all of these places and I'm learning more about them from watching Action Kid on his Westcoast Walkabout! We ate at La Paz and I highly recommend it for good food and service!
@@ActionKid It was ! Xmas in CA is different in the sense that it might get cold, but there are palm trees everywhere! We do get snow in the mountains 2 hrs east! Arrowhead and Big Bear are local ski resorts!
If you plan to keep walking in front of places I lived (Lower Manhattan, Brickell, Fl) You need to walk to Wilshire Blvd and Berverly Glenn. (It's a good walk anyway -- you can start near Rodeo Drive and continue to Westwood / UCLA area)
A lot of big companies have their headquarters in El Segundo. Mattel. Boeing. Hughes Aircraft Company. Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Lakers Training Center to name a few.
Great video. If you do visit Venice, I suggest also going to Marina Del Rey right next door. Most people miss it and it's completely different from Venice. There's a $1 Waterbus (ferry) that runs on Friday/Saturday 12-8PM that goes through the Marina.
That Prius just blew the Red! Get his plate ! @ 8:02 At 19:55 the house looks like it was built in the 1920's with Spanish tile on the roof. Most likely concrete, not Adobe. Also, the Bamboo stalks and Eucalyptus trees are not native, but were imported!
Ok AK. The natives pronounce it as “El-Sa-Gun-Doe.” But hey…you’re fine. And as many times as I’ve driven from Santa Monica to Culver City, I’ve only passed through El Segundo. So nice to tour this quaint little city with you ☺️
@Sandro Jean Louis I’m actually aware of that. But I’m a 65 year old native of LA - and I’ve always heard it pronounced in the manner I described. Cheers!
AK, it would be good to label your start point when you put up the travel map at the start of the video. Some of us follow with google maps on another tab while you narrate the walk. Just a suggestion. Keep up the good work in LA. Thanks.
@@jaminova_1969 You will see no graffiti in El Segundo. Gang members do not reside in this city. The police actually are allowed to do their job, and 99 percent of the El Segundo residents back the police and so do the local politicians.
@It's 1984: The Fact Checkers are here! That’s a tough question. In the area where the Action Kid did his walking tour, I would say crime is very low. There are areas of El Segundo which are not near the area that was toured that has crime. For instance, near LAX there is more than likely some crime issues. Running along the city of El Segundo is Imperial Highway. I would guess there is some crime there, too, but over all El Segundo is a very safe city.
