Venice in L.A. is wonderful. There used to be loads of Canals here and now there are only a few. But such a lovely place.
Venice was just a short walk from the apartment, it leads onto Venice beach (hippie central). The small houses surrounding the canals will start rentals at around $10,000 per month for the low end of the market. More information on Venice here – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice_Canal_Historic_District
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Venice Beach
Venice Beach is not too far from the Canals, it’s a self-proclaimed centre of counterculture, and supposed hippie central.
There’s still some of this there, but some of it doth protest too much, and it’s quite apparent a lot of people are just there to make money from the perception. There’s also quite a disturbing element of people who have addiction or mental health issues there – not somewhere to go at night.
The beach itself is fine, off the beach you can buy anything from genuine artwork, ‘commercial hippie clothing’ and medical marijuana.
Venice Beach ‘Shopping’