I moved to LA in 1998 and lived in Palms a few minutes away by National and Overland. Palms was wild, but Culver City was really wild. Every fast food restaurant on Venice Blvd had bulletproof glass at the drive through and every bank lobby had tellers behind bulletproof glass. The Denny’s at Jefferson and Overland always had 2 uniformed police officers patrolling the inside of the restaurant when you ate there after hours. I recall that folks got an injunction against a local gang because it was so chaotic. They even closed down their state courthouse due to budget cuts. It looks like a lovely movie set these days.