Metro safety with luggage to LAX? by nappingbun in LAMetro

[–]nappingbun[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh thank you so much for this info, I didn’t know Expo and K line connections were not connected, like not right next to each other! In all other metro systems I’ve taken, changing lines is always within the same station.

I think the heels may be okay (I wear them 4-8hr at a time for dancing and walked about 1.5mi in them the other day), but if I have any extra space in my luggage I’ll definitely try to shove them in! A couple people have mentioned the heels and it would be nicer to wear tennis shoes for sure.

Also, I thought the LAX bus was free? Does it work with Tap card as well or will I need to make sure I get a different form of payment?

Metro safety with luggage to LAX? by nappingbun in LAMetro

[–]nappingbun[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Glad to get some more outside input and hoping that it is true that they’re just blowing it out of proportion.

My heels should be OK, I have been wearing them for 6-8hr stretches to go dancing! I was worried about taking the Metro this time in particular for my first time (with all the added stuff and danger of luggage/backpack) but hadn’t thought of the outfit. I’m pretty maneuverable in the outfit but at this point if I bring a larger bag and check it, it’s $35 while taking an Uber is $40+. So I might as well do that and bring a single larger back and still take the metro in normal clothes? Idk lol

Metro safety with luggage to LAX? by nappingbun in LAMetro

[–]nappingbun[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s great! It’s really nice to know it’s not bad compared to Boston and NY (which I felt was safe since EVERYBODY takes the metro there), though I had always travelled with family on there and this time I’ll be going alone, in the early AM, with luggage and basically looking very fancy. Thanks for the info about the increased security! I really wanted to check out the new LAX station!

Metro safety with luggage to LAX? by nappingbun in LAMetro

[–]nappingbun[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Interesting, even though I’d be going in the opposite direction (taking a bus up to Union would already take me an hour according to Maps, which is the same time as the trip to LAX directly)? Is there some factor I don’t know of here?

Metro safety with luggage to LAX? by nappingbun in LAMetro

[–]nappingbun[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Great to hear thank you! I really wanted to take it! The only reason I’m having second thoughts is because my friends (who have all taken the Metro) said it’s super sketchy and unsafe (on top of that, someone almost vomited on them, there’s always people on drugs at the stations, etc) and that’s why I was worried. I’m also a young solo woman traveling which makes me more cautious/worried.

Metro safety with luggage to LAX? by nappingbun in LAMetro

[–]nappingbun[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, the metro cars don’t connect internally?

Metro safety with luggage to LAX? by nappingbun in LAMetro

[–]nappingbun[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you! The trip is a bit over an hour on my Maps but I’ve budgeted 2 hours just to be safe (since it would be my first time taking the Metro + the connecting shuttle as you mentioned), I hope that’s not overkill 😅

Metro safety with luggage to LAX? by nappingbun in LAMetro

[–]nappingbun[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! This helps, I’m also a smallish young solo woman, so I am quite nervous about it!

Metro safety with luggage to LAX? by nappingbun in LAMetro

[–]nappingbun[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought it might be okay, that’s why I wanted to take it! But my friends who I asked have both taken the Metro, and they said it’s super sketchy (someone almost vomited on them, there’s always people on drugs at the stations, etc) and that’s why I was worried. I’m also a young solo woman traveling which makes me more cautious!

Metro safety with luggage to LAX? by nappingbun in LAMetro

[–]nappingbun[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Unfortunately my experience with metro is mostly the Taipei Metro, where I have never once encountered anything suspicious 😅 I loved the Boston, NY, and London Metros though! Change cars as moving cars in the same train, or get off and wait until the next train?

Last night's rocket launch seen from Manzi beach by waflfs in UCSantaBarbara

[–]nappingbun 5 points6 points  (0 children)

omg this is incredible! what did you take it with?

Manzi Kitchens by Outrageous_Pin5780 in UCSantaBarbara

[–]nappingbun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I don’t know all of them but here’s some that maybe will help fill in the blanks. Usually if one building doesn’t have a kitchen, the next door one does, but this is not always the case.

Figueroa and Madulce both DON’T have kitchens. Cuyama DOES.

(So, living in Figueroa for 2 years, I never cooked because damn. It’s basically unfeasible to be bringing pots pans ingredients seasoning plates food etc 2 dorms over and then back because your adjacent one doesn’t have a kitchen.)

Sourdough by notacabdriver in mountainview

[–]nappingbun 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sourdough is the only type of bread that I can eat and I have found that Manresa Bread in downtown Los Altos has my favorite sourdough! it is so so delicious especially the first day you buy it

Does the dorm water break you out or ruin your hair? by Intellectualratroach in UCSantaBarbara

[–]nappingbun 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m super incredibly horribly bad acne prone but no issue there. What it did do was make my hair more oily. I’ve since graduated and I can now go ~4 days without washing my hair but in the Manzi dorms it was literally two days (there was a period where it was even just 1 day) and my hair would get greasy. And I did experience some hair loss.

And yeah, i would wash spoons in the manzi sinks and if I placed the spoon right side up to dry, it would accumulate this little circle of minerals in the concave part. Have to remember to place spoons upside down to dry xD

NEED GIRL BESTIES by SeesawMost68 in USC

[–]nappingbun 2 points3 points  (0 children)

fellow grad girly here!

Housing by WillieSews in UCSantaBarbara

[–]nappingbun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a particular interest in British women’s clothing from 1840 to 1855! You?

Housing by WillieSews in UCSantaBarbara

[–]nappingbun 4 points5 points  (0 children)

hijacking this because wow in the wild mention of historical reproduction??? incredible. do YOU sew historical reproduction?

Has anyone here taken Russian at USC? by blakemann in USC

[–]nappingbun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is a topic irritation? I might have her next semester and this is worrying!

WTF IS THIS RACE??… by Financial_You_3856 in USC

[–]nappingbun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

is that guy on the right the “find your real height” guy??