Orange groves everywhere. No homeless, no bums. What drugs there were and the homos were all kept hidden out of sight probably in Hollywood. We lived in Westchester not far from LAX and dad was an engineer at Hughes. Other than the traffic and smog, it was wonderful.
Saturday night Dodger games, Hollywood Park and Santa Anita, 4th of July shows at the Colosseum, school field trips to The observatory and the museums, Pacific Ocean Park, Lazerium . . .