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It's An Olympic Twelvemonth : When Los Angeles Hosted The Games - 1984 & 1932

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My hometown of Los Angeles hosted 2 summertime games, 52 years apart.  The 1984 games were known for their budget frugality.  Some venues were recycled from the before games...like the coliseum...and the games genuinely earned a profit, which is used to fund local sports charities.  It was also known for the "Olympic Miracle" where, due to much scaremongering, people stayed off the streets in addition to traffic was a dream for 2 weeks - form of similar what happened during "Carmageddon" concluding year.  It is also the games where much of the Communist globe stayed away inwards retaliation for the U.S boycotting the Moscow games 4 years before due to the Soviet Union's involvement inwards Afghanistan. Picture courtesy of Wikimedia Bobak Ha'Eri nether CC-BY-SA license The coliseum is straightaway used for USC habitation games in addition to few other events.  Many inwards the surface area accept dreams for unopen to other NFL squad to motion in...

Trip Report: The Inland Empire, Southern California

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Picture courtesy of Wikimedia Jessie Terwiliger nether CC-BY licence   On the OC, it was known equally the 909. Growing upwards years agone inward L.A., nosotros knew it equally the “sticks.” We straight off know better… On the OC, it was known equally the 909.  Growing upwards years agone inward L.A., nosotros knew it equally the “sticks.”  We straight off know better… Flying into L.A., y'all direct maintain several aerodrome choices.  By far, the busiest is Los Angeles International (LAX) but if y'all direct maintain a choice, whatever of the outlying airports would go a improve choice.  Forty miles E of LAX is Ontario International Airport, located inward the view of the Inland Empire. While it’d brand a slap-up identify to brand it inward L.A. past times itself, reckon sticking about inward the neighborhood to run across what the expanse has to offer.  The Inland Empire is the expanse E of Los Angeles, stretc...