The â€œLos Angelesâ€ Travel and Adventure show is actually held at the Long Beach Convention Center. If you are (like me) coming from the east coast, itâ€™s difficult to find a direct flight into Long Beach. After my search on Orbitz resulted in fares over $500 with at least one layover, I decided to take advantage of the nearly hourly flights (during the day) from EWR to LAX. Since itâ€™s easier for most people to fly into LAX, itâ€™s also better to stay in Los Angeles. Although California has a long established car culture (as opposed to major cities on the east coast), it is possible to get around greater Los Angeles without a car. I havenâ€™t rented a car in California since 2011. Downtown Los Angeles has plenty of great hotels as well as cultural attractions. Staying near 7th Street/Metro Center will give you access to four metro lines. Taking the blue line from 7th Street/Metro Center to the other end (Downtown Long Beach) is about an hour ride, but costs only $1.75 with a bus connection included within two hours. The convention center is less than a five minute walk. Most of the ride is above ground, so you get to see a lot of the places referenced in early west coast hip hop songs. Anyone who has watched Straight Outta Compton (or even remembers when the album was released) will be familiar with the stops along the way. In addition to the obvious ones like Compton and Long Beach, the blue line stops at Vernon, Slauson and Florence. The Watts Towers have their own stop at 103rd Street and you can see them off in the distance.