First Time in California....College town Bars

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Originally Posted by nmnita

The only thing wrong with Westwood, he said they will be staying in the Orange County area: that is a long way from UCLA, especially if someone has had a few drinks and isn't familiar with the area. I would think there should be some neat places somewhere near the Orange County universities.

Agree.

Also why go somewhere on vacation and do the same exact thing you do at home?

Let me guess, the OP and his wife are from the Midwest and their social life revolves around the local college football team and drinking.

When you go on vacation, expand your horizons.

If you want to do exactly the same as you do at home, than do a "staycation".

[69Charger]

Fullerton

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Originally Posted by Kmdavila

My wife and I will be coming to LA/ Anaheim next week. We are both in our early 20's and are looking for some places to go during our stay. We are looking for the "college town bar/ clubs." I've read a few post on here that say there isn't really a place where you can bar hop, it's more of a "drive, pay to park, drink, drive, pay to park...." Is there no certain area where college students go to hang out, watch the game and have fun?

I just graduated from USC in may....most of us would go to downtown LA to go bar hopping. All we did was take the metro two stops, get off and then walk from bar to bar, never once did we need a car. Another popular area is downtown Santa Monica. While santa monica is a little bouiger than DTLA if you will lol, it's still a very fun area with a young crowd. I don't know much about westwood, but I'm sure they have a lot of bars popular among college students.

[Kaphawoman]

Big Wang's in Hollywood. As other posters have said, LA is not really a college town, but if you're looking for a place that has lots of twentysomethings, shows all the games, and has typical sports bar beer and food, it fits the bill.