"Safe" and "dangerous" areas of LA

Seiyatheleaper

Project QL Intern
Feb 1, 2008
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Hello all!
Just a quick question from a lurker here... I'll be arriving on March 24th, will be in the con hotel from the 26th on, but need to find a cheap hostel for the 2 days in between.
I've looked on hostelsweb, and can probably find other hostels around LA, but before I do I wanted to know if there's someone who can tell me which are the safe and dangerous areas of LA.
I know one's attitude means a lot, "don't act like a victim and you won't be one", and so on. I spent my first week in Vancouver in a hostel in the "Drug Central" area there (I didn't know, at the time!) and felt quite safe, but still, if I can prevent it I'd be happier.
So if someone is willing to help me out, could you email me at francyg80@hotmail.it, please? I'd then send you an email saying: "how's THIS area" and you can tell me?
Hope that makes sense... my life's pretty hectic ATM, I'm in a hurry and am thinking about 20 different things at the same time!!!
Thanks!
Francis