<p>I heard somewhere that UCLA does not let freshmen bring cars to UCLA?</p>
<p>Is that true?</p>
<p>Is there any possible way to bring my car to UCLA?
How hard is it to find parking?</p>
<p>search. nub.</p>
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I heard somewhere that UCLA does not let freshmen bring cars to UCLA?
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<p>Oh?</p>
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Is that true?
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<p>No.</p>
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<p>Drive it here.</p>
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How hard is it to find parking?
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<p>Terribly. Unless you want to pay $8 a day, or $3 an hour, or ... $0.75 for 15 minutes? Whatever those on Charles Young Dr are. And there's pretty much no chance of getting a permit unless you have an off-campus job.</p>
<p>it's seriously not a big issue not to have a car... man we can't emphasis that point enough... you can't drive to classes... a lot of the restaurants, ralphs, bestbuy and everything else is in walking distance...</p>
<p>Walking is great. People are so friendly and actually wait for each other to pass.</p>
<p>When I went (and it was a LONG time ago) I had a car and I commuted to campus. After my first year (and I DID get parking!) it got so expensive and I still had to get onto campus (old lot 30, now where the flyaway bus is in the Village), I got a bus pass and took the bus, leaving my car in my apartment. It was actually much better doing it that way, cheaper and much less stressful. Bus service around WLA on the Blue Bus is much better than people think.</p>
<p>UCLA77, you were fortunate to live during a great time in LA, when there wasn't traffic, congestion, or the pressure that exists today. Ahh what I'd do to live in the LA my parents grew up in the 60s and 70s. basically, drive anywhere you want as quickly as you want with no worries</p>
<p>i like the walking.
it's good for people who seldom get any exercise.
and public transportation is not that bad.</p>
<p>namaste, I hear you. All the more reason to use public transport, bike and walk. They're all stress relievers.</p>
<p>Back in the '70's, smog in L.A. was worse, even with less traffic.</p>
<p>I'll tell you I used to LOVE to drive. Now, in L.A., it's torture. But one late evening last Spring, I caught that rush I used to get, if you want to feel it too, here's what happened: I was at the Whisky in W. Hollywood (yes, still go!) and around midnight I get a call from my sister who lives in Sherman Oaks. She had been in the grocery store (she shops late) and locked her key in the car. Well, since she had borrowed one of my cars, I just happened to have an extra key on me. So I agreed to take the haul over the hill to open the door for her.</p>
<p>I'm in my little 5 speed black Miata, jamming it down Sunset. Well, not exactly jamming it, because all the lights in B.H. are metered. But after that, between the west end of B.H. to Beverly Glen, it's like a race track and these days dead man's curve is properly paved and graded, so you can take it at a pretty neat clip. Then up the canyon, all alone, no cars out, sailing up, then at Mulholland, the top of the hill, with the valley laid out before me, all the twinkly lights of the city, the stars and moon above, wind whipping my hair about, shooting down the windy path to the bottom. It was exhilarating, and it was such a great flash back ride.</p>
<p>Try it sometime on a warm spring midnight, and you'll experience the way things used to be before LA became the parking lot it now is.</p>
<p>Yeah I know the smog was worse but as you say everything else was better. you may not have had all the modern technology and "conveniences" (that really make our lives far more stressful) but you had freedom</p>
<p>Try doing a 17 page paper without the assistance of the internet or an "instant fix" word processor and you'll know what stress really is. The worst stress in creating a paper these days is forgetting to hit the "save" button.</p>
<p>Touche, but in terms of other stuff: you spent your childhood playing outside, you could ride your bike anywhere, people were more carefree and fun less competitive</p>