<p>not entirely true, a lot of UCLA kids (especially first and second yrs without cars) never go into the "true" city. i myself have never been to downtown LA yet. A lot of ppl who live on campus just go to westwood when they want to go out and never really venture beyond that. UCLA is somewhat isolated in that respect, so it's much different from NYU which doesn't really have a campus and is pretty much integrated with the city around it.</p>
<p>and as an added note, the people i know at berkeley actually go to san francisco and elsewhere, because they have the advantage of the BART which is their mass transit system. it's much better than the buses we have here.<br>
but with all that being said, i absolutely love it here at LA and wouldn't trade it for anything.</p>