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VENICE BEACH CALIFORNIA

VENICE BEACH CALIFORNIA

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Dec 17, 2024
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Here we go…let’s travel to a beachtown widely recognized, well beloved and equally detested. A Bohemian babe, artistic soul and beach destination where swimming is the last thing you’d want to do— VENICE BEACH!

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V ice central of coastal Los Angeles

E ver the tourist trap ya gotta do once

N ightlife here … not advisable to attempt

I talian ice at The Boardwalk—that’s tempting!

C old looks from off folk here— intimidating!

E asy to be entertained— and have disdain for this place!

B eyond the two-mile shoreline, the canals

E voke stark tranquility

A s if you’re in another world,

C omparable to ...even in Italy...

H ate to say it though, this town’s a disgrace!

C ount the homeless encampments, dope busts,

A ggravated assaults and thefts on high—

L oony city policies are to blame!

I nhumanity has long withstood

F ouling ol’ timey beach reputation and name

O n the bright side of VB things though-

R ec center by Boardwalk’s a people-watch must

N arrowing on famed Muscle Beach

I ntrigue never ceases down the walk and each

A lley of this most peculiar neck-of-the-woods!

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MORE ON VENICE BEACH
(and VENICE, an L.A., neighborhood)

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THE TRANQUIL CANALS


When it rains, VB is…well, wet and for the homeless population, a hustle for shelter



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