Echo Park is fine. It used to be pretty gangsta in the 80s.(the movie Colors was set there)
Now it's much more gentrified and has trendy boutiques and art spaces. Good eats around there. Brite Spot, Millies, Netty's, Siete Mares, Masa, etc.
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I really wanted to go to that Bukake because I thought for sure that you were going to be on the receiving end. - Ryan Knox to Jeff Steward