Ill Agree on the East-in flight into LAX. I will also say coming in from the west can be quite impressive. Coming in from over the ocean, over the Malibu coastline and the Santa Monica Mountains, then suddenly over the Hollywood Hills, with the Valley and 8 to 10 thousand foot San Gabriel Mountains beyond, with snow in the winter. Below is the beaches of Santa Monica and Venice. Then since the approach is from the east, the plan makes a wide turn that swings right over the west side and downtown, very low. Its a very diverse and spectacular landscape the runs on to the horizon.
The mix of natural and man made wonders are truly what makes it spectacular. From the east, going from vast colorful desert, to snow covered 11,000 foot peaks, to vast dense urbanity, to coastal enclaves, all within a 20 minute span of flying, is a singular trait of SoCal in the US. Many others have a superior facet of one of these things, but none seem to have them all together.
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