how do I begin...... i like wandering around faded in chinatown and historic filipino town up in LA, fullerton is a hoppen little city in orange county. Social Distortion, Agent Orange and the Adolescents all came from there and it has some groovy art galleries (the Paz and Violet Hour) and a neat record store with lots of free shows n u can drink brew inside called Burger Records (rumor has it pat smear of the germs daughter werks there). overall fullerton kinda has a hipster vibe tho...
Long Beach is a wonderful city that has too much shit goen on to list here hehe, lots of open mics (my favorite being Writers block, a self organized one on the beach run by a bunch of kids), it has some of the best medical marijuana dispenceries around. therz lots of house shows in LB, alot of all girl bands out there. and if u stop by bixby park u can hit up the occupy long beach ppl who hold meetings there or grab sumthing from the really realyl free market, a grassroots swapmeet where everything is literaly fucking free.
but thats just a limited overview of two cities, its all a matter of what u make of it, if u hav a positive mindset ul hav fun. as for more specific locations n things..... well i gotta go take a showa for now, ttyl