Any DU'ers from Downey, CA? What should I expect?

[Taverner]

Work is sending me to Downey for a few days...besides the Carpenters museum and the worlds oldest McDonalds, what should I expect?

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Forget Downey

Get in your rental and go up to Hollywood or down to Newport.

The old Mcdonalds on Lakewood isn't the same anyway. Chris & Pitts across the street is OK.

[Taverner]

2. Oh I've seen Hollywood, Newport, the Sunset Strip

One million times over...I've noticed the suburbs of LA have a certain strange charm that is absent from our Norcal counterparts.

Hard to explain...

[nini]

3. hahahahhahahha

rent a car and drive south to Long Beach or west to Santa Monica etc..

Not much to do in Downy and parts of it can be a bit rough..NOT the whole place but you don't know the town and where to go.

[Snow]

4. Huh! I was just out to Downey last week.....

my company's pharmacy operations & research is there. They have a huge computer setup (IBM gave them two free RISC boxes!) and their pill counting & packing machines are quite something.

[GRLMGC]

5. Uh yeah

Downey is a nice residential area but there ain't shit to do. I'm with the other DU'ers recommending way better places than Downey