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What It’s Like to Visit Los Angeles Right Now

Car culture, flea markets, beach and sushi—what's not to love? The city is buzzing like it was before the pandemic.

Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles is like Times Square in New York: Oriented toward tourists, with lots of flashing lights and cheap attractions. 

Photographer: LeoPatrizi/iStockphoto

Hannah Elliott is based in Bloomberg’s Los Angeles bureau

At the baggage carousels at Los Angeles International Airport on a recent Sunday afternoon, rumpled travelers jockeyed for position to claim luggage and roll it out into the California sunshine.