It was pretty cool. Definitely a neat place to visit, but I still can't see why people would want to live in the middle of it, lol. Personally I think I'd hate to live there. Though, for college, I'll be living like a half hour away from it anyways, lol.
As for LA, I've never left the east coast, so I've never been. I'd probably like to see it at some point, though.