Finding a place to sit isn't a problem, you are correct. I will normally head to a gate way the hell away from my own that doesn't have a flight going out of it at all and sit there to get some quiet.

I'll be posting my LAX experience soon, the construction is completed in many parts but it just seems like they had someone brainless in charge of it. There was also a ton that was still being built with massive walk-arounds that were confusing and very time-consuming.