Los Angeles neighborhoods?
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- nthkl0
I'd say Venice if you want a beach lifestyle. Santa Monica if you can afford it and are white. Fairfax Village if you are me. Silverlake if you don't mind driving everywhere. Downtown if you are ok with being isolated for good.
- robotinc0
Live close to where you work, or you will suffer horribly.
- JG_LB0
I live in angelino heights. A great neighborhood close to a lot of things
- shellie0
Lots of people love the east side and I do like it quite a bit myself. I would live there if I didn't have the option to live where I do. I've had an apartment in Santa Monica going on 10 years now and i can only imagine letting that go for something else in Venice. I do really like the east side and going out downtown and farther east. But, at night, the drive is super fast without traffic. I'd rather drive a little bit to go out and spend less commuter time. Plus, there's tons of great food and bars on the west side. I don't really care for clubs in general so I'm as close to that as I wanna be (far away from anywhere considered hip).
There's lots of agencies west side. Lots of east siders commute west for work which can be a pain in the ass. but, for as long as i've lived here, I've only had one agency job in silverlake and only 2 in house freelance contracts farther east than Hollywood. I'm not sure if that's the average experience but that's why chose to live at first and why I've stayed. I've spend a lot of time floating around many offices as a freelancer for the last 6 years or so.
The beach is a nice perk if you take advantage of it.
- dbloc0
silverlake is a trendy little area.
- omahadesigns0
Anyone else?
- omahadesigns0
^ where is that? Downtown LA, near the MOCA?
- twooh0
Downtown Arts District. Only neighborhood that I'd live in.
- omahadesigns0
Is SM more expensive than Venice?
- Chief0
Hollywood is a no for living. Lots of nicer places in LA. Silver Lake has pockets of nice and pockets of sketch. Atwater Village is just east of Silver Lake/ Los Feliz, it's nice and can be a little cheaper but you're closer to Glendale. I just started a new job in Santa Monica and I think I'm in love. It's gorgeous, clean, nice weather everyday. Inland can get really, really HOT for most of the year. Make sure your place has central A/C as most do not. Only downside with SM is the cost of apartment/homes. Culver City is nice too but the rents are moving up.
- akrok0
yes, you need a car unless you get lucky to live close enough to work. still, to move around in l.a. a car is a pretty essential.
- 20020
Stick to westwood
- 20020
get a car
- akrok0
^
woop, woop.
- fresnobob0
OMG, you should totally move to West Hollywood! QBN meet-up at The Zone anybody?
- omahadesigns0
It's better to be close to the beach, right?
- not necessarily. the beach is really not all that in la county.sea_sea
- sadpanda0
Culver!
- CALLES0
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