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pseudopoganandra wrote:

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Looks like the L.A. thing is going to work out. Anyone live there that can give me tips on nice neighborhoods to live and scary dangerous areas that I should avoid? My father has friends and family in I believe Westwood (south of Beverly Hills is that right?) and I liked it. I also wouldn't mind living somewhere that is fairly close to the ocean. Anywhere affordable like that or is it all billionaire movie star mansions? Also my impression of L.A. when I have been there before was that you pretty much have to pay for parking every single place in the city. Is this really the case? I think the grocery store was the only place I went that didn't have valet parking.

Playa Vista, Manhattan Beach, upper Santa Monica, and even some parts of Venice are pretty cool (near Abbot Kinney).

Also want to add: You may want to checkout Brentwood, but the area is filled with Studiohead soccor Moms. However, it is a nice area, not that near the beach like the ones I mentioned above, but it's closer than say Silverlake or Echo Park. You might also want to check out areas past the Century City Mall (in fact their are highrise condos next to the CCM that are cool) near little Santa Monica Blvd as well as homes near Mount Saint Mary's College if you are interested in living in the hills, not too far from the beach, but you still have to drive, and are adjacent to the 405 fwy.

Hermosa Beach is an alcoholic beach filled with frat boys and East Coast transplants. Parts of Redondo can be iffy and slightly ghetto, in the white trash sense. Pseudo may not feel to comfortable living in those areas.


Houses, apartments, and condos in those areas (specifically HB) are literally on top of each other. You look out your window and you can see inside your naeighbors house. The homes are not worth the asking price (but that's not new these days.) However, the good thing about HB is the restaurants on Hermosa Ave. The center of it all is off HB pier... bars galore and good food. However, on the weekends and holidays... forget it. It's packed. Parking is a bitch. Nonetheless, if you live below PCH you can walk everywhere. If you like to play volleyball the city has teams which locals sign up and play against each other during the season. This also applies to football and basketball.

I'm not Pseudo, but from reading his posts for awhile now he doesn't strike me as a guy who would fit in nor like living in Redondo Beach... maybe, and that's a big maybe, he might like HB.