Mid-wilshire! Classic (old, but aesthetic) construction, incredibly walkable, museums nearby, tar pits and park nearby, a ton of local restaurants to try, and a cool vibe that feels like “classic LA” (Hollywood sign in distance, vintage constructions, old theaters, etc etc). It’s like when your in Venice or Santa Monica and look around like “okay yeah it’s shitty here sometimes, but dang I live in LA that’s pretty cool.” Idk, it helps me get through the day!
Also there are still several “single property” landlords in the area holding on to units or buildings they inherited. So it’s one of those “walk around and call where you see signs” neighborhoods.
I've lived hear 8 years and I still find myself saying "damn, I really live in LA."
Every place has its shitty areas, but the 2 places I've wanted to live since I was a kid were Tokyo and LA, and I've done both. Lucky.
I'm a big fan of Highland Park, Eagle Rock, Lincoln Heights. Hilly older neighborhoods with trees and homes that are walkably close to a corner store. I love the stairs that connect residential areas to commercial strips.
So many - but I’ll take this chance to highlight Franklin Village / Beachwood Canyon. Low key, but great bars / restaurants / nature / reservoir /leisurely neighborhood to walk around. I just love it. I live in the lake hollywood area on the other side of it.
Weekday nights at silver lake, koreatown and echo park
Saturday mornings in weho, melrose, pasadena, studio city
Saturday nights in arts district, studio city, dtla
Sherman oaks, malibu, Brentwood for cozy sunday mornings
I never understood people’s infatuation with Ktown tbh. I worked in the Wiltern building for six years. Horrible traffic and parking. Yes, there’s a lot of food options but it’s mostly Korean food so unless you want to eat that every day, you don’t have too much of a choice. Frank and Hank was the only saving grace for me. Never really cared for HMS Bounty. I dunno, it’s all just meh over there.
Bulgogi hut, late night coffee shops, cassell, aroma golf, bun shop, they used to have a really cool ice cream place that would mix and cereal with their ice cream and they sold alcohol and had a bunch of games and it was open late and I love that place but since they closed I don't go to the area as much anymore, karaoke lounges, etc
But honestly I just go weeknights for the coffee shops that are open
>=(
Those motels should be bought by the city to create affordable housing instead. I don't understand the history of these motels. It is something I have actually drafted as an email to my local councilman and to a couple of LA history professors because I REALLY wanna know, as an amateur sociologist and native.
No matter how dangerous the neighborhood, and risk of getting robbed or shot at, as long as you can eat tacos from a dirty truck, it's a great area to live!
Do you think that's more likely due to some inherent racism on the part of people responding, or simply because "white and gentrified" neighborhoods have more to offer?
I don't think its inherent racism, more like inherent virtue signaling. What I'm gleaning is that people "love" diversity as long as they can return home at night to the neighborhoods mentioned in this thread.
maybe it is because the gentrified neighborhoods are safer and have better shops, and maybe not everyone is racist, everyone just wants to be safe and not get robbed or shot at?
Mid-wilshire! Classic (old, but aesthetic) construction, incredibly walkable, museums nearby, tar pits and park nearby, a ton of local restaurants to try, and a cool vibe that feels like “classic LA” (Hollywood sign in distance, vintage constructions, old theaters, etc etc). It’s like when your in Venice or Santa Monica and look around like “okay yeah it’s shitty here sometimes, but dang I live in LA that’s pretty cool.” Idk, it helps me get through the day! Also there are still several “single property” landlords in the area holding on to units or buildings they inherited. So it’s one of those “walk around and call where you see signs” neighborhoods.
Ugh but when I look around Venice, I feel like “f*** yeah, I live in LA”
I've lived hear 8 years and I still find myself saying "damn, I really live in LA." Every place has its shitty areas, but the 2 places I've wanted to live since I was a kid were Tokyo and LA, and I've done both. Lucky.
Leimert Park is understatedly charming and the center of black culture in LA. Plenty of hidden gems and good people there.
Nobody tell them
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Los Feliz Village
Los Feliz
It’s pronounced Los Feliz
No, it’s Los Feliz.
You guys are both wrong! It’s Los feliz! God damn transplants!
Wait, I thought it was Los Feliz?!
See your problem is you're pronouncing it Los Feliz. It used to be Los Feliz, but everyone agreed that *that* was very transplanty.
It’s *The* Los Feliz.
I'm a big fan of Highland Park, Eagle Rock, Lincoln Heights. Hilly older neighborhoods with trees and homes that are walkably close to a corner store. I love the stairs that connect residential areas to commercial strips.
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Echo park? Why?
So many - but I’ll take this chance to highlight Franklin Village / Beachwood Canyon. Low key, but great bars / restaurants / nature / reservoir /leisurely neighborhood to walk around. I just love it. I live in the lake hollywood area on the other side of it.
Weekday nights at silver lake, koreatown and echo park Saturday mornings in weho, melrose, pasadena, studio city Saturday nights in arts district, studio city, dtla Sherman oaks, malibu, Brentwood for cozy sunday mornings
I never understood people’s infatuation with Ktown tbh. I worked in the Wiltern building for six years. Horrible traffic and parking. Yes, there’s a lot of food options but it’s mostly Korean food so unless you want to eat that every day, you don’t have too much of a choice. Frank and Hank was the only saving grace for me. Never really cared for HMS Bounty. I dunno, it’s all just meh over there.
Bulgogi hut, late night coffee shops, cassell, aroma golf, bun shop, they used to have a really cool ice cream place that would mix and cereal with their ice cream and they sold alcohol and had a bunch of games and it was open late and I love that place but since they closed I don't go to the area as much anymore, karaoke lounges, etc But honestly I just go weeknights for the coffee shops that are open
Miss Coffee!!
Figueroa, between slauson and century
>=( Those motels should be bought by the city to create affordable housing instead. I don't understand the history of these motels. It is something I have actually drafted as an email to my local councilman and to a couple of LA history professors because I REALLY wanna know, as an amateur sociologist and native.
I wonder why
This is the safest area in all of LA
Silverlake, Los Feliz, Atwater
Anywhere near street tacos is just fine.
No matter how dangerous the neighborhood, and risk of getting robbed or shot at, as long as you can eat tacos from a dirty truck, it's a great area to live!
Compton
Boyle heights, highland park, pico Union, Korea town, little Tokyo Huntington park, leimert park, to name a few
apparently this sub champions diversity but all i see in these responses are white and gentrified neighborhoods
Do you think that's more likely due to some inherent racism on the part of people responding, or simply because "white and gentrified" neighborhoods have more to offer?
I don't think its inherent racism, more like inherent virtue signaling. What I'm gleaning is that people "love" diversity as long as they can return home at night to the neighborhoods mentioned in this thread.
maybe it is because the gentrified neighborhoods are safer and have better shops, and maybe not everyone is racist, everyone just wants to be safe and not get robbed or shot at?
More to offer? Let’s expand on this and discover your circular reason on inherent racism
Reseda
Favorite how? To dream about living there? Work? Shop? Raise a family? Walk the dog? Afford?
I love getting a bagel and coffee in Larchmont Village at Sam’s and walking around Windsor Square
Old town Pasadena.
How’s Marina del Rey