What You Can Rent for $1,950 in Los Angeles Right Now
Crap, I voted for West LA but I change my vote to Palms when I saw the West LA didn’t have assigned parking. Still a decent area on the westside, 2 bedrooms and pretty quiet.
No street parking kills West LA and Silverlake (and it looks kind of sketch based on the intersection) and I wouldn’t live in West Hollywood or Baldwin Hills.
Hey, thank you, and that’s a very fair objection. Obviously I was using super shorthand there, but what I meant was that I think LA is structurally conservative, especially in its land use, and the values that underpin that — undying deference to homeowners, prioritization of private space over public — stem from the early Midwestern population. So that’s what I was going for in that specific instance, but I think you’re right that LA has a unique brand of conservatism that’s a blend of a lot of factors.
Massive West Adams Megaproject Could Bring a Grocery Store and the Area's Tallest Building
Not that this is terribly important, but to the "this is not West Adams" comments, the project is in the West Adams Neighborhood Council’s territory, in the West Adams – Baldwin Hills – Leimert Community Plan Area 1 and inside the LA Times’ boundary map for West Adams 2. Those first two areas are legally recognized by the City of Los Angeles. It is also a few blocks south of West Adams Boulevard.
@guest #49: You know that little "W" on all the Sunset street signs in Silver Lake… that stands for "West". As in the west of downtown, and west of the river. But you’re right, LA spreads west for like 15-20 miles, which is probably why most people started calling the areas directly west of downtown "Central LA".
But don’t take my word for it, check out Wikipedia:
"Silver Lake is a trendy, highly diverse residential and commercial neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, California, known for its restaurants and clubs."
West Adams is one of the most competitive homebuying markets in the U.S.
I see what you are saying. But like I said the West side of West Adams dosen’t seem to be as bad as the rest. West of Chrenshaw or even better west of La Brea don’t seem scary, even at night. Call it the start of gentrification. But you are right, the closer to Culver City, the better. I guess that’s why they are building the 30 story multi use complex at the very edge of West Adams just a block away from Culver City. A 1.5 Billion dollar project is bound to make that side very desirable. and safe.
What's the Dividing Line? Take the Curbed LA East/West Poll
Westside is a state of mind.
The area West of East is Downtown. Going along Wilshire, the area West of Downtown is Koreatown. The area West of Koreatown is Park Mile. The area West of Park Mile is Miracle Mile. The area West of Miracle Mile is "Adjacent" (my name for it – fill in the blank… Miracle Mile Adjacent, Beverly Hills Adjacent, Beverly Grove Adjacent, West Hollywood Adjacent). The area West of that is Beverly Hills; then you get to the Westside.
My personal rule is that the Westside stops where the Soccer Moms refuse to go; it used to be east of La Cienega. Now that we have The Grove in my neighborhood, it is La Brea. When more A-listers move to Hancock Park, it will become Western.
So there could have a West LA subdivision temporarily there west of USC in the day, but since Main is considerably east of that – it suddenly occurred to me that the South Los Angeles/black neighborhood of West LA clearly can not be related to that since Main is considerably east of USC.
Granted, Vermont later became one of the dividing lines, but that further suggests that the West side must have been the neighborhood where the color line had been most recently moved… West.
Will see if I can find more when I finish unpacking my library.
Westside Subway Route Approved, Initial Work to Start Next Year
@Laofanaheim: I think the West Hollywood connector would be used by tourists – it provides a more direct route from Hollywood and Highland to Beverly Hills. Tourists are not interested in going downtown or West Hollywood, but are more likely to use the trains if they are convenient.
The West Hollywood connector would be used by commuters between the valley and west LA. I think the city of West Hollywood should do some work to bump up the priority of that "spur".