east arts village,long beach,CA???????/?
i am a young female and me and my freind would really like to move to LA and im researching some areas i would want to live and would really like to know some details about some specific places from people who have actually lived there(or know someone who did).pease give as much info as you can about:
-east arts village,long beach
-venice beach
-manhattan beach
-ectttttt.
if you could tell me about the crime/safeness of the area. the funness of the area and maybe some info about the homes (iknow all apartments in LA are expensive bt are they less expensive in EAV?)
also im a really artsy/hipster/skater-ish/weird/music-loving/funny female and if you know of any other areas in LA that you think would suit me please tell me:D thaaaaaaannkkkkkssss!
(if your gonna be rude and dumb dont even bother answering…. taaankkkkssss)
It’s the East Village Arts District. It’s an island in the middle of a shady area. It’s at least 2 miles from Belmont Shore which is a much nicer part of Long Beach. Belmont Shore doesn’t have dozens of paroled sex offenders like the East Village and it’s surrounding area. Look at www.crimereports.com and click the ‘sex offender’ button to see them all and the crime in the East Village. It’s cheap for a reason. It’s a cool neighborhood, but the huge number of sex offenders gives me the creeps. 4th Street Retro Row in Long Beach would be a safer place to live.
Venice Beach has million dollar homes and extremely poor gang infested parts. There is a huge homeless population in Venice Beach. If they’re not sleeping in the parks than they are sleeping in the rattiest, most torn up looking RV you have ever seen in front of the multimillion dollar beach front homes.
Manhattan Beach is very nice although it’s home to several pro athletes which means it’s expensive.
As the old saying goes, Los Angeles is 72 suburbs in search of a city. There are too many places to list and you’ll need to visit before you make the leap of moving out here. You can have a nice neighborhood and then 2 blocks over it’s the ghetto. The unemployment rate is extremely high here and rent for a 1-bedroom in a neighborhood that isn’t scary will be at least $1000 per month. That apartment will be old and it won’t have a/c, dishwasher, washer/dryer, garbage disposal or even parking. Most of the apartment parking here is on the street. Nice beach communities will be a lot more expensive than $1000 a month, you’ll be looking at paying at least $1600 per month. Long Beach isn’t considered a nice beach community so it’s cheaper.
Since you like art/hipster scum/ weird music look into the inland neighborhoods of Echo Park, parts of downtown Los Angeles, Sunset Junction, West Hollywood, Silver Lake, Atwater and Los Feliz. They still have their very shady areas so you need to look at the neighborhoods at night too.
You’ll find out that the people that live on the immediate coast and the people that live inland are 2 very different breeds. Beach cities are surf culture and inland is city culture.
All of the places I mentioned have websites.
http://www.lalife.com/ is another website that ranks LA neighborhoods by their crime rate.
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