Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Most of these places are on the Westside. Hollywood is obviously Westside. LACMA and the Getty and most of the cultural heavyweights are on the Westside. Mid-Wilshire is Westside (and not that important in the greater scheme of things). Koreatown isn't downtown nor Westside (and also not that important). Same goes for USC, Expo Park and the Coliseum (and what these places have to do with the question is beyond me).
Obviously the big attractions in LA are almost all Westside. Santa Monica, Venice, Malibu, Brentwood, Bel Air, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Hollywood, Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Mid-Wilshire are all Westside. These are the most prime neighborhoods, with the most desirable housing, the most office space, the most and nicest hotels, the biggest attractions, 95% of the shopping, restaurants, etc. This is "LA" to the world, at least in terms of public image. It's the "Manhattan" of LA.
Quote:
Hollywood is obviously Westside. LACMA and the Getty and most of the cultural heavyweights are on the Westside. Mid-Wilshire is Westside (and not that important in the greater scheme of things). Koreatown isn't downtown nor Westside (and also not that important)
Obviously the big attractions in LA are almost all Westside.
Looks like according to TripAdvisor.com 4 out of the 30 top things to do for visitors are located on the Westside of Los Angeles. Most of the rest are either located in Central LA or DTLA.
Last edited by jamills21; 06-06-2015 at 06:59 PM..
Looks like according to TripAdvisor.com 4 out of the 30 top things to do for visitors are located on the Westside of Los Angeles. Most of the rest are either located in Central LA or DTLA.
A common joke is that Westsiders hate venturing east of the 405. Now I'm being told (by an outsider) that Hollywood is part of the Westside .
The Westside, as it's commonly known, begins at the easternmost borders of Beverly Hills and ends at the beach. Quintessential Westside neighborhoods include Westwood, Santa Monica, West LA, Sawtelle, and Brentwood.
Since the boundaries are unofficial, Westsiders sometimes co-opt WeHo and Fairfax/Miracle Mile when it's convenient--to make the region seem like it has more culture and nightlife than it actually does.
Last edited by RaymondChandlerLives; 06-06-2015 at 07:48 PM..
Most of these places are on the Westside. Hollywood is obviously Westside. LACMA and the Getty and most of the cultural heavyweights are on the Westside. Mid-Wilshire is Westside (and not that important in the greater scheme of things). Koreatown isn't downtown nor Westside (and also not that important). Same goes for USC, Expo Park and the Coliseum (and what these places have to do with the question is beyond me).
Obviously the big attractions in LA are almost all Westside. Santa Monica, Venice, Malibu, Brentwood, Bel Air, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Hollywood, Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Mid-Wilshire are all Westside. These are the most prime neighborhoods, with the most desirable housing, the most office space, the most and nicest hotels, the biggest attractions, 95% of the shopping, restaurants, etc. This is "LA" to the world, at least in terms of public image. It's the "Manhattan" of LA.
I know it's not downtown. I tried to fit that in when I said it was on the eastern edge of the city limits, but I was not trying to include it with the areas I mentioned. I was just pointing out the differences.
Looks like according to TripAdvisor.com 4 out of the 30 top things to do for visitors are located on the Westside of Los Angeles. Most of the rest are either located in Central LA or DTLA.
I'll go with what the natives are saying and bifurcate West LA and Central LA. But Tripadvisor's Top 30 things had only 1 thing downtown (Staples Center), and #30 was "concerts" with a picture of Disney Concert Hall (downtown) but a description that left this bullet up to a bunch of venues around town (Greek Theater was a separate bullet). A fair amount of things were West/Central LA.
For the record, the Top 30 things for SF had very few things downtown, as well...instead choosing to highlight things like "Walt Disney Family Museum" in the Presidio and "Twin Peaks" (the city's version of Griffith Observatory).
Most of these places are on the Westside. Hollywood is obviously Westside. LACMA and the Getty and most of the cultural heavyweights are on the Westside. Mid-Wilshire is Westside (and not that important in the greater scheme of things). Koreatown isn't downtown nor Westside (and also not that important). Same goes for USC, Expo Park and the Coliseum (and what these places have to do with the question is beyond me).
Obviously the big attractions in LA are almost all Westside. Santa Monica, Venice, Malibu, Brentwood, Bel Air, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Hollywood, Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Mid-Wilshire are all Westside. These are the most prime neighborhoods, with the most desirable housing, the most office space, the most and nicest hotels, the biggest attractions, 95% of the shopping, restaurants, etc. This is "LA" to the world, at least in terms of public image. It's the "Manhattan" of LA.
You listed Malibu twice, and you left out Glendale and Culver City.
As usual, you pretend to know more than you actually do - but you are always very entertaining.
SF. Hands down. It's a small city. Extremely overrated. Yet the residents act like it's the center of the universe, everything else sucks, LA is the giantest POS every created, NYC is a fake version of SF, and if you disagree by believing any other city on earth is better, you opinion is deemed wrong and you're ridiculed.
Now I'm sure lots of people like that exist in NYC, but at least NYC blows SF away in nearly every single aspect and is, without a doubt, the better and more global city. Basically almost everything SF can do, NYC can do better, so they have the right to say they're better. In SF, everywhere is bad and wrong and you're wrong if you think any other city can possibly be better.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
. 
