Top 10 Best Places to Live in LA (Los Angeles, Long Beach: apartments, condo)

[TheRealAngelion]

Originally Posted by majoun

Why isn't Culver City on that list.

I didn't include any cities or communities that did not have at least one public high school with a "Great Schools" rating of 8 or better on a scale of 1-10. Culver City High School's rating is 6 and Culver Park High School is 3

[majoun]

Originally Posted by TheRealAngelion

El Camino Real Senior High School in Woodland Hills, Granada Hills Charter High School, and Palisades Charter High School are all within LA city limits and LAUSD and they all have “Great Schools” ratings of 8 on a 1-10 scale.

By the way, most of Brentwood is in the Pali High attendance area not Uni.

When I went to Uni things were different. Maybe the boundaries changed. It wasn't until I went to SMC that I met Brentwood kids that went to Pali.

Pali being a charter attracts kids from all over LAUSD although there is a preference given to locals.

[TheRealAngelion]

Originally Posted by majoun

When I went to Uni things were different. Maybe the boundaries changed. It wasn't until I went to SMC that I met Brentwood kids that went to Pali.

Pali being a charter attracts kids from all over LAUSD although there is a preference given to locals.

I went to Uni too in the mid to late 80s and Brentwood was served by Paul Revere and Pali. Bel Air, Westwood, BHPO were served by Emerson and Uni.

[UB50]

Ha! What's funny about the list is that there are actually quite a few nice places to live in LA.

[majoun]

Originally Posted by TheRealAngelion

I went to Uni too in the mid to late 80s and Brentwood was served by Paul Revere and Pali. Bel Air, Westwood, BHPO were served by Emerson and Uni.

The school itself is just outside of Brentwood. I was there a few years before you were. I think you're referring to the western part of Brentwood closer to Santa Monica and the Palisades, the southern and eastern parts were in Uni territory.

Revere served both Uni and Pali high schools, just as Webster where I went served both Uni and Venice.

[majoun]

Originally Posted by TheRealAngelion

I didn't include any cities or communities that did not have at least one public high school with a "Great Schools" rating of 8 or better on a scale of 1-10. Culver City High School's rating is 6 and Culver Park High School is 3

Culver, although according to my neighbors is still better than the LAUSD schools surrounding it, generally is accepted as not being what it used to be. That's one reason why Culver City's population of children is declining. Although that's not necessarily a correlation with the school declining ; the entire west side - even including parts of Santa Monica ; Ocean Park is virtually child-free now - is becoming a child free zone. I imagine its a harbinger of what is to come in many other parts of LA in the future, just like in SF.

[TheRealAngelion]

Originally Posted by majoun

The school itself is just outside of Brentwood. I was there a few years before you were. I think you're referring to the western part of Brentwood closer to Santa Monica and the Palisades, the southern and eastern parts were in Uni territory.

Revere served both Uni and Pali high schools, just as Webster where I went served both Uni and Venice.

When I went to Uni there was hardly anyone who came from Revere. I can't recall a single person. The feeder schools were primarily Emerson and Webster.

And I would agree that the southern portions of Brentwood were in Uni territory, but all portions north of Sunset and west of Bundy (the best areas)were definitely in Pali territory.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by majoun

the entire west side - even including parts of Santa Monica ; Ocean Park is virtually child-free now - is becoming a child free zone.

Why do you think this is?

[majoun]

Originally Posted by Charles

Why do you think this is?

Because of the high price of living there (more so than even LA in general), and in the case of the LAUSD areas, wanting to avoid public schools. And this includes Brentwood ; the last few times I was in Brentwood, to go to Dutton's Books, there were very few children.

In the case of southwestern Santa Monica (Ocean Park), the schools are good but the cost of living in SM is super expensive and the area is really geared more towards singles, as opposed to the rest of SM which still has families with kids. (The school issue is one of the reasons why SM is so highly in demand.)

[majoun]

Originally Posted by TheRealAngelion

When I went to Uni there was hardly anyone who came from Revere. I can't recall a single person. The feeder schools were primarily Emerson and Webster.

And I would agree that the southern portions of Brentwood were in Uni territory, but all portions north of Sunset and west of Bundy (the best areas)were definitely in Pali territory.

I.e. the areas closer to Santa Monica or the Palisades. But more of Brentwood's population lives between Wilshire and Sunset than north of Sunset in the hills and canyons.

I knew some people who went from Revere to Uni. Maybe something changed in the time between when I was there and when you were there.

While we're talking schools, I don't know if this can still be done, but for parents on the westside who don't want their kids attending LAUSD comprehensives and who can't get them into charters or magnets, is it still possible for a teen to take the High School Equivalency Exam and thus go straight to SMC? Due to LAUSD bureaucracy foulups (yes, even then!), I was threatened with having to repeat a grade, so I took the "proficiency test" in order to go to SMC. As it was, the bureaucrats got my records in order and I wound up graduating, but I did have friends who did exactly this and wound up going to SMC rather than taking 11th or 12th grade classes. As I don't have kids, no one in my family has kids in SoCal, and those who have kids and live in NorCal live in areas with good public schools, I don't know the answer to this one.