What area in LA is most like NYC? (Long Beach: live, bars)

[NJ Brazen_3133]

Originally Posted by Clark Park

What a funny question!

That's like asking "What area in Omaha is most like Bangkok?"

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL Does Omaha have a red light district? If so, I need to check that out.

[NyWriterdude]

Originally Posted by ryanms3030

But still DTLA encompasses maybe 5% of the LA experience and the stuff that is walking distance will get old real fast. Downtown may not be a ghost town like it was as little as 5 years ago but it's really not the prime spot in LA for anything. You can live there but you'll still need a car and spend a lot of time driving to experience LA. As others said embrace it don't try to recreate the NYC experience

Well that is really for the OP to deal with and figure out. In any city with or without cars many people rarely live the parts of town where they work and live.

Visiting a place is one thing, if you're busy working full time you are not going to be touring LA. That's true of any city.

I personally would strongly consider downtown and YES I have been all over the county. It may be a good idea to get in there now before it gets crazy expensive.

[Freddy K]

Originally Posted by Astral_Weeks

I would not call downtown LA a "rough" area. Ten or fifteen years ago perhaps. Yes, avoid Skid Row. But the rest of downtown LA is fine for "urban residential" living with the normal caveats about big city living.

Again to the OP: in Downtown LA you can check out South Park or the very southern portion of the Financial District. Roughly 7th Street (north) to Pico (south) to Harbor Freeway (west) and Hill Street (west).

You might also check out Spring Street (from 4th to 7th Street) in the Historic Core. This is an area with historic office buildings converted to lofts with lots of retail, bars and pedestrian activity (for Los Angeles). The only downside is the proximity to Skid Row (read: homeless). That said, I lived on Spring over ten years ago when it was not "hip" and never had any issues.

Also: you might check out downtown Santa Monica. Not as dense as downtown LA but still very walkable and cleaner than downtown LA.

Yea, I go to South Park alot. There's nothing scary about it at all. You see more professional types than anything.

[YoungTraveler2011]

I would say 90210 would be very much like Manhattan.

See it for yourself:

[sav858]

Here: https://www.google.com/maps/@34.1407...1!1e3?hl=en-US

[NativeOrange]

Originally Posted by ryanms3030

But still DTLA encompasses maybe 5% of the LA experience and the stuff that is walking distance will get old real fast. Downtown may not be a ghost town like it was as little as 5 years ago but it's really not the prime spot in LA for anything. You can live there but you'll still need a car and spend a lot of time driving to experience LA. As others said embrace it don't try to recreate the NYC experience

I disagree. How can you get bored when there is literally a new restaurant, bar or retail establishment opening every other week downtown?

[LuvSouthOC]

West Hollywood has a bit of a West Village vibe.

[SpaceMonkyPunks]

Koreatown. Dense, diverse, young, never sleeps, rapidly developing upwards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreat...s#Demographics

[theraven24]

Originally Posted by SpaceMonkyPunks

Koreatown. Dense, diverse, young, never sleeps, rapidly developing upwards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreat...s#Demographics

"Never sleeps" is a stretch... A long one. I've been in both Koreatown and NYC in the wee hours of the morning, and there's really no comparison.

OP, DTLA is your best shot, but as everyone else said, you will be very disappointed if you look for NYC in L.A. They are opposite in many ways.

[YoungTraveler2011]

Originally Posted by theraven24

"Never sleeps" is a stretch... A long one. I've been in both Koreatown and NYC in the wee hours of the morning, and there's really no comparison.

OP, DTLA is your best shot, but as everyone else said, you will be very disappointed if you look for NYC in L.A. They are opposite in many ways.

I lived in Manhattan for a year. The city is absolutely dead after 9pm.

The only areas where you might find people are the touristy areas.