Living in San Pedro (Los Angeles, Long Beach: fit in, condo, how much)

[dajohnson99]

Hello everyone, I'm currently looking for a house in different areas of LA and I'd really like to be in a coastal location. While I can afford to live in places like Santa Monica, and all the beach cities - I am wondering if San Pedro might be an area where I might see an increase in value over time? Do any of you think that it will gentrify over time or stay the way it is?

My other concern is safety...specifically Dodson Ave right near the Mormon Church. Is this a safe area?

Thanks!

[CalEhBrent]

Its gritty but I have some friends there and they love it. Try to stay as close as you can to the PV end of it.

By no means is it anything like Manhattan or Hermosa, but to many people that could be seen as a positive!

[dajohnson99]

Originally Posted by CalEhBrent

Its gritty but I have some friends there and they love it. Try to stay as close as you can to the PV end of it.

By no means is it anything like Manhattan or Hermosa, but to many people that could be seen as a positive!

I see you live in Manhattan Beach. What about it do you like and why did you choose to live there opposed to other coastal areas?

[socal88]

I'd avoid San Pedro if you can. Along with nearby Wilmington and Long Beach, it is one of the few coastal areas that are higher crime.

While I wouldn't call San Pedro wholly unsafe, it's not exactly the safest. Gangs do exist in the area. Although as noted, there are nicer parts of the area by PV.

If you can afford to live in other coastal areas like Santa Monica, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, then go for those areas.

I don't see much gentrification happening because it's far from most core job centers and happening areas unlike most parts of LA going through gentrification. Great areas hold their value better than marginal areas during downturns and will shoot up in value again during a bull market.

In essence, buying in San Pedro is a mistake if you afford other beach cities that are safer and nicer.

[JohnG72]

San Pedro has to be just about the worst coastal city in so cal.

Part due to how run down it is, part due to the crime, part due to the proximity of Willmington and the refineries, part due to how much of it is near the harbor, and part due to cabrillo Beach being just about the worst beach in so cal(followed by Dockweiler, Venice, and Santa Monica.)

[CalEhBrent]

Originally Posted by dajohnson99

I see you live in Manhattan Beach. What about it do you like and why did you choose to live there opposed to other coastal areas?

Manhattan Beach is a Tesla compared to San Pedro being a Honda.

Manhattan Beach has better location, far more affluent, almost zero crime, and the best part is that public transit doesn't really get to the beach here which helps keep the riffraff out.

[dajohnson99]

Originally Posted by CalEhBrent

Manhattan Beach is a Tesla compared to San Pedro being a Honda.

Manhattan Beach has better location, far more affluent, almost zero crime, and the best part is that public transit doesn't really get to the beach here which helps keep the riffraff out.

Okay, cool. I would definitely fit in then considering I have a Tesla.

Thanks!

[sacreole]

San Pedro is an old blue-collar neighborhood, reminiscent of the ethnic neighborhoods you would find back East or in the Midwest. So, it definitely has that gritty, working-class feel being home to the Port of Los Angeles. A number of immigrants from Italy, Portugal, Croatia, Norway, Japan as well as blacks and Hispanics settled in San Pedro over the years. It does have its nicer parts toward PV and the ocean. The City has been trying to attract more redevelopment along the waterfront and in the central business district with limited success.

[Exitus Acta Probat]

Have you considered the Seabreeze condo complex? I hear its highly recommended by Eric Garcetti.

[WizardOfRadical]

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