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I spent alot of time in Newport in my youth ( my aunt had a small house on the peninsula and I grew up in OC) and can say that Newport has many different lifestyles, all relatively unaffordable. You can have a small apt. over a garage on the peninsula, a small cottage on Balboa Island, a a yacht parked in your backyard on Lido Isle, a ranch in Newport's back bay, a teardown in Corona del Mar on a small lot, or a mansion on the golf course or on Spyglass hill or along the cliffs in Corona del Mar. All top tier, and all very different from each other. Newport for the most part tends to be a little pretentious.
Manhattan Beach is also expensive, but has more normal houses and a smaller area. Less pretentious but pricey. I would honestly take Manhattan Beach over Newport at this point, since the pretense is less and the access to LA is better.
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I think you would be hard pressed to find any properties selling for $25M++ in Gardena or Hawthorne (lol) as you would in SoBe (couldn’t even find any in Manhattan Beach on Zillow)... you might be conflating a 10 block stretch of touristy Ocean Drive, which suffered spring break disruptions that was confined to that area (caused mainly by out of town visitors...and nothing compared to the citywide damage caused in LA from the summer BLM protests, caused mainly by locals) as being representative of all of South Beach— which it is not. The average home price (talking Manhattan Beach) is more expensive but the high end, exclusive “dream address” ones are not.
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I'm glad someone pointed this out.
At this point Gardena and Hawthorne are likely more expensive than "South Beach" as well.
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I lived in and near the area during the time Dennis Rodman purposely moved into Newport Beach to pis* off the conservative white neighbors, threw loud parties at his home resulting in 28 noise complaints and fines (he was also an owner of a bar—Josh Slocum’s), and even landed a helicopter on the beach. Back in his Carmen Electra days. Used to run into him quite a bit at the gym—quite the character and an outlier for an otherwise close to the vest community, except when discussing material possessions.
Talk about pretense—before I moved to CA I had a job interview with Hunt Wesson. The brand manager whom I first met with offered the following without my asking: “I live in Newport Beach and drive a Porsche”...glad I got a job elsewhere and didn’t have to deal with such a dbag.
I suppose if one wanted to own a boat but live in Manhattan Beach they could dock it in Redondo Beach or Marina del Rey.
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I spent alot of time in Newport in my youth ( my aunt had a small house on the peninsula and I grew up in OC) and can say that Newport has many different lifestyles, all relatively unaffordable. You can have a small apt. over a garage on the peninsula, a small cottage on Balboa Island, a a yacht parked in your backyard on Lido Isle, a ranch in Newport's back bay, a teardown in Corona del Mar on a small lot, or a mansion on the golf course or on Spyglass hill or along the cliffs in Corona del Mar. All top tier, and all very different from each other. Newport for the most part tends to be a little pretentious.
Manhattan Beach is also expensive, but has more normal houses and a smaller area. Less pretentious but pricey. I would honestly take Manhattan Beach over Newport at this point, since the pretense is less and the access to LA is better.
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Both are very nice and quite upscale. I would happily live in either.
Newport has better beaches and a wonderful coastline by CDM. Also - has the little islands like Balboa and Lido that are cool. "nightlife" is better here. Newport is also a good option for Republicans.
Manhattan Beach is super charming. It has a noticeably different vibe to LA, but it's very conveniently close to LAX and reasonable drive to the Westside of LA. It's politically more suited for Democrats. Feels more family oriented.
At this point Gardena and Hawthorne are likely more expensive than "South Beach" as well.
Not quite. Median sale price per square foot in Gardena is $486 whereas it is $518 in Miami Beach (likely higher in SB but they are grouped into one - same city).
I’d pick Manhattan Beach, as it would be closer to the amenities in Los Angeles County that I would prefer to be closer to. But, there’s certainly nothing wrong with Newport, it’s a great area.
There are snakes in Manhattan Beach and Newport Beach?
And geckos.
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