Were Hollywood Hills homes ever affordable? (Los Angeles, Glendale: middle-class, condo, lawyers)

[Nightscape]

Take rightnow for example.6:15pm. I live near the foot of the hills in Sherman Oaks and I wouldn't think twice to walk 5 minutes to the grocery store or drive out to buy milk if I needed to.

If I lived further up in the hills of Beverly Glen or Laurel Canyon, there's no way in hell I would even think about traversing down in either direction for a gallon of milk. Even if there is no traffic, while being a beautiful area to live, theres an inconvenience being secluded from any amenities.

[jm1982]

That's why you hire "help" ...or spend money on delivery services like Amazon Fresh ,etc lol

[MordinSolus]

Originally Posted by Nightscape

Take rightnow for example.6:15pm. I live near the foot of the hills in Sherman Oaks and I wouldn't think twice to walk 5 minutes to the grocery store or drive out to buy milk if I needed to.

If I lived further up in the hills of Beverly Glen or Laurel Canyon, there's no way in hell I would even think about traversing down in either direction for a gallon of milk. Even if there is no traffic, while being a beautiful area to live, theres an inconvenience being secluded from any amenities.

5 more minutes on the road each way is an insurmountable inconvenience? I guess I'm just not as impatient.

[Ingenere]

I live in laurel canyon. If you are an adult and capable of thinking a few hours ahead of time, you go to the grocery store on the way home from work. In the instance that you forgot or need something unexpected, you go to the Country Store on Laurel cyn blvd.

The best part of the hills is that you feel secluded but you really aren't.

[jm1982]

Originally Posted by Ingenere

I live in laurel canyon. If you are an adult and capable of thinking a few hours ahead of time, you go to the grocery store on the way home from work. In the instance that you forgot or need something unexpected, you go to the Country Store on Laurel cyn blvd.

The best part of the hills is that you feel secluded but you really aren't.

Or have one of the servants go out and fetch it for you , right?

[LuvSouthOC]

Originally Posted by wehotex

Like immediately off of Laurel Cyn? Near the Caiote Cafe area? Did the area have city services like sewage, water, etc? Was it more expensive than say Burbank, Los Feliz or Glendale?

I was too small to know but the prices doubled or tripled almost overnight in 1976-1979. I think to about 500K. I know Glendale was much cheaper. Los Feliz I think was decaying at that time, although it had previously been very nice, it had since decayed by the 1970s (and didn't see a revival until more recently). RE Laurel Canyon, my mom STILL mentions that Jerry Brown lived in neighboring Laurel Canyon. I don't know where. It was kind of junky looking in Laurel Canyon then, with not very well kept houses on stilts, etc.

We had Major Bradley over to our house once. He was seeing a mistress in Encino whom we knew. Good times. Office on Wilshire; I guess they thought they'd arrived.

When we would finally got down the hill, and into Hollywood, my mom used to tell me watch out for those "men in tight red t-shirts" who are deviants.

I used to walk into Hollywood on my own(sunburned by the time I walked there), but hey, a kid's gotta travel. Oh and I was never molested by one of those 'deviants'. It was a different time then and pretty safe IMO. I last went to my old hood a few months ago and saw the old Jewish bakery near where they had 10 cent Thrifty's ice cream across the street. While there, I saw a guy peeing on the street!

[Cinema Cat]

Originally Posted by MordinSolus

You're in for a drive to get anywhere in LA no matter where you live. It's a sprawling city.

Not true. I live and work in Santa Monica. I only use my car once or twice a month. Sometimes a month goes by and I never use it. I walk everywhere. Vons is only a mile away, an easy walk which I do a couple of times a week. Whole Foods is even closer.

[wehotex]

Originally Posted by LuvSouthOC

I was too small to know but the prices doubled or tripled almost overnight in 1976-1979. I think to about 500K. I know Glendale was much cheaper. Los Feliz I think was decaying at that time, although it had previously been very nice, it had since decayed by the 1970s (and didn't see a revival until more recently). RE Laurel Canyon, my mom STILL mentions that Jerry Brown lived in neighboring Laurel Canyon. I don't know where. It was kind of junky looking in Laurel Canyon then, with not very well kept houses on stilts, etc.

We had Major Bradley over to our house once. He was seeing a mistress in Encino whom we knew. Good times. Office on Wilshire; I guess they thought they'd arrived.

When we would finally got down the hill, and into Hollywood, my mom used to tell me watch out for those "men in tight red t-shirts" who are deviants.

I used to walk into Hollywood on my own(sunburned by the time I walked there), but hey, a kid's gotta travel. Oh and I was never molested by one of those 'deviants'. It was a different time then and pretty safe IMO. I last went to my old hood a few months ago and saw the old Jewish bakery near where they had 10 cent Thrifty's ice cream across the street. While there, I saw a guy peeing on the street!

Wow, what a story!! did you mean "Mayor Bradley" (Tom) or Major Bradley (Omar)?

What would cause such an enormous price increase? when I was a kid back in Texas, I remember that Johnny Carson mentioned that there were a lot of Persians in the area (circa early 80s), but now that I live here, I realize that he was probably referring to Beverly Hills, Westwood and Brentwood.

[MordinSolus]

Originally Posted by Cinema Cat

Not true. I live and work in Santa Monica. I only use my car once or twice a month. Sometimes a month goes by and I never use it. I walk everywhere. Vons is only a mile away, an easy walk which I do a couple of times a week. Whole Foods is even closer.

You walk to the grocery store? Do you go several times a week or just not buy much there?

[Cinema Cat]

Originally Posted by MordinSolus

You walk to the grocery store? Do you go several times a week or just not buy much there?

Santa Monica has had a plastic bag ban for several years now. And I refuse to pay the 10 cents per paper bag, as required by law.

So instead, I carry a (folded up) canvas bag in a pocket at all times. Several times a week, when I pass a Vons or Whole Foods, I shop. I buy only as many items as will fit into that one canvas bag.