Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > California > Los Angeles
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 03-06-2008, 09:53 AM
 
11 posts, read 27,717 times
Reputation: 10

Advertisements

I visited Santa Monica over the weekend for a job interview that Monday. I went out on Sunday night in Santa Monica, walked up and down Hollywood Blvd on Monday, and walked the beach/boardwalk from Santa Monica pier to Venice pier on Tuesday. I must say I was surprised to not see any attractive girls at all. All I saw were weirdoes, crazies, and bums. I was amazed at the bum infestation in the beach areas and shopping areas of Santa Monica. It seemed that it was almost 50/50 bum/non-bum ratio (maybe a little exaggerated). I’ll be a single guy when I start a job at 10990 Wilshire in Brentwood in May. What area do you suggest for nightlife? I’d rather live closer to the beaches but need to live in a nice neighborhood. Looking to spend around $1,500 month for a 1 bedroom. Thanks!
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 03-06-2008, 10:54 AM
 
Location: South Bay
7,226 posts, read 22,093,996 times
Reputation: 3626
Santa Monica is a great place for the young and single. Unfortunately, it looks as if you ended up in all the tourist areas of LA, which of course brings the highest concentration of the homeless. Outside of the 3rd St. Promenade and Venice, you really won't see too many homeless people. And if you do, they don't really ask for money. Regarding nightlife, there are hubs all over the westside for all different types of people.

Regarding where you end up living, since you're job is in Westwood, I strongly suggest that you live close. Wilshire is the busiest street in the city, especially when you're near UCLA. However, if you do choose to commute, you'll definitely want to come from the west. Since you're rent budget is $1500, you will be priced out of most of Santa Monica, so you may want to consider West LA (south of wilshire, north of santa monica blvd, west of the 405, and east of Bundy). You'll have no problem finding an apartment in your range in this area. There's not necessarily a lot of night life in this area, but many places are a short cab ride away. You may be able to find something closer to the beach for $1500, but its going to be difficult.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-06-2008, 01:51 PM
 
2 posts, read 8,107 times
Reputation: 10
Check out Manhattan or Hermosa Beach if you want to see high concentrations of attractive women ... however rent is high. On the westside, Westwood is not bad neither.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-06-2008, 02:10 PM
 
Location: South Bay
7,226 posts, read 22,093,996 times
Reputation: 3626
The most attractive woman in southern california are not in LA, theyre in orange county. Beware though, much more plastic down that way as well.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-06-2008, 06:35 PM
 
Location: The D-M-V area
13,691 posts, read 18,353,152 times
Reputation: 9595
Quote:
Originally Posted by jsc0787 View Post
I visited Santa Monica over the weekend for a job interview that Monday. I went out on Sunday night in Santa Monica, walked up and down Hollywood Blvd on Monday, and walked the beach/boardwalk from Santa Monica pier to Venice pier on Tuesday. I must say I was surprised to not see any attractive girls at all. All I saw were weirdoes, crazies, and bums. I was amazed at the bum infestation in the beach areas and shopping areas of Santa Monica. It seemed that it was almost 50/50 bum/non-bum ratio (maybe a little exaggerated). I’ll be a single guy when I start a job at 10990 Wilshire in Brentwood in May. What area do you suggest for nightlife? I’d rather live closer to the beaches but need to live in a nice neighborhood. Looking to spend around $1,500 month for a 1 bedroom. Thanks!

You must be new around here. Everyone knows that Venice beach is where you specifically go to WATCH the freaks and their freakshows.

Nobody really goes to Venice in the wintertime except tourists looking for the "Baywatch" type girls.

Summer is when everyone comes out to play.

Nobody is walking around half naked in bikinis in March.

Santa Monica caters to bums, again, everyone knows that Santa Monica has always catered to bums. They used to feed them in the morning on Ocean Avenue at that park above PCH.

Good luck apartment hunting!
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-06-2008, 08:32 PM
 
Location: los angeles
5,032 posts, read 12,563,156 times
Reputation: 1508
West Hollywood has very attractive women & lower ratio of men [since most are gay] Paris Hilton types/the "beautiful people."
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-06-2008, 09:42 PM
 
Location: NYC
1,213 posts, read 3,595,075 times
Reputation: 1254
Quote:
Originally Posted by happ View Post
Paris Hilton types/the "beautiful people."
Those types of people irritate me and I try my best to avoid them at all costs. They all look the same: same hairstyle, same clothes, same annoying way of talking, same attitude, same over-sized sunglasses, and same body type.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-06-2008, 11:04 PM
 
Location: los angeles
5,032 posts, read 12,563,156 times
Reputation: 1508
Quote:
Originally Posted by matt345 View Post
Those types of people irritate me and I try my best to avoid them at all costs. They all look the same: same hairstyle, same clothes, same annoying way of talking, same attitude, same over-sized sunglasses, and same body type.
NOT THE ONES I HAVE SEEN classy & too rich
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-07-2008, 12:28 AM
 
Location: Cypress, TX
396 posts, read 1,718,277 times
Reputation: 106
Quote:
Originally Posted by happ View Post
West Hollywood has very attractive women & lower ratio of men [since most are gay] Paris Hilton types/the "beautiful people."
so all the fake girls.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-07-2008, 03:22 AM
 
Location: Los Angeles, which as I understand was once upon a time ago part of the United States of America
849 posts, read 1,037,219 times
Reputation: 314
Quote:
Originally Posted by jsc0787 View Post
I must say I was surprised to not see any attractive girls at all.
Sure you weren't in El Segundo?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Settings
X
Data:
Loading data...
Based on 2000-2020 data
Loading data...

123
Hide US histogram


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > California > Los Angeles

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top