Best neighborhoods in Los Angeles
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Ranked 1st best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"A Well Named Neighborhood"
- ValleyGirlTori
Nestled up against the southern border of Griffith Park, Los Felix is one of the three neighborhoods in the area I like to call “Hipster Heaven.” I say this because lately the skinny jeaned, vintage...
Ranked 2nd best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"Neverland, Mickey Mouse, and Bunny Ears"
- ValleyGirlTori
Beverly Crest is the hillside neighborhood that sprawls along the Santa Monica mountains around Coldwater Canyon Blvd., just north of Beverly Hills. Coldwater is a major north south artery from the V...
Ranked 3rd best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"Cedars, Melrose, Renoirs and a Trip Down Amnesia Lane"
- ValleyGirlTori
Apologies for yet another monster size review, but there is just so much here.
Mid-City West is actually what most Los Angelinos call a number of neighborhoods with several other names: Beverly Gro...
Ranked 4th best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"Little something for all"
- doyerdog
Ventura Blvd is one of my favorite thoroughways in L.A. It spans so far and wide, and literally has everything you could be looking for, whether its shopping, eating, movies, exercise, people-watching...
Ranked 5th best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"The Dream Machine"
- ValleyGirlTori
I apologize in advance for the monster review, but this area is at least two distinct sections—the Hills and the Flats. The Flats is the part everyone knows about—the Hills are the part that people h...
Ranked 6th best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"Go Bruins!"
- ValleyGirlTori
This was my alma-mater, so it holds a special place in my heart. I don’t know if I would call this the best college town ever—in fact, it is in many ways not a college town at all. It certainly does...
Ranked 7th best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"Swanky Hotel City LA"
- ValleyGirlTori
The New Downtown is a swanky hotel city. It includes a dense number of fancy international hotels such as The Standard, the Biltmore and the Sheraton. All very upscale and filled with a UN’s worth o...
Ranked 8th best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"Awesome neighborhood"
- JenMac
Silver Triangle is a part of Venice located just east of the Canal area. This is one of the most desirable neighborhoods in the city as far as beach living goes. The streets are comprised of little...
Ranked 9th best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"Extravagant and Family Oriented"
- hopealcocer
When researching Brentwood, be sure not to confuse Brentwood in LA with Brentwood in San Francisco.
This area is beautiful, absolutely beautiful! While much of LA is geared toward a younger crowd, t...
Ranked 10th best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"Walk to work in Century City"
- Lynne Pope
The Best City within the City of Los Angeles is not downtown. It’s Century City. The obvious fact is that it is a truly planned and well-designed community. The land area was sold from 20th Century F...
Ranked 11th best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"West LA is One of the Keys to the City."
- Mary Healy
West Los Angeles is a gem of an area, topped by its central accessibility to the rest of Los Angeles. Just minutes from Santa Monica Beach and local to Venice, and Malibu, it has a great mixture of al...
Ranked 12th best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"Unique, Creative, Artsy, Architecture"
- Lynne Pope
Discovering Silverlake. The panoramic views and charm of this unique city place it as a top place to know about. The beauty of looking at the ocean and the lake is possible from some spots. Everyone...
Ranked 13th best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"Quietly Changing Neighborhood"
- ValleyGirlTori
Rancho Park is a diverse middle-class neighborhood. Although it is a majority white neighborhood, there is strong representation from Asian and Hispanic community. Like in many of the neighborhoods...
Ranked 14th best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"Palisades Highlands-- Stunning homes and views."
- sabines
Palisades Highlands is one of the most coveted and safest neighborhoods, located between Santa Monica and Malibu, in Pacific Palisades. It is in the northern region, located in the upper Santa Ynez Ca...
Ranked 15th best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"LA's Reprieve "
- hopealcocer
This is not only rated the #1 area of LA by StreetAdvisor, but by visitors and residents who have experienced what Elysian Park has to offer. Nearly 15 miles from the famous Dodger Stadium, Elysian Pa...
Ranked 16th best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"A great neighborhhood in LA, up-and-coming, getting pricey"
- Esodmumixam
Mar Vista has become a great family neighborhood, essentially because families that could not afford great Westside areas (West LA, Santa Monica, etc...) have moved in to the area. Also, there are a l...
Ranked 17th best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"Venice is a beachfront neighborhood on the Westside of Los A..."
- Nancy Poertner
Venice Beach is known for the canals, beaches and two-and-a-half-mile pedestrian-only beachfront stretch that features performers, fortune-tellers, artists, and vendors. It is a mixed bag, and not for...
Ranked 18th best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"A Diverse Area"
- JenMac
Mid-Wilshire is an interesting neighborhood because it's comprised of several very different neighborhoods. Some of the areas are great and some of the areas are not so great. But, most of the neigh...
Ranked 19th best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"Strong Echoes of Bohemian Past"
- ValleyGirlTori
I should have mentioned Echo Park as part of “Hipster Heaven,” the set of neighborhoods in this section of LA that has a high percentage of the skinny-jeaned, vintage shirt wearing crowd. It definite...
Ranked 20th best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"Magnet for Young Couples"
- ValleyGirlTori
Glassell Park is a middle-class, majority Latino neighborhood just south of Glendale where Forest Lawn cemetery is located. It is a sprawling neighborhood with a variety of different types of homes f...