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
"Beautiful and Serene"
- JenMac
Pacific Palisades is gorgeous: there cannot be any arguments there. It is one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Los Angeles, and, boy, don't they let you know it. The Palisades are nestled in the...
Ranked 5th 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 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
"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 9th 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 10th best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"One of the best neighborhoods in Los Angeles"
- JenMac
Venice used to be a little sketchy until about five years ago. Now, it is my favorite neighborhood in the city; and, is widely considered the coolest and most vibrant. The beach isn't exactly clean...
Ranked 11th 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 12th best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"Inland Marina Del Rey"
- ValleyGirlTori
Playa Vista is a small middle class neighborhood to the east of Marina Del Rey. Its northern half is sometimes designated Del Rey. Overall is is nice quiet diverse neighborhood although it does have...
Ranked 13th best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"A Diverse Eco-Friendly Neighborhood"
- ValleyGirlTori
Mar Vista is the neighborhood just inland from Venice. It is a nice middle class community, with a good mix of younger couples and older longtime residents. 3 out of 5 households rent in the area bu...
Ranked 14th best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"Definitely the hippest"
- JenMac
Silver Lake is pretty awesome, in my opinion. It used to be an utter slum until about 10 years ago and now it's one of my favorite places in Los Angeles. A lot of the apartments are old and have glo...
Ranked 15th 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 16th 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 17th 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...
Ranked 18th best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"Nice but sleepy"
- JenMac
Grenada Hills is a community in the Valley that is quite up and out of the way. The closest freeway is the 118 and not a lot of people really use this freeway. Some Angelenos have never even heard o...
Ranked 19th best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"CSUN, the Mall, and Lots of Choices"
- ValleyGirlTori
Northridge is best known to outsiders as the site of the earthquake that happened a few years ago. Northridge is a great northern Valley city however with a lot to offer as far as Valley living goes....
Ranked 20th best neighborhood in Los Angeles
"Under Rated"
- ValleyGirlTori
Touching the southeastern portion of Echo Lake, Angelino Heights is often considered a part of Echo Park which surrounds its eastern end. This is largely a low income residential neighborhood, altho...