2006-08-13 10:20:06 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Los Angeles
Hey!
Are we talking houses or apartments? Renting or buying?
www.craigslist.org is the best site to search for apartments. (and houses, and jobs, and furniture, and pets!!)
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/apa/
All the apartments on sites like rent.com and apartments.com are just going to be fancy apartments that can spend money on advertising.
The BEST thing about Los Angeles is that there are apartments EVERYWHERE. There are probably more apartments than houses! You just have to really look around.
If you are looking to buy a home I suggest you try www.ziprealty.com and look into areas such as Palmdale and San Bernadino which are near Los Angeles and a bit cheaper. Oh Pomona is pretty cheap also.
Gas Prices
Currently $3.40 - $3.90
Rent
1 bedroom ranges from $700 - 1400 depending on area
2 bedroom ranges from $900 - 2200 depedning on area
Average 1 bedroom is probably $1100, average 2 bedroom probably $1500
Bills
Are suposed to be a little higher than average but I'm not really sure
Traffic
HORRIBLE TERRIBLE HORRIBLE . Taking the bus is many times better - and cheaper. $52 bucks a month gets you unlimited rides. And if you are going to be at UCLA and on the Westside alot then another $60 for the Santa Monica bus. IF you have a car, parking at UCLA is alot. And of course gas and insurance both are terribly expensive out here.
Neighborhoods
I reccomend Glendale area. Glendale is a bit cheaper than the average but also very nice and very safe. Glendale / Burbank / Pasadena is the best area to live in with regards to both price and quality. Glendale has a local bus for a quarter, rent for 1 bedroom is $800-1000 with Pasadena and Burbank being about $900-1200.
Hollywood is nice if you want a bit more excitement and flavor. Hollywood ranges from really cheap to really expensive. North hollywood is really cheap $700 apartment.
Entertainment
Hundreds of clubs, bars, strip clubs, restaurants, malls, movie theatres, complexs, fairs, festivals, events, etc.etc. It is literally IMPOSSIBLE to be bored in Los Angeles. Whatever type of person you are there is something for you. There are hundreds of different neighborhoods and they are all different in some way. Whatever race you are, whatever weird activities you like, whatever music you like - you will never feel weird or alone in Los Angeles. It is a very exciting place to live. BUT the right area can still be good for families. It is possible to raise good well-rounded kids here if you live in the right area and raise them right.
If you are young or going here for college or don't have kids yet, you'll LOVE it here. It is just a paradise to be young in Los Angeles.
The buses run everywhere so despite what you hear you don't really need a car in L.A. It helps of course but it's so expensive these days to drive that it's nice to always have the bus there to fight traffic for you.
2006-08-13 11:13:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no such thing as cheap and affordable housing in Los Angeles unless of course like the other guy said and you live under a bridge or live in the broughs or really, really bad areas of the city.
2006-08-13 10:49:28 · answer #2 · answered by ETxYellowRose 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2014-08-16 13:39:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Los Angeles is expensive, the only cheap place to live is in public houisng and that is the worst. Take it form me!, I have lived here more tahn 40 years.
2006-08-13 12:10:27 · answer #4 · answered by Happy1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i live outside the city in santa monica and u don't at all want 2 live in inner city l.a. traffic smog and traffic and more smog... so on ia work downtown and it takes me 2-3 hours 2 get 2 work depending on wrecks and traffic and don't go to compton carson east l.a. or watts or south central l.a. if u get in that area when street lights come on get out asap cause u don't want 2 b there unless u like 2 c shootings l.a. is not a fun place 2 live but the beaches r what u come 4 l.a. is nothing but a big smoggy hazzy city well c ya!
2006-08-13 14:40:32 · answer #5 · answered by Tarheelboi1991 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-09 19:22:35 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are looking for a nice affordable housing in California. I would suggest Visalia or Fresno. Housing is affordable and you can continue on at a university. CSU Fresno.
If you are TRULY a Katrina victtim, they have assistance for you on job sites and at universities.
www.caljobs.ca.gov
2006-08-13 11:12:12 · answer #7 · answered by FairyGurl 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Look under a bridge...
2006-08-13 10:25:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask Kato Kaelin.
2006-08-13 10:25:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋