>LA proper, in my opinion is Downtown, Mid City, Inglewood,
>Baldwin Hills, Leimert park, East Los, and South Central. I've
>never lived in any, have friends and family in each.

Trying to move to Downtown/Mid City in the next year. Close to shit, on the come up, but not too white, which brings me to...


>Silverlake, Echo park, and parts of Highland are the
>hipster/creative hubs in the east-ish parts of LA. there first
>is VERY white, the second was a predominately Chicano
>neighborhood that is being rapidly gentrified. one of my
>favorite spots, the Echo (raegge/dub and electronic acts
>perform there and relatively cheap drinks) is there.

When I roll thru Silverlake all I can think is "fuuuuck, so white". But they are very nice gluten free white people.


>Pasadena, Eagle Rock, and Atwater Village (veer far enough
>east in atwater and it gets a lil' grimey old gang areas) are
>working and middle class areas that have there own little
>eateries and performance venues. VERY nice homes to rent or
>buy. mostly White with a good number of Latinos, and some
>brooks brother Blacks

Gotta rep for Dena! It's a little boring tho, great place to raise kids if you aren't in the hood parts. That's why I'm looking to head towards DTLA.

>Hollywood is what the movies show you. outside of Amoeba (huge
>record store, that has everything) it's too loud and active
>for my "tastes". literally celluloid bourgeois opulence next
>to dystopian poverty

I've worked in the heart of Hollywood and it's all a bit too surreal for me. Once I saw a chick in a Wonder Woman costume eating McDonalds by herself. The poverty is ridic too, some of the crustiest white people I've ever seen outside of SF.