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What types of places to live have you liked/disliked in the past?

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I’m single around that age and live in a downtown highrise. I’d say that’s the best singles option. Lots of bars, restaurants and entertainment within walking distance. Basically the entirety of downtown is walkable within two miles. Women in many other areas will see it as like a destination date to come out to that bar they’ve been hearing about downtown. A small highrise unit with a view is going to be at least $2,500/mo. Koreatown is a place people live to be close to downtown for less. Brentwood doesn’t seem like a good singles area. Westwood only makes sense if your plan is to pick up on UCLA coeds. Los Feliz is a hip area but things are more spread out, transit access is less and housing options are more houses or duplexes over large buildings. DTLA has easy access to multiple freeways and metro lines. Hollywood could be another option.
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Do not come to Hollywood, we are not suburban, quiet or low crime.

Well, he’s said that all of that stuff is what he wants to settle into ultimately but not what he’s expecting out of LA. I mean, Shuffle, you can live in the West Valley/Las Virgenes area and get more of a suburban vibe while still being close enough to occasionally go into the city for a meeting. Still some hotties out there.

Marina del Rey is very chill and is supposed to be one of the best places for singles. The South Bay where I live is even more chill and there's plenty to do for singles. There's also Santa Monica and Venice.

You need to just get some temporary accommodations in LA - then check out the vibe of each place. You'll know pretty quick what you like.

It’s definitely different in LA for the suburbs in terms of what you might see in other cities. LA is just a very spread out place. I grew up in the Valley, 30 miles from downtown, but that’s still being an Angeleno. You’re still part of LA County. There are a lot of single women all around — the Valley, Pasadena, Glendale, Long Beach, Riverside, the OC. In fact, the number of younger single women living in all those areas is likely going to be more than downtown simply due to the cost of living downtown. I don’t meet too many late 20s/early 30s women who live out here. If they do, they have roommates. Coming into downtown can be fun for a woman, but they also might want to avoid it because of the traffic, one-way streets and paying for parking. I can set them up with free parking at my building (which isn’t usual in buildings downtown) but that’s not really useful on a first date, because no woman wants the first thing they do when meeting a guy to be going alone with him into a parking garage.

Whatever area you move to you will be prone to hanging out in that general area most of the time due to traffic etc. If u live DWTN yr not dating a girl who lives on westside, etc. Don't live in the suburbs, try something different for a year and at worst be uncomfortable. Yr not buying a house.For 2.5-3k rent a airbnb for a month on westside, in south bay, dwtn, near Grove etc.

I'd go Culver City over Brentwood if you go Westside. Had several acquaintances move out to LA in mid to late 30s in past 2 years and they couldn't afford Santa Monica so ended up going Culver area. One is now married to girl he met and having a kid in 3 months.

South Bay is more chill area with different vibe if you like the beach.