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moving in august..
hello ladies: seattle nestie here. i'm posting for a friend who is in the process of moving, but needs to make a new username before she starts posting, so i'm posting for her first:
I am going to be moving from Seattle to start a PhD program at USC. I'm
looking for a one bedroom apartment with a good commute to campus. My
fiance will most likely be working in Long Beach. We will both have our
own cars. What neighborhoods do you recommend? Any particular
apartments I should check out or stay away from? Our budget is between
$800 - $1200. Is this a reasonable budget? Thanks!
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♥ bfp1 06/14/2011 ♥ edd 02/22/2012 ♥
♥ baby jennlin born on 02/15/2012 ♥
who says you can only wear your wedding dress once?
honeymoon bio ♥ married bio ♥ planning bio
jumped ship to the new and improved nest. back to TB for baby boards.
Re: moving in august..
Honestly, it's a reaaaaaally low budget. Unless your friend lives right by USC, which, if we're honest, is a terrible neighborhood. There will be traffic no matter where she lives, because USC is right by downtown LA, the traffic nightmare of LA.
Avoid living right by campus (as it is awful), and generally avoid most of the lofts or other areas in downtown, purely because it is really expensive and generally still not a very good neighborhood. Long Beach isn't bad. Anything right off the 110 freeway is generally not the best- highest gang violence- but if you got a little further from the 110 in either direction, it will be better. Carson also isn't bad (for your price point). Also, which PhD program at USC? On the main campus? Med School campus? There are some decent parts of LA closer to the med school/ north of the 10 freeway.
♥ bfp1 06/14/2011 ♥ edd 02/22/2012 ♥
♥ baby jennlin born on 02/15/2012 ♥
who says you can only wear your wedding dress once?
honeymoon bio ♥ married bio ♥ planning bio
jumped ship to the new and improved nest. back to TB for baby boards.
My husband is currently in a PhD program at USC. So we know that commute well!
I would recommend living off of the 10 on the westside - it has a reverse commute. Plus if they live near the 405 as well her fiance will be able to get to Long Beach and that should also be a reverse commute.
The first year we lived near USC and we will never do that again. Over priced and terrible area.
Second year we lived near Downtown Culver City and loved it.
Right now we live in Century City - love the area but it's really price and our landlord is raising our rent $200/mo so we're moving.
Come July we'll be moving to Brentwood. Brentwood might be the best option because it is right off of the 10 and 405. It also has a lot of shops and restaurants.
The price range will most likely have to be increased unless they're open to finding a shared apartment or studio. But they should expect to spend from $1400-1700 for a one bedroom.
EDIT: I agree w. Westside Rentals. It's pricey but they have a monopoly on apartment rentals in LA and it's difficult to find an apartment without one - especially if you're looking for a deal and not looking to rent in a mega complex.
I haven't posted on this board before but I live in Long Beach... I pay $1100 for a super nice 1 bdrm apartment, about 9/10 mile from the beach... I absolutely love it here... Long Beach is much cheaper to live in and in my humble opinion, a better place to live.
I lived for two years on the westside (Venice) and it has its quirks and fun things about it. Mar Vista, Culver City, Marina del Rey... all nice areas... you could go for something more in the middle like Westchester... keep in mind the train/public transportation routes. It'll depend a lot on your schedles. Everything around here revolves around traffic cycles... morning commute into LA from all directions and out in the afternoon is just baaad....
Stay out of Inglewood, South Central (Watts/Compton - I teach there, you DON'T want to live anywhere near there)... pretty much the answer is to go north of USC or if you go west, stay west of the 405... if you go south, stay south of the 405 (and east of the 710) if you're heading to the Long Beach area... Lakewood has nice parts too... I suggest that once she narrows her search to a specific location to post again asking for specific neighborhoods (i.e. Long Beach has awesome neighborhoods and really bad ones...). GL