Where does the Westside start?

The first question is "Where is the city?" We don't have a viable "City Center" so we have no real reference. Most cities have a central core, downtown "city center" surrounded by rough pie slices around that radiating out until other factors take over. I would take the eastern boundary at Doheny only because"Culturally" Beverly Hills seems to be Westside. BH west of Doheny isn't BH, by this assessment. In general Westside is a No-mans-land of nothingness. No place to raise kids, no place to eat out, no place to lead a real American life.

Do this: map where all the TGI Fridays are, all the Red Lobsters, all the places real people go to and you will see a big hole forming on the map. That is the Westside.