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Where does the Westside start?

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Tenoch King
  11 years, 7 months ago
I was born and bred on the Westside. It is everything west of the 405 from Pacific Palisades to Marina ...
James McEntire
  11 years, 7 months ago
Born and raised in L.A. and have lived all over, including the westside. The boundaries are definitely west of La ...
Nora
  11 years, 7 months ago
I'm an L.A native (Miracle Mile) but I spent many years on the "westside" attending Santa Monica High School. And ...
Robert90033
  11 years, 7 months ago
The area between Downtown L.A. and Western Ave. is the old westside. It is the "western Addition" to the City ...
GD
  11 years, 7 months ago
Socioeconomically, Hancock Park.
Paul
  11 years, 7 months ago
I think the borders are pretty accurate. Malibu and WeHo should NOT be included but I think BH should be ...
David
  11 years, 7 months ago
The foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains, south to LAX, west of the 405.
donnzpg
  11 years, 7 months ago
I grew up in Venice and Santa Monica. To me, the Westside includes the region that imparts a feeling of ...
joe johnson
  11 years, 7 months ago
obviously many of your respondents arent natives of california leave new york out of this new york has nothing on ...
Ben
  11 years, 7 months ago
As a born-and-bred eastsider I was brought up to know that there's no life West of La Brea or Fairfax ...
adrian
  11 years, 7 months ago
i say west of lacienega, south to LAX & north to san vicente...& all within L.A. city limits...
Elizabeth Brady Woods
  11 years, 7 months ago
I know L.A. I've live here fifty five years. I've travelled its shores, it's hills, it's river, its alleys and ...
Sean
  11 years, 7 months ago
As an eastside native, I have always considered the westside to be a completely different lifestyle than that of the ...
John from L.A.
  11 years, 7 months ago
To quote an old girlfriend, "Anything east of the 405 is New York."
Dan
  11 years, 7 months ago
As so often happens, the Times has been distracted by money. Beverly Hills is more than 10 miles from the ...
chuck
  11 years, 7 months ago
Westside is WEST SIDE people...the east border is the 405...south border is Marina Del Rey, north border is Topanga...the rest ...
Ivan
  11 years, 7 months ago
Just as a guideline for everybody wondering what the "westside of LA" means, use this rule of thumb: part of ...
Juana de la O
  11 years, 7 months ago
We have to include Playa del Rey + Westchester. They are the last neighborhoods before LAX and LAX is mos ...
wilczy
  11 years, 7 months ago
north of the 105, west of the 405, to the mountains north. simple.
Peter D
  11 years, 7 months ago
Obviously the Westside is everything West of the 405. I've included Culver city for it's new found hipness, some parts ...
mike
  11 years, 7 months ago
West of Western Blvd
linda rubin
  11 years, 7 months ago
playa del rey and westchester are the crossroads between the south bay and the westside. it seems wierd that you ...
For123
  11 years, 7 months ago
Growing up near La Cienega and Pico Blvds, I always thought that the westside started on La Cienega going west...that's ...
Kathleen
  11 years, 7 months ago
I think you have to include LAX, Westchester in the Westside. LAX is LA's airport, and if you put it ...
ELLEN B.
  11 years, 7 months ago
Historically, if the location is West of Western Avenue, then it's considered to be the Westside!
Christian
  11 years, 7 months ago
I think the westside would be best described as the area west of the 405, however I do believe thatit ...
Beth
  11 years, 7 months ago
I live at the West Hollywood Gateway...east of me is the Archlight, Hollywood and Highland, the new W hotel, when ...
Chip
  11 years, 7 months ago
The "westside" is anything west of the 101/110 -- as compared to the "eastside" of the 101/110. I know there ...
Born and Raised
  11 years, 7 months ago
It is all about proximity to the beach and a mind set. If your summer day is cooled down by ...
Don Williams
  11 years, 7 months ago
The westside is west of the 405, east of Santa Monica, south of the SM Mountains and north of Mar ...
Ray
  11 years, 7 months ago
It is all Eastside beyond Lincoln Blvd.
Sebastiaan
  11 years, 7 months ago
Volgens mij loopt de West-Side geografisch gezien langs Ladera Heights via West Hollywood naar Topanga State Park. Maar zeker ben ...
Michael
  11 years, 7 months ago
Beverly Hills, Westwood, Culver City-Definitely West Side Park La Brea, Hancock Park (Larchmont), Ladera Heights-most definitely not West Side
Gridlocked
  11 years, 7 months ago
Its traffic reaches far enough east and south - might as well include that too!
DTLA
  11 years, 7 months ago
from a cultural standpoint the Westside mentality easily extends all the way to La Brea and includes Larchmont's swanky row ...
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