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Where does the Westside start?
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Who Cares
11 years, 6 months ago
Is this really what you choose to waste your time thinking about.
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Patricia
11 years, 6 months ago
Mountains to the North, 405 on the East and Venice/Marina Del Rey border to the South.
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Vince
11 years, 6 months ago
405 on the East, Sunset/Palisades on the North, 90-Freeway on the South.
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Jill
11 years, 6 months ago
Outrageous. /Playa Del Rey and Westchester have always been part of the Westside. El Segundo starts the South Bay. You ...
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BA
11 years, 6 months ago
West of the 405 plus ucla and a sliver of culver city
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DAG
11 years, 6 months ago
It's pretty much everything west of the 405 to the ocean, with the mountains bordering the north and Playa Del ...
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Newyorker (again)
11 years, 6 months ago
Here, I extend my concept to a city I'm more familiar with. (Traditionally, the Upper West Side of Manhattan runs ...
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LouLou
11 years, 6 months ago
Everyone knows the "Original West Side" is only here: The UPPER WEST SIDE of Manhattan! From the IRREPLACEABLE Plaza Hotel ...
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Newyorker
11 years, 6 months ago
As an out of towner, perhaps my map isn't the best, but it makes a point that maybe we should ...
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danny i.
11 years, 6 months ago
West of the 405 to the coast. Pacific Palisades to the North, LAX to the South.
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mj
11 years, 6 months ago
Why not try mapping out an area by using the defined map terms, NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, and WEST? WEST is ...
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Koz
11 years, 6 months ago
shouldn't include bev hills.
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laura
11 years, 6 months ago
The other Laura is absolutely correct. When I was at UCLA the Westside was always west of the 405
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Cliff
11 years, 6 months ago
The WestSide Is demarcated by a huge W on most Internationally Recognized maps. This is due to exclusion of Westwood, ...
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Mel
11 years, 6 months ago
My family has been here since before there was a Westside. Before the war, the city essentially stopped at Fairfax. ...
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William G
11 years, 6 months ago
Naturally, the Times guy got it right, it aint easy.
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Ron Ruppe
11 years, 6 months ago
The West Side ends where the real California reappears.
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quade
11 years, 6 months ago
How does this petty regionalism help anything but the egos of people that somehow think they're special? Drop the entire ...
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Los Angeles-American
11 years, 6 months ago
West of the PCH North of the 90 South of no-cell-reception
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Alfredo
11 years, 6 months ago
That's it
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Alan
11 years, 6 months ago
West of Lincoln
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Lewis
11 years, 6 months ago
It's La Cienega, West. Sunset, South. LAX, North. Venice is in a world of its own!
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Thomas Piland
11 years, 6 months ago
The Westside is east of La Cienega, south of Mulholland and north of LAX. Look at a map and when ...
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Robert90033
11 years, 6 months ago
How unfortunate that the Los Angeles Times doesn't seem to recognize the Heart of The City as being the defining ...
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Jordan K.
11 years, 6 months ago
I've always thought of the Westside as being mainly bounded by Sunset Blvd to the North and LAX to the ...
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G
11 years, 6 months ago
West of Main Street, south of 1st street. The rest is a illusion... Main Street is a major north-south thoroughfare ...
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Westside Newbie
11 years, 6 months ago
West of the 405, people. Come on..... There's a lot of diversity on the westside. It's more expensive and close ...
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Laura
11 years, 6 months ago
Don't be a Faker. You want to be on the Westside, then move West of the 405.
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tom
11 years, 6 months ago
I think it is part history, part demographics. The west-central area is the area between the Westside and downtown, and ...
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Will
11 years, 6 months ago
I think it should be: South of Mulholland Drive, East of Topanga Canyon Road, North of Ballona Creek, and West ...
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Luis
11 years, 6 months ago
Westside should be the area West of the 405 which serves as a natural barrier.
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Chris
11 years, 6 months ago
When I lived on the Westside we always considered the 405 to be the eastern border. It kind of has ...
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D
11 years, 6 months ago
Anywhere the smug and self-satisfied live is the "westside."
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Aaron
11 years, 6 months ago
THIS is the Westside.
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Kerry
11 years, 6 months ago
I guess I am a purist, but "Westside" is the Westside, not Culver City, Ladera Heights, Bev Hills or even ...
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West Side Mikey R.
11 years, 6 months ago
Westside is quite simple... WESTCHESTER, CULVER CITY, MARINA DEL REY, PLAYA DEL REY, VENICE, MAR VISTA, PALMS, SANTA MONICA, WEST ...
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Angelena
11 years, 6 months ago
This is my idea of the Westside. I pretty much agree with you guys of the Times, but B Hills ...
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westie
11 years, 6 months ago
Lived all over the "west side" and basically consider it north of LAX, south of Will Rogers park, and east ...
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Ron
11 years, 6 months ago
Lmu and culver blvd to ocean on the south 405 to 10 then la cienaga north to wilshire then West ...
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Thomas
11 years, 6 months ago
I drew map based on where everybody wears blue jeans and black shirts most of the time. You can't leave ...
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henry chinaski
11 years, 6 months ago
The original city planners, when drawing up the city, felt that Western Avenue was the western edge of civilization. They ...
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native101
11 years, 6 months ago
-T's map was almost perfect, except for the the southern boundary's inclusion of Playa Del Rey. Marina Del Rey is ...
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K.
11 years, 6 months ago
Map looks fine, except Westchester and Playa del Rey should be included. Ladera Heights is definitely not the "Westside" - ...
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JayJ
11 years, 6 months ago
There is a whole section where the 405 and 10 meet that isn't distinguished enough. I've encountered countless valley goers ...
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Sammy
11 years, 6 months ago
Amazing everyone wants to lay claim to the Westside title. However to me the real "Westside" is communities like Santa ...
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D
11 years, 6 months ago
It most definitely includes West Hollywood. Any place where it takes more than 1 hour to drive 15 miles should ...
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Brent
11 years, 6 months ago
Palisades down to the Santa Monica/Venice border on the Coast and 405 on the East.
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michael
11 years, 6 months ago
highland is the line. Hancock park ends the westside.
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Rou-Rou
11 years, 6 months ago
"My" Westside is smaller: Where the Money Is! If a neighborhood has RV's and Motorhomes parked *either* on the street ...
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Neal
11 years, 6 months ago
The "Westside" is a a group of neighborhoods that have created a social identity in an effort to feel elite. ...
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