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    Where does the Westside start?
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                        Abe
                    11 years, 6 months ago Venice would be a part of the so-called Westside. But the real Westside is here: |   | 
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                        M. Bouffant
                    11 years, 6 months ago It starts at La Cienega. | |
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                        Simon
                    11 years, 6 months ago You have to think about defining the Westside for what purposes? For purposes of real estate promotion--then it extends to ... | |
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                        old school
                    11 years, 6 months ago anything west of City Hall... the original center... sounds like an elitist map that claims anything west of the 405... ... |   | 
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                        Dave W.
                    11 years, 6 months ago The Times map is pretty close, but stopping at the Marina?! Come on, you have to include the Playas (del ... | |
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                        Michael J.
                    11 years, 6 months ago This is my westside. Though the purists may stop it at the 405, I think Century City is unapologetically westside ... |   | 
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                        Hans Laetz
                    11 years, 6 months ago The westside ends at Point Dume in Malibu. Everything east of there is L.A. |   | 
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                        Dwayne
                    11 years, 6 months ago Thanks for once again confirming that the Westside Times is written by and for folks who live on the ocean ... | |
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                        T.
                    11 years, 6 months ago The Westside really ends at UCLA. East of there is Beverly Hills. By the time you get south of LAX ... |   | 
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                        Don
                    11 years, 6 months ago Westside should go from the ocean to Century City. Not include Beverly Hills. Venice might be excluded as . . ... | |
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                        Lester Tobias
                    11 years, 6 months ago I was born and raised next to the Santa Monica Airport. We always used to say, "There is no life ... |   | 
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                        Hector
                    11 years, 6 months ago Only Pac Pal, Santa Monica, Westwood, Venice, Marina del Rey Playa del Rey, and the area of Los Angeles west ... |   | 
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                        zoe
                    11 years, 6 months ago The Westside is essentially West Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Westwood, Brentwood, Bel Air, Beverly Hills is the east border. Venice, ... |   | 
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                        Jane Peters
                    11 years, 6 months ago Thank goodness you are offering up this discussion. I have always been dismayed at what is described as the Westside. ... |   | 
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                        Michael
                    11 years, 6 months ago I think the Times has it right pretty much but, I consider LAX, Westchester, and Playa Del Rey to be ... |   | 
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                        Clare
                    11 years, 6 months ago The Westside starts at Fairfax because I live a block and a half west. Besides, we're not part of Miracle ... | |
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                        John
                    11 years, 6 months ago West of the Mississippi |   | 
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                        shmoe
                    11 years, 6 months ago Depends on your point of view: In Chinese Buddhism, the West represents movement toward the Buddha or enlightenment. In American ... |   | 
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                        Bryan G
                    11 years, 6 months ago Sepulveda Blvd. to the beach |   | 
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                        Toby
                    11 years, 6 months ago West side is west of La Cienega, South of Mulholland, North of Venice Blvd and East of and including Pacific ... | |
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                        EastSider
                    11 years, 6 months ago "Don't go West of Western" Everything West of it is "Westside", Everything West of 405 is "The Beach" .... ;) ... |   | 
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                        JimfromVenice
                    11 years, 6 months ago Venice is definitely not part of the "westside." The term "westside" is an artificial construct - no history, no sense ... | |
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                        Amy
                    11 years, 6 months ago West of the 405 |   | 
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                        Hoover
                    11 years, 6 months ago The Westside begins at La Cienega from LAX North. Even if the city is Culver City, Santa Monica or whatever ... | |
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                        Numan Parada
                    11 years, 6 months ago The Westside is the City of Los Angeles west of La Cienega Blvd., where the incorporation narrows between Beverly Hills ... |   | 
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                        anonymous
                    11 years, 6 months ago I used to live on the Westside, and I generally agree with the LA Times definition, except that I would ... |   | 
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                        Kyle
                    11 years, 6 months ago LOS ANGELES WESTSIDE folks. If you think the Westside is just west of 405, you are excluding the CENTER of ... | |
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                        OCprespective
                    11 years, 6 months ago When I think of West LA I think from LAX to Pacific Palisades...405 being the border. If they want to ... |   | 
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                        Jeff
                    11 years, 6 months ago When working for a real estate association, we had to identify the Westside for a project. We wound up defining ... |   | 
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                        James
                    11 years, 6 months ago The 405 serves as a nice natural dividing line to the West. I dont think Bev Hills, West Hollywood are ... |   | 
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                        murielle
                    11 years, 6 months ago The west side is not the Palisades or Santa Monica. The west side is between Bev. Hills and Brentwood, and ... | |
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                        AB
                    11 years, 6 months ago I totally agree with Max 100%. I also agree with Erik. Leaving out the LaCienaga, Robertson, 18th and the area ... | |
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                        Bluetree
                    11 years, 6 months ago Westside is West of the 405 north of LAX. South Bay is west of the 405, between LAX and 110 ... | |
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                        K. T.
                    11 years, 6 months ago Includes Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Westwood, Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades, Brentwood, Santa Monica | |
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                        FRKN405
                    11 years, 6 months ago The 405 is the divider. |   | 
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                        M
                    11 years, 6 months ago To me, West LA is defined as the western part of Los Angeles that has no other city name. So, ... |   | 
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                        Tom F.
                    11 years, 6 months ago The Westside should not really include Beverly Hills or West Hollywood, they are separate, as is Culver City. People in ... |   | 
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                        Mr-JGC
                    11 years, 6 months ago The Westside extends East to Doheny and includes regions North to Malibu border, and South to Playa Del Rey according ... | |
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                        Bruin
                    11 years, 6 months ago So if the Westside is west of the 405 as some of these comments are saying then you are excluding ... | |
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                        Christbearer
                    11 years, 6 months ago West Sherman Oaks south of the 101 and west of Van Nuys Blvd. has to count only because that's where ... |   | 
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                        Max
                    11 years, 6 months ago Nice how you conspicuously left the lower-income Crestview neighborhood (north of Washington, west of Fairfax, south of 18th, east of ... |   | 
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                        Erik
                    11 years, 6 months ago Times: Care to explain why you do not include as part of the westside the (roughly) rectangular area bordered (roughly) ... | |
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                        Martin
                    11 years, 6 months ago East of Bev Hills is Mid town or Wilshire, North to Mulholland, West to the Beach, South to Marina Delrey ... |   | 
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                        la girl
                    11 years, 6 months ago been living in La my whole life, born and raised here. the west side is west of beverly hills (beverly ... |   | 
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                        Westside Kid
                    11 years, 6 months ago Born and raised on Westside. It's Mullhouland to north (but only to Beverly Glen), Ocean to west, Beverly Hills (it's ... |   | 
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                        midcity
                    11 years, 6 months ago La Brea is not the westside! The westside ends close to the 405. |   | 
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                        babbey
                    11 years, 6 months ago that's how you do it bro. |   | 
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                        Eddie
                    11 years, 6 months ago Here it is. My humble vision of what the Westside is and always will be :0) |   | 
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                        Joel J. Rane
                    11 years, 6 months ago As long as the Eastside is east of Downtown Los Angeles. |   | 
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                        Gary
                    11 years, 6 months ago I think of the Westside as west of Beverly Hills and Ladera Heights, south of the Santa Monica mountains and ... |   | 
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