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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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