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    Where does the Westside start?
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                        Paul
                    11 years, 6 months ago I've been living and working in the Westside for 10 years and would describe the boundary to extend to Fairfax. ... | |
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                        mdot
                    11 years, 6 months ago it is not so much where the westside ends, but do you really consider the west hollywood area to be ... | |
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                        Hank
                    11 years, 6 months ago I think the <a href="http://www.bluelinemedia.com/busadvertisingmedia_5.html">bus advertising</a> posters tell it best. the buses of the Big Blue Bus usually indicate where ... | |
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                        Mike C
                    11 years, 6 months ago You've forgotten to include social and quality of life factors such as pretense and congestion. Oh, sorry, your map indicates ... | |
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                        Colleen
                    11 years, 6 months ago Because it's all of the areas that used to be funky and cool and are now just not. |   | 
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                        Bill of L.A.
                    11 years, 6 months ago Get real, folks. Eastern border of the Westside starts at Robertson, Southern border stops at Culver City (none of this ... | |
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                        GD
                    11 years, 6 months ago Playa del Rey and Westchester should definitely be included in the Westside (especially if Playa Vista is considered Westside on ... |   | 
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                        bill
                    11 years, 6 months ago I'd include playa vista and Westchester. I used to live in Inglewood and then considered it "westside" because of climate ... |   | 
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                        JI
                    11 years, 6 months ago Cool coastal breeze. Clean. Beautiful. Home. |   | 
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                        Jake
                    11 years, 6 months ago Simply. |   | 
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                        Gary
                    11 years, 6 months ago The Westside should include Sunset out to Fairfax, let's face it--Melrose's boutiques, Cantor's Deli, the (now closed) Fairfax Theaters, The ... | |
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                        DPB
                    11 years, 6 months ago Anything West of the 405 and South of Mulholland and North of Ballona Creek. | |
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                        r.peppey@yahoo.com
                    11 years, 6 months ago You have the Westside encroaching too far east and south. |   | 
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                        Harrison
                    11 years, 6 months ago Relatively quick access to the beach. Connected to popular/effective routes to the beach. Weather highly regulated by the ocean. Relatively ... |   | 
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                        Eric
                    11 years, 6 months ago You're cruising down Beverly or Santa Monica Blvd, minding your own business, when all of sudden WHAM, you realize you're ... | |
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                        JT
                    11 years, 6 months ago There's a reason it's called Western Ave. |   | 
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                        misha
                    11 years, 6 months ago When I moved here in 79 my friends defined it: LaBrea and west = westside; cross LaBrea and you are ... | |
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                        Josh
                    11 years, 6 months ago I think the Westside is defined by where people claime their association, which is why I excluded Santa Monica, since ... |   | 
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                        Gary Stalcup
                    11 years, 6 months ago Anything west of the 405 is the westside. |   | 
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                        Omar
                    11 years, 6 months ago The Westside is anything west of downtown L.A. The Eastside is east of downtown...just like streets...there is W. Olympic and ... | |
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                        Stephan
                    11 years, 6 months ago West side is WEST of the 405, always has always will be. You can make a case for pac pal, ... |   | 
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                        HB
                    11 years, 6 months ago Based on the city of Los Angeles neighborhood service area maps, West Los Angeles is bounded by several major streets ... |   | 
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                        J Westmoreland
                    11 years, 6 months ago I think the Santa Monica Big Blue Bus has nicely decided for us where the Westside stops. It stops at ... | |
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                        Stefan Frazier
                    11 years, 6 months ago Doesn't matter, as long as it's far away from the much more preferable Silver Lake / Echo Park / Los ... | |
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                        Lynjolie
                    11 years, 6 months ago West of the 405 |   | 
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                        cheryl faris
                    11 years, 6 months ago La Cienega on the east. |   | 
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                        Desmond
                    11 years, 6 months ago Traditional Gang Culture has the boundary for East vs West LA at the 110 Freeway You will only see "WS" ... |   | 
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                        Christopher Korody
                    11 years, 6 months ago Seems to me that Beverly Glen makes a pretty good eastern boundary - the Westside has to be west of ... |   | 
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                        Fulana
                    11 years, 6 months ago West Hollywood is in West LA. Hollywood is not. Santa Monica is not in La & shouldn't be used to ... | |
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                        Ellen
                    11 years, 6 months ago Growing up in what was/is Westdale, by what is now Westside Pavilion (which used to be a kiddie park, just ... | |
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                        Lawrence Walsh
                    11 years, 6 months ago I think most people consider their self perceived social-economic status and quality of their neighborhood in determining what the westside ... |   | 
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                        George Garrigues
                    11 years, 6 months ago You have to look at history, which is in your own library. Find out where the old Westside Suburban Section ... | |
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                        Chris Bucka
                    11 years, 6 months ago I agree with Joe. I would define the Westside as La Cienega and West, from Imperial to Sunset. I'll trust ... | |
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                        The Final Frontier
                    11 years, 6 months ago Mulholland on the North, Washington on the South, And LaBrea on the East. You gotta include LACMA, Melrose, The Grove ... | |
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                        Joe
                    11 years, 6 months ago The Westside has to include Westchester and Playa Del Rey. I think La Cienega Blvd. is a pretty good eastern ... |   | 
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                        Matt
                    11 years, 6 months ago Playa and Westchester are definitely part of the westside. | |
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                        Westsider
                    11 years, 6 months ago The Westside includes the City of West Hollywood and the adjoining part of Hollywood. It's everything West of Highland Ave, ... |   | 
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                        Adam
                    11 years, 6 months ago West Los Angeles is west of downtown. East LA is east of downtown. Sta. Monica is not part of Los ... |   | 
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                        Sunny
                    11 years, 6 months ago The Westside includes the beach cities from the Palisades to MDR and goes East to include Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Bel ... | |
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                        Den
                    11 years, 6 months ago Playa del Rey and Westchester are part of the Westside based on lifestyles, community interactions, advertising, and more. Ergo, LAX ... |   | 
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                        Paul
                    11 years, 6 months ago No offense but what the heck are those people thinking saying Westside should start west of 405? They must not ... | |
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                        Annie
                    11 years, 6 months ago Because its cooler and you usually can see low clouds. |   | 
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                        Marcotico
                    11 years, 6 months ago Maps should terminate at natural boundaries where possible like rivers, or in this case streets. I think La Cienega makes ... |   | 
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                        Arvin
                    11 years, 6 months ago The Westside starts west of Lincoln Boulevard. |   | 
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                        Patrick K
                    11 years, 6 months ago It can only and should only be this! |   | 
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                        Bruno
                    11 years, 6 months ago The Westside has a flexible eastern boundary. The term Westside is primarily a demographic marker for the part of Los ... | |
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                        Mike
                    11 years, 6 months ago I consider the Westside to be everything west of the 405, above the 90, and west to the beaches, including ... | |
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                        Drew
                    11 years, 6 months ago Westside extends west of Western, north of the 10, all the way down to the pacific. The westside is generally ... |   | 
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                        Matches Malone
                    11 years, 7 months ago Living in LA all my life, I thought the Westside was everything west of the 405, that's not the South ... | |
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                        Sam
                    11 years, 7 months ago There's a big vertical (north-south) divide created by the combination of the Los Angeles Country Club, Century City, and the ... |   | 
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