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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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
JI
  11 years, 6 months ago
Cool coastal breeze. Clean. Beautiful. Home.
Jake
  11 years, 6 months ago
Simply.
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 ...
DPB
  11 years, 6 months ago
Anything West of the 405 and South of Mulholland and North of Ballona Creek.
r.peppey@yahoo.com
  11 years, 6 months ago
You have the Westside encroaching too far east and south.
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 ...
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 ...
JT
  11 years, 6 months ago
There's a reason it's called Western Ave.
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 ...
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 ...
Gary Stalcup
  11 years, 6 months ago
Anything west of the 405 is the westside.
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Lynjolie
  11 years, 6 months ago
West of the 405
cheryl faris
  11 years, 6 months ago
La Cienega on the east.
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" ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Matt
  11 years, 6 months ago
Playa and Westchester are definitely part of the westside.
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Annie
  11 years, 6 months ago
Because its cooler and you usually can see low clouds.
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 ...
Arvin
  11 years, 6 months ago
The Westside starts west of Lincoln Boulevard.
Patrick K
  11 years, 6 months ago
It can only and should only be this!
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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