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You need a car in LA, not SF so there's the cost of car ownership. Venice and Santa Monica have skyrocketed the past 3 years due to Snap. $9500/mo for a 2BR at
by scurvy 9y ago
You need a car in LA, not SF so there's the cost of car ownership. Venice and Santa Monica have skyrocketed the past 3 years due to Snap. $9500/mo for a 2BR at 4th and Rose? Happening location, but that's much higher than SF.
https://twitter.com/chiropractic/status/926191351430971392 https://twitter.com/chiropractic/status/926191351430971392
Housing costs are probably equal now or within a percent or two.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoMost of Santa Monica isn’t that bad, and even Venice can be reasonable away from the water. There are plenty of places in SF that exceed high end places in LA for rent, and they are similar or greater in area to boot. Let’s at least compare apples to apples. It isn’t just SNAP, google is big in Venice as well. Many tech startups are in the west of LA. I just don’t a year in Westwood. It was pricey, but not SF pricey. And ya, you need a car, which is also true for much of the Bay Area. (Well, we didn’t need a car until we had a kid, Uber + bus worked well enough before child car seats became an issue)
- scurvy 9y agoI'd hardly call 4th and Rose "high-end" though. That was kind of my point. Even the periphery, fringe places are coming up to SF levels.