Comments on Los Angelista's Guide To The Pursuit Of Happiness: Won't You Be My Neighbor?

1969,I'm telling you, it's back to cheerio target ...

2007-09-14T03:15:00.000-07:00

1969,
I'm telling you, it's back to cheerio target practice for all three of them. Ugh!

NYC/CR,
LOL! I was wondering! Got me thinking you must have been in that apartment for a LONG time!

you are right liz, I should stay put.I meant to sa...

2007-09-14T02:44:00.000-07:00

you are right liz, I should stay put.

I meant to say an ADDITIONAL $600 or more a month. My rent is not that low. LOL

Unbelieveable.I just wanted to comment that I too ...

2007-09-13T07:15:00.000-07:00

Unbelieveable.

I just wanted to comment that I too live with three males and cleaning toilets is the bane of my existence.

Ian,I sometimes imagine that with the way things a...

2007-09-11T17:30:00.000-07:00

Ian,
I sometimes imagine that with the way things are going, by the time my kids are grown up, they'll be paying $2500 for a cardboard box in the wilds of North Dakota.

Heart,
I hope we get some "normal" folks as well. At least, normal by LA standards. But we tend to get artsy people who throw loud parties on weeknights. I'm crossing my fingers that they'll play good music though.

NYC/CR,
We live in a fairly old (by LA standards) building so our apt. has lots of cool quirks to it, like a mini ironing board that comes out of the wall in the dining room. Definitely stay put where you are if it's affordable. Every time I think I want to move further into Silver Lake or else to Atwater (where no one wanted to live five years ago), I get sticker shock. By the way, Italy sounds fascinating!

The rental market in Los Angeles is ridiculous. At...

2007-09-11T12:44:00.000-07:00

The rental market in Los Angeles is ridiculous. At least in NYC you don't need a car and the apt will probably have some character.

My landlord wants me and another tenant to move because our rent is stablished. I live in "hot area" so she is doing her best to drive us out, not making repairs etc.

I hate my apt. but after reading your post I know I should just sit tight until I am ready to move to Italy. It doesn't make sense for me to pay $600 or more a month for a one bedroom when I am trying to get the heck out of L.A.

I loathe mirrored sliding cheapo slip-off-the-trac...

2007-09-10T22:55:00.000-07:00

I loathe mirrored sliding cheapo slip-off-the-track-if-you-sneeze closet doors, too.

The new owners are operating on sheer greed, using every inch of lot to squeeze more rent out of suckers.

I just hope you get some decent people who keep normal hours. Good luck.

Yikes! But, if it's any consolation, Liz, the same...

2007-09-10T15:04:00.000-07:00

Yikes! But, if it's any consolation, Liz, the same thing is happening all over. What a scary world we're coming to live in.

Nitty Gritty,Pictures of the house? Well, I would...

2007-09-10T07:13:00.000-07:00

Nitty Gritty,
Pictures of the house? Well, I would have posted some except for the fact that I've been waay too lazy to download them off my camera! :)

Where are the pics???

2007-09-09T17:14:00.000-07:00

Where are the pics???

Mojan,I think those doors should be banned from al...

2007-09-09T14:16:00.000-07:00

Mojan,
I think those doors should be banned from all residences world wide!

Maia,
Same here. Someone who moved to this neighborhood the year before I did got her house for around $200K. It was sold for $967K last year. I could only think about paying off student loans back then and didn't think I'd be in LA that long. I cry sometimes thinking about it too. But then I feel better when I realize I don't have some no down payment, adjustable rate mortgage like some folks do.

My best friend keeps trying to convince me to move...

2007-09-09T09:12:00.000-07:00

My best friend keeps trying to convince me to move to L.A. "You'll make so much more money here!" she says. But then I point out that even if we doubled our income, the cost of living is at least triple (if not more) than what we pay now!

About ten years ago, she considered buying a three bedroom house in Silver Lake for under $200,000 - and decided that it was too much. Today she's still renting - and wants to cry every time she thinks of that house!

I'm with you on mirrored sliding doors.

2007-09-09T07:36:00.000-07:00

I'm with you on mirrored sliding doors.

Phillipe,Every couple of weeks I meet someone who'...

2007-09-09T00:10:00.000-07:00

Phillipe,
Every couple of weeks I meet someone who's hightailing it to Utah or North Dakota because they're buying a house out there. I'm sure that can't go on forever.

Keith,
When I left NYC in '98 housing in LA seemed so inexpensive in comparison. Now that LA doesn't seem so inexpensive anymore, I can't even imagine how crazy NYC is these days. It's going to be a sad day when I finally come to terms with the fact that I can no longer afford to live in LA. Right now, I'm semi-comfortably still in denial.

The same thing is happening all over NYC. I can't...

2007-09-08T14:09:00.000-07:00

The same thing is happening all over NYC. I can't really afford to live here. And apparently I can't afford to live in L.A. either.

Ah consumer culture. America, we are eating our ow...

2007-09-08T05:26:00.000-07:00

Ah consumer culture. America, we are eating our own tails. Does it taste good?

Ndelible,Rents are waay out of control! The day w...

2007-09-07T16:49:00.000-07:00

Ndelible,
Rents are waay out of control! The day when Compton is gentrified is coming! Everyone who can't afford a house is scrambling for the same "cool" neighborhoods that aren't an hour commute away from where they live. And yeah, if folks are going to pay that much in rent, maybe they should go ahead and buy...unless it's on the other side of a rastafarian with zero taste! :)

Piscesmama,
Yup, even in the so called "bad" neighborhoods in this city, prices are ridiculous. If I wanted to pay what I pay now thanks to rent control, I'd definitely be living in the hood. The thing is, this neighborhood was much more dangerous eight years ago. I think I just didn't know any better. I've never lived in the so-called good neighborhoods so it just seemed normal. Now that folks from the UK are starting to move in, that's when I know my neighborhood has REALLY changed.

Jameil,
Crazy thing is, that $10K is a down payment on a house in some parts of the country! But I love it here so I guess I'm staying put for now.

lmao. you are so funny. not lookin to part w/10k...

2007-09-07T14:50:00.000-07:00

lmao. you are so funny. not lookin to part w/10k for rent at this time but thanks for askin!!

Hey there Angelista. I've tried to document this t...

2007-09-07T13:25:00.000-07:00

Hey there Angelista. I've tried to document this topic in depth on my blog, which isnt as extreme as LA, but is a close runner up.

I feel your pain, as a single workin mama, who has yet to find an affordable rental that isnt a meth house.

-Hanna

Hey, now I know South Central ain't happening, but...

2007-09-07T13:06:00.000-07:00

Hey, now I know South Central ain't happening, but it's my hood! The prices are so ridiculous these days, I'm stuck. Stuck, I'll tell ya!

Rents are amazingly expensive, the cost of a mortgage almost. That is, if you can find one in South Central. I think there is one down the street from me, on the other side of the rastafarian with really bad musical taste.

Yeah, I know, rastafarians with with no taste... And I don't think it's in their tastebuds either.

Yuck.
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