Apartments 30 minutes from Santa Monica???

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Torrance/Gardena is like 35/45 minutes away if you take the streets. I know, because I do it almost every other day. I always go down to Sepulveda to Lincoln and take Lincoln down.

Anyway, you can find places in the Westchester neighborhood, Culver City, Inglewood.

 

[will sterile]

im in inglewood

lots of prsotitutes if thats ur thing

 

[will sterile]

im in inglewood

lots of prsotitutes if thats ur thing

 

[lawdog1]

Originally Posted by Mojodmonky1

Mo Greene

You might want to start by browsing West Side Rentals. There are a ton of listings there (but it is a pay subscription site).

If you really want to live no more than 45 minutes from Santa Monica in rush hour traffic, your options are a bit limited. Westside traffic can get pretty bad. Depending on what part of Santa Monica you are going to be working in, and what part of the surrounding area you want to live in, you could get double-F'd due to the 405 Fwy widening project they are currently working on around Olympic Blvd to Sunset. Crossing from the west side of the 405 to the east side of the 405 can be a 15-25 minute wait by itself.

With your budget, you are really going to have to make some sacrifices to make it work. Either you are going to have to find a decent 2bd and take on a roommate, or you are going to be very limited in the amount of space you get.

I would try to find a place in Mar Vista or certain parts of Culver City. While neither are cheap, they definitely are more affordable than Santa Monica proper or even neighboring parts like West LA, Venice, Abbott Kinney, etc... Anything further out than that you are going to add to your commute.

If you do decide to go as far south as the South Bay (Torrance, Redondo, etc...) your commute is going to be very hit or miss. I recently made the semi-coastal surface street drive from my house in Playa Vista (pretty much Marina Del Rey) down Lincoln to Sepulveda and down to Palos Verdes. It was probably a 15 mile drive 1 way and it took me the better part of 75 minutes on a Sunday. When you add in additional rush hour traffic RIP. That stretch from where I live in Playa to Santa Monica is brutal. My boy lives in Santa Monica right on Lincoln Blvd and Santa Monica Blvd. Its a 5 mile straight shot down Lincoln to get to my place. When we meet up after work for drinks, it literally takes him 45min-1hour to make that 5 min drive. It is actually easier and faster for him to leave his car at home and just hop on the beachcruiser and bike down to my place.

Good luck with your apt search.

I agree with all of this.  Use Westside Rentals and look at Mar Vista, Culver City and Palms before you go further South or North.  I think its probably possible to find something for $1000/month in any of those neighborhoods, but it probably wouldn't be all that nice.  Still, worth checking before looking further than the Westside.

 

[lawdog1]

Originally Posted by Mojodmonky1

Mo Greene

You might want to start by browsing West Side Rentals. There are a ton of listings there (but it is a pay subscription site).

If you really want to live no more than 45 minutes from Santa Monica in rush hour traffic, your options are a bit limited. Westside traffic can get pretty bad. Depending on what part of Santa Monica you are going to be working in, and what part of the surrounding area you want to live in, you could get double-F'd due to the 405 Fwy widening project they are currently working on around Olympic Blvd to Sunset. Crossing from the west side of the 405 to the east side of the 405 can be a 15-25 minute wait by itself.

With your budget, you are really going to have to make some sacrifices to make it work. Either you are going to have to find a decent 2bd and take on a roommate, or you are going to be very limited in the amount of space you get.

I would try to find a place in Mar Vista or certain parts of Culver City. While neither are cheap, they definitely are more affordable than Santa Monica proper or even neighboring parts like West LA, Venice, Abbott Kinney, etc... Anything further out than that you are going to add to your commute.

If you do decide to go as far south as the South Bay (Torrance, Redondo, etc...) your commute is going to be very hit or miss. I recently made the semi-coastal surface street drive from my house in Playa Vista (pretty much Marina Del Rey) down Lincoln to Sepulveda and down to Palos Verdes. It was probably a 15 mile drive 1 way and it took me the better part of 75 minutes on a Sunday. When you add in additional rush hour traffic RIP. That stretch from where I live in Playa to Santa Monica is brutal. My boy lives in Santa Monica right on Lincoln Blvd and Santa Monica Blvd. Its a 5 mile straight shot down Lincoln to get to my place. When we meet up after work for drinks, it literally takes him 45min-1hour to make that 5 min drive. It is actually easier and faster for him to leave his car at home and just hop on the beachcruiser and bike down to my place.

Good luck with your apt search.

I agree with all of this.  Use Westside Rentals and look at Mar Vista, Culver City and Palms before you go further South or North.  I think its probably possible to find something for $1000/month in any of those neighborhoods, but it probably wouldn't be all that nice.  Still, worth checking before looking further than the Westside.