El Sereno

‘The magic thing about home is that it feels good to leave, and it feels even better to come back.’ Wendy Wunder.
Love my new hood… it’s amazing to be living in LA almost 10 years now and enjoy the diversity. I first lived in an apartment at Union Station, then a cutesy place in Brentwood at the border of Santa Monica, and now this adorable lower unit which I will not be giving up anytime soon. I don’t like boring vanilla style apartment units so it was important for me to find a cute casita and cool neighbors.
PROS: cheap rent, elote cart, ice cream dude, cheap groceries but not far from DTLA Whole Foods, nice hills for evening walks, evening taco trucks/​stands nearby, walking distance to CalState LA library, easy to take the streets into DTLA, easy access to Monterey Park/​San Gabriel for my Asian food fix, freeways nearby, mountain views, 5 mins from USC Hospital, I can bike to work now if I want to but probably not cause of my lazy azzz
CONS: train track vibrations if you aren’t used to them, parallel parking on hills, random fireworks cause neighbors are bored, not near the beach, and traffic is a biatch to the Westside on weekdays, probably more that I haven’t discovered yet :-)
Now my friends can visit and not have to deal with West LA traffic. Overall if you’re looking to move to a new place, keep an open mind, and do your research!
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