The West Side is west of the 405 between Sunset and LAX. Westwood and Culver have west side vibes, but the 405 is an important distinction. NOTHING in the Valley is the West Side. West LA, which is its own city, sits on both sides of the 405, but only the west part is West Side. North Hollywood is clever branding.

First of all, 95% of the valley is LA proper. Secondly, it's just more suburban, a bit quieter, more strip mall-y. Secondly, it's just more suburban, a bit quieter, more strip mall-y. That'll vary a bit from town to town, Sherman Oaks and Studio city are the more "happening" neighborhoods.

2014年9月23日 · The San Fernando Valley (known locally and in surrounding areas as "The Valley" ) is an urbanized valley located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of southern California, defined by the mountains of the Transverse Ranges circling it.

2023年9月15日 · I live in Venice and always considered the valley as part of LA. It’s just not a destination like most parts south of it. That said, I sat next to a couple at dinner last night who lived in Encino and the wife was raised in Palms… and she didn’t consider the valley part of LA because each “town” has its own name on the address… not LA.

La Cañada Flintridge, Sunland, La Crescenta-Montrose, and Tujunga are all part of their own small sub-region called the Crescenta Valley. Glendale is an interesting mix. The city is bisected by the Verdugos Mountains and the San Rafael Hills.

2021年3月2日 · LA weather is kept moderate by cool air coming off of the ocean, but the hills that separate the valley from the rest of the city pretty much block that air. So the valley can get quite hot during the summer and residents then tend to have high electricity bills that come from running the AC a lot.

2022年7月2日 · I think habitants of the valley are more likely to consider themselves "from LA" than those from Downey, Bell Gardens, Cerritos, etc. I think it might have to do with he fact that a lot of people in the valley still work in more central LA, and may have at one point lived (or want to live) the "LA" life while still being in the suburbs.

2023年7月29日 · LA's annexed land was the San Fernando Valley, now part of the city of Los Angeles. The water was brought from the Owens Valley, hundreds of miles to the north, which dried up the Owens Valley area for farming. The water that arrived to the San Fernando Valley enabled the greening of the dustbowl San Fernando Valley, and farming in the valley.

2023年2月17日 · I should have specified that this was a LA neighborhoods map not a cities map. Cities have pretty firmly defined boundaries, it was the neighborhoods I found "fuzzier." Just to clarify, because I used LA neighborhood council maps as my source reference, I don’t have boundaries for other valley cities like San Fernando and Burbank.

All of the Valley generally safe, and Sun Valley is no exception. That said, it's going to be night and day compared to Minneapolis. The North East Valley is among the most 'brutal' of the Valley, in that the infrastructure is pretty poor (roads need work, sidewalks are few and far between), and a lot of the housing abuts industrial areas.