Stay the fuck away from the west side. Downtown, echo park, silverlake, just not the west side. To clarfy, do not live n Venice, Santa Monica, Westwood, Culver City, The palms, brentwood, hollywood, or anywhere else that is considered the west side. There are nice things there, but you don't want to live there. The beach is nice, stoner is awesome, but you can go there and not live in that shithole part of town.