Great for the right family
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2/20/2008
I've lived in Los Angeles for about 10 years and grew up in Minnesota. Currently we have two small children and my husband and I are looking for that illustrious "quality of life" thing. Culver City has great public schools as they are not a part of LA Unified School District. The rent is high and buying a livable 2-3 bedroom house is going to cost at least $700,000. Culver City has some small town charm ("The Wonder Years" t.v. show was filmed here) in the midst of the big city. They have a great community center, an annual carnival, a city-wide emergency preparedness day, Santa and the elves drive around on a "sleigh" the days leading up to Christmas etc... It's very culturally diverse and the studios have their roots here. The problem we are facing is that it is so expensive. We don't have family support. The air quality and traffic makes you not want to leave your house. Two of the biggest freeways (10, 405) converge here and save the main drag of downtown Culver City it's not the prettiest place in southern CA. Even if we get out from our student loans buying a house is not likely for a long time as I'm currently a stay home mom. Neither of us wants to be chained to a mortgage that leaves us having to decide whether we can buy groceries or not.
If you're in arts, entertainment or internet and have buckets of money or you're a single person - this could be the place for you.
AJlov | Culver City, CA