USC DDS Class 2016- Where to live!? HELP!

[Prsndentist]

Hey yall! i am moving to la in august sometime and am goin to la june 4 to find a place to live. anyone have any suggestions on what areas or what apartment complexes to look at !? im so lost and know nothing about LA! i was looking online for apartment locator addresses but i couldnt seem to find any!? does LA not have any? help help!!l lol

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[circa86]

westside rentals. check out spots around ellendale pl. you could live downtown but I doubt it'll be worth it with traffic and parking

 

[Prsndentist]

but i hear downtown is better than living really close to campus???? so what is ellendale an area of town or a street? lol sorry im clueless!! does LA have actual apartment locators???? thanks!!!

 

[circa86]

ellendale's a street north of campus with a bunch of apartments. it's prolly 70% undergrad, 30% grad kids. downtown is definitely nicer and you won't have to put up with living in the older apartment complexes that are a plenty near school, but driving anywhere in LA sucks - even if it's 10 min away. message a current sc dental student you find on sdn, they'll be able to answer better than me

 

[toothhornet88]

Here are the places that are pretty safe to live at and not so far: Eagle Rock, Glendale, Pasadena (they have a rail that goes straight to downtown LA), Monterey Park, Alhambra, Culver City, and Montebello.

I will be driving down there in July to get a place in Monterey Park most likely.

Also, go to LAlife.com it gives you a good breakdown of LA demographics