Santa Monica

Yankeebiscuitfan · #1 Posted **Aug 10, 2008, 8:17 PM**

Just returned from a vacation in California. I spend a lot of time in Santa Monica, in the area between Centinela, Bundy and Wilshire, where I slept.

Here are some pics I made in the neighbourhood and at the shore.

Apartment at the corner of Wilshire and Wellesley ave.

Nice classic car

This should be forbidden outside New England...

Isn't it a beauty. Fire trucks in the US are much nicer than those in Holland.

bilbao58 · #2 Posted **Aug 10, 2008, 8:21 PM**

Looks very nice.

ChrisLA · #3 Posted **Aug 10, 2008, 9:18 PM**

Awe, Santa Monica the British home away from home. Nice pictures, I hope you had a great time on your vacation.

Rizzo · #4 Posted **Aug 10, 2008, 9:29 PM**

LOL, I see my sister's apartment building. Good shots. Visit the 3rd street promenade?

stepper77 · #5 Posted **Aug 11, 2008, 1:32 AM**

Great photos! I just got back there myself and am sorting through my photos. Definitely a place I'd like to live if I ever moved down to SoCal. Thanks!

kcexpress69 · #6 Posted **Aug 11, 2008, 2:03 AM**

Cool shots!! Thanks!!

Quixote · #7 Posted **Aug 11, 2008, 2:54 AM**

Santa Monica has some nice, quiet residential streets.

Echo Park · #8 Posted **Aug 11, 2008, 4:05 AM**

reminds me of houston

Yankeebiscuitfan · #9 Posted **Aug 11, 2008, 5:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by Hayward

LOL, I see my sister's apartment building. Good shots. Visit the 3rd street promenade?

Yes. On the last Friday of our vacation.

Yankeebiscuitfan · #10 Posted **Aug 11, 2008, 5:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by stepper77

Great photos! I just got back there myself and am sorting through my photos. Definitely a place I'd like to live if I ever moved down to SoCal. Thanks!

Well, you must bring quite a big bucket of money. I have been told that rents in the part where I have been cost about $ 2.500 - 3.500 a month.

I don't know what the salaries are in the US, but to me a rent like that seems to be pretty high.

ChrisLA · #11 Posted **Aug 11, 2008, 6:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by Yankeebiscuitfan

Well, you must bring quite a big bucket of money. I have been told that rents in the part where I have been cost about $ 2.500 - 3.500 a month.

I don't know what the salaries are in the US, but to me a rent like that seems to be pretty high.

Actually I guess that isn't too bad considering I've seen rent higher than that in Manhattan Beach, just a few miles south of Santa Monica. Even Long Beach (which is considered the cheapest of the beach cities) newer apartments can run around $2200 for a two bedroom rental. So I'm wondering if this is because of rent control in Santa Monica.

dktshb · #12 Posted **Aug 11, 2008, 2:06 PM**

It looks like a great place to stay on vacation. Thanks for the beautiful pictures.

10101000 · #13 Posted **Aug 11, 2008, 3:20 PM**

Awesome!

trvlr70 · #14 Posted **Aug 11, 2008, 5:36 PM**

Nice tour. SM is my favortie LA neighborhood by far.

LAsam · #15 Posted **Aug 11, 2008, 6:37 PM**

Very nice! Hope you had a good time and were able to explore LA a bit.

SkokieSwift · #16 Posted **Aug 11, 2008, 7:50 PM**

Nice pics, but technically most of the ones away from the beach are in (West) Los Angeles, not Santa Monica. Santa Monica is west of Centinela. West LA is east of Centinela.

SkokieSwift · #17 Posted **Aug 11, 2008, 7:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by Yankeebiscuitfan

Well, you must bring quite a big bucket of money. I have been told that rents in the part where I have been cost about $ 2.500 - 3.500 a month.

I don't know what the salaries are in the US, but to me a rent like that seems to be pretty high.

Nah. In West LA you can get a 1 bedroom for $1,500/mo and a 2 bedroom for $2,000/mo.

M II A II R II K · #18 Posted **Aug 11, 2008, 11:54 PM**

Nice shots

Yankeebiscuitfan · #19 Posted **Aug 12, 2008, 8:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by SkokieSwift

Nice pics, but technically most of the ones away from the beach are in (West) Los Angeles, not Santa Monica. Santa Monica is west of Centinela. West LA is east of Centinela.

I found that out too yesterday. I checked a site of the City of Sta. Monica. My relatives told me that they were living in Sta. Monica, but they are even east of Centinela. I will send them a yellow card...

flar · #20 Posted **Aug 12, 2008, 12:28 PM**

Looks like a beautiful place, nice shots!