#1 | 37.7%
| Hollywood & West Hollywood -- The mecca of the film industry is situated west-northwest of downtown Los Angeles. West Hollywood is home to a vibrant gay community, | |
#2 | 16.6%
| Manhattan, Hermosa & Redondo beaches -- These are laid-back, mainly residential neighborhoods with modest homes (except for oceanfront real estate). | |
#3 | 11.1%
| Malibu -- At the northern border of Los Angeles County, 25 miles from Downtown is famous for its warm, sandy beaches, and for being the home of countless movie stars. | |
#4 | 8.5%
| Arcadia, La Cañada-Flintridge, San Marino, and South Pasadena -- are renowned for well-preserved historic homes, from humble bungalows to lavish mansions. | |
#5 | 8.0%
| Pasadena -- Best known as the site of the Tournament of Roses Parade each New Year's Day. | |
#6 | 6.4%
| Santa Monica -- A beach community is the home of the Third Street Promenade, a major outdoor pedestrian-oriented shopping district that stretches for three blocks. | |
#7 | 5.1%
| Venice Beach -- It is known for its canals, beaches and circus-like Ocean Front Walk, that features performers, fortune-tellers and vendors. | |
#8 | 2.5%
| Melrose District -- Scruffy but fun, Melrose Avenue is the city's funkiest shopping district, catering to often-raucous youth with secondhand and avant-garde clothing shops. The area has witnessed an upsurge in tourism and a significant decrease of the underground and countercultural elements | |
#9 | 0.9%
| Chinatown is small and touristy, but can be plenty of fun for souvenir hunting or traditional dim sum. | |
#10 | 0.8%
| El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic District -- LA's oldest district is centered around the old plaza. It was the city's center under Spanish (1781–1821), Mexican (1821–1847) and United States (after 1847) rule through most of the 19th Century. | |
#11 | 0.7%
| Brentwood -- The neighborhood is a relatively upscale mix of tract homes, restaurants, and strip malls. Infamous site of OJ Simpson's wife's murder. | |
#12 | 0.7%
| East and South Central L.A., just east and south of Downtown, are home to the city's large barrios. | |
#13 | 0.3%
| Bel Air & Holmby Hills -- Located in the hills north of Westwood and west of Beverly Hills, these are old-money residential areas. | |
#14 | 0.3%
| Marina del Rey -- A somewhat quiet, more upscale waterside community, features one of the largest man-made small boat harbors in the U.S., with 19 marinas with capacity for 5,300 boats. | |
#15 | 0.2%
| Exposition Park -- South and west of Downtown is home to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the L.A. Sports Arena. | |
#16 | 0.2%
| Century City -- This is a compact and rather bland area sandwiched between West Los Angeles and Beverly Hills. | |
#17 | 0.0%
| Glendale -- Glendale is a largely residential community north of Downtown between the Valley and Pasadena. Forest Lawn Cemetery is there. Say | |
#18 | 0.0%
| Beverly Hills -- A famous enclave best known for its palm tree-lined streets of palatial homes, famous residents. | |
#19 | 0.0%
| Burbank, west of these other suburbs and north of Universal City, is to see one of your favorite TV shows being filmed at NBC or Warner Brothers Studios. | |
#20 | 0.0%
| Little Tokyo -- A gathering place for the Southland's Japanese population. | |
#21 | 0.0%
| Mid-Wilshire district -- The stretch of Wilshire Boulevard running through the southern part of Hollywood. | |
#22 | 0.0%
| Silver Lake/Los Feliz -- These residential neighborhoods northwest of Downtown have arty, multicultural areas with unique cafes, theaters, and art galleries. | |
#23 | 0.0%
| The Harbor Area -- The area along the Port of Los Angeles. | |
#24 | 0.0%
| West Los Angeles -- West Los Angeles is a label that generally applies to everything that isn't one of the other Westside neighborhoods. | |
#25 | 0.0%
| Westwood -- It used to be a hot destination for a night on the town, but it lost much of its appeal in the past decade due to overcrowding and even some minor street violence. | |