car insurance varies. in just for places liike LA and SF it'll destroy you. I think places like bakersfield, irvine, and slo is cheaper.
car insurance varies. in just for places liike LA and SF it'll destroy you. I think places like bakersfield, irvine, and slo is cheaper.
Originally posted by: Strk
Taxing groceries sucks. At least we don't get taxed on food and clothing here in MA
CA has what, 8.25% sales tax on everything?
not on groceries
You forget that California has a ton of research facilities and a large software development industry. There are a lot of techies and eggheads in California to balance out against the trendy, New Age folk in West LA.
California sales tax varies by county, most between 7% and 8.5%. There is no sales tax on groceries. Sales tax at restaurants is the same as the regular sales tax.
I just moved to Tempe, AZ from northern cali and the prices are essentially the same. The tax in maricopa county (arizona) is 8.1, tax in contra costa county (east bay) is 8.25. I don't notice much of a difference in day to day stuff. Gas isn't even that different
when i lived in westwood, full coverage on my 1998 civic with my perfect driving record and a female under 25 cost me... 1800ish a year. i think. it went down the second year of my policy, plus i had the AAA dividend. i have since moved to koreatown, and they jacked up my rate an extra 200 a year. now i have progressive and my yearly rate is about 1600, for full coverage on the same car, but with 100/300/100 and a 1000 dollar deductible.
you will need to allot money for parking tickets if you don't have a garaged parking spot. almost everywhere you go you have to pay for parking or you have to get it validated.
sales tax in LA county is 8.25%. restaurants tax the same rate, they don't charge more. CA does not tax necessities when grocery shopping.
rent, car insurance, gasoline will cost you the most money. also since it sounds like you'll be near UCLA... if you're going there, IF you get a parking space, yearly parking is very expensive.
everything. the cost of living is higher here
my econ teacher said he visited his daughter in kansas and food for 5 (this was an expensive restaurant and everyone got stuffed) and it came out to $60. same in cali (at least in the bay) would be like $120 or more
my econ teacher said he visited his daughter in kansas and food for 5 (this was an expensive restaurant and everyone got stuffed) and it came out to $60. same in cali (at least in the bay) would be like $120 or more
Is this a sincere question or a joke? I really can't tell!
In case you're really asking:
Beverly Hills is just east of Westwood, where UCLA is. Nestled between them lies Holmby Hills where the Playboy mansion is. Just across the street (Sunset Blvd) from Westwood's UCLA is Bel Air. Just to the west is Santa Monica, Brentwood, Pacific Palisades & Malibu.
Overall, this whole span is about the most expensive real estate anywhere in the western USA other than downtown San Francisco. It's full of exceptionally wealthy people. I suppose Montecito (Santa Barbara), Rancho Santa Fe (North San Diego county) and the mansions down around Hillsborough south of San Francisco are the only other places in California that reach to that rarified price level.
NO, Westwood and Beverly hills are NOT considered the suburbs !
Actually, it's the cultural epicenter of the southwestern USA, or maybe of the whole USA west of New York! Ha!
Food, gas, rent or mortgage, insurance, restaurants, movie tickets, etc. all cost more there than most other places. You more or less have to pay to park your car anywhere. You have to stand in line for anything you want to do. And it's very crowded, intense traffic, little open space except off in the distant hills.
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