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- Feb 19, 2001
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Originally posted by: OdiN
Originally posted by: RaDragon
It's really difficult to explain. I live in the South Bay. We moved from Redondo Beach (renting) to Torrance (bought a home) because we wanted to be close to the beach, but still be able to afford the mortgage. The house is a measley 3-bedroom, 1750 sq. feet and two years ago, it cost us about $360K. I recently heard that it's worth over $500K. Living "close" the beach means that we don't use air conditioning during the summertime (albeit it does get hot! but not as hot as the Valley), we run along the coast, and just really enjoy all-year-round cool weather.
In general, I like the mutli-ethnic culture of Los Angeles County. For me, it's a more laid back and welcoming place than Boston or NYC (of course, I've only lived 6 weeks total in those two other cities)... It's also nice to live close to the beach communities (Manhattan, Hermosa and Redondo Beach) 'cuz of the different stuff that you can do from day to night.
So do you live in the South Bay or do you live in Torrance? Torrance is down in nasty LA. The South Bay is ya know...San Francisco...at least that's what everyone else I know in this state thinks of when you say "South Bay"
South Bay is Silicon Valley. South Bay refers to Milpitas, San Jose, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Los Altos, Los Gatos, Saratoga, Santa Clara... West starts from San Mateo County and Los Altos, Palo Alto, Menlo Park, all the way up to SF. East Bay refers to Fremont, Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond...