<p>I need help on neighborhood and ideas of where i should live.</p>
<p>I am looking for a studio--1 bedroom...ideally a 1 bedroom.
I am looking to spend strictly UNDER 900$/month
No roomates/or renting a room in a house... </p>
<p>I am willing to commute by public transport up to 1 hour 15min, even 1 hour 30 min.</p>
<p>The area has to be safe, and must have shopping/malls/ect in the area, it has to be civilized. </p>
<p>Does anyone have any suggestions of where to look for an apartment, or if i will even find this apartment.</p>
<p>I get a lot of mixed info, some people told me regardless of where i look i will never find a studio for under 1500.
I find that VERY hard to belive as LA is not NYC, and NOTHING is more expensive than manhatten/NYC area......... and even there you CAN find a place to rent for 900. </p>
<p>And its certainly possible to find a studio under 900, it just might not be easy. People who were referring to $1500 were most likely referring to the area directly west of campus, where many studios do, in fact, run around $11-1300. As long as you're not stuck on living in that area, which it seems you aren't, you should be fine. </p>
<p>My suggestion is to start looking at Craigslist in the West LA (310) section. Areas like Palms, Mar Vista, Culver City, and other parts of West LA are all likely to have studios in your price range. The UCLA Community Housing Office website has a really helpful map that shows how far these areas are from campus. Other maps will help explaining the buslines once you have an idea of where youre going to be.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cho.ucla.edu/housing/chotypef.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.cho.ucla.edu/housing/chotypef.htm</a> If you go here, and click on the Publications and References section, you'll find the map, as well as charts that display rental averages for different property types in the different areas. You can also use their listing services to find a place (although you may need to be closer to Fall quarter to gain access...I don't remember).</p>
<p>Oh and lol @ civilized. No worries. It's LA. Everything you need will be in close enough proximity. There's not enough open land here for it not to be. </p>
<p>All of the areas that have been mentioned here are fairly safe, especially for a city.</p>
<p>I live out in san diego, so i know LA is civilized, its just that a lot of people are always like "omg... .blah blah valley, ewwww valley" ....... i mean how bad can the valley be.</p>
<p>i was in part thinking of the valley to get a better deal, but those places everyone mentioned are much closer and if i find a place taht is closer, its ovioucly better.</p>
<p>well dont live in the valley, its not a whole lot cheaper than mar vista or palms (except for the ghetto parts), its extremely hot, kinda ugly, and with typical traffic will give you a 3 hour roundtrip commute to UCLA.</p>
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<p>Then how about being able to do internships, on-campus activities, etc.? Y'know, the things that are really important in college, but a lot of people overlook?</p>
<p>Also i plan on working while i am in college anyways, otherwise i will not make it, so between having a real job and school, and my bf moving here and me oviously wanting to spend time with him too, i dont see how i will fit in on campus acitivities and internships.</p>
<p>I would have to give up the real job for the internship, and internships are usually not paid. </p>
<p>i am lucky enough to go to ucla as it is....... so i know i will not get to utilze it to its full potential simply b/c in order to do that i would need more time.</p>
<p>so far my day basicllly looks like this, get to campus by 8, get to work by 3, get hom by 8, eat, study, sleep, and do it all over again. </p>
<p>by sat, sun, if i am not working, going to some club activity will be the last thing on my min probably.</p>
<p>Actually lots of internships are paid and kill two birds with one stone, just so yknow. </p>
<p>I suggest being slightly less combatant and more open to some ideas. While I totally appreciate that you have to work, lots and lots of people balance jobs and school and relationships while still engaging in stuff on campus. It's possible and it may even enrich your experience here, even if you aren't looking for a career after college. </p>
<p>School is about more than just the academics, and I contest that you can learn as much from clubs and the friends you make here as you do in class. Can't hurt to be open to the possibilities (especially since you haven't even started yet). I would hate to see anyone transfer and go into the little time they have here without even considering the opportunities that being a UCLA student affords them beyond a degree. I don't think anyone here is saying that you should be hardcore and fit a bunch of groups into your schedule, but it really cant hurt to be open to the idea of finding people on campus who have similar interests, even if they only meet once every month or two. </p>
<p>And seriously, the valley really is as bad as they say. Especially in the summer. </p>
<p>/Kidding. Kinda.
But really, it takes forever with traffic. Which is most of the time.</p>
<p>i am not old, but i dont belive in women waiting until they are in their 30's to do that.</p>
<p>i want my 1st and probably 2nd child b4 i am 25. </p>
<p>i am 21 right now. </p>
<p>I know it sounds crazy to a lot of poeple to say i want to be married and have kids within the next 2-3 years (i am 22 in 2 months) ..... but i been through enough in my life to know that , that is what i ultimatley want, ......i dont want to waste my 20's to find out something i alreayd know.</p>