I lived in Reseda within the first year of moving to the San Fernando Valley and it's not half…read morebad... It definitely has it's 3 and 4 star moments as a city, but is a great melting pot of cultures and cuisines. Reseda Blvd alone offers an insanely spacious public park, vegan Chinese food (Garden Wok), ramen, pho in abundance, a great Denny's (the bad one is in NoHo... you know the one), Mexican, Thai, American, Peruvian, Greek, soooo much variety and of course tons of Fast Food. The best Vietnamese food (that happens to be 100% plant based) in Los Angeles via Vinh Loi Tofu off Sherman Way, an all inclusive lgbt+ bar/nightclub at C-frenz, a great music venue and sometimes dance spot at the V Lounge, some quality shops like the Tampa/Victory Blvd plaza with the best juice & acai bowl spot at Movita as well as a solid Dollar Tree, Starbucks, Party City, Sally's beauty Supply and misc others. I miss late nights out and trips to the Subway or Del Taco... both off Vanowen (still great quality, but Subway is not 24hrs anymore). The Salsa & Beer (technically in Lake Balboa)....is soooo good.... and they have real parking. If you need good car service or a great set of used tires in a pinch Reseda definitely has some of the best small business spots in SFV. Thank you Reseda Tires for coming through during my college years and even after! Public transportation is actually better than decent here as well... with routes running on all if not most West to Eastbound streets and vice versus... The LA Metro Rapid's are really efficient especially the 744 that passes through from Northridge to Van Nuys. The Orange line just on the outskirts of the city of Tarzana and Reseda is great and like most of LA parking is a mission, but Reseda definitely will surprise you depending on the time of day. I couldn't truly say where the heart or hub of Reseda is, but I think it has it's own comforts for each person, like a lot of the LA valley aka the SFV aka the 818.

I moved here when I was 5, and left when I was 12. In between, I have a lot of amazing memories of…read moreReseda. Things to do: 2/5 Safety: 3/5 Cleanliness: 2/5 Bertrand Avenue Elementary: dancing (square dancing "Do-si-do", The Hustle, Popcorn), "Berger that's #47" (number of tardies and not have to stay after school like everyone else since I was the top student in the class). Ms Abbazia, Ms Bliss, Mr Burns, Ms Kacindas were my favorite teachers. Nestle Ave: it's the street where we owned a home. With a big grass frontyard and an enormous backyard, we owned 3 dogs (2 big; 1 small), and I had tremendous fun here. Eating outside under our covered patio, definitely where my foodie adventures started. We had a lot of kids on our block, but my favorite was the Mexican family down with 5 girls. No, not for that, but the dad drove the delivery truck for Mission Tortillas. When he came home, we would race to greet him, grab a fresh package of tortillas, warm them up on the stove, then eat them with butter and sugar. Reseda Park: "hit a duck" became the hit phrase started by my Mom. Why? One year, I set the record for little league homeruns, 23 in 12 games. Played 3 seasons here, and loved every moment. Reseda Roller rink: "All skate", "Backwards Skate", "Couples Skate" with dim lights and holding sweaty hands. I came every Friday night, and at least one other day or night per week. LOVED. Arby's: before my tastes refined, this was my favorite place to eat. Arby's Roast Beef, certainly, but Jamocha shakes, potato cakes, and horsey sauce all became common orders. Reseda Drive-In: still a drive-in here or there, but back in the day, very common. The fee, by the carload. Coming here with my parent's was one of the best family outings you can ask for. Newberry's/Thrifty: this was the start of years worth of baseball card collecting. Last, but not least, =============== Friends: I still keep in-contact with (Thanks Facebook!) and had a reunion of about 10 of us about 3 years ago. Chance, was my first childhood best friend (but he moved away to Mt. Shasta), and Anthony was my 5th-6th grade best friend. Now: ===== Don't find myself too often in the ol' hood. It feels old and a bit dirty, and offers nothing outstanding.

This is my little page that I created and happy that people share their experiences of this city,…read moretheir thoughts, their creations and fun, nice messages, ideas, achievements, photos and creation are being added to this page. Love my neighborhood, it's nice and friendly in general, has tons of shops and restaurants. Lots of moms and pops spots that people enjoy. Love our street vendors with their amazingly delicious food. This review is just a little shot out to awesome people that are yelping and sharing. Have an amazing Holiday month, blessings.

This is the first neighborhood I moved into in the San Fernando Valley from Thousand Oaks. It used…read moreto be called Sepulveda. It is bordered by Mission Hills, Northridge, Granada Hills and Panorama City. It is mostly residential. Accessible to and from California Interstate 405, by car, bus, Uber/Lyft and other methods of transportation. Sepulveda VA clinic is located here. Mercados Buenos Aires is located in the same neighborhood. Seafood City and Barrio Fiesta amongst the famous Asian places are also located in the area. Some locations are used in various films like Terminator, Halloween, American Beauty, Step Brothers etc. Over time, I got acquainted with the area. I used to walk to the Olivo at Mission Hills when it was still not revamped.

What can I say about Granada Hills? A futures past blended in with futures present... A mostly laid…read morepark city with a fair amount of things to do and enjoy including the Regency Theater which sits on the borders of North Hills and Grenada Hills. There are great places to dine such as Good Pho You one of my favorite Pho spots in Los Angeles! Salavation Army massive, Target yes, Trarer Joe's sometimes... Despite being a location with a huge parking lot the Grenada Hills TJ will have you scratching your head at times, but the service will turn that confusion into a positive illusion until you leave. Granada Hills has good schools and nice parks and all the things you could need including vintage fashion, late night dinners via IHOP and Danny's, multiple shopping centers and tons of food not to mention some patches green pastures like a lot of the San Fernando Valley... Though sitting closer to the mountain side you definitely get more plant life and nature in G.H. There is an abundance of street parking compared to most cities as this city is a lot more residential in pockets and parts, while still having plenty to take in and enjoy. I definitely found myself passing through and shopping about here more before 2020 and even now... Especially in my college years near CSUN, only a few short minutes North West of this pleasantville.

Visited the following businesses in the 'City of Valencia,' Santa Clarita, Los Angeles, CA. Holy…read moreschmolly....that trip barely made me realize Los Angeles is extremely widely covered. Like another Elite wrote, prior to my review, I didn't encounter traffic driving into the 'City of Valencia,' for the Crystal shop, 'Olde World Apothecary,' and 'Valencia Town Center,' for 'Sharetea.' The freeways I drove on were extremely widely open, barely had any traffic, was super free flowing. If I need to be out here for anything I might, but possibly not. I have pics stocked somewhere down camera roll, but will take awhile to locate them.

I have lived in the Santa Clarita Valley (SCV) for the past 10 years now having moved from San…read moreFernando Valley. This may not mean much to non-local So Cal people, but a valley is not just a valley. Communities in each of the local valley areas are all different for sure and no matter where you go you have pockets of not so nice and areas of nice. So in SCV we have lived in Saugus, Canyon Country and now Valencia. Valencia is on the west side of SCV and where pretty much the most new development of business is being put in. Newhall is also part of SCV and there is a revitalization project going on there with new restaurants and a new theater. All in all I would say that Valencia is so far my favorite place to live in the SCV, for one thing I am now living a little over a mile to work, which means I can take my bike to work when I feel like it or going only very short drives to places that I like to shop (Trader Joes, Aldi...). The streets are very wide in Valencia (most of SCV included) compared to San Fernando and the traffic is almost nothing compared to areas of the other valleys. All in all yes, Awesome....! Yelp 2018 challenge (78 of 100)

Alexa, play Beverly Hills by Weezer... lol... If you know…read moreyou know. Oh the place where I want to be...lol... A major holiday hotspot for millions that visit often. Regardless what time of day throughout the year, the place is a hot spot. First thing you think of Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive.... It's down the street and the famous spots for shopping Mecca. All your top designer shops. Dior, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Hermes, Gucci, Prada, Tiffany's, Goyard, and so many others. All steps from each other. A shoppers paradise but get ready to hurt your wallet. Besides shops, plenty of amazing restaurants to add to the list. Famous hotels which we've all seen in Pretty Woman was one of them. Walk up the street and your along the multi million dollar homes. Of course can't be in Beverly Hills without the palm trees. Yes you'll see loads of people getting out of their car for that perfect photo on the street with the houses and trees in the background. There's so much to see and do here that a day is never enough. You could spend the day just walking along the shops. Theres tour buses that have drop off spots along Santa Monica Blvd. It's an LA staples whenever anyone is visiting.

The City of Beverly Hills has some amazing shops and dining for sure…read more Im just not a fan as it gets so congested and people aren't the friendliest. Parking can be really frustrating too. Only come here every once in a blue moon.

Los Angeles has been a world city for a long time, but some didn't see it that way. It took the…read more1984 Olympics and everything else that can go wrong - more population, higher prices, and increased strife - to make it one, along with a few more museums, nonstop flights, and even more Hollywood. Then, there was the joke: "What's the difference between yogurt and L.A.?" "Yogurt has culture." Los Angeles had quite a canvas to work with. Its coastal basin is hemmed in by the San Gabriel Mountains, with its palms set against that backdrop and seen dusted in snow on a few clear winter days. With low humidity and not much rain, L.A. has comfortable weather ranging from some 55 to 90 degrees. Los Angeles moved forward to become America's second city, eclipsing Chicago, and for which they can be bitter! L.A.'s calling card is that it is the largest American city with a Mediterranean climate. While not a desert, its raw materials were not lush. Irrigation and landscaping give the illusion that it is. It's hard to run out of things to do in the L.A. area, let alone with the many day trips to nearby coastal cities, desert towns, and mountain hamlets, but the traffic into and out of the area increasingly chips away at this perk. Los Angeles is best understood in its context. L.A. runs on an on, running into many adjacent cities or encircling some such as Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, and others. L.A. holds 4 million people. Los Angeles County, with a part in the Mojave Desert, holds 10 million people. One in ten and one in four Californians live in Los Angeles and Los Angeles County, respectively. Before Houston's growth and the trend to consolidate cities with their counties, L.A., with some 460 square miles, was America's largest city. With over 8 million people in New York's 330 square miles that include detached housing and parkland, L.A. is comparatively roomier as it spreads out to vapid suburbs that repeat the formula, but without the name recognition. It includes the large, less populated Hollywood Hills and Santa Monica Mountains, home to much wildlife, including some bears and mountain lions who became YouTube stars. Regrettably, the city has many entrenched problems. It's America's poster child for homelessness, with the eastern half of downtown being a tent city. Tents are now found on suburban sidewalks. I never saw this growing up. It's possible that a larger middle class and more feasible prices may have served as a buffer. It is now a very "have-have not" sort of metro area. Crime is pocketed but, more so than not, L.A. is fairly safe. Transit is woeful, with a true albeit limited subway arriving in the '90s, decades behind the 8-ball. The city has always been diverse and tolerant, with long established Hispanic, Asian, and Black communities, with L.A. born offspring being Angelenos all the more! Our street was truly a mosaic - all on one West Side block. Everyone just shrugged and coexisted. The same was true in Sun Valley, Silver Lake, and San Pedro. However, polarization has increased. Los Angeles has never had a blond head of hair. It has always had a head of dark hair that's getting darker. "Brady Bunch" kids are a thing of the past, products of graduates of top Midwestern engineering schools working in aerospace, Dust Bowl escapees, and transplants from northerly latitudes. Now, many have left. Portland's Oregonian once featured a series entitled "The New West." It is exactly this boomer demographic that up and left - to exurbian counties or far away, to Denver, Boise, Flagstaff, and beyond. Even if they wanted to come back, and most don't, they probably couldn't afford to. Los Angeles is a feast for the senses - a coastal Pacific metropolis with its own blend of easy-going and aloof, but with a subtle unwritten overlaid code of "cool" that thwarts its being more individualistic. I chalk that up to Hollywood, affluent whites, and surfers, among others. If navigating Los Angeles sloppily, one might waste time and not like it. If the trip is planned well, most visitors do like it. A poll I once saw indicated that 77% of Americans had a negative knee jerk opinion of it. I'm sure most were from the Heartland or he South, and religious, yet, when there was a thriving middle class, L.A. also had its slices of old school Americana such as roller rinks, malt shops, and single screen movie houses. Those elements are mostly gone. Visiting Los Angeles and walking down memory lane makes for sensory overload. Where are the big hair and ubiquitous Cutlass Supremes? Each of the 5 GM brands once had their own dealerships. Now, they are combined ... or gone. Stucco ranches with 2-car garages that your friends lived in look much dowdier if occupied by older owners who have paid them off, and unrecognizable if affluent younger folks have revamped them. L.A.'s overall layout is the same, but the intricacies and the vibe are so different that "you can't go home again."

The City of Los Angeles is a huge beautiful melting pot. I…read morelove that i can pretty much get any type of grub. There's amazing spots and of course some shady spots too but let's be real all cities have em. Overall the city of LA is always a good place to go and explore.

You find out new things each time you come here. I've been loads of time but usually for lunch or a…read morestroll through the mall. There's nothing fancy there but since it's there might as well walk through. But along the main strip, they do have a good amount of restaurants, bakery and quick and easy dining. Not to mentioned some shopping along the way. We came for dinner with some friends which I didn't even know that that had a night market happening. I was told that it goes on during The weekend. It's nothing to fancy just a few vendors with homemade gifts and a few food stalls. It's a good way to showcase your business as it right along the strip where the movie theatre and restaurants are. I've also been to a Yelp event just along here which was fun. Downtown Burbank isn't crazy but it does pack a lot into it. With Finney's, Yardhouse, Granville to name a few of the bigger chain restaurants. You have the movie theatre, more restaurants and shopping along the strip. Then there's the mall at the corner. It's a few block radius which isn't too big but all packed in together. Also loads of sushi restaurants which I love. Plenty of parking at one of the many parking structures. There's street parking if you get lucky.

Gotta love DTBK, Downtown Burbank in the city of Burbank is a central hub of food, entertainment,…read moreculture and more. From the local Burbank Town Center to the AMCs (16, 8 and 6) to the cool statues like Batman outside of the Slice House by Tony Gemignani Enjoy fun vendor marts, the Taste of Burbank festival and gatherings throughout the year. Parking garages are plentiful, but they can absolutely fill up on weekends as well as holidays. Walking is fun with easy navigation (very pedestrian friendly) - I'm often around exploring from Angeleno Avenue to Burbank Blvd/San Fernando Blvd, which breaks up but highlights the center of Downtown. Enjoy sandwiches at the Wild Carvery, ranked #30 among top sandwich shop spots in 2025. Dine in at Granville, Wokcano and other little big chains. Another Broken Egg Cafe is very much a popular spot for breakfast, brunch and lunch. Shop it up at Burlington Coat Factory, Macy's and more. Selfcare at Purpose LA Barbershop, The Local Salon inside the mall (aka BTC - Burbank Town Center) and Eden Nails & Spa to name a few. Laugh it up at the iconic Flappers comedy club off the corner of 1st Street/Magnolia Blvd. Take the Downtown Burbank Metrolink, local city LA Metro or Burbank Busses, Pink and Orange routes. Some parts of Burbank do have an incline, especially in the down of town area. Easy but busy freeways like the 5, the 134 being the closest connection. Depending on your destination to or from Magnolia Blvd, Glenoaks Blvd and even Burbank Blvd can be the next best thing. For the nightlife Fantasia Billiards is a fun place to shoot some pool and have a drink, nice patio overlooking the main Boulevard. And Round1 Bowling & Arcade stays open until 2am w/ karaoke rooms, eats and solid beverages #FunForAll The cost of living ranges (2k for a one bedroom), but the area is very inviting, rich in life and culture, not to mention cuisine. Summers can be quite hot, but also enjoyable. Winters and fall will definitely see some exciting season holiday decor, plus happenings. Explore, visit and thrive in Downtown Burbank.

A really, really pleasant surprise. Turns out there's a bit of community and color in the San…read moreFernando Valley after all. This monthly block party draws out the creatives that you didn't know were next door. They play music of all styles from sidewalk stages and hidden parking lots, create gorgeous graffiti installations before your eyes, serve you snacks from food trucks, and show off unique pieces and products. Kids color, groups walk, talk and admire, and those who are really feeling the music dance or hula hoop along. It's as unexpected as it is necessary- a dose of artsy, grassroots community amid the sprawling sleepy burbs.

If you can envision it, you can make it happen! A local…read morecommunity event that you can help manifest! Check it out June/July/August