Los Angeles Neighborhood Quiz - Find Your Perfect Home

Los Angeles neighborhoods included in this quiz

• Alhambra

  You know which strip mall has the real deal

• Altadena

  You own chickens and love hosting bimonthly potlucks

• Arleta

  Your weekends revolve around family gatherings

• Arts District

  You wear all black and your car is older than your tattoos

• Atwater Village

  Walking a dog that looks better groomed than they are

• Baldwin Hills

  You're done explaining why you bought a house instead of renting

• Bel Air

  Their Range Rover idling outside private school pickup

• Beverly Hills

  You valet everywhere and consider a G-Wagon basic transportation

• Boyle Heights

  You grew up eating tamales from someone's abuelita's cart

• Brentwood

  Casually mentioning their “tennis guy” like everyone has one

• Burbank

  You work in animation and own a well maintained sedan

• Calabasas

  Range Rover in valet, Erewhon bag, full glam for errands

• Canoga Park

  You drive a minivan and know every Costco aisle

• Chatsworth

  Their truck in the driveway and hay bales out back

• Chinatown

  You know which stalls have the best char siu

• Crenshaw

  Arguing passionately about which era of Leimert Park jazz was best

• Culver City

  Their tech badge still clipped to their belt loop

• Cypress Park

  You own a lowrider or at least want one

• Downtown Los Angeles

  Their ability to sidestep tents while on a conference call

• Eagle Rock

  You're into community fridges and arguing about gentrification

• Echo Park

  They still call it edgy despite the $1400 studio apartments

• El Segundo

  Their Mattel or SpaceX badge still clipped on at lunch

• El Sereno

  You grew up speaking Spanish at abuela's Sunday dinners

• Encino

  You drive a white luxury SUV and know three mortgage brokers

• Exposition Park

  You own Trojans season tickets or bring your kids here every weekend

• Fairfax District

  Their vintage band tee, ridiculously expensive sneakers, and IDGAF jacket from 2007

• Florence

  You wave at neighbors and

• Gardena

  They know exactly which strip mall has the best ramen

• Glassell Park

  Their Ford Ranger with kayaks heading to the river

• Glendale

  Their BMW with tinted windows parked outside Carousel

• Granada Hills

  Their truck in the driveway and weekly Costco runs

• Hancock Park

  You drive a Range Rover to the farmers market

• Harbor City

  Their Costco addiction and total indifference to truck noise

• Hawthorne

  Their aerospace company badge and In-N-Out loyalty

• Hermosa Beach

  Sunset, happy hour, and whatever tournament is happening this weekend

• Highland Park

  Their thrifted wardrobe and strong opinions on gentrification

• Historic South-Central

  Their grandma still lives on the same block

• Hollywood

  Runyon Canyon, Amoeba Music, Griffith Park

• Hyde Park

  You host monthly book clubs and actually read the books

• Inglewood

  You rock jerseys year round and your calendar revolves around kickoffs and tipoffs

• Koreatown

  You consider parking a competitive sport

• La Cañada Flintridge

  You drive a Lexus SUV to every youth soccer tournament

• Ladera Heights

  Their Tesla in the driveway and Spelman sticker

• Larchmont

  Their Tesla with a Crossroads sticker and reusable Erewhon bag

• Leimert Park

  Their commitment to supporting Black owned businesses only

• Lincoln Heights

  They've had family on every block since 1950

• Little Tokyo

  You bow slightly when saying thank you

• Long Beach

  You own a beach cruiser and have at least one tattoo

• Los Feliz

  Their refusal to pronounce it 'Los Fee-liz'

• Malibu

  You own a wetsuit and never check price tags

• Manhattan Beach

  Their Lululemon uniform and organic breakfast smoothie

• Mar Vista

  You own a cargo bike and three reusable totes

• Marina del Rey

  You wear boat shoes but never leave the dock

• Mid-City

  Their ability to pronounce La Brea correctly and reflexive loyalty to their bodega

• Mid-Wilshire

  Their LACMA membership and refusal to drive to DTLA

• Miracle Mile

  You have at least two museum memberships

• Monterey Park

  Arguing which plaza has the best boba

• Mount Washington

  Their Subaru's emergency brake working overtime on vertical streets

• North Hollywood

  You're workshopping a one-person show between auditions

• Northridge

  Treating errands like a well-planned route and a minivan full of soccer gear

• Pacific Palisades

  Their Patagonia vest and refillable water bottle from Erewhon

• Pacoima

  Treating the block like an extension of their living room

• Palms

  Insisting they live in Culver City when texting dates

• Pasadena

  Their Caltech hoodie loyalty to overpriced Colorado Boulevard brunch

• Pico-Robertson

  They know which pizza shop has the best cholent

• Playa del Rey

  Their wetsuit tan lines and refusal to drive to Venice

• Playa Vista

  Brand-new athleisure, running shoes that have never seen dirt, and a company hoodie in rotation

• Porter Ranch

  You drive a white Tesla and pronounce it Por-tah

• Redondo Beach

  You own wetsuits in three thicknesses and complain about Valley people once a week

• Reseda

  Their unwavering loyalty to their childhood taco truck

• San Fernando Valley

  You pronounce it 'the Valley' and own sunglasses

• San Marino

  Their kids attending Ivy League schools and luxury cars in every driveway

• San Pedro

  Their Dodgers hat and complete indifference to Marina del Rey

• Santa Monica

  Their Erewhon tote and aggressive defense of rent control

• Sawtelle

  Their ability to parallel park during dinner rush

• Sherman Oaks

  Their Whole Foods reusable bags and Range Rover child taxi

• Silver Lake

  Their beater Volvos and strong opinions on natural wine

• South Los Angeles

  Their devotion to Inglewood's tamale guy and genuine Dodger pride

• South Park

  You defend Exposition Park museums like it’s your job

• South Pasadena

  Their aggressively pro local business bumper stickers and tote bags

• Studio City

  Casually mentioning the commercial their kid was in

• Sunland-Tujunga

  You own boots that aren't only for fashion purposes

• Sylmar

  You own a truck and don't mind the commute

• Tarzana

  Their luxury SUV parked outside a kosher Persian restaurant

• Toluca Lake

  Their ability to name drop which Lakeside Golf member they know

• Torrance

  You drive a Prius and know good tonkotsu

• University Park

  Syllabi stress, roommate negotiations, and parents asking if this area is “safe now”

• Valley Village

  You work in post production and own a Prius

• Van Nuys

  You're cool with strip malls and normalcy

• Venice

  Their ability to ignore literally anything happening on the boardwalk

• Vermont Square

  You wave at neighbors and actually know their names

• Vermont-Slauson

  You know your neighbor's kids by name

• View Park

  You drive a Benz and your kids go to private school

• Watts

  You grew up hearing stories about the '65 rebellion

• West Hills

  Their perpetual confusion over Woodland Hills

• West Hollywood

  Their Equinox membership and first name basis with doormen

• Westchester

  You don't even hear the planes anymore honestly

• Westlake

  Dodging traffic on Alvarado while carrying massive grocery bags

• Westwood

  Their ability to parallel park while holding boba tea

• Wilmington

  You don't complain about 4am fog horns, heavy machinery, or diesel fumes

• Winnetka

  You can spot a Winnetka local by: Running into the same people at the park every week without planning it

• Woodland Hills

  You own a Lexus SUV and complain about Topanga traffic

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