Westchester and Playa del Rey

Communities
Manhattan Beach Hermosa Beach Redondo Beach El Segundo
Long Beach Inglewood Mar Vista Torrance
Lawndale Gardena Lomita Hawthorne
Venice Palos Verdes Westchester Marina Del Rey
Carson

Both cities are within the City of Los Angeles and are served by the Los Angeles Unified School District. Schools rank fairly high, better than 50th percentile and crime, suburban average. Both are just north of the airport but noise is somewhat muted. Estimated population of both cities combined is 50,000.

Playa del Rey has a big, sandy beach with single family homes, condos and apartments sitting on bluffs overlooking the ocean.

The middle to upper middle class neighborhood of Westchester is well maintained. On the bluffs overlooking Playa del Rey is the privately owned Loyola Marymount University.

Most tract homes were built in the 50s and 60s but newer two story homes have four bedrooms with custom-built touches.

DreamWorks Studio will bring thousands of jobs, 13,000 new homes, offices and stores into the area known as Playa Vista.

The chamber of commerce can be reached at (310) 645-5151.

Many residents work in local aerospace but the commute to downtown Los Angeles is 19 miles.


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