The top 25 Where in Los Angeles should you live or visit? results of 2255 participants. Percentages indicate the frequency of the self-selected participants' top results for Where in Los Angeles should you live or visit?.

#1	37.7%	Hollywood & West Hollywood -- The mecca of the film industry is situated west-northwest of downtown Los Angeles. West Hollywood is home to a vibrant gay community,
#2	16.6%	Manhattan, Hermosa & Redondo beaches -- These are laid-back, mainly residential neighborhoods with modest homes (except for oceanfront real estate).
#3	11.1%	Malibu -- At the northern border of Los Angeles County, 25 miles from Downtown is famous for its warm, sandy beaches, and for being the home of countless movie stars.
#4	8.5%	Arcadia, La Cañada-Flintridge, San Marino, and South Pasadena -- are renowned for well-preserved historic homes, from humble bungalows to lavish mansions.
#5	8.1%	Pasadena -- Best known as the site of the Tournament of Roses Parade each New Year's Day.
#6	6.3%	Santa Monica -- A beach community is the home of the Third Street Promenade, a major outdoor pedestrian-oriented shopping district that stretches for three blocks.
#7	5.1%	Venice Beach -- It is known for its canals, beaches and circus-like Ocean Front Walk, that features performers, fortune-tellers and vendors.
#8	2.5%	Melrose District -- Scruffy but fun, Melrose Avenue is the city's funkiest shopping district, catering to often-raucous youth with secondhand and avant-garde clothing shops. The area has witnessed an upsurge in tourism and a significant decrease of the underground and countercultural elements
#9	0.9%	Chinatown is small and touristy, but can be plenty of fun for souvenir hunting or traditional dim sum.
#10	0.8%	El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic District -- LA's oldest district is centered around the old plaza. It was the city's center under Spanish (1781–1821), Mexican (1821–1847) and United States (after 1847) rule through most of the 19th Century.
#11	0.7%	Brentwood -- The neighborhood is a relatively upscale mix of tract homes, restaurants, and strip malls. Infamous site of OJ Simpson's wife's murder.
#12	0.7%	East and South Central L.A., just east and south of Downtown, are home to the city's large barrios.
#13	0.3%	Bel Air & Holmby Hills -- Located in the hills north of Westwood and west of Beverly Hills, these are old-money residential areas.
#14	0.3%	Marina del Rey -- A somewhat quiet, more upscale waterside community, features one of the largest man-made small boat harbors in the U.S., with 19 marinas with capacity for 5,300 boats.
#15	0.2%	Exposition Park -- South and west of Downtown is home to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the L.A. Sports Arena.
#16	0.2%	Century City -- This is a compact and rather bland area sandwiched between West Los Angeles and Beverly Hills.
#17	0.0%	Glendale -- Glendale is a largely residential community north of Downtown between the Valley and Pasadena. Forest Lawn Cemetery is there. Say
#18	0.0%	Beverly Hills -- A famous enclave best known for its palm tree-lined streets of palatial homes, famous residents.
#19	0.0%	Burbank, west of these other suburbs and north of Universal City, is to see one of your favorite TV shows being filmed at NBC or Warner Brothers Studios.
#20	0.0%	Little Tokyo -- A gathering place for the Southland's Japanese population.
#21	0.0%	Mid-Wilshire district -- The stretch of Wilshire Boulevard running through the southern part of Hollywood.
#22	0.0%	Silver Lake/Los Feliz -- These residential neighborhoods northwest of Downtown have arty, multicultural areas with unique cafes, theaters, and art galleries.
#23	0.0%	The Harbor Area -- The area along the Port of Los Angeles.
#24	0.0%	West Los Angeles -- West Los Angeles is a label that generally applies to everything that isn't one of the other Westside neighborhoods.
#25	0.0%	Westwood -- It used to be a hot destination for a night on the town, but it lost much of its appeal in the past decade due to overcrowding and even some minor street violence.