LA Summer Sublet Forum

[Anonymous User]

Looking for a 1BR. Need it from mid-May to early or mid-August. Santa Monica/westside preferred but I'll consider anything.

If I'm crazy for thinking I'll be able to handle a Santa Monica-Downtown commute, please let me know...

[Anonymous User]

I highly recommend living closer to downtown. Traffic on the 10 freeway is always a nightmare.

[bruinfan10]

Looking for a 1BR. Need it from mid-May to early or mid-August. Santa Monica/westside preferred but I'll consider anything.

If I'm crazy for thinking I'll be able to handle a Santa Monica-Downtown commute, please let me know...

i've done that commute. it's rough. there's like this one golden point in the morning, may have changed since I did this a few years ago, where you go from totally okay to totally ruined---might have been like 7:15 AM? Accidents totally destroy that though at any time. I had a chill gov internship back then, no one cared if I was an hour late, not sure I woulda done that when I was gunning my 2L SA gig.

[NYC2012]

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[jess]

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[LitttUp]

The Expo line is opening on May 20. It will cost $1.75 and gets from SM to Pershing Square in 46 min.

[duck]

HYPOTHETICALLY how much would you pay to rent a BR in beverlywood

[zot1]

Commute is not at all bad. I did it with a personal vehicle and public transportation and either way it was reasonable.

Living in SM makes it worth it.

[almondjoy]

HYPOTHETICALLY how much would you pay to rent a BR in beverlywood

I'll be airbnb'ing a 1 bedroom guest house with free parking for ~2200 a month. Not sure if this was a good deal or not but thought I'd throw it out there for comparison

[zot1]

Depending on the location, that amount could be reasonable.

[jess]

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[bruinfan10]

I live in Santa Monica and work downtown. It takes me 15-25 minutes door to door in the mornings. I don't hit congestion until around the Normandie exit. I get off shortly after via Grand Ave, so it's not bad. However, in actual downtown, traffic can be unpredictable. I'm constantly encountering construction trucks shutting down major roads to build even more luxury high rises that no one wants to live in. It takes a bit longer to get home - probably 25-35 minutes. A large portion of this time is again spent in actual downtown, just trying to get on the freeway.

It is a reverse commute, so in the mornings, you will see insane traffic heading west and in the afternoons you will see insane traffic heading east.

Do you get free parking? Finding monthly parking is a pain in the ass in LA, but some garages have decent daily rates (e.g. Pershing Square has a $10 early bird rate).

Wait, is this real life? I worked in downtown and lived in westwood, and the commute wasn't 15 minutes. What time are you leaving? Hell, I was just driving from Silver Lake to Beverley Hills last Saturday, and it took me 38 minutes.

[jess]

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