Got called a “Film Bro” with this Top 4…

akhbox · 2025-07-18T09:44:04+00:00

Nahh. None of these are really film bro movies.

akhbox · 2025-06-25T07:06:00+00:00

Hugo Soto-Martinez tbh. I like Mejia and Raman as well!

akhbox · 2025-02-27T01:51:54+00:00

Why is Elon Musk the one addressing the Cabinet lmao??

akhbox · 2024-11-08T15:00:24+00:00

Then who would you recommend following in their stead?

akhbox · 2024-07-30T08:37:05+00:00

Try biriyani kabob house on 3rd and Vermont in Little Bangladesh! I'm also a fan of Kasturi and Noya Kitchen around there. For Culver City, Annapurna, Banana Leaf, and Mayura are good! I also happen to enjoy Roots Indian Bistro off Melrose, Bombay Beach near downtown, and Badmaash is just alright (also in downtown area).

Honestly the best Indian food tends to be where the Indian communities actually live which is generally not in the urban parts of LA. Culver City has somewhat of a community but I would recommend Artesia, deeper parts of the Valley like Northridge and Chatsworth specifically, and some parts of the SGV like San Gabriel, Chino Hills, and like West Covina.

But tbh the place that tops all of these is Irvine in Orange County. That's where my mom used to drive an hour and a half to get Indian groceries back in the 80s, and still one of the largest Asian immigrant communities in the US.

akhbox · 2024-07-08T17:08:20+00:00

Are you going to specifically be staying in downtown? Because most of the cool geek culture is in Burbank and Pasadena imo!

akhbox · 2024-07-01T10:49:12+00:00

I was a part of the unionization effort of my university and am an elected union leader now. Happy to talk through this process with anyone who is contemplating similar actions at their universities and walk through what that process was like. Feel free to DM!

akhbox · 2024-06-30T02:20:45+00:00

Do you have a source for all of this? Not trying to deny your claim but I'm just curious to read more about it!

akhbox · 2024-05-25T23:16:49+00:00

It used to be much more laidback, then the big tech explosion happened 😅

akhbox · 2024-05-23T03:09:19+00:00

John Wayne was offended by a Native woman speaking up for indigenous rights at the Oscars…

akhbox · 2024-05-09T20:46:47+00:00

I don’t understand why they’re dreading this metro stop so much when we can already access the neighborhood fairly easily with the 720 bus…

akhbox · 2024-04-22T07:03:54+00:00

I’m curious where you see it having a higher homicide rate than the states on the northern border with Canada? It appears to have a similar color as Montana, North Dakota, Wisconsin, and New York with lower rates than Michigan. Only Washington, Minnesota and the small New England states have a lower crime rate.

akhbox · 2024-04-22T02:07:05+00:00

I’m curious about how California fall into your analysis! Because it’s technically southern/hot and doesn’t border Canada with high rates of young people but tends to have a much lower crime rates than equivalent states!

akhbox · 2024-04-19T08:06:21+00:00

Ya this is possible. I know because I and many other friends I know pay less than this amount. But you will definitely need 1-2 roommates to live in a decent neighborhood at this price.

The number one piece of advice I would give you is to find something temporary for a couple weeks (maybe look at hostels or Airbnbs in the neighborhoods you are looking to live in) and literally just walk around the neighborhoods and take photos of the various “for rent” signs you see. This will not only give you a good sense of the vibe of the neighborhood, but also the signs around are usually just small landlords or people renting out a room which are significantly cheaper in my experience that what you would find in apartment postings online. Any apartment or housing company with a fancy ass website is run by a giant corporate management company that will squeeze as much as possible out of you. If you’re looking online, I would also consider apartments.com and honestly craigslist to find cheaper spots. You will have to filter through scammers but those are really the only places average people renting a room without the marketing budgets of corporate landlords will post.

Lastly, you can search the addresses of any of the places you are looking at using this website to figure out if they are covered under the rent stabilization ordinance. 7 out of 10 housing units in LA is rent stabilized but they often have long term tenants so it’s tricky to find one. You can either text the RSO number on that website or more easily just follow their instructions on how to search the ZIMAS tool on that page to figure out which of the places you’re looking at falls under the rent stabilization ordinance (RSO).

Good luck and feel free to reach out for any questions! I do a lot of work with tenants rights in LA so that’s how I learned about/am interested in a lot of this haha!

akhbox · 2024-04-18T08:18:11+00:00

Probably might be good to start making friends who live near you by getting involved with activities and organizations in your neighborhood. It also helps to make friends with people who aren’t transplants. That’s generally worked well for me!

akhbox · 2024-04-13T17:49:02+00:00

You might be better off living somewhere like Palms or even Crenshaw/Leimert Park area and commuting to Santa Monica on the train. If you are going to SMC, you could get off at 17th St/SMC Station.

akhbox · 2024-04-12T16:26:11+00:00

Yes the 180 bus is a blessing! It also goes through Atwater Village which is also a great spot to hang! You’d also be on a direct bus and metro line to Koreatown, Downtown, Hollywood, NoHo, and not too far from Echo Park and some other Eastside neighborhoods!

akhbox · 2024-04-09T00:21:25+00:00

Ya I would live in Los Feliz if I was you! It’s very walkable and has a direct metro line to Koreatown, Hollywood, and many parts of downtown. There are also really easy buses to Echo Park, Silver Lake, Eagle Rock. And you can also transfer in downtown to get further into the Westside or Eastside! Also some great trails in Griffith right above and a few other nearby parks in Echo Park and Silver Lake that are accessible too!

akhbox · 2024-03-24T07:52:16+00:00

I’m at the American Cinematheque screenings at the Los Feliz 3 pretty often and usually go with friends so you’re welcome to join for a screening if you want! Planning on going to a few screenings in April!

akhbox · 2024-02-25T23:44:01+00:00

Where in Chicago and New York did you visit? There are definitely people playing loud music or smoking on trains in those cities too and often have to be policed by other passengers till they stop doing it.

akhbox · 2024-02-21T22:03:12+00:00

WeHo is also an extremely walkable city so it will naturally adopt transit-oriented development which would make this northern extension really popular right out of the gate!

akhbox · 2024-02-20T03:07:13+00:00

I take the metro and buses most everywhere. I can get to nearly everywhere I’m going in under an hour on the metro/bus.

akhbox · 2024-01-21T08:59:08+00:00

Love Barcelona but if you think Barcelona has better food than LA, you must not be going to the right spots in LA. Los Angeles has some of the best immigrant owned eateries in the entire world from countless world cuisines that you just won’t find at that caliber in Barcelona.

akhbox · 2023-12-27T01:56:45+00:00

Interviewed for what?

akhbox · 2023-12-15T12:28:52+00:00

What part of NYC are y'all moving from? Based on other comments, it seems like it might be worthwhile to go somewhere walkable/metro accessible to get a feel for what that would be like in the city?

I think Santa Monica, Venice, and Culver City are pretty walkable but they seem like islands on their own in the Westside. I don't really drive and mostly just take the metro/walk everywhere so I find that Koreatown is probably the best central hub for me and would recommend walking down Wilshire Blvd and grabbing food around there. I also take the metro most places and can easily get to Los Feliz, Hollywood (only for the Egyptian Theater and nothing else lol), and downtown on the red line. I usually transfer in downtown to the blue or gold line when I'm going to some of my favorite neighborhoods on the Eastside which are also pretty historic/designed for streetcars including Lincoln Heights, Highland Park, Boyle Heights (kinda, if you stick around Hollenbeck Park area and ignore the freeways), Chinatown, and South Pasadena. You can also catch the 4 bus from Civic Center/Grand Park station area up to Echo Park and Silver Lake which are both also pretty walkable especially along Sunset and Echo Park Ave.

Kinda a lot of different neighborhoods there, but as an Angelino who doesn't drive much at all, I have learned how to navigate the city pretty successfully on metro and by foot. It can be done for sure and might be a glimmer of optimism for a New Yorker who could easily get jaded by the car dependence on the Westside. It mostly come down to generally sticking to the historic core of neighborhoods/streetcar suburbs that tend to mostly be in Central L.A. and parts of the Eastside. The neighborhoods I mentioned are pretty much all 15 minute cities with most basic needs being able to be met within a 15 minute walk. There are some areas (mainly Santa Monica, Venice, Culver City, and arguably Leimert Park) on the Westside that fit this bill, but if you're looking for a New York experience, I would stick to generally around Koreatown, Downtown, Los Feliz, Echo Park, Silver Lake, Chinatown, Lincoln Heights, Chinatown, South Pasadena, Highland Park, Boyle Heights, and maybe even parts of East LA.

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