Why is Beverly Hills So Rich and Famous?
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Beverly Hills is known in pop culture (Clueless, Real Housewives) as being a haven for the rich, famous, and influential. How did it get that way? Is it harder to plan a city full of gated homes?
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I totally dropped the ball and didn't include the Weezer song "Beverly Hills" in this video. Here's a link to the music video for those (like me) who can't say "Beverly Hills" without singing it in your head: th-cam.com/video/HL_WvOly7mY/w-d-xo.html
Ok
Haha I forgot that song existed
I can't believe you've done this
The song that this city reminds me of is The Beverly Hillbillies - both the TV show theme and Weird Al’s version.
thanks... now this is stuck in my head :|
One thing that wasn't mentioned is that LA Metro is building a full subway through Beverly Hills, due to open in a few years with stations at WIlshire/La Cienega and WIlshire/Rodeo. Funnily enough, the residents have even resorted to using the children in the High School to try and derail the project.(The Tunnels have to go under the high school to reach the Century City station)
This is basically de rigeuer for wealthy areas and transit. Marin County in the SF Bay is a congested nightmare because they opposed BART running up there. Also in my experience growing up in the LA area, that stretch of Santa Monica Blvd. through BH is one of the most congested along it's 10+ mile length.
I was going to mention this in the comments. They sure did try though
@@karl_margsEven the wealthy SF Peninsula does not have BART. They have the separate Caltrain. People in these areas complain about the difficulty of getting people for service work, but many these places are expensive to live in and difficult to get to by public transportation.
I’m not from LA but when I visited I was astounded by how y’all have perfect weather, not much rain, and they can’t even expand that one subway in Hollywood I think it’s the red or purple? In Houston it’s too hot 5 months a year for a lot of outdoor walking but In LA I wouldn’t mind walking to a train, it’s nice out.
The Purple line is being extended right now. Phase one of the extension opens next year.
The $14,500 living in beverly hills is easy to understand when you know how much tax fraud there is. I am aware of restaurant and club owners who qualify for welfare, but drive new Porsches and live in 5000 sq.ft houses. And those are legal cash businesses, then there's also illegal cash businesses.
Not just tax fraud either, but also offshore business owners and investors. Money laundering feeds a LOT of those people's wallets.
Well yeah. I'm not from the US (Europe), but it's not unusual that multi-millionaires or billionaires suddenly disappear from the "richest lists" after doing some economic gymnastics. I remember a "formerly rich person" in my city with $0 income who drove a Koenigsegg. Income tells us absolutely zero about a person's wealth.
If you want to avoid income tax: Take your salary in the form of company stock. Use the stock as collateral at your bank and lend money from said bank. Congrats. You've got cash. 0% tax as long as you don't sell any stock. Historically the stock you're holding will increase in value making you able to borrow more money. There are many many other ways of doing this, but this is the obvious caveman method.
What about all the live in nanny’s n house staff for a lot of these places . In addition there is a large amount of immigrant labor force present in the city
Yeah incomes are pretty irrelevant for wealthy people living off assets
@@LordManhattanand that’s the method Musk thinks he’s so smart for using (tho I think he sells some of the stock, but capital gains tax is still way lower than income tax so it still works out)
I actually worked for for a year and made $10 per hour, along with my colleagues. The way that people were able to live there while making no money - slam as many people into a house as you can. Rent out a master bedroom closet if you have to.
It wasn't a bad place to be in every day, but I couldn't live anywhere near work and that 1 hour drive each way inspired me to become an urban planner. So thank you, Beverly Hills!
Love your channel keep up your content❤
So basically Monaco
The crossover I didn't know I needed
Beverly Hills can't hold a candle to Palma del Fuego!
can you explain to all people how can you make $10 per hour in California if the minimum wage is $15.50 per hour? and also most entry-level jobs pay over $16 per hour.
I can't believe they turned the Weezer song into a real place.
Real 😂
Agreed! And so cool that the tv show stole the area code in the song as a title!
Omg why was I singing that in my head then I go to comments and yours is first haha. Good old days.
and the worst one at that
That's where I want to be.
I used to live in West Hollywood - which as the residents would say is “Beverly Hills adjacent” - and work in Westwood which was just on the opposite side. So I almost exclusively biked through B.H. to commute to work and often jogged through its northern neighborhoods for exercise. The views of the mansions and parks there are really pretty and the roads much more pleasant and feels safer for cyclists in spite of not having dedicated bike lanes, compared to the typical congestion and careless drivers on Santa Monica Boulevard.
Yeah at least the walls and bushes and parked cars and curves make you drive slowly
I mean, bikers don’t even respect traffic rules, so they get no empathy from me. But Santa Monica Blvd in BH, bike lanes, are pretty safe.
@@johnnynezha2634 this is a really weird response to that guy's comment about his bike commute
@@johnnynezha2634 why would they "respect traffic rules" when they virtually can't kill or maim anyone? I think you are referring to the "California roll", where people skip a red light when there's no activity. What's so wrong with that?
Not surprising that the wealthiest communities in the USA are the ones that are the least blighted by highways tearing through them.
Or communities where absentee fathers are rampant.
@@robloxvids2233When the War on Drugs disproportionately ripped certain families apart, sure. But then, you lobotomised Roblox gamers can’t really any sort of history class
@@carolederent7638 Keep blaming others. That's a winning strategy in life.
Sadly despite it's importance, Pickfair was later demolished in 1990 by new owners, who initially claimed the house was in disrepair but later admitted that it had actually been in great condition; they had demolished it because they believed it was "haunted" (and they wanted a much bigger, more opulent mansion for themselves).
And fun fact, the second mayor of Beverley Hills was actor Will Rogers, a member of the Cherokee Nation.
Were the later owners Meshulam Riklis and Pia Zadora?
Pia Zadora said it had mold. Apparently the gates are original.
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The main thing that blows peoples minds about 95% of the greater LA region is that it's pretty much just a super generic medium density city that could be anywhere in America. You occasionally turn a corner in a neighborhood and get an iconic scene from 100 movies, or a wacky gaudy palace. But mostly you turn a corner and see a Starbucks or a ranch house or whatever. It's all just too hot and expensive. The crappy ranch houses all cost 2-3 million dollars.
But if you ride a bike from Koreatown to Santa Monica, you can pass through BH and not necessarily even notice it as a special place depending on the route you take. From the street, it's hard to tell how exotic some of the big houses are, cuz you just kinda see some bushes and you can't tell how many houses or apartments are behind them.
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As someone who lives in between Koreatown and Beverly Hills (and commutes through BH regularly), I have to disagree. I'm not saying that LA a well designed city -- it isn't, but to say that LA is 95% generic, especially *that* area is completely exaggerating. Like, I have no idea how someone can bike through Beverly Hills and not notice they're in Beverly Hills. There's a noticable change vibe: in architecture, from modern and mid-century to early 20th Century and Art Deco, from normal stores to all the bougie ones, hell, there's even a giant sign that tells you you are in the city. And as for the big houses (which I've walked around that neighborhood) most of the houses aren't actually covered by bushes, there's lots of interesting styles to see.
And that's not mentioning all the different kinds of places you'll see in just the Wilshrie corridor. There's Ktown (as you mentioned), Fairfax with lots and lots of museums, Westwood and UCLA's collegetown, Sawtelle with tons of Japanese markets and restaurants, and then you reach Santa Monica. And there's lot's of "pockets of walkability" like Larchmont, La Brea, Beverly Dr, Sawtelle, 3rd St, etc. that are full of local businesses, boutiques, classic theaters, and restaurants. Plus in greater LA there's Hollywood, Culver City, the USC area, Baldwin Hills, Crenshaw, Pasadena, the 626 etc. etc.
The thing is, they are not connected well: with highways and stroads which famously plague this city. Maybe if you are just pass through these places along the stroads, I can see how everything looks generic, but if you go the road less travelled, you'll see how unique each neighbohood is. The city is *trying* to improve transit though (I hope the subway is built soon so I don't have to get stuck in bus traffic). And besides, there's too many murals here to be *anywhere* in America!
cause he's driving through korea town, it's a getto.@@889884m
Ironically, the "Beverly Hillbillies" mansion is in Bel Air, not Beverly Hills.
Bel Air is the name of the neighborhood it is in. It is actually in the city limits of Los Angeles, not Beverly Hills.
I’m surprised you didn’t comment on their city grid with all of it’s six-way intersections. There’s one that’s six-way, multi-lane and as wide as a football field. It would be the perfect place for a traffic circle with a nice sculpture or something in the middle, but right now it’s just decorated with rubber from donuts.
that’s a HARSH way to put it. Always pass by here and never thought twice about it. complainer ! lol
I was dating a girl in Beverly Hills, her mom and dad worked normal jobs and they live in a nice normal duplex. The disparity is INSANE! Her friends on the other hand live in 10-20 million dollar homes in the flats/ gateway/ holmby. It’s kind of crazy that a kid can even grow up in an environment that different
That’s typical in L.A.
That’s like putting poor or middle class into super rich neighborhood’s thats overall bad idea.
Crime,etc.
yes, cause poor people are criminals@@TomFox1
@@TomFox1that's happening in Gentrified Brooklyn. People living in multi million dollar condos right across from people living in poverty.
@@TomFox1so, single family homes?
if we run out of farmland from these homes, do you mind foreign countries providing us food?
One thing about effecting home values are and were grassy green lawn. This concept is adopted/brought from Europe in 17th century when riches plant green grass front of their houses to make their houses neat while majority of people were adapting to the geographic conditions. They gave the lawn nickname like "green carpet" or "pleasure grounds." Because of this background and history, homes with green lawns tend to have higher values in real estate market. This is why "golf" is rich people's sport.
Yes. Part of it was also the idea of a piece of ground given over to purely aesthetic use, with no economic (livestock grazing, growing crops and veggies) benefit whatsoever. A different way of 'conspicuous consumption".
I grew up in the 70s after my parents divorce in Beverly hills. we went from a 4000sf house with a swimming pool in the valley to the single mothers apartment section below wilshire blvd. most of the families here were from middle, upper middle class, a large percentage jewish the persians were just beginning to arrive. the reason we moved here at the time was bussing, beverly hills was independent with a good school district. 4 k-8 and one high school. i remember one kid who needed help buying a suit for graduation when suits were only100 $. in saying that i did attend with Will shatner's and Gig young's daughters and lots of industry peoples kids. Gabriel Macht lived on the same block in an apartment until his father Stephen's success got him a house over on Rodeo dr. still in the same neighborhood. it was a good place for kids and moms.
it sound like the best summer you had.
I last walked on Rodeo Drive in 2019 and while it’s walkable, I did see my fair share of exotic cars, including a Ferrari in which the owner was reviving up his car just for show and then a cop in a bicycle gave that driver a noise violation ticket.
bet it sounded good though
😂😂
@@gangsterbroccoli Sexiest sounding ticket they’d ever heard… 😎
I wonder is there any wealthy areas in the US where the rich people do cycle or walk around? If you notice in London for example, in Kensington & Chelse is the local amenities and attractions. You’ll see very wealthy people just wander about even more so than the upper east side. Notably even British royal family based in KP have been spotted “popping into the shops”
Here in my town in FL a lot of the wealthiest people are attorneys, politicians, etc… they can be scene in cycling clubs, walking around the fancier neighborhoods, etc. But this is Florida, people live here to be outside.
The wealthiest hood in NYC is Chelsea, not the upper east side. There are plenty of other parts of NYC that are extremely wealthy as well and totally walkable. I don't ask people their incomes but most all of the wealthy parts of Manhattan are extremely walkable, so it is safe to say they do walk there and "pop into shops"
I would guess that there are, but the walkable areas are themselves part of the wealthy enclave - islands inside of islands, as the video says, where you go to do something (shop, probably) rather than a place that's necessarily part of the community (a park, a small business). It is, in a sense, walking and cycling as a social status thing rather than for any inherent purpose.
There's that place on top of the hills in San Francisco that's supposedly the bee's knees, because of the severe building restrictions. Is it Presidio Heights or Pacific Heights? The point is, just because of the restrictions, they can't just tear the houses down and build Mega McMansions there. It's supposedly the most expensive real estate in the US.
Greenwich Village in New York City comes to mind.
Interesting! From the media, I always thought it was a Los Angeles neighborhood (not its own city) and next to the ocean (close enough, I guess!). The richness was a given. This video is like so totally fetch!
There's actually Bel-Air, Brentwood and Pacific Palisades that are adjacent to Beverly hills, richer, neighborhoods of LA and closer to the ocean.
No so, West Hollywood was until mid 80's then it became incorporated, on the other hand Bellaire is in and part of the city of lost angels.
it is in LA,CO that's why they need permission to do thing just like S,PAS, Alhambra, and other city in S. calif.
Yup, Beverly Hills also has its own public school district. insane lol
a lot of city's in LACO had their own schools and police@@Cheezfuz92
It sounds like Beverly Hills needs to be cut off from the services provided by LA. If they want to be seen as their own entity, they should be able to acquire their own resources
Beverly Hills also needs to be forced to build more housing.
@@TheManiple I wholeheartedly agree. I live right outside of BH and it's really easy to see where the dividing line between it and WeHo is, because on WeHo's side there are dense midrise apartment complexes, and on BH's side, there's nothing but bougey overpriced single-family homes on quarter-acre lots. Makes me sick tbh.
That's the parasitic story of most suburbs, exploiting their proximity to cities they contribute nothing to support...
Careful what you wish for. BH would be better off not paying any taxes to LA, and providing for their own needs.
The land was cheaper when it was developed 100+ years ago. Nobody should be forced to demolish their private home and build high density housing just because the "free market" says the land value is higher. High property prices does not mean everyone living there has an income high enough to afford the market price.
@@R.-. so then let them build their own utilities within the boundaries of the city. They shouldn’t be receiving help from LA in any way
The flats of Beverly Hills is SUPER walkable and the streets are extremely wide… you “could” walk from your mansion to rodeo or little santa monica pretty easily.
You should do a video on urban ethnocultural diversity & why some cities around the world (Los Angeles, NYC, Miami, Melbourne, Toronto, London, Berlin, Rotterdam etc) are home to many different immigrant communities & ethnocultural groups.
Add São Paulo
That's a great idea! Looks like he liked your comment so hopefully he turns that into a video! I think you will find at least 2 major categories that attract large ethnic diverse population:
1. Proximity to another country. Think of Mexicans in the southwest, Florida with many Caribbean & south Americans, and lesser extent Asians in the west coast
2. Jobs. Specific types of jobs that attract international people. Bay Area & NYC are great examples.
And once you have a growing population of an ethnic group, it will attract more of that group.
@@bearcb Does Brazil get that many immigrants though? I know that they did in the past but I've heard that now no one wants to move to Brazil.
Though it is interesting to me that Brazil has the largest Lebanese and Japanese diaspora populations in the world.
@@carfreeneoliberalgeorgisty5102 Also the largest African population out side of Africa.But you're right, no one wants to move to Brazil anymore, in the past they did but not anymore.
@@carfreeneoliberalgeorgisty5102 you talked about cultural and ethnic diversity, and that São Paulo has plenty of. It doesn't get much immigration from Europe or Japan anymore (mostly business people now), but still atracts people from South America and Africa.
Looks a lot like Coral Gables, tbh-there were multimillion dollar homes, but I lived in a 1-bedroom apartment a few blocks from Miracle Mile for $900/month
Omg how?
@@asaadlewis328 it was 20 years ago 😁
Beverly hills is a gazillion times nicer
My brother and his wife used to live in BH. In a small apartment near Clark/Clifton. Hardly even in BH, but they got a kick out of telling people that's where they lived.
It reminds me of the movie Slums of Beverly Hills.
Can you do similarly high end enclaves in cities that are considered poor. Roland Park in Baltimore comes naturally to my mind, although there are probably similar ones in Detroit, St.Louis, Cleveland etc.
"Honestly don't know where 14.5k earners live"...They live in detached maid's quarters sir. lol
Ohhhh... Beverly Hills.. What a perfect microcosm//reflection of USA as a whole..
Swimming pools actually are not big water users...people fill them once and they typically stay full with a trickle of a few hundred gallons a week. Also, the people in Beverly Hills can afford to buy expensive pool covers to reduce evaporation and take good care of them so they don't need to be drained and cleaned more than a couple times during the lifetime of the pool. It's a fallacy that swimming pools are a drain on limited water resources
Lawns and landscaping is another story entirely: this is truly the biggest water user, which is why Las Vegas is making property owners remove lawns and no longer allowing new homes to install live grass. It's the DESERT, duh! Drought-tolerant native vegetation should always have been the requirement, it's about time this was regulated.
the wet prince of bel-air has used 11.8 billion Gallons of water a year.
I would love to see a video on annexation/consolidation of cities (benefits, drawbacks, etc.). Boston and its surrounding cities/towns/suburbs is a really interesting case study.
Boston has some crazy city borders. Just from a map perspective one would expect that Cambridge and Brookline would have already been annexed.
Its also hilarious to me that "Harvard Bridge" connects directly between MIT and Boston. (The road does go to Harvard, but MIT is right there)
1:06 actually Beverly Hills also shares border with the city of West Hollywood. Meaning that Beverly Hills/West Hollywood together are completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles
Tying together your thoughts about community power and density, I wish you had mentioned that, in spite of legal fights with ridiculous arguments, Beverly Hills will get a subway station in the next 5 years. In spite of their best efforts, BH actually has ample transit access-because they know they need it. BH might be super wealthy, but the people who work there aren’t, and downtown Beverly Hills is Erbse enough that transit is the only way to bring that nang workers to the city.
The 14,500 figure may be misleading depending on if the figure is speaking on individual or household salaries. 20% could be part time workers, young adults still living with parents etc. if it is speaking on individual salaries
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Great video my grandparents had a house on Coldwater on BH border with LA the joke was houses south of Wilshire was called the slums of Beverly Hills my friend moved from the valley to that area in charleville st with all those apartments near there did look like it was a less expensive area
Very interesting, I learnt something new today😊
Why should the people private homes feel welcoming to random people on the street? Or make it easy for people to see into their private property?
Great job! I always enjoy your videos!
overall great video, however I’d add that ALL the neighborhoods south of Sunset Blvd have sidewalks and are incredibly pedestrian friendly. Also the neighborhoods south of Wilshire Blvd have numerous small apartment buildings mixed in with more modest single family homes
When I visited LA this year one of the things that most stood out to me about Beverly Hills is that there are no hire bike stations, making it needlessly hard to get to and around.
This was a delightful video to watch. 🌱
I watched this on Nebula, but am commenting here for the algorithm.
Thank you for sharing.😊😊
And Merry Christmas and Happy New Years to you!😊😊😊
I grew up in Beverly Hills, I'm also half Persian (not Jewish, though), this video is the first time I've seen someone accurately describe the city. My family was considered middle class for BH standards, and we lived in the very south side of the city, which to this day has a completely different vibe and people from the side north of Santa Monica Blvd. I never lived in a mansion, but moved between apartments and duplexes. Would I live there again? Probably not, the city is pretty stagnant in development and is full of NIMBYs (including my mom at one point), but BH, or at least my neighborhood, was definitely very nice to live in as a kid.
What are NIMBY's?
@@NothingOfNoteToSeeHere Stands for Not In My Backyard. It describes people who consider themselves left-leaning but will reject anything related to new infastructure in their neighborhood because it will ruin the character or property value or something like that.
I grew up in Beverly Hills (on the south side in the "flats"). It was a crazy experience, and I'm glad I'm not there anymore. I think you've done a good job of describing my home town. Just one comment: We pronounced it "Trooz-dale Estates" not "Trows-dale Estates." I currently live in Eugene, Oregon, and that might be a great place to focus on in another of your videos. I'd be happy to serve as a guide!
Same here! I grew up near Roxbury Park.
There was a recent story of Beverly Hills imposing strict regulations in regards to dog parks and so that only residents there can take their dogs there.
S. Pasadena has the same even in their tennis park.
Love your content, especially since I found out you're a professor at Cal Poly, where I went to college. I do have one complaint, though. The word is "flouting" _(to flagrantly disobey)_ not "flaunting" _(to show off)._
I work in Beverly Hills and my drive from the SFV into Beverly Hills is one of the most beautiful commutes in the country
amazing!! thank you!!
Would love to see a video about The City of West Hollywood! It’s right next to Beverly Hills and is quite interesting in and of itself
Great video.
Great Video
Brilliant factual video❤❤
"Wealthy men can't live in an island that is encircled by poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give a chance to everyone, at least a basic chance." Senna
Love the video, but I must clear up the pronunciation of Trousdale Estates. It's actually pronounced Trues-dale. I would not know if it were not be for the show Ray Donovan because his wife always talked about wanting to move there. Keep up the good work!
Enjoyed it
Excellent video! It would be great a video about the Palos Verdes area.
“The one thing Portland doesn’t have..”
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I drove through Beverly Hills north of Santa Monica Blvd and I was kind of shocked. It is such a rich city but the infrastructure is quite poor. Then again Rodeo area is alright especially compared to West Hollywood or basically anything else in LA.
Again though, it's surprising that the bar is so low in LA even with so much international appeal and money flowing through it.
Bar is so low for whom exactly? The people who can't afford to live there?
The lack of "infrastructure" is not a bug, it's a feature. Way they see it, they want to discourage too much population density around to keep the riff raff out. If you can't afford to have a car, then you're shit out of luck lol
The only money that is coming in there is from the Chinese
The infrastructure is quite poor?? Care to elaborate how? Where abouts you were exactly? Especially since north of SM Blvd actually encompasses most of BH
Downtown Beverly hills is actually one of the most walkable areas in LA. Plus the subway will open in a couple years.
I got lucky and pay $1450/month for my apartment in BH. It's way under marketprice.
Please do floating cities! Thank you for your channel!
Amazing video! Please do Newport Coast next!
There's no such city as "Newport Coast." That's only the vision of a white developer and general white flight.
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As a non american I didn't really know what Beverly Hills was other than a wealthy neighborhood on some hills, but given your description I'm surprised how tiny the lots are. Don't the rich and famous usually have a huge property somewhere outside the city and a rooftop apartment in the center? Those houses are such a weird in-between. No real privacy, less greenspace than rural middle class gardens, but also little infrastructure. How can a location alone be so expensive, can you use it for networking? I expected a tax haven story like it would be here in Europe but there was no mention of that.
The houses are beautiful and well built, which is very uncommon in most of the US in the west half. The privacy is good, not bad. The access to the rest of the LA area is very good. Great views, great weather. Very high density of high network people to communicate with.
Yes and no. The communities that you describe for the rich (far from the city and huge) exist in the LA area and are even more expensive than BH. For example, the Kardashians live in Calabasas which is an entire mountain range away from anything resembling city life, so much that Kylie Jenner takes 15min private jet rides to get anywhere.
But places like that are literally just for living, BH is a rich area that also gives you some accessibility to civilization lol.
A good medium between that in LA is thr neighborhood of Bel Air, where the mansions are bigger than BH but you're still adjacent to the city. Downside to there is that BA is not it's own city, so the rich people there are still subject to city of LA laws and can't politics their way into what they want 100% of the time (they are still rich enough to get their way 90% of the time, honestly)
Not nearly as wealthy, but it reminds me of a neighborhood in Mar del Plata called Los Troncos. The city was first established about a century ago as a beach holiday destination for the wealthy Argentinians. It ended up becoming a rather large city where all kinds of people vacation in, however Los Troncos neighborhood was chosen by the famous and rich businessmen to build their lavish beach houses. If you walk or drive down the neighborhood’s streets you get the same feeling that you described since all the homes are like their own little island, you can barely see anything inside the properties bc it’s all full of bushes and fences that block the view.
As I said, not nearly as wealthy and exclusive as Beverly Hills, but If you have some savings (not enough to buy a house in BH) and would like to experience some sort of exclusiveness look up for houses in Los Troncos, Mar del Plata. They are rather cheap now bc of our economic recession.
Quick check showed all properties priced in US dollars, some in the seven figures. Seems they cater to ex-pats, and they see the Yankees coming from a mile off.
If there are affordable deals, it looks like you will have to do some digging.
@@shelbynamels973 oh no, in Argentina all properties are priced in USD. It’s been like that for a long time because our currency is very unstable and inflation makes it impossible to make big transactions. People save in USD, and properties and land are sold in USD. Construction prices too. Now even rent is beginning to be fixed in USD. We are actually considering adopting the USD as legal tender, it all boils down to whoever wins this October elections.
What were you expecting when I said affordable mansions? Haha. They are “cheap” compared to similar properties in more developed places such as Europe or the USA. But they are still on the pricier end, at least compared to a regular house or apartment. And i doubt they cater to Yankees, I’ve never heard of American or European expats going to Mar del Plata. Virtually all of them come to Buenos Aires, and very rarely buy property unless they have some kind of attachment to the country (perhaps an apartment, but 7 figures houses in a beach town with a terrible beach? Haha I don’t think so)
While it might sound strange due to our seemingly constant crisis, there’s a lot of people who economically do really well in Argentina. And just like this neighborhood, there are whole towns that cater to the well off Argentinians. Look up houses in Cariló, Pinamar and Costa Esmeralda. They are all beach towns were upper middle and upper class families go on holidays). Try Nordelta in Buenos Aires, it’s a huge gated community where tens of thousands of Argentinians live. La Isla, in Nordelta is specially luxurious.
But all of those are the newer more modern developments. The traditional neighborhoods where people with generational wealth live are places such as “Barrio Parque”, “Avenida Melian, Belgrano”, “Barrio Ingles de Caballito”. “La isla de Recoleta”.
@@shelbynamels973 oh and the houses are indeed cheaper than ever, because of the current recession. They were priced much much higher a couple of years ago. But the real state market is rather stagnant because prices are going down and no one wants to sunk that kind of money if they know prices will probably keep going down even more.
@@agme8045 Thanks. I love Zillow--shopping the world.
@@shelbynamels973 no problem. I been there too. Way too many hours spent on zillow looking at way too expensive houses 😂
Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas was a Mexican ranch, and not a Spanish ranch.
Oops, sorry! Good point.
The same people that live in Beverly Hills and consume way more than the average person are the ones telling the average person to consume less.🙄
Generalizations aren't facts. I've been a resident of BH for almost 30 years and know way more people who conserve and reduce far more than those who don't within my town.
You don't flaunt a restriction; you flout one.
I drove through Beverly Hills in 2015 and remember seeing signage on the grass median of Sunset Blvd. explaining that the city had stopping watering it due to the drought.
I'm appalled by the arrogant waste of water in a much larger area where others are trying to be more aware.
You can rent in BH and there is at least when I lived there, rent control. It's also a city full of tourists which is a lot of the cars you would see since most rent your basic cars and not luxury ones that some car rental companies have. I must admit that eating and shopping in BH just felt different then doing the same thing a mile away in Los Angeles.
Very sad that the "White House" of the West Coast, "Pickfair" which was built by Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. and Mary Pickford was torn down as was Rudolph Valentino's "Falcon Lair" also torn down.
Two of the most famous homes in Beverly Hills torn down and exist no longer!
I lived right across the street from Bel-aire...at the UCLA dorms.
As a longtime BH resident, there is also a bit of civic pride. My neighbors are all really nice, we walk our dogs together and better yet, mind our own business unless someone is in trouble. Commuters use Benedict, Beverly Glen, Coldwater and Laurel Canyons to cut from the valley over. It's a nightmare certain times of day.
That's why I would never wanna live anywhere near those streets dividing the sfv and the rest of B.H., W.H., HLYWD, S.M..
@antomano5623 waze and Google maps gave too many people the idea to use even smaller side streets. Turning off my street onto the canyon in the morning is a little crazy. Commuters are more than happy to illegally block intersections so residents can't leave
Yup this is my daily commute. The real nightmare is getting from Ventura Blvd to Beverly Glen/Benedict Canyon
One of the most beautiful city in California amazing city wonderful people of California ❤❤❤❤
If the only penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower poor
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9:25 The LFP building is the HQ of Larry Flynt Publications.
the area around rodeo drive has plenty of tall buildings and apartments and there's quite a few celebrities that would wanna live in an apartment like in new york but in la so they should make some of those there even if they're not affordable it takes rich people away from places that have the potential to be affordable
2000ft tall Beverly hill billionaire residential tower when
There are also apartments and condos in Beverly Hills - I could see some of those residents being lower income. Especially retired folks.
You have some celebs who feel Beverly Hills is too open to people that they end up in Calabasas which is majority gated communities.
I like the topics you cover, but the audio constantly cutting out for a split second mid sentence was jarring. I thought it might have been my speakers, but it's the editing techniques.
Nice
Bel Air became synonymous with Fresh Prince "Will Smith"
I'll take "obvious for $500 Alex"
all so in the opening credits of the rockford files
heyyy i remember that show 90210
Do a video on Stockton CA, the largest municipal bankruptcy. The city has a rich history and then descended into the dumpster fire it is now over the back half of the 20’th century. Not too far from SLO where you are based out of too.
Nerd Alert: at 1:08 you said "completely surrounded by the city of los angeles" not exactly true! It borders the independent city of West Hollywood as well
Together they are, though. A co-enclave and the only one I think of.
@@nlpnt yes they are! But don't you think their double enclave status negates them as individual enclaves?
I would like to see a comparison between Beverly hills and Monaco. Both are places for the richest, but to me the fibe looks completely different. Monaco is more walkable, everything more accessible for tourists or non residents (ie normal people) and the very rich people live in tiny apartments.
Monaco is a principality trying to maximize land Beverly Hills is much larger land and car driven culture you can’t compare
Beverly Hills was able to survive LA Annexation due to it being one of the original members of the Metropolitan Water District.
Its like a luxury prison for the rich and famous where they can have what they want but end up isolating themselves behind walls while drinking and using drugs to forget about the misery they put themselves in, meanwhile in impoverished Nigeria, people are very happy and enjoy their lives even though they make less in a year then some of the beverly hills residents’ make in an hour
Why are you so bitter towards those who have money? Privacy is a major concern for anyone who has a lot of money because they become priority targets, so obviously they’ll try to be as secure as possible. It is just want they want, the same way you want to live the way you want. Also, how are you so sure that ALL rich people take drugs and living in misery? By the looks of it, a lot of them are quite happy for where they are. Like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for example.
We lived there for nearly 10 years, mainly because we wanted my stepson in a good K-12 district, and it's got that. I wouldn't recommend the BH for anyone else for any other reason, though. Cliques galore, upscale consumptionism unbound, and other cultural negatives get maximized there because it's entirely self-involved. As one person noted below, they enlisted their schools in an objection to the Metro extension: It would have created "seismic instability" beneath BH High School, though every seismologist not paid for by the Village called BS on that. Our boy was going to the high school at the time and he learned not to bring up the benefits of the Metro in conversations there, even with staff.
I loved your comments about the "Persian Palaces." I've seen plenty of non-Persian folks doing the same; the McMansioning of "the Flats," the area below Santa Monica Boulevard. Some of those places go right up to the property boundary with barely a lawn.
From what I understand pickfair had already existed at the time Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford bought it. It was a lodge.
That's 'flout' not 'flaunt' Mr College Professor. 😸
It’s so for me; I wish I could live there.
Same
Is it pronounced Trowdale as in the video or Trouzdale with a z sound for Trousdale estates? Angelenos help out here.
Lol, yes he mispronounced it. It's pronounced "Trooz-Dale"
i'll visit.
ONLY $2/3 MILLION he says! 😅
My broke a&& can’t relate one bit
Mr. Beast made it pretty clear, that if you're Rich and Famous, it's pretty difficult to live in normal housing. He said, the lack of security becomes very quickly exploited. Not to excuse the residents of Beverly hills for their water consumption etc. but I understand why the privacy exists.
hey, does she just take charge of your account or she recommends investmetns to make for you. how does she work?
If BH was smart it would tie its affordable housing projects TO the upcoming Metro station inside city limits. Yes this area is the rich downtown commercial district but many of those walkable areas would be even better with apartments above the shops in bougie 5 over 1's... And yes they could even install vertical gardens, solar panels and privacy screens to make it seem more 90210-esque...
You never see Milburn Drysdale get any credit for the success of this city.
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BH is quite liked for celebs settle in . Id say much more than areas of big apple Or Ldn ,Vegas .
Money bags spot to dig life , As to the Walls on front similar to many houses down here in brazil regardless of class , Building Walls over here is really regular to feel in a cage 😮 Working class houses mostly 12 ft till 15 .
As to well off guys hood , Cars round spying of cops but Height Wall . 😎
Love this! One trend that I've noticed, is celebrities moving from Beverly Hills to Malibu to Pacific Palisades. And then there are some who move to Calabasas. I wonder if Beverly Hills is a lot less desirable these days for the ultra wealthy.
There's significantly more people now so there's more space out in places like Calabasas despite burning down frequently.
Burning down, heh. Yeah, it surprises me because it gets so hot in the summer there. I forgot to mention Montecito. I wonder if that will keep populating. It's a bit out of the way for commuting to the studios, though..