CC – Honestly, I went as a tourist so I was kind of surprised how close Hollywood Blvd (labachur,is this what you are refering to)was to the frum community (its like a 5 minute drive).
I liked the whole attitude of the city its very chilled, and very warm, on shabbosim you see a lot of Jews walking its really nice.
Then again I’m a NYer with a mutant gene who just loves out-of-town 🙂