West Hollywood, California

West Hollywood (abbreviated WeHo), a city in Los Angeles County, California, was founded on 29 November 1984. The city, along with Beverly Hills, is surrounded completely by the City of Los Angeles. According to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which provides police services for the city, the total residential population is just over 37,000, however, the nighttime and weekend population swells to between 80,000 and 100,000, with a high of up to 500,000 during major events such as Halloween or the Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade. The district is one of the most notable gay villages in the United States.
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Coordinates:  34°5'13"N 118°22'10"W

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  • The Western part of West Hollywood borders Beverly Hills. It is a mixture of very good restaurants attended by locals as well as Beverly Hillsians slumming on our side of the tracks. Our own residents in West West Hollywood are a mixture of Russian immigrants (many of an advanced age), gay, mostly professional couples (guppies), your ordinary hetero yuppies as well, and some not-quite-so-well-off folks who have been here for decades are are therefore still protected by rent control. The Eastern part of West Hollywood borders Hollywood, and is not quite so well-heeled as the Western part. In the last few years there has been a spate of big box store developments which is continuing. The worst effects of this (automobile traffic, pollution, parking problems) have been thrown upon the less well-off and therefore presumably less influential Eastern part of the city. This makes the eastern part more commercial while the West has a more boutique-restaurant-small-precious-dogs-SUVs kind of flavor. Well, I hope I've offended everyone by now (and my apologies to all!). Anyway, that is my own candid appraisal totally off the top of my head. I'd have to think a lot more about this if it weren't being posted anonymously!
  • West Hollywood is the Boystown of L.A. Its like the Castro of Frisco