Is Santa Monica expensive place?

Expensive real estate is driven by the rental industry which is booming and owning a home is, from my experience, rare. I think most people would rather live in other areas of LA and lease/rent out there owned home in Santa Monica, which they can charge a premium for on services like AirBnB or VRBO. read more

Several of Santa Monica’s Westside neighbors also made Apartment Guide’s list of the 50 most expensive places to rent in the United States. Venice is in fifth place, followed by Playa Vista at 15, Marina Del Rey at 16 and Culver City at 22. read more

For Santa Monica College it would be about $4560 a year more. UCLA is $22,000 a year more, so bringing it up to about $55,000 a year for school fees, books, room & board, etc, the same as a private school like USC or Harvard. read more