I wuz bout to dap this post until you said you can find a condo in downtown LA for half tha cost slow down there broncoe, you need to look up tha rent in downtown LA it's outta control , same with echo park/silverlake they gentrifying and kicking tha eses out, tha rents sky high brodie
i just posted a link above, and i can find a dozen more links.
y'all gotta understand, what's "expensive" in LA is a bargain compared to the rent here.
2000$ or higher for rent is the going rate for even the shyttiest suburbs 40 minutes outside of SF