Talk:Echo Park, Los Angeles, California
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[edit] Boundaries
I don't think too many people went to Echo Park because they were priced out of East Hollywood ; rents and housing prices in both neighborhoods have tended to be similar (East Hollywood is probably slightly cheaper than Echo Park right now, as it is only beginning to undergo gentrification). I would not consider East Hollywood to be an upscale neighborhood, either. Many of Echo Park's residents were priced out of Silver Lake and Los Feliz, with quite a few having moved from Venice (which is nowhere near Echo Park) due to high housing prices there. I deleted the references to Mayberry and Alessandro because Mayberry is not a neighborhood in Los Angeles and Alessandro St. is in Silver Lake - it is not a separate area.
- Mayberry Street is in northern Silver Lake, the reference was probably to that area.
[edit] Response
Well, of course you are wrong about rents, and you exagerate the numbers coming from Venice (There are probably more Midwesterners moving into Echo Park than those from Venice), and those who actually LIVE in Mayberry would beg to differ with you. Mayberry street is half in South-eastern Silverlake, and half in the Edendale quarter of Echo park. Also, Allessandro is situated in Echo Park, not Silverlake. The eastern boundry of Silverlake is Waterloo street.
garagehero-
Reponse # 2
To be fair, of course, many newbies who move into the area are unsure of the boundries, or are duped by over-zealous real-estate agents. I have run into folks who live on Landa Street (by the old goat trail), and which is entirely within the boundries of Echo Park, who think they live in Silverlake, even brag about it. There was a homeowner who angrily insisted his house was in Silverlake when I collecting signatures once. The fellow lived one block west from Glendale on Berkely, again, squarly within Echo Park. Garagehero (talk) 06:41, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Needs work
Really too much personal opinion in here. Also it's hard to read because it could be better organized. Please, somebody fix it. I am taking a break from WikiP for a week. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 06:35, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Thousands of people
This article seems to well establish that thousands of people live in Echo Park. I think they are all listed by name in one section or another, sometimes in more than one section. I'm almost surprised I'm not listed as a resident, even though we moved out in 1956.
I get the impression that the only thing notable about the area is the list of people. Is that really true? Is it necesary to list so many people to establish the notability of the area? Surely there would be something else about the area worth mentioning? Loren.wilton (talk) 06:00, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] REPONSE
So Loren...sorry for leaving you out...whatcha say your last name was? HAha!!! You know....if you go to other neighborhood Wikpedia entries, the Echo Park "LIST of Notables" is somewhere in the middle when it comes to sheer numbers. Garagehero (talk) 06:41, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
