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albany park may be a touch gritty here and there in that charming immigrant neighborhood kinda way, but i wouldn't call it dirty or dumpy.
it's home to some of the best cheap ethnic BYO places in the city. i'm blessed to live so close.
typical commercial side street:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9684...7i16384!8i8192
typical residential street:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9650...7i16384!8i8192
that said, the neighborhood doesn't feel as korean as it might have a generation or two ago. it's more mexican & middle eastern these days (with a fair bit of generic white people too).
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But there's nothing modern or futuristic about it either. Its not a knock on Albany Park, because I don't see any futuristic asian enclave in this country.
the "dumpiness" of Koreatown in LA is being overstated, as usual. Most of the residential streets are pretty ordinary, just dense blocks.
My old neighborhood there
in 9th/oxford area:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0558...7i16384!8i8192
http://https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0558902,-118.3065806,3a,75y,268.11h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1stoYki0dD2kJZLavnYVj_Dg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192