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Originally Posted by Illithid Dude
Historic Philippino Town counts. I go down there for shows all the time. Current coolest neighborhoods in Los Angeles right now are Historic Philippino Town, East Hollywood, Lincoln Heights, Highland Park, and Eagle Rock. Silver Lake lapsed out of being cool the second the Starbucks Reserve was thrown up, but hasn't really been "cool" per se in a while, at least not the type of bleeding edge in-the-know cool that really separates the fat from the meat.
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Please. I drive through 'Historic Filipinotown' regularly to get from my neighborhood of Los Feliz to work/other stuff downtown, and it barely registers as an identifiable neighborhood, let alone a super cool one. Temple and Beverly are both lined with mostly non-descript businesses, auto body shops. I know of like 2 decent restaurants around there, and I suppose some of the residential areas are somewhat interesting, but I don't see what could be so cool about it. I did go to some sort of makeshift rave thing there about 10 years ago, so obviously it must be super cool lol.
I love Lincoln Heights and I think it's a cool neighborhood for what it is (ethnic neighborhood with good historic bones and some delicious Mexican food, nice park, transit access, etc.) But outside of the old brewery where they do the artwalk, what is so cool about it? East Hollywood is grimey but I have been to some good parties at old bars that are becoming hipster spots, so I can see it becoming somewhat 'cool'. I do love Highland Park and should have included it in my initial list. Eagle Rock is sleepy and super suburban. Idk, this all just goes to show how stupid this whole concept is. What even is cool?