The rumors are true: Beverly Hills delivers on a dramatic, cinematic scale of wealth and excess. A known celebrity haunt, come here to daydream or to live like the rich and famous for a day. Window-shop or splurge at tony stores, and keep an eye out for filming locales; just walking around here will make you feel like you're on a movie set.
South of Beverly Hills, Culver City is a fast-growing neighborhood that's known for a mix of high-end and experimental restaurants, an up-and-coming shopping scene, and the Sony Pictures studio lot. An explosion of growth has coincided with the opening of the Metro Expo Line that runs from downtown through Culver and all the way to Santa Monica.