[speeder]

I think that there is a confusion in terms at the beginning of this thread between the "south bay" area and South Central Los Angeles. No one who is moving here for a "lucrative job" is going to accidentally move to SC L.A.

All of the beach cities of the south bay, (Manhattan/Redondo/Hermosa), are nice by the water and expensive/crowded. Pretty much the entire inland part of the south bay sucks pretty bad, just concrete everywhere you look and crappy post-war stucco boxes for houses in row after boring row. A lot like most of the OC. It just depends on what you look for in a city.

What is the job that you are coming here to do?