Harassing Brentwood

Sadly, this is 100% true and Brentwood is BY FAR the rudest, nastiest place I've ever seen in America. No hyperbole at all either -- It's got NYC beat by a mile. Underneath the posh lawns is a level of narcissism that boggles the mind.

Ask anyone who rides a bike here regularly and they'll tell you -- instantly -- that Brentwood is the most dangerous place to ride a bike or be a pedestrian in LA.

This lady is right on with her observations, and Brentwood is unbearable and always has been!

I think one of the problems with people here is that they don't see themselves as Angelenos, but as members of a specific group, ie. white, black, rich, poor, gay, straight, old, young, etc. There isn't a sense of being considerate of those you share the city with because they are often seen as the "other", not members of a community.

For example, today I got into it with my neighbor when I politely asked her if she could request that her daughter not play and yell RIGHT under my window. She looked at me like I was crazy, shrugged her shoulders rudely, and told me that she couldn't tell her daughter what not to do (huh??). I'm pretty sure it had more than a little to do with the fact the I'm white and she is Latina and has lived in the neighborhood much longer than me. I just wish people could understand that we all have to share the city and it's really easier for everyone if people can be NICE.

Nothing to do with LA or race im afraid. You broke a cardinal social rule.

"Thou shalt not tell lazy parent how to treat their kids"

You might as well have told her to drown her child for all the consideration your request was given.

Happy Friday!

As a former resident of Brentwood, I couldn't disagree with this post more. I found very rarely that people were rude to me when they were valet parking my Lexus or making me coffee at Starbucks on Barrington/SanVicente. All of my friends from back home in Connecticut agree, whenever we hit Hollywood and Highland and bought bottle service, the waitresses were always quite pleasant. So not sure what all the hubbub is about.

Don't forget, it's also the assholes in those "upper-class" neighborhoods that inhibited the extension of the redline to the sea because it may just ruin the gentrification of their neighborhoods. Let's generalize, there are some great people there, but many are incredibily rude; I say fuck em'.

whoops, I meant let's *not generalize.

Generalize much?

This is sooo true! People in LA are mean. Even worse in Brentwood! Word up to this girl. She really tells it like it is.

Our task is to behave well because it's the right thing to do, without expectation of receiving the same in return. Fortunately, in the aggregate, people will treat you as you treat them.

Make it a nice day.

Los Angeles is riddled with transplants from iowa, ohio, nebraska, michigan and the list goes on and on.

if you are one of these people please know that you are ruining our city and kindly go back because you're not going to "make it". you come here believing that you need to act a certain way, wear certain clothes and be someone your not. without a doubt you are the main contributor to our rude, ego-centric, lifeless and selfish environment.

buy a bum a cookie will ya....

i would have to agree that rich people make for the rudest drivers.. can't tell you how many times i've seen really reckless assholes careening around in their bentleys and bmws on the windy roads near bel air on my way to ucla..

I've lived in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. San Francisco was by the far the worst in terms of rude, selfish, self absorbed people.

SF ruder than LA??? Wow, that's the first I've ever heard that one. Having lived in both places, I found SF strangers to be some of the nicest city-dwellers I've ever met. To me, there isn't even a comparison, especially when it comes to Brentwood. The sheer volume of per-capita rudeness there can't be touched.

It comes down to manners like she mentioned..and frankly the greater percentage of people don't have a shred to their name. Sadly, LA has been flooded even moreso with the flash-in-the-pan wannabe actors lately..and like a bad math problem, money + no manners = fail

Most of my best friends also live in LA..there are amazing people here. I think that this CL lady making it a point to piss people off even further doesnt help though. You can't swim across a fucking river with your hands clenched as fists.

i'm a moron. ^^ was supposed to be a response to the main thread :D

i can't either. i grew up in east LA and moved the SF in july 1999. i was SHOCKED how friendly folks were throughout the 6 years i lived there.

i moved back to los angeles in august 2005 and was reminded how unfriendly and straight up RUDE folks are down here.

SF? really?

Having lived there myself, I couldnt agree with that one.

This is why I take great enjoyment in seducing the wives of the pompous and banal, Ladies and gentleman I give you the upper crust of American society, self adsorbed , self important , and trapped in the self constructed prisons known as exclusive neighborhoods.

have to agree that generally speaking folks who grew up here are much nicer and more polite than transplants. is that because of the ridiculous amount of people who came here to "make it?" the last thing LA needs is another reality TV star candidate. stay in iowa, please! i have great friends and i love this city. i defend her loudly and often, but i see her flaws. i do my best to avoid places that attract the element that give LA a bad name (ed hardy, casting calls, robertson, sunset strip, any sbe joint, pink berry).

"Generally speaking," I've actually viewed Brentwood in about the same light. I don't mean to solidify stereotypes but I've found even the elderly (there are a lot) in Brentwood are rude; my only conclusion can be the money and probably cars like mentioned above. Definitely sense an air of entitlement - even for LA - whenever I'm in the area. It's like the area is too pretty and green and the people feel it's their duty to counteract that with an concocted, artificial air of a Rat Race.

I think evryone commenting missed the point of this rant big time. She IS A NATIVE. As am I. She GREW UP HERE. As did I. Its all the transplants and young upper class spoiled Real World cast member wannabees that make L.A. traffic congested and rude.Los Angeles needs to have its own limits on how many people a year can migrate here.

Where do I sign the petition!

sorry somehow this went to the wrong comment.

Los Angeles needs to have its own limits on how many people a year can migrate here.

I couldn't agree more.

Wow when did Santa Monica become Brentwood? Lincoln and Montana is not in Brentwood but I do agree that some of my neighbors have NO idea that other people are even around. Then again up at San Vicente and Westgate I have meet some very nice people that live and work here.

It's the whole area Specky, let's not go crazy.

this totally made my day. :-)

The one thing that does irritate me is when I smile, nod and say, "good morning" to someone and they either...

a) Give you that strange "why are you talking to me?" look

b) Pull out their earphones and go "huh?....whaaa???"

c) Ignore you altogether

I've noticed that black people are usually the best at reciprocating my greetings but I suspect that many of them, like me, have southern roots and mannerisms.

At least she doesnt mention being told "Lets do lunch!"

I AGREE. People in Brentwood are the f'n worst. They have NO idea that other people are even around. Go hang out in douche central around Lincoln and Montana sometime and try to avoid walking in circles to get around these people on the sidewalk. I've had it, I'm walking straight into Ed Hardy and his grandmother from now on.

Don Ed Hardy's a nice guy who may never have been on Montana before. Christian Audigier is another story.

no freaking doubt.

Lincoln and Montana is the closest thing smiley face hell on earth.

if you're monied up

or hot enough to be a "slumming it" lay

for the aristocracy you'll do just fine.

but anything else- you are not even treated as human - not just by the transplants, but by plenty of townies as well.

Hateful and mean ....No

Self-important assholes ....Absolutely

It's true everyone abuses everyone in this city. The reason? The car.

Traffic sucks, everyone trying to get everywhere at once on streets designed and built in the 1950's.

Try mass transit. People on the trains and buses are polite. People on bicycles wave at each other or give the customary nod. Pedestrians even smile when you pass by.

Get rid of the cars, you get rid of the asshole behavior.

Everyone in this city is nice...until they get behind the wheel.

While I agree automobile dependence makes for a lot of the worst aggro behavior, plenty of people are ass holes regardless of transit mode. I've had several occasions where a fellow cyclist cursed at me for things like oh pointing out they should not be riding the wrong way in the bike lane right at me.

Try mass transit. People on the trains and buses are polite. People on bicycles wave at each other or give the customary nod. Pedestrians even smile when you pass by.

Get rid of the cars, you get rid of the asshole behavior.

You've obviously never been to New York, Boston or Chicago.

I have been. People there are nasty whether they are in a car or a train. Must be the cold weather or the lack of sunshine.

LA is not like that, take people out of the frustrating traffic jams and they are relatively nice. Maybe a little neurotic and bipolar, but with medication or a few cocktails (or both) they are happy.

ummm, i think she forgot:

juvenile hubris saturated smug

is somehow mistakenly deified as the god's gift

to the desecration of clever's grave.

I would've thought that by the 2nd paragraph of her screed, she'd have been able to remove the sand from her vagina.

LA's harsh - the instant a person figures out they can't "use" you for something,the viper smiles evaporate.

It's like people are so jaded and fake, most are aping like they're famous *and* the CEO of Google.

Scant, stumbled upon intelligent words are golden in such an environment.

Oh STFU.