Not the first time Google Maps was misleading. I always have to tell people coming to our place not to trust Google Maps, because it has some of the streets in the area wrong.
Los Angeles blocks new housing expanding outward. If anything is built it will be dense apt buildings with limited parking. Not enough spaces for all the cars so a lot of on street parking.
Prices are jacked up. A studio is $1,240 for 350sq/ft.
A 1 bedroom is 700sq/ft and near $1,800
A co-worker moved from Thousand Oaks area where he was paying $2,300 a month for a 2 bedroom to Eugene, OR where he now has a 3 bedroom house with a yard and he pays $1,300 a month!