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Beverly Hills: Home of the Rich and famous
If you are searching for most expensive property and homes in Southern California, look no further,
Beverly Hills Homes does win the prize.The homes just sitting north of Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills hold that title, beating out the estates in nearby Bel-Air and sunny beach homes and ranches ofMalibu. You will notice that (with the obvious exception of the “Golden Triangle”) most of the real estate south of Santa Monica Blvd are rather modest, by comparison.
Beverly Hills is a place for the affluent to live in comfort in a secure environment. It just so happens that many of these fortunate few are celebrities. On the city’s tree-lined streets, you’ll see more stretch limosines, shining Mercedes-Benzes per square mile than at any other place on earth. Even the fireplugs in Beverly Hills are painted a gleaming silver.
This is a city where the pawn shops are called “collateral lenders,” and make quick loans on Mercedes and Ferraris instead of small appliances. This is a city where some of the exclusive stores require customers to make reservations to shop, and where shoppers may routinely drop $100,000 or more in a single visit to a boutique. A city where the post office offers valet parking. This town’s “Sister City” is Cannes, France.
In between Wilshire and Sunset Boulevards, you will find what is sometimes called “The Golden Triangle,” bounded by Santa Monica Boulevard on the northwest, Wilshire Boulevard on the south, and Canon Drive on the east. Within the Triangle are seven smaller commercial streets with shops and restaurants. At the center of this triangle is none other than Beverly Hills’ fabled shopping avenue, Rodeo Drive.
While the homes south of Sunset Boulevard are very nice, with most of the city’s historic mansions are located north of Sunset.