You could contact a real estate agent and they will let you in some of those houses for free advertising

The hood was more welcoming.

I cleaned homes in Beverly hills, worked for some down to earth people that treated me well.

I grew up in LA in an upper middle class situation. I remember being out with my high school boyfriend in the mid 80’s driving through Beverly Hills. It was late at night in the spring and my biggest memory was the scent of flowers. The whole place was quiet and smelled of flowers. Just beautiful.

Naming all the celebrities, many of them telling the rest of us how to think and live, it should be called Hypocrites Row.

I used to drive my old toyota corolla to the beverly hills hotel because I was a make-up artist at the time and it was only valet parking. (I would go there to do make-up for a wedding.) They didn't blink, the guys would take my car just like it was a rolls royce. I used to laugh about it cause my car was not in good shape. Same with Beverly Hills homes, I had a make-up service to go to their house and would park my old beat up car in front and go do my job. folks are just folks... thanks for your killer videos Peter!

When you say you don’t see people in those neighborhoods, there are usually landscapers and people working on remodeling projects. Around noon, you’ll often drive past food trucks up in the hills selling lunches to the workers.

Lived in LA for about 5 years when I was going to college. Used to work as food delivery driver at a Studio City restaurant. Took me to a lot of beautiful homes in Beverly Hills & Bel Air neighborhood. Loved driving around Mulholland Dr, Coldwater Cyn, Beverly Glen, Benedict Cyn.

Growing up I use to clean houses with my mom in gated communities where we live. People were generally nice except sometimes the grumpy old man of the neighborhood. I learned a lot as a kid.

“Sometimes things just suck, and you gotta grind through it,” Felt that so deep in my heart

I live in one of the hoods of LA and definitely don’t feel as comfortable in those expensive neighborhoods, but i’d trade up in a heart beat! the peace and tranquility, no cars flying 90mph down your street, horns blaring, constant shady people walking by and the damn fireworks popping all night! i’d trade it now 😂

I spent about a year installing artwork (primarily hanging wall art and photographs) in all of these neighborhoods as well as others in the LA area. Our clientele was very affluent...the kind of people who didn't bat an eye at paying hundreds to thousands of dollars just to have someone hang pictures in their homes and offices. The guy I was working for had been doing this type of work for about 20 years, and he had over 3000 clients on his client list. We provided top-level expertise, did very secure and clean work, and respected our clients' privacy. Although there were celebrities included on that list, the majority were names few would recognize, but who had worked hard and made multiple millions of dollars. With very few exceptions, they were warm, likeable people who welcomed us into their homes like family. (It helped that much of our business was from repeat customers who knew my boss and eventually me as well.) It was fun and enlightening to see the inside of many of the homes and high-end offices that few outsiders get to see.

The people in these neighborhoods are the kind to tell you that you should own nothing and be happy. The champagne socialists. The actors singing "imagine no possessions" ...from their mansions.

If I lived in Bel air I might be able to afford Cuts clothing.

I've been up there, seen the rich areas and felt the "intrusive", oppressive feeling that you spoke about Peter. Materialism is still the name of the game in that neck of the woods. I can also understand having the ability to buy nice things and live in nice areas whether you're flaunting or not. But what it comes down to is money can buy some happiness but that's really just like a Fad. Things will get old and one will always want more. Be grateful, humble and appreciative as a general practice.

Great video. I have spent time in some of these areas. The one thing that I can say is that in South Central and East LA which you have done videos, the areas are much more vibrant and lively. There is a strong sense of brotherhood and community that isn't based on material goods. You don't see that in the exclusive neighborhoods. Their sense of community comes from church, youth activities etc... There is no wrong or right but I prefer the vibrancy of regular neighborhoods.

The rich can protect their “area” with walls and intimidating signs, but the common man cannot. These are the same celebrities that go on the grammies and preach about boarders LMFAO

I remember being there many times. I've stayed in a house in the Hollywood Hills at the very top with a magnificent view. I now live a very different life in the Midwest. My looks have faded. My pretentiousness is gone. My vanity is nil. Good memories.

This video made me think about some of my friends in LA when I was in my 20’s . I had a friend who use to go to Rodeo and spend $700.00 on these dress shirts. He knew all of these celebrities because his dad was an academy award winning actor. After hanging out with him 2 years I noticed that he was a horrible human being. We would go to his moms house and he would complain, about how horrible his life was at the time. His mom would give him about 12 to 25 thousand dollars a month. This was in 1996. The mom was loaded from her dad who owned some medical group. My friend ended up having a cocaine addiction, he had all of these opportunities. It pissed me off because he had all of these people that he called uncle and cousin, who were fucking rich and famous, and they were offering him all of these opportunities to make something out of life and he could care less. I was never jealous of him but mostly frustrated. Because I know people who would have loved to have an apartment in W. Hollywood, nice car, house keeping all day on Friday. ( she would take his clothes to cleaners, fill refrigerators, and after clubbing on Friday night. He always came home to a pristine place. He would’ve been able to get into some of those neighborhoods that you guys couldn’t get into and fast forward to the day. He has a home in Mount Olympus married to some girl and he’s kind of calm down but he’s fucking rich still and he’s kind of a loser. The rich are so privileged! He’s not lucky he’s rich, if he would have been poor. He’d be in prison or most likely dead at this juncture. He has had access to the best things in life which money can buy. He would tell you the only thing you cant buy is true happiness and love. But you can buy a mirage of both.

@Peter Santanello Thanks for sharing the neighboorhoods of L.A. even we did not see so much due to limited visibility of high fences. I found the young tour guide showing you all the places very impressive. 😊 He seemed very mature for his age of nineteen years. I hope he has graduaded from the Community College with an associate degree meanwhile and continues his studies and is going for an MBA or a doctorate. I believe he will have a successful career. 🎉 Wishing him and you, Peter, contnued success. 🍀 Best wishes from Germany.

One of my customers lives in Bel Air. I found it funny that when she was writing me a check for some electrical work I did for her I noticed some Power Ball and Mega Million tickets on her kitchen counter!

Looks cold through all that sunshine. Cold and fearful. I guess they don't sit on their front porch and yell "hey!" at their neighbors walking down the street

LA really has both heaven and hell at the same time

I like the honest commentary coming from you guys. Some people would not be able to pick up on what you’re picking up on. I really enjoy it. Also, you would’ve love the vintage Belair. It was gorgeous in the 60s and 70s the beautiful homes like Pickfair. And the Harvey Mudd estate a friend of mine, grew up in that home and went to church with me.

You can tell this guy comes from a family of workers that educated him well :) He knows you have to work hard to get things in life instead of just going the easy way. Respect!

While watching this from my humble abode in Maine, I feel so blessed. Another excellent Video Pete P !

Great video. Born and raised in LA and I didn't get a real close look at just how different things are until a few years ago because of a job. You think you know bit you really don't until you actually go to these places. I met some really awesome people in these places but they definitely have a clouded hazy view of the the rest of LA and what's going on

I lived in weho with my daughter and went trick or treating with my daughter in Beverly Hills, such a strange experience. The first house we went to invited us in and offered us money and talked to us. It was a older woman and daughter. I think a lot of these people live lonely lives filled with material things but lacking in so many other aspects of life. Oh and we ran into some kids from poorer parts of town who came to BH to trick or treat for money 🤣 the secrets out I guess..

I'm 15 min from South Central and 30 min from Beveryhills these are absolutely 2 different worlds the only people you see in these neighoods is the help. I agree with the heaviness in the air which makes it uncomfortable and non inviting and isolated from the real world.

I was born and raised in L.A. and got to live in the poor neighborhoods (City Terrace, Huntington Park, East L.A., South Central) as a kid and the wealthy areas (Westwood) when I was a student at UCLA. Big difference.

That's why i love LA, the motivation that gives me every time i drive around!

It's really cool this guy reached out to you to take you around. He's a cool kid, i wish him much success in life

They probably don't walk around on the sidewalk ,because they do so much walking inside the house

I went to UCLA for college and lived around these neighborhoods. I didn't have a lot of experience with LA when I moved there. I was very shocked by the disparity just 5 miles away. You have these super mansions and neighborhoods where houses start at several million. Then 5-6 miles away you have the ghetto where even fast food workers are behind bullet proof glass. That meant that lots of criminals came from those rich neighborhoods to steal cars, home invasions, rob people with guns. LA is very poorly designed and the income disparity causes a lot of fucking problems.

Dude I just recently found your channel but one thing I appreciate about your channel is something I have a gift with as well I just haven’t managed to use it as well as you have and that’s the ability to make a solid friendship real quick with cool people like this young kid. I’m 28 myself but you and him seemed like you were good friends for a few years in this video and that’s awesome and my family always admires my ability to do the same with people and there’s so many KZfaqrs who do stuff like you who create fake friendships real fast and it’s gross to watch. But you’re an expert and I appreciate it brother keep doing what you do! Another thing that’s really cool about you is you even stated it in one of your videos and you never ask people to like and subscribe Because you said you feel like they would do that already if they were interested in it. You have so many KZfaqrs out here faking it to make such a good vibe just so they can earn a subscription and they like but you seem like you’re well off financially without tube so that probably has a huge part to do with it considering a lot of these kids are dependent on every dollar from KZfaq.

Great video Peter! Thanks for all the LA area videos. Come a bit east to the San Gabriel Valley - Pasadena, San Marino and the incredible Bradbury… SGV has incredible variety of ethnic food - especially Boba Tea! Keep up the good work! 😃

Josh seems like a beast guide, you should do more videos with him

This is the 1st time Peter was not welcomed in a neighborhood. What a disrespect to the Legend Peter.

I get that same heavy feeling everytime im in Newport beach, beverly, calabasas etc. its a overwhelming amount of wealth

Just stumbled across your channel and really enjoying your videos. This one in particular... just makes me think about all of us out there working hard and still have financial burdens and stresses that some of those people will never understand or even fathom, and it's hard for me to even wrap my brain around that.

Man I was actually disappointed the video was coming to an end. Peter it's so easy to watch you man seriously I really enjoy your videos and especially your narrations

love how the kid with hoodie got embarrassed that he wasn't wearing a kipah and sheepishly pulled up his hood!

I enjoyed the conversation between Peter and the driver, and very interesting and insightful video. I want to visit LA and those neighborhoods myself one day to experience those views myself. But this video was the next best thing until that time comes!

Im from LA and used to work food delivery. Every time I was in Bel-Air, Padific Palisades etc…. always felt like I was in another world. Gates, security and have to explain to security why I am there etc lol … most of them didn’t tip well though 🤣🤣. Still loved those routes. Killer views

I spent my whole life in LA, left last year to move to Dallas so these videos bring back memories for me. I hung out both in the hood and West LA. Josh seems like such a nice, good guy. I don't miss living in LA/SoCal but I do miss the weather. I love your videos Peter. You have such a great personality as well. Easy going, not bias and just showing us the real world. Keep doing what you do!

Peter, you are just the most ultimate people person. Keep doing what you are doing!

From working in retail many years to the ABA field with kiddos with disabilities to getting into the real estate game…I am definitely hungry to grow and enjoy these beauties much more then I currently am. I also am looking forward to creating good for people with disabilities. Great Content. Embrace the Suck…Sucks…but it’s much needed to strive and grow. Once again, awesome content. Thank You Peter!

I felt the exact same in Bel Air when I randomly did a neighborhood drive through: Intimidated, Inspired and something opressive about it.

6:56 that literally looks exactly like GTA 5..Insane

Drove around Bel Air a few days ago and definitely felt the energy shift in the neighborhood. It was almost spiritual... But I understand that most of the people who 'live' in these homes are under public scrutiny or work in very demanding public fields, thus why the houses are built almost fortress like to reserve the little privacy they have. Great video!

The last house that was being built , I polished the floors in! Crazy to see it on your video

One of the best channels on KZfaq. Show's so many cultures. Guy has a gift too, a great personality and talks so easily to people. Something I lack

“Exploring LA’s 20 Feet Tall Privacy Hedges” (with a random guy named Josh)

Thank you Peter for taking me to LA I feel motivated I love 🇺🇸

Having money is nice but it comes with a price often times but so does living in poverty... I've been to these place as a LA native and I've been to the projects in the hood too. I found my peace where I'm at now and that's all that you need to do, find your peace and what makes you feel happy. Good Videos!

I've been to Belair for the first and the last time as the owner of my previous company lives there. They decided to just host a summer party at his home, rather than the promised beach summer getaway for the company employees. It was awesome, we had a tour of their home. Home was made to last even the strongest earthquake, has some swing mechanics, so the whole house would just swing together with the quake, etc. We also had an expensive hotel-like service and buffet on top of expensive wines and spirits. Real nice!

I drive around there once in awhile it makes me not wanna come back to my own neighborhood lol

Another great video with perspective! Great work Peter!

What a amazing humbled guy! Down to earth and realistic. I love him

Peter, come to the Hamptons! Similar vibe. I'll show you around.

I enjoyed this vlog. Just driving around seeing all the houses. Josh is such a nice friendly person.

I love how you said you gotta know how to take the suck. That explains life so well. Thanks for the cool video.

It doesn`t make sense in one world where some people have so much money, and others have nothing at all. Just unbelievable!

I Love all your videos. Thank you for doing this, I get to travel to places virtually through your camera lens. Love seeing the houses. I live in a wooded area in florida in a run down mobile home and am happy to have a roof over my head and as Beautiful as these homes are I dont see the attraction to being locked in and so close to neighbors that probably never meet.

The same people who don’t want a border fence will construct a huge one with armed security around their home 🤷🏻‍♂️

i used to pick up and walk dogs in these neighborhoods. recognized a bunch of these houses.. it's truly a different world they live in

Love the people who find you and them finding you to break down things into reality . Nothing to envy there for me personally but I'm a bit of a looker at amazing places, so hard to imagine and makes the Adelaide Hills in Australia look like the Bronx! 😆

I love ❤️ watching your videos. They take me to so many places. I am originally from LA born and raised and educated, I’m in my late 40s and Josh nailed it. I applaud him. I now live in New York because of work and I miss the beautiful weather. The beauty of LA is that you can in the mountains 🏔 and in the evening be at the beach. Amazing video I applaud you both. Josh nailed it!

My early days as an architect while earning enough for a Volkswagen Beetle took me through many of these beautiful neighborhoods and often involved having to explain my presence to the security or parking people. Don’t think ordinary humans ever got to see beyond the gates and very high fences of these homes. But they’re occupied by ordinary people who are just a lot wealthier than you and me.

Go until No - my new favorite motto. I will apply this in my life.

I loved your view, commentary etc. A couple things… you mentioned the oppressive feeling. I too understand what you mean. I frequent these areas and couldn’t put into words the feeling. It’s so many rules. The homeless end at Santa Monica beach lol!!! 2, He mentioned they have those MULTI MILLION dollar houses because of school. Not true. That’s generational wealth, school, a great network, and as you said BUSINESSES. I’m so glad you said this. You’re REAL. They purposefully keep these communities tight knit. I know too well. Loved your take!

Did you notice they have their help park on the streets? when my nephew first moved to La, he delivered for Domino's . Said people in BH were very cheap on tipping :). He now lives in Beverly Woods. No more domino's for him.

Josh was very well mannered young man

what your feeling is dark energy from the kabal "Get out"

Love all your videos. You show us so many different places and lifestyles as they really are, no spin. Great Work!

Imagine if you were a middle class person trying to buy a home, you put in an offer, and there are 50 offers with 20 of them being all cash offers from wealthy foreign people. That’s what people don’t realize about the housing difficulty in LA. Not so much in these mansion neighborhoods but in normal neighborhoods. It drives prices up and is definitely connected to the homelessness problem. Wealthy power brokers don’t mind it because they just see money being pumped into the metro. CA’s immigration problem isn’t migrant farm workers, it’s international investors and making an already competitive housing market even less affordable to first time home buyers. It’s the entire state, not just LA and SF bay.

Peter, I can’t say enough about your videos. Its like a Netflix series to me. They are so well done and you do a wonderful job of showing the “real” side of life in these cities. You get a real perspective of it unlike a documentary.

I live in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Lincoln Heights and work near this area. The difference between the two is completely different. The feel of the hills though is definitely “off” Something about it is very unsettling

Amazing videos, I feel like traveling myself, thank you Peter, cheers from Chile.

I've come to the conclusion that, even in California, houses that cost much more than $4-$5 million dollars are mostly sterile and unlivable. They look more like fancy office buildings or event locations. I see so many amazing homes near the ocean that are like $3-$4 million and have character that I would be 100% happy in. Adding a few thousand extra square feet and hiding behind massive gates where nobody knows their neighbors doesn't make these home better for most people.

It is nice to see that the channel evolved from Budapest district comparison to Los Angeles. What a journey!

By just watching this video gives me a feeling I can’t describe. It’s like wow and sad at the same time.

I think it's good you give people who don't usually have a media presence have a voice but you just give them leeway. You never challenge them or seem to question what they say. You could interview more people to get an idea of an area. Everyone has their own agenda.

Best part of the video is Josh and learning a little about the Persian Jewish community, who knew?! Maybe that should be your next exploration Pete. For me, beautiful houses are not interesting, people are.

You cant take what you see of L.A in movies or shows seriously. It's a very small part of L.A that's how big and diverse it is. Being born and raised here 39 years I still find gems I have never seen before.

I lived in LA for a while in the shadow of the Hollywood hills and just a few miles from Beverly Hills. For years I used to drive from my small apartment to an industrial area called South Gate on Alameda Street, essentially across the street from Watts and some of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the US. To give you an example of how bad Watts and Compton used to be (maybe still are), if you went to a fast food drive-thru, the drive-thru window was this bullet proof contraption. I traversed all these different worlds for years. I'd go from the South Central reality to knowing this girl who was a friend of my room mate. She was dating a billionaire who lived in a mansion behind the Beverly Hills Hotel. This guy was so loaded that one day she joked about someone buying a Rolls Royce Phantom so the next day he buys one. He had her face painted on the back side wall of the Lowe's Hotel (behind the Chinese Theater) and I'll never forget seeing that for the first time. This girl who would hang out in my place, the mural had to be at least 250' high. Who am I in all of this strangeness? A total zero. An unknown, a nobody gives a shit and yet, I'm on the sidelines watching all of these different people enter and exit my life. I'm seeing how a person could live their entire life in LA and not see any other side than what they see. It's this strange mirror that reflects back only what you want to see. It's hard to explain but I felt like I had the unique qualities to somehow "forest gump" myself into these situations. I used to say that LA is one of the few places where you could see a homeless man defecating across the street from a Ferrari Enzo. To a lot of people LA is a concept, a place they've heard of or seen but it's truly one of the more complex places in the world. There are so many parallel universes going on at the exact same time in LA, the density of it can be overwhelming. I'm not even talking about one neighborhood to the next like we're seeing here. I'm talking that within the same neighborhood there are literally places that are completely "need to know" and it's not always elitist. I'll give you an example: On the corner of Sunset and Cherokee across the street from a typical LA strip mall (with a big sign containing like 10 smaller storefront signs) is this large black brick building with no windows on the outside. It looks drab, concrete and ugly yet on the inside of those walls are a place where some of the most amazing, most beautiful, most influential music was recorded. I'm talking every Doors album, I'm talking Led Zeppelin, I'm talking The Beatles, Prince, TOTO, Elton John, Thriller -- It would be harder to find a famous artist who hasn't worked there. I guarantee you there are people who have walked or driven passed that building their entire lives that had no idea that was ground zero. They saw what they wanted to see, not what was actually there. Little heavens, little hells often behind gates and trying not to draw too much attention to themselves. The holy grail safely hidden in an unmarked alleyway between a Burger King and an Adult Costume Store. That's LA. LA can be beautiful but it's the ugly that I find most interesting. Remember, all those beautiful houses on the hills overlook all the ugly, all the interesting. Neighborhoods like look like hell are where you can find the best mole (a Mexican dish with a heavy complex brown sauce usually involving cacao) in the city, next to an auto garage with a razor wire fence. Pretense everywhere, pageantry everywhere, people trying to find meaning but like water that's too cold, afraid to just jump in. Doesn't matter if you're on Hooper Street or Summit Drive, everything is behind bars. Everything is gated. Everything segmented like the signs in the strip malls. Little worlds inside a greater space inside a greater space and so on. If you've ever had the opportunity to traverse that rats maze even to the little extent I have, from Watts to Westwood, you'd see LA as a much more fascinating place. It's not just about disparity, it's about the idea that we're agreeing to the disparity, it's about the idea that we're all in these little worlds we've created for ourselves believing in some truth that perhaps isn't as true as we thought it was. LA resembles the truth in the lie. I don't live there anymore but it will forever have a place in my heart for whatever it all meant.

The haves and the have not's ! I believe it has a lot to do with the family structure and education ! Thanks for sharing !

The type of people that want open borders also live in gated communities

Peter, love your channel. Your a gem 💎.

Thanks Peter for a pretty comprehensive video:)nice vibes

You are doing such a great job peter👍

I spent a very fun afternoon driving up these streets back in 1998. It was the same then : nobody around, a sense eyes were on you all times. When we got to take a stroll, I confidently predicted the cops would coincidentally arrive and ask us what our business was. They didn't, but it felt uneasy walking around. I felt "guilty", even though I hadn't done anything ! TOP TIP : Always drive the speed limit when you get back on the flat ( where those Beverly Hills signs are ). The cops do speed checks there, as everyone coming down from the twisties just wants to finally plant it on the straights. If oncoming traffic flashes you, they are warning you of a speed checkpoint ahead :)

I loved this. It’s as down to earth as could be, well done. Both of you!

couldn't agree more Josh was lovely, breath of fresh air... its always nice to see a young man who is interesting and interested. great video as well :)

Hey man, you have amazing content, excellent experience :-) Love from India

Thank you for posting this. I used to drive around in a 2000 Buick Park Ave and felt too intimidated to drive through neighborhoods like this to sight see because it was so nice I knew I would stick out like sore thumb! 😂

Cool dude young Josh...hope he reaches all his goals

And he is totally right it was the late 70s when the Persian community came to LA and in my high school they were many Persian kids and they lived in Belair, Beverly Hills and Benedict Canyon. They were very nice people my mother sold homes to a few of them, and they gave her a beautiful Persian rug.

I've been inside the playboy mansion (circa 2004). (Btw, the neighborhood is holmby hills). The mansion is a bit old school inside and I doubt it changed since the house was last remodeled decades ago. Lots of wood paneling. His ex wife and his kid lived in the property next door. So if you drive past the main entrance on charing cross and then make a left as you drive up the hill, there is a service entrance, if that's open you can get a good shot of the mansion and the property next door.

No rich person should ever say they understand the struggles or the poor or "we're all in this together."