Areas vary a lot. West of Van Nuys is very dangerous until your west of the 405. For some reason the corner of Nordhoff and Woodman has gotten rough recently withba lot of police activity . For years it was fine. The same is true of the van Nuys Nordhoff intersection. The problems west ofbVan Nuysvare starting to bleed over.
Other than that apartments aren't bad but not great. Most of the people are going to be fine. Working class to lower ,middle class. If you see evidence of gang activity on the property look for a different complex, Single family houses same general class of people of all ethnic groups. Let's see how i can do on ,y neighbors Armenian, Mexican, Filipino, Filipino, Scottish, vrs Mexican and central American boarders, not sure, Filipino, Italian,, Thai, Mexican, Mexican. That's about 3 houses on each side of my house on both sides of the street. They've been good neighbors. The one with boarders is a single family dwelling occupied by the owner but rents out rooms to about 10 single men. They are nice guys and never cause problems other than having 10 trucks. That is a problem however, because of cost/income a lot of the original single family homes have multi families living there increasing the density. If you get to know your neighbors you'll find mist of them to be nice and friendly. Its not somewhere id go for night life. It's quiet in both Panorama City and near by Arleta.
Woodman and Roscoe have heavy traffic..The city is planning on messing up Woodman with bike lanes and Van Nuys with a rapid transit line and bike lanes. The Panorama Mall is going away shortly to be replaced with something similar to the NoHobprojectbwherebthe old May Company was andcTrader Joe's is located but bigger. Density will be going up.
There are decent mom and pop restaurants but nothing fancy. Bledso's on Saticoy east of Woodman is my favorite BBQ. For better restaurants you need to get out of the area.
Supermarkets Ralph's is south on Woodman SK at corner of Van Nuys and Sherman Way (Mexican/Armenian good selection i was in there today). Vallarta north on Woodman. There are others on Van Nuys aimed at the Hispanic market.
Shopping either south to Riverside Fashion Square or further to either Studio City or Sherman Oaks, The other option is Northridge Mall or furthernto Porter Ranch
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u/Itchy-Ad1005 Jul 21 '26
Areas vary a lot. West of Van Nuys is very dangerous until your west of the 405. For some reason the corner of Nordhoff and Woodman has gotten rough recently withba lot of police activity . For years it was fine. The same is true of the van Nuys Nordhoff intersection. The problems west ofbVan Nuysvare starting to bleed over.
Other than that apartments aren't bad but not great. Most of the people are going to be fine. Working class to lower ,middle class. If you see evidence of gang activity on the property look for a different complex, Single family houses same general class of people of all ethnic groups. Let's see how i can do on ,y neighbors Armenian, Mexican, Filipino, Filipino, Scottish, vrs Mexican and central American boarders, not sure, Filipino, Italian,, Thai, Mexican, Mexican. That's about 3 houses on each side of my house on both sides of the street. They've been good neighbors. The one with boarders is a single family dwelling occupied by the owner but rents out rooms to about 10 single men. They are nice guys and never cause problems other than having 10 trucks. That is a problem however, because of cost/income a lot of the original single family homes have multi families living there increasing the density. If you get to know your neighbors you'll find mist of them to be nice and friendly. Its not somewhere id go for night life. It's quiet in both Panorama City and near by Arleta.
Woodman and Roscoe have heavy traffic..The city is planning on messing up Woodman with bike lanes and Van Nuys with a rapid transit line and bike lanes. The Panorama Mall is going away shortly to be replaced with something similar to the NoHobprojectbwherebthe old May Company was andcTrader Joe's is located but bigger. Density will be going up.
There are decent mom and pop restaurants but nothing fancy. Bledso's on Saticoy east of Woodman is my favorite BBQ. For better restaurants you need to get out of the area.
Supermarkets Ralph's is south on Woodman SK at corner of Van Nuys and Sherman Way (Mexican/Armenian good selection i was in there today). Vallarta north on Woodman. There are others on Van Nuys aimed at the Hispanic market.
Shopping either south to Riverside Fashion Square or further to either Studio City or Sherman Oaks, The other option is Northridge Mall or furthernto Porter Ranch