Beverly Hills

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Surrounded by cities of Los Angeles and West Hollywood in California, Beverly Hills was assimilated in 1914 by a group of investors. 34,290 residents are enjoying affluent lifestyle and the city is generally known as home to actors and celebrities.

Beverly Hills is delimited on the northwest by Bel-Air and the Santa Monica Mountains, west Hollywood on the east and Beverlywood is situated on the south. In Beverly Hills most occupants live in the “flats”, unlike the average housing price the houses built in the hillside north of Sunset Boulevard have a much higher value.

As per census 2010, the population density was 5,973.1 people per square mile. Jews community is located in larger number and the breakdown is as follows, (82.4%) White, (2.2%) African American, (0.1%) Native American, (8.9%) Asian, (7.4%) from other races.

Beverly Hills Unified School District, includes four K-8 schools, Moreno High School, and the Beverly Hills High School are doing great job to educate Beverly Hills. Good Shepherd School, a PreK-8 school in Beverly Hills, is a part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills Preparatory School, Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy, Emanuel Academy of Beverly Hills, and Page Private School are serving the education in private sector.

Traffic in Beverly Hills and the outskirts had awfully grown and the habitual opposition by citizens had turned to support for subways within the city limits. Considered the situation, LACMTA proposed a bus rapid transit route down Santa Monica Blvd in 2001, but this was also opposed and it never erected. A less efficient Metro Rapid buses are serving the city while using already built roadways. As part of the Westside Subway Extension project, the Purple Line of the LA Metro Rail is planned to be extended through Beverly Hills, two underground stations will be built by 2020s at Wilshire/La Cienega and Wilshire/Rodeo.

Beverly Hills experience hot and warm Mediterranean climate, August is warmer with an average high of 85 degrees Fahrenheit whereas fall is relatively cooler with an average high of 67 degrees Fahrenheit in January. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services SPA 5 West Area Health Office serves Beverly Hills. The department operates the Simms/Mann Health and Wellness Center in Santa Monica, serving Beverly Hills.

Beverly Hills is home to one Fortune 500 company, Live Nation Entertainment. Headquarter of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was established in August 2011. The Los Angeles-area offices of Aeroflot, El Al, Hilton Hotels Corporation had its corporate headquarters in Beverly Hills. Geociteis is another company has launched headquarters at Wilshire Boulevard. The city also includes the shopping district Rodeo Drive and the Beverly Hills Oil Field.