Live like a local??? I lived like a movie star! I've stayed in 40+ Airbnbs and this was my best ever, or maybe maybe second best. The house is in a 100% residential neighborhood and the host has done a great job secluding it with plantings. The pool is as good as it looks in the pix. There is one OK grocery store about a 10-minute, pleasant walk away, but pretty much all of the West LA/Century City/Beverly Hills scene is within 20-minutes by Uber. The host is a lovely family of three - so nice to be in someone's home like a classic Airbnb and not leasing through a management company employed by some remote LLC. Joan was super communicative and welcoming, and was flexible where she could be, and transparent and gracious where she could not. I see a future Superhost (or is she one already??). The house is on a gentle hill so the hosts enter at the top of the hill and you walk down a staircase through a locked security gate to the pool area and then across the patio to your room, which has a second lock. Since the host pretty much stays upstairs you really feel like you are on your own, even when in the pool or talking on the phone on the patio. The description calls the room a studio, and it is like a large hotel room, but very tastefully if sparingly appointed with a really comfortable bed, big-enough closet with hangers(!), and a gorgeous shower. The kitchen is really a kitchenette - no stove, no dishwasher, but super-efficient and I was fine making breakfast with the microwave, coffee maker, and 'fridge. The stay gets a 15 out of 15, and no higher because 15 is the maximum score. Joan gets a 5 out of a possible 5 as host, also 5/5 for the house - very comfortable, surprisingly private, and there's that pool, and 5/5 for location - very central. Things that might bother you but did not bother me - those stairs from the street to the patio are steep, so you have to be fit to descend with luggage, Ubers don't make many trips to this area, so the wait can be ~10 minutes - plan ahead. This is a residential neighborhood - you have to get in a vehicle to go to a restaurant, bar, or museum. Finally, I loved the room, but it is suited for at most two people who sleep in the same bed, and I would be nervous with a child, since the pool is just a few feet from the door or your room (which in my case was a good thing!). As I said, a great, great visit and I do hope they will have me again.