There was a small San Fernando Valley farming village that sprang up in the late 1880s -- a village we know today as North Hollywood.

At first, the town’s name was not stable; people could not decide on how to call it. It was called Toluca, then Lankershim, after the town’s founder. As the town developed, it went from being a farm to a housing city. In 1927, the area would be renamed from Lankershim to North Hollywood in an effort to capitalize on the glamour of Hollywood in the land and real-estate boom. The 170 freeway was built over a branch of the Tujunga wash, North Hollywood completed its transformation from an agricultural to a residential area.

It is surprising, but North Hollywood is actually not a part of Hollywood. It doesn’t even border with Hollywood. It is on the other side of the Hollywood Hills in the San Fernando Valley.

Today North Hollywood is a moderately diverse town. As of 2018 statistics,  its population consists of roughly 66% Latino of any race, 34% white Anglo  (primarily Armenian), 6% Asian and 3% black. Although at the time of writing North Hollywood has the fourth highest violent crime rate in the valley (after Panorama City, Van Nuys, and North Hills, its crime rate is consistently lower than those of Hollywood, East Hollywood or West Hollywood. 

Armenians started settling in North Hollywood in 1980s, but Armenian population in NoHo is still growing until these days. The prices for houses here were lower than in Glendale or Hollywood, which is why many Armenians preferred buying a house in this area. Day by day North Hollywood is becoming more and more beautiful. Beautiful houses are being built, the neighborhood is getting cleaner.

Credits should be given to Armenians for having their part in making North Hollywood such a nice area to live in. There are a lot of Armenian stores, restaurants, medical offices, and other business which of course play a big role in making any district a decent place to live in.

Because the flow of Armenians to North Hollywood is growing, the demand for houses grows as well, which is one of the reasons that housing is also becoming more expensive in this area. Yet, if we compare it to the prices in Glendale, of course, Glendale wins.

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