{"id":177628,"date":"2026-03-27T20:23:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/177628\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T20:23:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:23:41","slug":"manhattan-beach-named-among-best-places-to-live-in-california-by-research-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/177628\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan Beach Named Among Best Places To Live In California By Research Firm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MANHATTAN BEACH, CA \u2014 Manhattan Beach is one of the best places to live in California, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niche.com\/places-to-live\/search\/best-places-to-live\/s\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">new ranking<\/a> by research firm Niche.<\/p>\n<p>Niche, which specializes in data-driven methods to rank schools and neighborhoods, analyzed places of various sizes in its 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niche.com\/places-to-live\/search\/best-places-to-live\/s\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Best Places to Live in California<\/a> ranking.<\/p>\n<p>Manhattan Beach came in at no. 54. However, it was Santa Monica that dominated the top of the list, with its neighborhoods taking the no. 5 (City Center), 9 (Mid-City), 14 (Ocean Park), 21 (Sunset Park, 29 (Wilshire\/Montana) and 35 (Northeast) spots.<\/p>\n<p>The rankings are based on a wide range of public data sources, including the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, combined with millions of resident reviews.<\/p>\n<p>The complete <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niche.com\/places-to-live\/search\/best-places-to-live\/s\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Best Places to Live in California<\/a> list is available on the Niche website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MANHATTAN BEACH, CA \u2014 Manhattan Beach is one of the best places to live in California, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-177628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}