Beverly Hills:

Beverly Hills is one of the most affluent neighborhoods in Los Angeles County.  It is located in the western part of Los Angeles and is adjacent to the cities of West Hollywood, Beverlywood, Century City, and Holmby Hills.  Within its 5.7 square mile radius, Beverly Hills is home to more than 34,000 residents as well as thriving retail and commercial businesses.  It is also home to Rodeo Drive, the center of one of the most famous and expensive shopping districts in the world.  Drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors a year from around the globe, Rodeo Drive is where the rich and famous do their shopping.

The city of Beverly Hills has some of the largest and most extravagant homes in Los Angeles and the nation.  In fact, in 2007, Coldwell Banker lists Beverly Hills as the most expensive housing market in the United States (for the second year in a row), with a median home price of over $2.2 million.

Beverly Hills is a full-service community with its own police, fire, water treatment and building inspection departments, among other services.  Additionally, it has its own school district with multiple elementary and middle schools serving children from kindergarten through 8th grade, as well as one high school, Beverly Hills High School. The Beverly Hills Unified School District boasts some of the best schools in the country.