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Thank you very much for the information! It seems that the San Fernando Valley around North Hollywood can also be an interesting spot, with cheaper apartments and metro access to the campus. So far I have been resorting to Craig's list to get an idea of prices, are there realtors people would particularly recommend for LA?

I will bounce on this point. Has anyone attending USC lived in the Southwestern parts of LA, like Torrance or Redondo Beach? I am planning to attend USC next fall and I am interested in these areas. As a European living in the suburbs of a big city, I am used to spending 2 hours a day in transports and actually I would rather prefer taking public transports than using a car (notably because it seems way cheaper for commuting to school). Theoretically at least, it seems feasible. Google Maps' planner gives me several bus routes with only one transfer that would take one hour to USC. And how about the metro's Silver line? I saw that there are special fares which seem to make it actually rather expensive.