I am moving to Los Angeles from New York City. Searching for a good 1-bedroom (or, nice studio) apartment preferably in Santa Monica or in a nearby location. Any recommendation?

I lived in NYC and Chicago for long time, but never lived in Los Angeles. Most luxury apartments in NYC or Chicago are high rise buildings with doorman, concierge, live-in super, reasonable appliances, etc. My sense is, those type of apartment buildings are rare in southern California (perhaps outside of downtown Los Angeles, where I prefer not to live). I am not necessarily looking for a doorman building or high-rise. I want to find a well-managed clean secured apartment with a well-functioning package handling (Amazon, etc.) system in-place.

I lived in San Diego for a year. Based on my experience, most rental apartments in San Diego (Little Italy, Downtown, La Jolla, and Mission Valley neighborhoods) are very poorly managed, staffs are liars and crooked, very poor quality of appliances and maintenance and other services, creepy neighbors, packages are stolen, and the rent is super-high (nearly as high as New York City, some buildings rent higher than New York City). I absolutely want to avoid these type of apartments.

Pasadena, Culver City, Westwood, etc. could be other options. Pasadena is a student town, so I am assuming, rents are high and quality is low in Pasadena. In fact, I am open to consider any west side neighborhood if the apartment is good. So please don't hesitate to suggest apartments in other neighborhoods.

If you happen to manage apartments (and not a scam) I will be happy to chat with you.

Any suggestion?