Which Tel Aviv neighborhood should you live in?

You were practically made for this South Tel Aviv neighborhood, which straddles the border of Jaffa. They call it the Williamsburg of Tel Aviv, it is the city's "hip, cool, and happening" neighborhood (with more than 5,000 young people living there, much more so than any other neighborhood). If you're fresh out of college, and looking to start your life, with a fresh mustache and a new denim jacket, this is the place to go – just beware of the annoying neighbor strumming their acoustic guitar all night long between joints and feeding Mrs. Whiskerson and you'll be just fine.

You’ll fit in perfectly in The Old North, between Hayarkon and Ben-Gurion, home to young families, students, and a whole lot o' Frenchman, who have not only made the language dominant in the region, they've also overpopulated the area with electric bikes and the Parisian equivalent of the ever-so-douchey "Bro" (French spelling: Breaux). You don't like the dirt and the messiness of the South, and close proximity to the beach is everything you ever hoped for and more. Slip into a classy cocktail bar on Dizengoff Street, and hope the menu is not "En Français."

Jackpot! Kerem HaTeimanim is one of the hottest, and most unique neighborhoods in Tel Aviv, which includes the side streets of Shuk HaCarmel, crowded houses stacked along tiny streets, an elderly population, and a whole lot of millenials that would like to have it all: the trendiest coffee places and bars, the beach, and the City Center. All this goodness comes with a price, though; it obviously did not take investors a long time to realize that the neighborhood that once earned the reputation as "the bad side of town" is actually a national treasure...if you want it, you'll have to pay for it.

Your hippie and risk-taker outlook on life would best be suited for Shapira. In recent years, this neglected neighborhood transitioned into a hipster stronghold as more and more students and young families moved to the area, which is located in the south of the city, between Mount Zion Boulevard to the west, Shalma road to the north, Ayalon to the east, and Kibbutz Galuyot to the south. All this, alongside the communes of young and penniless social activists, some newly opened hot cafés, and artistic initiatives, makes the once-considered dangerous and neglected Shapira, a real neighborhood...that is, until future gentrification.