[Los Feliz Slim]

While I don't think of Los Feliz as being in "the vicinity" of Commerce, I also personally wouldn't consider living in the places that ARE really close. I'm sure there are some reasonable places to live in Downey or something, but I'm a suburban yuppy and doubt I could handle it.

Other areas to consider would be Hollywood, Silverlake and Echo Park. Depending on traffic it could definitely take longer than a half hour to the casino, but that's going to be true almost no mattere where you live.