Quick background .. I am moving from NJ in January.. I'm a hairstylist but I need to finish up about 4 months of school in California to get licensed there.. I'll be attending Paul Mitchell The School .. but I need help deciding on which location.. The first is in Costa Mesa and the second is in Alhambra. I would like to live in an area that is about a half hour drive to one of the schools.. I would also like to be as close to west hollywood and santa monica as possible, being that those would be the ideal areas for a hairstylist to work. I am going to pick the school based on the advice of others since i'm not very familiar with the area. So I guess somewhere that is in between Santa Monica and Alhambra or in between Costa Mesa and Santa monica... I am a student so I am on a budget.. I have a car .. Hope i've provided enough information pleaseeeee help me!!
2006-09-05 15:42:16 · 9 answers · asked by Michelle F 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Quick background .. I am moving from NJ in January.. I'm a hairstylist but I need to finish up about 4 months of school in California to get licensed there.. I'll be attending Paul Mitchell The School .. but I need help deciding on which location.. The first is in Costa Mesa and the second is in Alhambra. I would like to live in an area that is about a half hour drive to one of the schools.. I would also like to be as close to west hollywood and santa monica as possible, being that those would be the ideal areas for a hairstylist to work. I am going to pick the school based on the advice of others since i'm not very familiar with the area. So I guess somewhere that is in between Santa Monica and Alhambra or in between Costa Mesa and Santa monica... I am a student so I am on a budget.. I have a car .. Hope i've provided enough information pleaseeeee help me!! I need names of specific towns because i am not very familiar with the area
2006-09-06 03:40:24 · update #1
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2006-09-09 07:53:43 · answer #1 · answered by exbuilder 7 · 11⤊ 0⤋
Cosa Mesa is great!! I love hanging out. Barely immigrants, barely tagged up and very close to the beaches!!! Santa Monica is also close to the beaches but has the two cons and some. I personally don't like the neighborhoods or their shopping centers etc. On top of studying you'll have a comfortable stay as well as a nice party area. Well, why don't you check out your commute cause out here in California the prices for gas are still HIGH and traffic is a bi**h! Costa mesa is a little further out according to the info you provided though. Have fun and good luck.
2006-09-13 09:31:14 · answer #2 · answered by auniquekind 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in case you opt to stay right here and luxuriate in the climate, then you certainly ought to pay for it. you submit with the smog and the site visitors, get exhilaration from the climate and pay your lease or loan. "l. a." is this sort of great place, there are such a lot of neighborhoods/cities the place you could stay. of direction, even interior a city or community, there are safer sections and much less-secure sections. In l. a., some extreme-high quality sections are West l. a., Brentwood, Westwood, Marina Del Rey, Playa Del Rey, Los Feliz, Silverlake, Eagle Rock, Encino, Tarzana, Studio city, Toluca Lake, Granada Hills, wooded area Hills, Sherman o.ok., West Hills, Chatsworth. To the east: South Pasadena, areas of Pasadena, Altadena, Arcadia, Monrovia, Glendora, San Dimas, Laverne, Azusa, Rancho Cucamonga. alongside the sea coast: Santa Monica, Redondo sea coast, great apple sea coast, Hermosa sea coast, Torrance, Palos Verdes, Rancho PV. In Orange County aka "The OC": Seal sea coast , Huntington sea coast , Newport sea coast , Corona Del Mar , Laguna sea coast , Dana factor , Capistrano sea coast , San Clemente , Brea, Yorba Linda, Orange, Tustin, Irvine, Laguna Hills, Rancho Santa Margarita, Lake wooded area To the west: Agoura, Calabasas, Thousand o.ok., Westlake Village, Simi Valley, Moorpark. it is not an all-inclusive record, besides the fact that this is a start up.
2016-10-14 09:04:29 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Costa Mesa is better than Alhambra. My best friends sister lives there right now. If you'd like to email her, let me know at marieumbay@yahoo.com and ill hook you up with her email address and she can let you know all about that area.
2006-09-13 14:56:49 · answer #4 · answered by umbay 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NONE of the places you mentioned are affordable on a budget (within any stretch of the imagination!)!
ALL of these places have VERY HIGH Rents -- in the stratosphere -- the places are VERY TINY, the cost of living (food, fuel, license fees for automobiles, insurance costs for autos, etc etc) is OUT of this world, and there is NOTHING Nice that I could EVER say that will change that fact.
2006-09-05 15:55:23 · answer #5 · answered by sglmom 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
North Stockton for sure.
2006-09-05 15:54:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
northern cali the bay area!
2006-09-05 18:34:23 · answer #7 · answered by sickskillz883 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tujunga, CA.
2006-09-05 15:47:54 · answer #8 · answered by Special Ed 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
do your own homework or share the profits from your bussiness with us
2006-09-10 17:40:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋