True californians!?

Question

I'm from texas and I'm think of moving to cali. aftere college graduation. I just don't know where I should move to. What are some good ares to live in. what do they have?
-Thanks!

Answer 1

I'm from California and I moved to Texas...you can take the spot that I vacated...hope you enjoy the cost of living ;-)

But have fun while you're there, it's a great state.

Answer 2

Anywhere near the beach is likely to be enormously expensive.

I would suggest looking into areas in the Inland Empire. San Bernardino, and Riverside Counties have a lot of really nice spots in them, but out of state folks hear San Bernardino, and Riverside, and think of the cities, which I will admit are horrible places, but let's get real, these counties are bigger than several states back east.

Theres a lot of new housing going in in the city of Moreno Valley, but to get anywhere out of that city is a pain, because the 60 freeway there is crap. Of course, if you're in a business where you can work locally, such as education, or real estate, you're pretty well set there. Rumors that Mafia connections run the city are enormously exaggerated, and crime is nearly nonexistent.

Yucaipa is beginning to add a lot of houses, but it remains mostly a single road with stores everywhere. You can still keep horses in many parts of Yucaipa though, and there's a lot of older people living there, who are likely to start passing away soon, leading to property values declining as the massive number of their old homes appear on the market "unexpectedly."

Banning and Beaumont are also getting big, and are near where the 10 and 60 meet, much better for travel, and kind of on the way to Vegas, among other hot spots for concerts.

East Highland is also a decent place to live, but Highland itself is not, and an out of state buyer might get seriously confused, and wind up in the high-crime Highland part instead.

Loma Linda is a very nice neighborhood, with a huge hospital that dominates business there. Lots of asians with strong work ethics, natural health food stores, no liquor, and a whole bunch of Seventh Day Adventists pulling the strings.

Redlands is a pretty well established town, with a large mapping company, ESRI, and a whole bunch of stores for business. However, the cost of living is really high, and there's an enormous Mormon temple on the east side, which is more annoying than the Seventh Day Adventists.

I'd imagine that if you're from Texas, bad weather will not be a concern, as it never rains mud in California.

Answer 3

I just made the reverse move (to the houston area). Out of all the different places I've lived, sacramento was my least favorite (lived in citrus heights, san jose, mountain view, ct, ma...). I lived in citrus heights from the ages of 9-18 and have kept on coming back to it b.c. I just live in many places to keep this answer uncomplicated. However, it has changed A LOT since I lived there permanently (10 years ago)--I stay for 3 mos. spells. It only recently started becoming a trendy place to live, before there were so many hud homes on the market and nobody wanted to live in the sacramento region.

So What are some good areas to live in? depends on what you like...I'm very much into asian culture and foods, so south sac. is my favorite place. It's almost a mini saigon on the stockton blvd. area. It has many yummy places to eat at + drink (I highly recommend LOLLY CUP. My friend from singapore calls it the "asian starbucks." I miss that in houston. And I miss RYAN's buffet in CA). So Elk Grove isn't too far from that area and has some good public schools, thus I'd recommend elk grove.

However, if I had lots of money I'd be living in Monterey/Berkeley/San Francisco. Monterey is gonna be much better than the galveston you saw. I prefer montery over santa cruz since santa cruz beaches are dirty compared to monterey. If you have money Palo Alto is a nice place to live since you have the amenities of being able to make san francisco in a short commute (for whatever short commute can mean in ca terms) and I liked the stanford campus. Mountain View is also close by, but I preferred Palo Alto--it has a cute town and ppl. bicycle a lot. Other than that, if you're just the average joe, you're probably gonna end up in the sacramento region since the houses are cheap for california and not any of the REALLY worthwhile places the state has to offer. But you can make it worthwhile and there are a ton of things to do + day trips to the exciting places are possible. but you'll be missing the kind ppl. in texas and the states affordability factor.

Answer 4

I would recommend Shasta/Tehama County. They are both in Northern California. Its pretty hot there in the summer, but house prices are still relatively low. There are jobs available to folks with an education. There is plenty of ranch/horse property there too.

Answer 5

Anywhere within 10-20 miles of the ocean.

Answer 6

don't move to CA. it's hot, boring, and expensive. personally i'm moving to the south ASAP, because it seems nice. but that's just me. if you really want CA, go north, like way north. humboldt county is the best you'll find.

Answer 7

well if you want hot move to the Coachella Valley, like Palm springs area, we get HOT summers, like this summer was about 121 for a couple days. :)

Answer 8

Nor-cal if you are looking to just hang out

So-cal if you like to party

Answer 9

Carlsbad or Oceanside...yup...nice skate spots...well, if your into skateboarding.