Any good places to live outside of LA?

Question

What would be good places to live outside of LA? Particularly that are within 1 hour reach of the city (with bad traffic sometimes) and has some trees, decent property, etc.? Is San Diego better?

Answer 1

Montrose, La Crescenta, Glendale, Pasadena, Burbank, San Dimas, Covina, W. Covina, Glendora. Or try the Inland Empire: Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, Upland.

Answer 2

Well in my opinion the LA area is over priced, even for "decent" properties and especially if you're trying to live close to LA with trees. Depending on how much you can afford, try maybe the Glendale, Pasadena, La Canada or go north towards Agoura Hills, Calabasas. If money isn't an issue, then it's how much you want to drive in traffic that will determine where you end up. San Diego has it's pros and cons. There is traffic there too, that you will have to deal with, but I'm not sure how many trees are there. :)

Answer 3

San Diego is about 2 hours away, without traffic.
The San Fernando Valley is great.
How much do you have to spend?
Bel Air? Brentwood? Malibu? Pacific Palisades?

No where decent with trees is within an hour of downtown with traffic.

The city of LA is huge. It includes the San Fernando Valley, so yeah, it's under an hour from the city.

Answer 4

San Diego is like 2 1/2 hour drive from LA. But its wonderful there.

Try the San Fernando Valley. It is what it is. Suburbia. I concur with those people have listed above

Or try Orange County. Many good beach cities, but they will take you more than an hour in traffic.

I live 9 miles away from work and during rush hour the commute takes about an hour. So, be prepared to avoid peak traffic times.

Answer 5

You obviously don't live here. You could like 10 miles away and the commute could take you an hour.

I live 15 miles from work, it takes me about 45 minutes in light traffic.

San Diego is not yet an suburb of LA. A commute is 3 hours, minimum.

There are still a few rural areas left. But you will pay for them.

A few of your better options may be Simi Valley, Santa Clarita Valley, Westlake/Thousand Oaks area.

Answer 6

The problem here is that you're thinking that LA is like the area where you currently live: Central City, with suburbs located outside the cty, just a short ride away. Unfortunately, LA doesn't fit that definition. There is no central area. Instead, it's one solid block of urban and suburban cities, with no space between, for about 100 miles in every direction. So there is NO "outside". Lancaster and Palmdale are "outside" (about 80 miles or so), but "easy" is not the word I'd use. Sure, you have Metrolink, but you're talking 2 hours by train from Lancaster, just to get to Union Station. If you work on the west side, you have another 60-90 minutes of subways and bus rides to get to work.

Answer 7

San Diego is better.

But some decent L.A, suburbs are: Woodland Hills, Calabasas, Agoura Hills, Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, Valencia, and Santa Clarita.

Answer 8

Agoura Hills

Answer 9

Hollywood

Answer 10

Palm Desert