any solid middle class communities in or around LA to raise family?

Answer 1

We lived in L.A. for fiftteen years before we decided to move our family back to the midwest. It's just a horrible place to raise kids, and we were even fortunate enough to live in an upper-class area. For a nice middle-class home and environment, California is not the place to live. I always tell people who are shocked we left there, that it's a nice place to visit, but...

Answer 2

Well in the LA area, there is pretty much no middle class communities. It is practicaly poor or low-income communities and the rest is upper-middle class or upper class. If you have the money, then there are excellent places to raise families and probably the best places in America. Any where in Orange County is good and San diego is great. Pasadena or the Brentwood/Westwood and Pacific Palisades are very good communities closest to LA. Places like Mission Viejo, Carlsbad, Oceanside, Laguna Niguel, and Irvine are some of the best places to live as well as raise a good family because of its location to good colleges and all of the schools are acredited. Also, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, and Irvine are in the top 10 of the safest cities in the U.S. which is probably a very good motavation to move to cities like those.

Answer 3

La Crescenta, Montrose, Glendale, Pasadena, Burbank.
Inland Empire: Rancho Cucamonga, Upland, Claremont

Answer 4

The San Fernando Valley is considered the region of middle-class suburban communities. But it really depends on what you consider "solid middle class".

Everywhere in Los Angeles is above the national average.

Answer 5

Sure. There are dozens, I'll try to name a few, giving distances from downtown LA):
La Crescenta, 12 miles NE
South Pasadena, 8 miles NE
North Hills, 27 miles NW
Valencia, 30 miles NW
Simi Valley, 35 miles NW
Redondo Beach, 20 miles SW
Huntington Beach, 25 miles S
Brea, 35 miles E

I'm sure there are more, those just come to mind.

Answer 6

Almost any of the suburbs northeast of the city are middle class areas. Sure, some of them have problems, but so does every town in America. If you want truly affordable housing, you'll have to go further out--like to the Inland Empire (Rancho Cucamonga, Riverside, etc.) or the Antelope Valley (Lancaster and Palmdale).

Answer 7

I have to correct Obvious on a couple of points.

Most of North Hills is not a nice neighborhood.

South Pas has it's share of problems.

San Fernando Valley south of Ventura Blvd is generally above average.

One of the better communities lie just outside of LA, Thousand Oaks, Westlake area, Simi Valley (lots of cops live there.) Santa Clarita area is about as middle class as it comes around herer. You, of course, will pay for the priviliage.

LAUSD schools leave much to be desired, althoough there are exceptions. Consider private schools, even if it means lowering your standard of living, if you can't afford a house.

Answer 8

Someone above asked you to define "solid". Perhaps you should also define "middle class"....In terms of housing, costs in L.A. are through the roof ridiculous. That should be the first thing you check out....because few cities are so expensive..Good Luck.

Answer 9

Gang area is about $500,000 for a small house. It goes up from there, wayyyyy up.

Answer 10

Define "solid"

but no. if you want to raise a family, RUN to U-haul, get a truck and drive until you at least can not see the california border anymore.