Southern california?

Question

i want to move there! how much are houses down there?
and how is the crime rate?

my whole family wants to move down there and i was asking for my family

Answer 1

Southern Cal is a megalopolis that extends from the Mexican border to Santa Barbara. As you would imagine there is just about every type of home you could want in this area. Homes range from the $250,000 range in bad parts of LA and surrounding cities to 20 million plus in some of the nicer parts of Hollywood and the beach cities.

Crime rates vary along economic lines and you can pretty much avoid the trouble areas just by looking at your surroundings. I have been appraising homes in this area for 20 years. There are places that I just don't go. There are places that I will go to at specific times. There are places that are as safe as any where in the world.

In short, Your question needs to be a little more specific. You can find a house or condo at a reasonable price. And you don't have to worry about crime if you have half a clue.
Good luck! If you decide where you want to live I can give you much more specific info.

Answer 2

The average house in Southern California costs $500,000 and you would not feel safe living in that neighborhood. A house in a safe neighborhood runs at least $700,000
According to the 2005 FBI crime statistics for cities over 250,000 people Los Angeles ranks 28th and San Diego ranks 59th. I picked those cities since they are the 2 largest in SoCal.
As always, Do Not Believe What You See On TV And In The Movies About Southern California.

Answer 3

Housing prices are through the roof. No pun intended.

Any place safe to live has the highest prices.

Consider a condo.

Safest areas:

Irvine
Thousand Oaks/Agoura area
Simi Valley
Most of the Santa Clarita area

Also some of the most expensive housing prices.

Good luck.

Answer 4

Depends on where in Southern California. In Ventura County homes go for $500,000 and way up past that. It's very expensive to live here. I want to move away. But the weather is great!

Answer 5

Since you're only in the 8th grade you have a few years to go before you wonder about moving to Southern California.

Answer 6

Southern Cali is very big. Houses are less expensive in Barstow and El Centro. But as you get in to places like Newport, Irvine and West LA you can expect a jump in prices. Do a google search ont he communities that you are interested in.

Answer 7

The houses are very expensive
but its now HOT during the summer time
Also the Catalina Islands are nearby
the crime rate is er... ghetto

Answer 8

Houses can range a great amount of money.
San Diego you can find houses most likely from $500,000's to the millions.
same for LA. there is a part called the inland empire.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inland_Empire_%28California%29
the houses are going for cheap right now because its in the process of being developed. It's very bare in these areas. But in a few years they MAY become nicer cities.

Answer 9

Depends what size house you want. 4 bedroom houses in a really nice area can be 500,000 and up

Answer 10

um if you listen to reports the crime rate is high but thats everywhere. the houses range from 200,000 to 700,000 outside of the hollywood area and the beaches if you wanna live there expect to pay in the millions. hills are higher and valleys are lower priced so for example you can buy a house in chino for a certain price and buy that same house in chino hills for maybe 20000-70000 more. land is what you pay for so the more land the more you are gonna pay. location and land is gonna cost you. decide what you want and then repost this you will get better answers cause so-cal is huge.