Hi, I am relocating to California, and am wondering what is the most common area/neighborhood in California for average families to live?? Like not the RICHEST area, but a decent area to raise a family. One with a lot of schools, thats teen friendly etc???? Name some neighborhoods, areas etc include zip code if possible thanx!!!
2007-09-13 13:28:16 · 4 answers · asked by VOGUEmodel 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Los Angeles
Irvine comes to mind. Thats in Southern Cal. About an hour south of LA. The whole Orange County area is kid friendly with great schools and family based communities. You can pick your price level. Mission Viejo, Lake Forrest and newer communites forming behind San Clemente and mission Viejo.
Rancho Santa Margarita is nice as well and you are close to the beach cities that are really nice but very pricey.
2007-09-13 13:51:53 · answer #1 · answered by Traveler 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We see this over and over in this forum: Everyone hears about the great weather in SoCal or believes they are the next great actor/model/singer, then starts looking for the "cheap, clean, and safe". It's all about supply and demand: If it's in SoCal, then it's not going to be cheap to begin with. If it's clean and safe, then it's more expensive. If you need good schools, add a couple hundred bucks a month on top of it.
If you want to live here and enjoy the weather, then you have to pay for it. You put up with the smog and the traffic, enjoy the weather and pay your rent or mortgage.
"LA" is such a big place, there are so many neighborhoods/cities where you can live. Of course, even within a city or neighborhood, there are safer sections and less-safe sections.
In Los Angeles, some nice sections are West LA, Brentwood, Westwood, Marina Del Rey, Playa Del Rey, Los Feliz, Silverlake, Eagle Rock, Encino, Tarzana, Studio City, Toluca Lake, Granada Hills, Woodland Hills, Sherman Oaks, West Hills, Chatsworth.
To the east: South Pasadena, parts of Pasadena, Altadena, Arcadia, Monrovia, Glendora, San Dimas, Laverne, Azusa, Rancho Cucamonga.
Along the beach: Santa Monica, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Torrance, Palos Verdes, Rancho PV.
In Orange County aka "The OC": Seal Beach , Huntington Beach , Newport Beach , Corona Del Mar , Laguna Beach , Dana Point , Capistrano Beach , San Clemente , Brea, Yorba Linda, Orange, Tustin, Irvine, Laguna Hills, Rancho Santa Margarita, Lake Forest
To the west: Agoura, Calabasas, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village, Simi Valley, Moorpark.
This is not an all-inclusive list, but it's a start.
2007-09-14 04:48:38 · answer #2 · answered by Capt. Obvious 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In So Cal, San Diego, Irvine and Anaheim, No Cal check out San Jose, Antioch and Concord/Walnut Creek.
2007-09-14 06:24:19 · answer #3 · answered by slickric 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out Irvine, Costa Mesa, Conejo Valley.
2007-09-14 05:22:17 · answer #4 · answered by copestir 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋