What are some decent cities in between Los Angeles and Long Beach, California?
We currently live in Houston Texas and are considering moving to California. My husband will be working in Long Beach, and I will be working in or near the Los Angeles area. We have 2 children, an 8 year old and an almost 2 year old, so decent nice neighborhoods are important! Thanks!
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Oh, there are lots. Downey, Norwalk, Lakewood, Torrance, etc. It really all depends on where you will be working in "the Los Angeles area".
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It's just not like that here. What you're asking for doesn't exist around LA. I finally figured that out after visiting enough cities. In other cities, you can be 10 miles out of downtown, find a nice little place with a yard for a reasonable price, and live comfortably with a commute you can handle. However, LA is not like that at all. It defines the term "urban sprawl". If you start in downtown LA, you have to go more than 100 miles in any direction to find anything resembling small town. It's strip malls, suburban tracts, and commercial development for at least 100 miles. And when you get past that 100 miles, you're either in the desert, Mexico, the San Joaquin Valley, or Central California. The LA-Long Beach Metro area is one solid mass of residential, commercial, and industrial sections. Yes, there are cities in between, but from the air, it all looks like one solid mass with no open space in between. Sorry, but when you move here, you're going to have to adjust to the reality that is LA. I can recommend nicer places to live, but it's not going to have that "small town" atomosphere. One thing about living in LA is that everybody does their own thing... there's a casual indifference about the people who live here. That means you can be yourself, whatever that may be, but don't expect a homey, communitiy atmosphere like in other parts of the country. Sorry, but that's just the way it is here. You might want to start looking in La Mirada, Cerritos, Bellflower, and Artesia. These have good school districts. LAUSD is generally a mess. Long Beach isn't much better (Mrs. Obviousman is a teacher). Start with those areas and see what you can find. Like I always say, LA is not for everybody. If you can't deal with that, don't move here.
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Where in Los Angeles are you referring to? If by neighborhoods you mean the typical "newly built homes," "cul-de-sac setting," and "everybody has fancy cars in front of their garages," then there's VERY LITTLE of that here in LA. If you want one of those types of neighborhoods, expect to cough up A LOT. Bottom Line: Stay in Houston.
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Houston has a huge amount of urban sprawl and crappy traffic so you won't be shocked to find the same thing here. If you're looking for a Woodlands or Clear Lake type area you won't find it between LBC and LA. Irvine in Orange County comes close, but that is the opposite direction you want to go. La Canada Flintridge would also compare, but that is seriously very far from LBC. If you can afford it ($$$$) I would suggest Rancho Palos Verdes/Rolling Hills. It's a very nice hilly area right on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Rolling Hills even has horse trails and acreages. There is a lot of tree cover which makes it feel like you're not in the middle of Los Angeles and you have some privacy. Your kids aren't old enough yet, but Palos Verdes High School sits on a bluff overlooking the ocean. They are supposed to have a good school district.
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my choice would be cypress really nice nieghborhood low robbery and lots of park nearby
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Long Beach and parts of the city of LA touch. The area directly north of Long Beach all the way to downtown is the worst area to live in the cuty. But the city of LA is so huge, you really have to be more specific about where you will be working than "The Los Angeles Area". This only describes an area about 100 x 50 miles.
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