SanDiego to LA area living - LAX/SNA/ONT base
11-23-2022, 02:25 PM
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SanDiego to LA area living - LAX/SNA/ONT base
Looking to move to the area and looking for recommendations of good neighborhoods (safe, great schools, recreation, etc.) to raise two young children. Open to anywhere from SD to LA, but want to be as close to the beach as possible. Would like to be near good parks and trails, and we also like to hike and ski for what it’s worth. Need a house with a fenced yard for dogs. Order of priorities for us are 1) safety, 2) community/schools, 3) cost, 4) recreation, 5) commute
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Thanks.
11-23-2022, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by DaGreenBanana
Looking to move to the area and looking for recommendations of good neighborhoods (safe, great schools, recreation, etc.) to raise two young children. Open to anywhere from SD to LA, but want to be as close to the beach as possible. Would like to be near good parks and trails, and we also like to hike and ski for what it’s worth. Need a house with a fenced yard for dogs. Order of priorities for us are 1) safety, 2) community/schools, 3) cost, 4) recreation, 5) commute
Thanks.
Thanks.
Cost, on the other hand, is borderline prohibitive. While home prices have stabilized they really haven’t dropped much and rents are sky high with relatively low inventory.
11-24-2022, 04:03 AM
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Yeah North County coastal if cost-no-object. I've known people to sit LAX reserve but that might be sketchy depending on your callout.
North County inland would be a bit cheaper, some nice neighboorhoods and good schools but no ocean breeze (might be able to see the ocean if you're on a hill). Further North (Escondido/Temecula) is cheaper but further from the ocean.
Pacific Beach/Mission Beach area has some really nice residential areas tucked away a few blocks inland (the stuff right on the water is all tourists and beach rats). Good community, decent schools, really close to basically everything. If you and your spouse are both major pilots it should be affordable. La Jolla is the gucci version, if you and spouse are both FDX CA's.
Mission Hills is also very nice, with an upscale vintage/historical vibe. It's close enough to downtown that you'll see homeless when you shop on the main drag though.
For skiing, just fly to SLC. Or maybe drive to mammoth, but that's a long drive. I'm underwhelmed by the closer driving options (Big Bear, Mountain High).
North County inland would be a bit cheaper, some nice neighboorhoods and good schools but no ocean breeze (might be able to see the ocean if you're on a hill). Further North (Escondido/Temecula) is cheaper but further from the ocean.
Pacific Beach/Mission Beach area has some really nice residential areas tucked away a few blocks inland (the stuff right on the water is all tourists and beach rats). Good community, decent schools, really close to basically everything. If you and your spouse are both major pilots it should be affordable. La Jolla is the gucci version, if you and spouse are both FDX CA's.
Mission Hills is also very nice, with an upscale vintage/historical vibe. It's close enough to downtown that you'll see homeless when you shop on the main drag though.
For skiing, just fly to SLC. Or maybe drive to mammoth, but that's a long drive. I'm underwhelmed by the closer driving options (Big Bear, Mountain High).
11-24-2022, 06:03 AM
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Yo yo, Ventura county dude. Camarillo Oxnard Ventura. I live up in Ventura. 20 minutes to c street(best break until rincon.) Channel Islands harbor has sailing co-ops, sailing schools, huge fishery, etc. lovely weather, 15 knots out of the west with 1-2 foot surf in the summer makes for great 20 foot racing. Sespe mountain range is right above ventura for oak chaparral backpacking, mountain biking, paragliding, etc. if you want to do an alpine trip, kings canyon, sequoia national park, and ansel Adam’s wilderness/Yosemite are about 5 hours away.
Work:
To lax- hour 20 most days most hours. You can use a couple of routes (pch) to beat the 405/101 bull****, it adds another 15. My worst drive is landing Friday night around 4, it takes me 2.5 hours to clear LA.
To ont- 2 hours…no real traffic
To sna- 2 hours, can be 3 hours if you hit traffic south of lax.
I love it. Tons of cool people from all over, a lot of things to do, and you can surf in the morning and play tennis in the afternoon everyday all year. People have such an odd conception about California, I don’t have anyone in my chilly telling me what to do, no one on my property, I just pay high income tax. I’ve lived in Texas and Utah, and I can not discern any real difference
Work:
To lax- hour 20 most days most hours. You can use a couple of routes (pch) to beat the 405/101 bull****, it adds another 15. My worst drive is landing Friday night around 4, it takes me 2.5 hours to clear LA.
To ont- 2 hours…no real traffic
To sna- 2 hours, can be 3 hours if you hit traffic south of lax.
I love it. Tons of cool people from all over, a lot of things to do, and you can surf in the morning and play tennis in the afternoon everyday all year. People have such an odd conception about California, I don’t have anyone in my chilly telling me what to do, no one on my property, I just pay high income tax. I’ve lived in Texas and Utah, and I can not discern any real difference
11-24-2022, 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Hubcapped
Yo yo, Ventura county dude. Camarillo Oxnard Ventura. I live up in Ventura. 20 minutes to c street(best break until rincon.) Channel Islands harbor has sailing co-ops, sailing schools, huge fishery, etc. lovely weather, 15 knots out of the west with 1-2 foot surf in the summer makes for great 20 foot racing. Sespe mountain range is right above ventura for oak chaparral backpacking, mountain biking, paragliding, etc. if you want to do an alpine trip, kings canyon, sequoia national park, and ansel Adam’s wilderness/Yosemite are about 5 hours away.
Work:
To lax- hour 20 most days most hours. You can use a couple of routes (pch) to beat the 405/101 bull****, it adds another 15. My worst drive is landing Friday night around 4, it takes me 2.5 hours to clear LA.
To ont- 2 hours…no real traffic
To sna- 2 hours, can be 3 hours if you hit traffic south of lax.
I love it. Tons of cool people from all over, a lot of things to do, and you can surf in the morning and play tennis in the afternoon everyday all year. People have such an odd conception about California, I don’t have anyone in my chilly telling me what to do, no one on my property, I just pay high income tax. I’ve lived in Texas and Utah, and I can not discern any real difference
Work:
To lax- hour 20 most days most hours. You can use a couple of routes (pch) to beat the 405/101 bull****, it adds another 15. My worst drive is landing Friday night around 4, it takes me 2.5 hours to clear LA.
To ont- 2 hours…no real traffic
To sna- 2 hours, can be 3 hours if you hit traffic south of lax.
I love it. Tons of cool people from all over, a lot of things to do, and you can surf in the morning and play tennis in the afternoon everyday all year. People have such an odd conception about California, I don’t have anyone in my chilly telling me what to do, no one on my property, I just pay high income tax. I’ve lived in Texas and Utah, and I can not discern any real difference
11-24-2022, 08:14 AM
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I'm in Mission Viejo. Anywhere in south OC (Irvine/Newport and below) is nice. Lots of regional parks and hiking/biking in the Santa Anas. Takes me about 55 min to LAX(no traffic), but would be about 45 if I lived closer to the freeway.
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11-24-2022, 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Hubcapped
Yo yo, Ventura county dude. Camarillo Oxnard Ventura. I live up in Ventura. 20 minutes to c street(best break until rincon.) Channel Islands harbor has sailing co-ops, sailing schools, huge fishery, etc. lovely weather, 15 knots out of the west with 1-2 foot surf in the summer makes for great 20 foot racing. Sespe mountain range is right above ventura for oak chaparral backpacking, mountain biking, paragliding, etc. if you want to do an alpine trip, kings canyon, sequoia national park, and ansel Adam’s wilderness/Yosemite are about 5 hours away.
Work:
To lax- hour 20 most days most hours. You can use a couple of routes (pch) to beat the 405/101 bull****, it adds another 15. My worst drive is landing Friday night around 4, it takes me 2.5 hours to clear LA.
To ont- 2 hours…no real traffic
To sna- 2 hours, can be 3 hours if you hit traffic south of lax.
I love it. Tons of cool people from all over, a lot of things to do, and you can surf in the morning and play tennis in the afternoon everyday all year. People have such an odd conception about California, I don’t have anyone in my chilly telling me what to do, no one on my property, I just pay high income tax. I’ve lived in Texas and Utah, and I can not discern any real difference
Work:
To lax- hour 20 most days most hours. You can use a couple of routes (pch) to beat the 405/101 bull****, it adds another 15. My worst drive is landing Friday night around 4, it takes me 2.5 hours to clear LA.
To ont- 2 hours…no real traffic
To sna- 2 hours, can be 3 hours if you hit traffic south of lax.
I love it. Tons of cool people from all over, a lot of things to do, and you can surf in the morning and play tennis in the afternoon everyday all year. People have such an odd conception about California, I don’t have anyone in my chilly telling me what to do, no one on my property, I just pay high income tax. I’ve lived in Texas and Utah, and I can not discern any real difference
11-24-2022, 08:41 AM
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We were out there for a dirtbike race in October and we seriously looked for a place we could afford on my Captain salary. Wife is a Realtor, so while there is income, it's hard to budget from, especially when we are moving to a place she's never lived.
To say the housing market was ugly for what we needed put it mildly.
1500 sqft, 3bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage or equivalent workshop/bike storage place. Non postage stamp sized yard but no need for huge. Large older German Shepherd who prefers to be outside and misses Wyoming and upstate NY.
Our other requirements:
Not the hood. I lived in Flint for longer than any place until I got out of the Navy. Been there, done that.
Can sit short call at home. Bag packed, ready to go, but legit at home.
Had a real hard time finding anything in anything resembling a reasonable price range/all in payment once property taxes are figured in.
I figure the difference in state taxes (CA higher income than VA, but not paying $5k a year in personal property tax on vehicles either) would be wiped out by the ease of living in base and the occasional premium trip I could pull without heroics if I did.
To say the housing market was ugly for what we needed put it mildly.
1500 sqft, 3bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage or equivalent workshop/bike storage place. Non postage stamp sized yard but no need for huge. Large older German Shepherd who prefers to be outside and misses Wyoming and upstate NY.
Our other requirements:
Not the hood. I lived in Flint for longer than any place until I got out of the Navy. Been there, done that.
Can sit short call at home. Bag packed, ready to go, but legit at home.
Had a real hard time finding anything in anything resembling a reasonable price range/all in payment once property taxes are figured in.
I figure the difference in state taxes (CA higher income than VA, but not paying $5k a year in personal property tax on vehicles either) would be wiped out by the ease of living in base and the occasional premium trip I could pull without heroics if I did.
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