Name Your Top 3 Towns or Cities in California (Los Angeles, San Diego: dorms, find a job)

[GAPeachnATL]

Originally Posted by Capt. Dan

Compton
Oakland
Fresno

Thanks. I am relocating to CA and will make sure these are NOT on my list of cities to choose from! ;-) JK As if the music doesn't get the word out there. How is Newport Beach? How long would the commute be to LBC?

[gizmo980]

My top three:

San Francisco
South Lake Tahoe
Tie between Arcata and Boulder Creek

[FresnoFacts]

Originally Posted by GAPeachnATL

Thanks. I am relocating to CA and will make sure these are NOT on my list of cities to choose from! ;-) JK

Don't take Capt. Dan's comment combining Fresno with the other 2 too seriously. He remembers the "old days" when he lived in California. But you still have other good info, Dan.

Fresno had a crime problem in the 90s but now has a lower murder rate than San Francisco, Sacramento, and many Southern California cities.

Now in terms of this thread, I would say my top 3 inland cities are:

Clovis
Visalia
Fresno

For west of the Coast Range cities

San Luis Obispo
Santa Rosa
Ventura

[jessemh431]

Originally Posted by GAPeachnATL

Thanks. I am relocating to CA and will make sure these are NOT on my list of cities to choose from! ;-) JK As if the music doesn't get the word out there. How is Newport Beach? How long would the commute be to LBC?

The commute is bad. Live in either Long Beach's Belmont Shore area or Seal Beach. If you can afford it, anywhere on the Palos Verdes peninsula, but it's like the Beverly Hills of the beach cities.

[calicowgirl3319]

five cities area(arroyo grande, pismo shell beach etc)
solvang, santa ynez
sonora

[northbayeric]

I'd go with:

1. Sutter Creek
2. Ferndale
3. Bishop

Honorable Mention: Happy Camp. No way I could ever live in such a remote place, but it's great to visit there along the Klamath River.

[AlwaysLooking]

towns:
St. Helena
Sonora
Los Altos

[KARL_MARX]

San Fran
Carmel
San Diego

[the city]

Originally Posted by the city

Okay, I have changed my top 2 cities again. Only cause I believe Nipomo will get a regional mall over Pismo Beach.

1)San Luis Obispo-when it has 50,000population & San Luis Marketplace built
2)Fresno-when at 500,000 population in 2010

And in general my favorite cities in these size ranges:

0-49,999 population "rural" (Monterey and Paso Robles)
50,0000-499,000 population "suburban" (San Luis Obispo and Salinas)
500,000-999,999 "urban" (Fresno and San Francisco)
1 million-9million "metropolian" (San Jose and Los Angeles)

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[cynscooking]

Hi, I am looking to move back to california, I hard Boulder Creek is nice but I have never been there. Can anyone tell me about the place. Where do people shop as its a small town, are the people friendly, are there things to do in the community, nice places to eat, any information would be helpful in my research "WHERE TO LIVE" thank you for any help!