Predominantly white area that is inexpensive? (Redondo Beach: college, to live, low cost)

[KarlaT2]

I'll try to stick to the question you asked. I'm not familiar with Northern California as much, but someone did mention Murrietta and Temecula, which are both very nice adjacent communities here in southern California. The housing market in those areas has made it much more affordable, but you probably are never going to find a 100K house in a decent neighborhood here in California, though I may be wrong. You can find houses there in low 200's and it's an hour or so to San Diego, more to Orange County. I love those areas myself, though I'm about 70 miles from them.
Good luck. I don't see why the fuss about your question personally. I see these type of questions concerning predominately "insert any other ethniticity" neighborhoods all the time.

[kstorts]

Originally Posted by blofeld9999

OP, please don't move anywhere in the Bay Area. I'm a dark skinned minority in San Jose, and even though I have a 6 figure income, I might be tempted to steal your fridge.

I didn't plan on responding to this thread, but read this and couldn't resist, it had me laughing! haha.

I can't speak for diverse and low income areas on other states, because I haven't lived in them. But I can tell you that being robbed and all that other stuff that you mentioned happening to you will occur by the hands of any race. It isn't a black issue, or a Mexican issue, etc. It is a people issue, and usually from people that are desperate- and usually desperate from drugs (usually). This occurs in the whitest neighborhoods and in your very mixed neighborhoods.

We had an area not too far away, Keyes, CA...at one point it was everything you mentioned, cheap to live, close to a city and mostly white (It actually at one point was known for the KKK stuff)....however- would you really want to live there? No. You wouldn't have the minorities robbing you, but your white tweakers. I don't think Keyes is quite like that now, I haven't been there for a while.....(I'm not saying it is better now....I don't think that has actually changed about it, but I do believe it is more diverse now).

It is going to be really tough to find what you are looking for. For a really nice area, and a cheaper home, there is going to be a reason that the home is so cheap....
I wish you the best of luck, and hope you find what you are looking for. You may need to readjust your prejudices though while being here....I DO have friend that have been in the military that are originally from CA....they were stationed in FL and developed and extremely strong prejudice attitude....it was insane....so, I don't know what is going on there, but they have since readjusted back to how they are and have chalked up their opinions to "that's how they are there" type attitude....I don't know if that is what you are dealing with or not.....but regardless, it would be to work on those issues that you are carrying around with you, your life will be more positive if you loose the prejudice stuff. good luck!

[sonarrat]

I visited a bank on Villages Parkway in San Jose recently, a very sleepy, and overwhelmingly white retirement community.. there were some kids sitting around a BMW in the back parking lot, bumping rap music and dealing drugs. I don't think there's anywhere that's completely safe, unless you have a property in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness that's a 2 hour ATV ride to town..

[esmith143]

Originally Posted by joelaldo

You know, you probably could have gotten away with saying something like, "Is there an affordable community in California that isn't crime-ridden or drug/gang-infested" or "is there a safe, low income community in California?" Instead of saying WHITE. You're implying that whites are inherently better to be around... my gfriend grew up in an all white trailer park, and that place is pretty scary, let me tell u.

It is a fact that it's difficult to find a crime-ridden & drug/gang-infested "predominantly white" city in CA. Conversely, there are no safe low income places with >20% blacks. Crime-ridden all-white trailer parks may still exist in West Virginia, but here in California they are a thing of the past. So, the original inquiry may have sounded racist but it's based on a well established and undeniable correlation between race & crime.

These are the three safest cities in CA with populations over 50,000:

Irvine (1% black, 7% hispanic)
Yorba Linda (1% black, 10% hispanic)
Laguna Niguel (1% black, 10% hispanic)

These are the three most dangerous:
Oakland (30% black, 26% hispanic)
Compton (40% black, 57% hispanic)
Stockton (12% black, 37% hispanic)

[UB50]

Altadena doesn't have a high crime rate and it's 31% black and 20% Hispanic.

[MotleyCrew]

Paradise CA, or Magalia CA. You can google 95954 or 95969 to find some of the best priced real estate in CA. You have the luxury of living up in the pines or down in Chico which has tons of shopping and a university surrounded by an old downtown with unique shops and restaurants.

[City Boy]

Originally Posted by esmith143

It is a fact that it's difficult to find a crime-ridden & drug/gang-infested "predominantly white" city in CA. Conversely, there are no safe low income places with >20% blacks. Crime-ridden all-white trailer parks may still exist in West Virginia, but here in California they are a thing of the past. So, the original inquiry may have sounded racist but it's based on a well established and undeniable correlation between race & crime.

These are the three safest cities in CA with populations over 50,000:

Irvine (1% black, 7% hispanic)
Yorba Linda (1% black, 10% hispanic)
Laguna Niguel (1% black, 10% hispanic)

These are the three most dangerous:
Oakland (30% black, 26% hispanic)
Compton (40% black, 57% hispanic)
Stockton (12% black, 37% hispanic)

It's not "Race" and Crime it's income and crime. You're another idiot. Poor white area's also have a high crime rate. You're comparing upper middle class relatively small cities to larger cities that have more economically depressed areas. Get a F***ng clue.

[Ludachris]

Originally Posted by esmith143

It is a fact that it's difficult to find a crime-ridden & drug/gang-infested "predominantly white" city in CA.

And yet it's also difficult to find a predominantly white city in CA that is low income, which is probably what would make your statement true. Crime-ridden neighborhoods can be tied to any race, but it's almost always tied to poverty. Sure, you can point out all the high crime areas in CA and tie them to specific races, but they will all have the same thing in common - poverty.

Show me some comparable low income/poverty stricken cities that are predominantly white that aren't crime-ridden. The fact that there are far fewer instances of this just brings up more questions and separate discussions about social issues within the US.

If you choose to pigeonhole people racially, then you can find all kinds of data to support any "fact" you want. For many people who were born and raised in CA, diversity is part of what makes the state absolutely unique and attractive. You'll have pockets of black, white, brown, and every color in between, with many areas that are mixed with everything. You'll also have low income areas that have more crime. Few want to live in areas full of crime. But those who automatically associate skin color with crime probably aren't going to appreciate CA as much as others - and in my opinion, they have their own prejudicial issues to deal with.

[Joe_Ryder]

Originally Posted by blofeld9999

OP, please don't move anywhere in the Bay Area. I'm a dark skinned minority in San Jose, and even though I have a 6 figure income, I might be tempted to steal your fridge.

I've got a classic freezer you can steal. Please?

[Clarks]

Paradise CA, or Magalia CA. You can google 95954 or 95969 to find some of the best priced real estate in CA. .

Along the highway leading to Paradise/Magalia there used to be a billboard that said, "Get the US out of the UN, John Birch Society", so you knew you were in a different world.

In the middle 70's there were no black Americans in Paradise. A black family made an offer on a home, the neighbors all chipped in and made a higher offer, bought the house to prevent the black family from moving in.

Funny town.