Where should I live between Los Angeles and Moreno Valley? (Long Beach: transfer, neighborhoods)

[merchie]

Hi there! I spent a few months living in west side LA a few years ago and loved it. I have been trying to move back there for years from the east coast but there aren't many opportunities in my field near west LA. I particularly love Abbott Kinney, Manhattan Beach, and other laid back areas but also like some neighborhoods in Long Beach, Downtown LA, Echo Park, etc as well. Well there's a chance I can transfer my job to Moreno Valley, which I understand is an hour east from downtown LA. I've been to Ontario before and imagine it being similar. I have no desire to live in Moreno Valley, especially as a 30 year old black female young professional. I will be making a decent income (very low 6 figs) but would prefer to live as close to LA or even Long Beach as possible. I am looking for a good midpoint where I could commute no more than 30 minutes to work and about 30 minutes to LA proper and such for weekends. What is a good area that I could do this? I understand that I would be going the opposite way of traffic if I were commuting from the west to MV.
I am wondering if this would not be an ideal living/commuting situation and if offered the job in MV, should I decline and wait until something comes up that actually puts me in LA proper?

Thank you!

[UB50]

Moreno Valley is only an hour east of downtown if you go in the middle of the night. Otherwise, you'll hit traffic and it's a much longer commute than that.