Jewish Community in the Valley (Santa Clarita, Pasadena: buy, private schools, to live in)

[Charles]

Originally Posted by King0fthehill

OP: If you're so concerned about Jewish life, why not try Israel?

Maybe something about Iranian nukes might bug her?

Iran Launches Nine Test Missiles, Says More Are Ready - washingtonpost.com

Missile Defense Agency Justifies-Missile-Defense-Against-Iranian-Threat

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[reloman123]

I am also considering a relocation from Norther NJ to work in Burbank and need advice pretty quickly. We are also Jewish but not too religious, however, we would like to live in a similiar area to where we live in NJ which is mostly jews who only practice at the highest holy holidays.Coming from NJ takes a bit off the sticker shock, however it still appears to duplicate my home could be 25% higher.Any advice would be helpful. Any recent relocatees would be even better. Any one from NJ would be a major score

[Charles]

Originally Posted by reloman123

considering a relocation from Norther NJ to work in Burbank

Any advice would be helpful.

Buy or rent? Budget or price range?
Married? Kids? Ages?

[Floritar]

I live in palm beach county Florida. It has a very large and I would say welcoming jewiswh community. My kids went to the JCC preschool and we met many people. They then continued through jewish day school. Right nw the prices are very low, really low, and good gated communities are avialabel from the ocean, west depending on a price reange. Boynton Beach wich has the fastest growing jewish community has nice gated comunity homes staring at about 300,000. For 500,000 you would get a top house now. I just got back from California and am planning t relocate their. But you would deinately find a nice welcoming jewish community in South Florida. BUt I will say people every were want nice things, and are materialistic, that how they got to their nice areas and nice homes to begin with that you are looking for, that is the way of the world every were and I have lived all over this country, that is how it is.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by Floritar

I live in palm beach county Florida.

What's the job situation like there?

Palm Beach County faces another round of cutbacks -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

The Macy's at Palm Beach Mall is one of 11 that will close -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

South Florida exodus appears to be picking up pace -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

[reloman123]

I am married, 2 children 7 and 4 and plan on buying.

[Floritar]

The job situation is not good at all, even healthcare is down. But I am in a new development(2005 and the houses are down over 250,000 min) and if someone is looking to relocate to a Jewish area, it might be a good time, the prices are down way lower than areas, that have nice Jewish communities

[BennyPhoenix]

Originally Posted by reloman123

I am also considering a relocation from Norther NJ to work in Burbank and need advice pretty quickly. We are also Jewish but not too religious, however, we would like to live in a similiar area to where we live in NJ which is mostly jews who only practice at the highest holy holidays.Coming from NJ takes a bit off the sticker shock, however it still appears to duplicate my home could be 25% higher.Any advice would be helpful. Any recent relocatees would be even better. Any one from NJ would be a major score

There are many jews in Burbank, but it is not what I would call a community.
They are spread out. There are places in Encino, Sherman Oaks, West LA, Pico/robertson, Fairfax, Hancock Park(expensive), Beverly Hills, Beverlywood, Calabasas areas that have a lot of jews; these are places where it is likely you will have many jewish neighbors, burbank is not.

[reloman123]

How is the commute from the places you mentioned from Burbank? How are the public schools? What about Santa Clarita...a few people mentioned this area.

[majoun]

Originally Posted by King0fthehill

Uh....

Little Ethiopia is 1 BLOCK. Fairfax Blvd between San Vicente and Witworth.

At MOST Little Ethiopia is between San Vicente and Pico. That's really more Miracle Mile than Fairfax District. That area was sometimes called "Lower Fairfax" in the past. And it's more of a commercial strip than an actual ethnic neighborhood. The resident population is extremely ethnically mixed, much more so than further north.

Fairfax District as I know doesn't start until 3rd at the least.

Correct. Although the boundaries between Fairfax, Miracle Mile, Hancock Park, West Hollywood, and Park La Brea (the neighborhood as opposed to the complex) are pretty hard to decipher. Recently I've heard the Western Fairfax District referred to as "Beverly Grove" - i.e. between the BH border and Crescent Heights - which complicates things further.