What do LA locals think of Glendora/San Dimas/La Verne/Arcadia? (Pasadena: live in, suite)

[Radical Raul]

Originally Posted by uptown_urbanist

Arcadia has diversity, or at least doesn't have one main majority ethnic group - the 2000 census showed the city was 45% Chinese, 45% white, and 10% hispanic. (don't know about the others)

This is what we call diversity?

2000 was a long time ago, take a walk down Huntington Drive, starting east on Santa Anita.

[drshang]

I think Arcadia is still around half white half asian with a few hispanics mixed in. I guess it depends what your standards for diversity is but I would call it "fairly diverse." Arcadia is definitely not a "white" area though, it is probably turning into more of a wealthy Asian community from what I've seen. I wouldn't describe it as an "All American City" at all (I interpret that to mean a mostly whitebred middle class city). Homes in Arcadia are sitll fetching 400+ a sq ft.

[the one]

i dont, other than to think: "how the heck do i get there and how long will that take.

oh but san dimas is where raging waters is at. where the 10, 210 and 57 meet.

they are too far out of central LA to be that relevant to folks like me.

they are suburbs. sleepy ones.

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by happ

Yes, the graphs show the San Gabriel valley as nearly all blue except some red around San Dimas.

I don't know what graphs you're looking at. How do you suppose David Dreier continues to be reelected? He's about as conservative a politician as one can get.

As for the "sleepy" aspect of most of these suburbs--with the exception of Arcadia--that's correct. They're safe, have relatively good public schools, and offer more affordable housing than most cities closer to downtown Los Angeles.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

I don't know what graphs you're looking at. How do you suppose David Dreier continues to be reelected? He's about as conservative a politician as one can get.

As for the "sleepy" aspect of most of these suburbs--with the exception of Arcadia--that's correct. They're safe, have relatively good public schools, and offer more affordable housing than most cities closer to downtown Los Angeles.

I just looked up the registration: District 26, which takes in Arcadia, Monrovia and all east including Glendora, San Dimas and Laverne still is majority registered Republican...I don't know what graphs Happ is looking at either. He judges almost everything on the 2008 election, not taking into consideration it was an unusual year to say the least..

Nita

[uptown_urbanist]

I know plenty of non-Chinese people who still live in Arcadia. I wasn't trying to debate what diverse was or wasn't, just agree with the drshang that some of previous responses made it sound like it was an all white suburb. People who know the area know that's not true, but I think many people coming in from out of town would interpret "All American City" to mean white middle class, and also may not know that the San Gabriel Valley is pretty diverse (with some areas more "diverse" than others).

Arcadia is too far out for my tastes, but it's pretty and, like some others have mentioned, has both the racetrack and the arboretum. It's also very close to Pasadena and its offerings (not to mention the Huntington in San Marino). I don't know anyone with kids in the school there, but I think the district is considered quite good.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by uptown_urbanist

I know plenty of non-Chinese people who still live in Arcadia. I wasn't trying to debate what diverse was or wasn't, just agree with the drshang that some of previous responses made it sound like it was an all white suburb. People who know the area know that's not true, but I think many people coming in from out of town would interpret "All American City" to mean white middle class, and also may not know that the San Gabriel Valley is pretty diverse (with some areas more "diverse" than others).

Arcadia is too far out for my tastes, but it's pretty and, like some others have mentioned, has both the racetrack and the arboretum. It's also very close to Pasadena and its offerings (not to mention the Huntington in San Marino). I don't know anyone with kids in the school there, but I think the district is considered quite good.

my understanding, Arcadia, San Marino and Glendora all have very good school districts. We have friends that still teach in two of those districts, but our kids are way out of school. We even have a couple grandkids that are out of college, so I am just going on what I have heard..

Nita

[D-Towner]

Is Glendora more or less Republican like San Dimas?

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by D-Towner

Is Glendora more or less Republican like San Dimas?

D, I do not have the actually break-down. I got my information from the registration information for congressional districts. I am only guessing, but I would say slightly more Republican..again, this is simply a guess.

Nita

[happ]

Here's the voting results for the San Gabriel valley [note that Glendora\ San Dimas\ La Verne did, in-fact vote Republican though not Arcadia]


Here's the 2005 breakdown for Los Angeles County:

LA County is one of the most Democratic in the state.
About half of registered voters (51%) are Democrats, 27 percent are Republicans, and 18 percent are decline-to-state. In November 2000, 53 percent were Democrats, 28 percent were Republicans, and 14 percent were decline-to-state. In the November 2004 general election, LA County voters favored Democratic candidate John F. Kerry over George W. Bush (63% to 36%), while voters in the rest of the state favored Kerry over Bush by a smaller margin (54% to 44%).
http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/jtf...ACountyJTF.pdf