Are dana point and san clemente pretty much the same safety wise? (Fontana: apartments, rentals) - Orange County - California (CA) - City-Data Forum

ChappyGnu · 10-03-2010, 03:32 AM

I have been approve for 2 rentals:
One on la paz ave in dana point and one on la pata in san clemente.

I've driven throught the neighborhoods during the day but, I couldn't get a "feel" for the neighborhood.
Is anyone familiar with these areas?

JohnSoCal · 10-03-2010, 03:43 AM

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Originally Posted by ChappyGnu

I have been approve for 2 rentals:
One on la paz ave in dana point and one on la pata in san clemente.

I've driven throught the neighborhoods during the day but, I couldn't get a "feel" for the neighborhood.
Is anyone familiar with these areas?

San Clemente is more of a city than Dana Point. They are both good areas. Personally I would choose San Clemente.

Fontucky · 10-03-2010, 07:42 AM

I would definitely take the La Pata place over the Dana Point place. That area of DP can get sketchy, and there's never enough parking. Lots of apartments.

CAVA1990 · 10-03-2010, 10:51 AM

Unless you have a kid going to high school since Dana Hills is much better and safer than San Clemente.

Fontucky · 10-03-2010, 11:01 AM

Teamer.

CAVA1990 · 10-03-2010, 11:22 AM

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Teamer.

Was strictly for your benefit. I never let facts get in the way of a good story.

ChappyGnu · 10-03-2010, 12:15 PM

Thanks for the help everyone.
Apartments? Oh, I'm wondering if I mixed up the street name.. When I drove over there I don't remember seeing any complexes.
Another thing that is making the decision difficult is that the DP place owner wants me to sign a 2 year lease (Sounds kind of nice.. fixed rent for 2 years..) but you say that area is sketchy?
Are there a lot of hoodlum teenagers? College kids?
But,The SC place is larger and only a few hundred more a month the owner only wants a 1 year lease.
My son is 2. So no school just. Yet, but, soon. Does San Clemente have a better school system? Thanks again!

Fontucky · 10-03-2010, 01:03 PM

That whole area surrounding La Paz in DP is a mixture of SFR and multi-family structures, with an emphasis on the latter. It can be very sketchy. For example, a few blocks to the West is Street of the Violet Lantern, a street the local cops call "Violent Lantern".

While my kids are long ago grown and out of the house and I haven't had anything to do with the Capo Unified School Dist since (both I, my wife as well as all 4 of our kids went to school down there) the San Clemente area schools, especially the ones serving the back country, should be better. The reason? More English-challenged kids in the part of Dirty Point where you're considering.

CAVA1990 · 10-03-2010, 02:03 PM

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More English-challenged kids in the part of Dirty Point where you're considering.

Fon, we call that "Spanish immersion". Very sought after amongst limousine liberal parents. Get with the program.

Fontucky · 10-03-2010, 03:49 PM

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limousine liberal parents. Get with the program.

Oh yes. Fontana is simply bursting with limousine liberal parents.