Is the Los Serranos country club area a bad part of Chino Hills? (Pomona: low income, rental homes)

[c2002]

Someone on these forums stated that in an old City Data thread.

I was under the impression that all parts of Chino Hills are nice and safe.

Is there something wrong with the area surrounding the Los Serranos Country Club? Is it close to farm smell, crime, low-income families, brush fires? What should I look out for?

Overall, do you think that area is improving or deteriorating?

[ToeJam]

Parts of Los Serranos appear to older low income or rental homes. It just isn't as nice as the rest of Chino Hills, but it is still nice and safe. Some residents of Chino Hills will turn their nose down at that part of town, but it is still safer than Chino Flats.

[Dunbar42]

I live in Chino Hills, that's the only area I'd avoid. Stay west of Peyton in that area. It feels very blue collar, lower incomes, shadier neighbors etc. I've been here 7 years and the Los Serranos area is not getting better or worse.

I suggest you drive/walk around the area around 5-6pm on a weeknight and you'll see what I'm talking about.

[SoCal794]

I've been around that area a lot, and I agree with the above. It's not horribly dangerous, just lower class when compared with the rest of Chino Hills.

[Dunbar42]

Originally Posted by Dunbar42

Stay west of Peyton in that area.

Correction, stay west of Pipeline.

[c2002]

I'm so glad I asked you guys! Thank you so much for your replies.

To clarify, this is the level of safety I'm looking for: Would you feel safe having an elderly parent take a walk on the sidewalks around 6 in the morning or 6 at night?

Originally Posted by ToeJam

Parts of Los Serranos appear to older low income or rental homes. It just isn't as nice as the rest of Chino Hills, but it is still nice and safe. Some residents of Chino Hills will turn their nose down at that part of town, but it is still safer than Chino Flats.

I guess a lot of it is relative. Perhaps even a shadier part of Chino Hills is still fairly safe by national crime standards?

Originally Posted by Dunbar42

I live in Chino Hills, that's the only area I'd avoid. Stay west of (Pipeline) in that area. It feels very blue collar, lower incomes, shadier neighbors etc. I've been here 7 years and the Los Serranos area is not getting better or worse.

I suggest you drive/walk around the area around 5-6pm on a weeknight and you'll see what I'm talking about.

It is very important to know that the area hasn't changed. So if it feels ok to me, maybe it is still worth considering. Your geographic divide is very helpful.

The two houses I'm looking at are actually on the border (right on the south west corner of the country club). One is right on Pipeline (right across the the golf course) and another is one block west of Pipeline (at Winged Foot Way and Augusta Drive). Are they too close to the border to be good buys?

I'll definitely do the survey around 5-6 as you suggested. Thanks!

Originally Posted by SoCal794

I've been around that area a lot, and I agree with the above. It's not horribly dangerous, just lower class when compared with the rest of Chino Hills.

I'm ok if it isn't as nice as rest of CH (I mean it is already a damn nice city). I'd love to get your feedback on exactly how dangerous it is (like how would you answer the "taking a walk" question in the first paragraph)?

[ToeJam]

I would walk down the streets after dark and feel safe.

[Dunbar42]

Originally Posted by c2002

The two houses I'm looking at are actually on the border (right on the south west corner of the country club). One is right on Pipeline (right across the the golf course) and another is one block west of Pipeline (at Winged Foot Way and Augusta Drive). Are they too close to the border to be good buys?

The one on Winged Foot is not in the "sketchy" area. That's actually a new tract of homes that are nice, safe and quiet. The one on Pipeline would have to be on the west side of the street to be in the "good area." If it was on the east side of Pipeline it would be a safer area to start a walk from but the neighbors might not be ideal. Your relatives could walk any which way but east and remain in the nicer area of Chino Hills. Plenty respectable people exercise around there every day (just don't go east Pipleline )

On my little map in the red circled area I'd be more worried about neighbors with overcrowded homes, loud kids, barking dogs etc. Basically just some bad seed, thug wannabes, and generally disrespectful people that you don't really see elsewhere in Chino Hills. Would I, a 190lb male, feel unsafe walking in the "red zone?" No, but maybe your older relatives would. I suspect that crime in that area isn't an issue and that since it's Chino Hills crime is taken very seriously by the police.

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/9143/chinohills.jpg (broken link)

[steelstress]

Does the section in the red even have street lighting? I have a friend that lives in that general area, and it's pitch black at night... no lights.

[springman]

Originally Posted by c2002

To clarify, this is the level of safety I'm looking for: Would you feel safe having an elderly parent take a walk on the sidewalks around 6 in the morning or 6 at night?

I spent a month there last summer, and walked almost every day, in the morning between five and seven and between seven and nine in the evening. There are pockets of nicer houses where I walked like Village Dr., Heritage Dr., Torrey Pines Dr., Elinvar Dr., & Soquel Canyon Pkwy where I can't imagine anyone feeling unsafe. Also the trailer park around the Lake is fenced off and only accessible from Pipeline, so unless you live there you probably wouldn't enter.

I walked more often among the areas where I was staying and had no problem: Bird Farm Rd., Yorba, Monterey, & Ramona Aves., Valley Vista Dr., El Molino Blvd., Country Club Dr., Pomona Rincon Rd., Palomino Dr., Los Serranos Rd., Los Serranos Country Club Dr. (There's a hill you can walk up behind Albertson's to get a great view). I met "respectable" people who lived on El Molino Blvd. and Country Club Dr. who were happy with living in the neighborhood.

YMMV (I'm white, almost 60 yrs old), but the only times I felt uneasy were two different mornings when I saw coyotes: once on Torrey Pines, and once at the entrance to Chino Hills state park. Also, in many areas outside the "nice" neighborhoods, there are no sidewalks.