Moreno Valley that bad??

[carmac]

Originally Posted by Lisa951

PDCA...

We live near the Moreno Valley Golf Club On JFK...Major cross streets are JFK & Iris....Between JFK & Redlands BLVD....Moreno Valley named this area "Rancho Belago" earlier this year...Our zip code is 92555 and pretty much anything in that zip and South East Moreno Valley is nice and safe..

I understood that they were fighting that name change because it was too divisive.

[that1guy]

Originally Posted by Lisa951

PDCA...

We live near the Moreno Valley Golf Club On JFK...Major cross streets are JFK & Iris....Between JFK & Redlands BLVD....Moreno Valley named this area "Rancho Belago" earlier this year...Our zip code is 92555 and pretty much anything in that zip and South East Moreno Valley is nice and safe..

Also 92557 with Reche Canyon, Box Springs, Hidden Springs, Sunnymead Ranch, etc. is nice.

[lillylilng]

Hi ! I will move in CA 92555 , I hope crime report will not affect my feeling of 92555( It seems not good ) , because I am a pretty cute and good citizen in the United States of America. I will move in south east part of Moreno. I hope nobody will break in my house .

[antredd]

Originally Posted by carmac

I understood that they were fighting that name change because it was too divisive.

It's just interesting to me that Rancho Bellagio is still in or near Moreno Valley, so I don't get how that name change some how makes the people who live in that community safer. In my opinion,Moval is a very nice city over all, yes it has and had problems that gave the city a bad rap or name, but overall, if you compare moreno valley to Hemet, Lake Elsinore, Perris, Colton, Mead Valley, Rialto, Moreno Valley wins hands down. None of those cities I just listed has any major shopping malls with Macy's, JC Penny and Sears as Moval nor do they have as many nice neighborhoods with lakes too.

[ludwig72]

aloha, my husband and I are also relocating to the I.E. for a Fed position, and i'm hoping to enter the work field again, myself, despite the sour economy....

here's the skinny: we are climbing the latter in the Fed system and plan to be in the area for 4-6 years. we lived in Long Beach for 4.5 yrs (we've been in CO for about 3 years now) and did not like it. ours was a transitional neighborhood: 3-4 blocks in any direction and one was in either a seedier area or a much nicer one. our luck ran out, though, and within 1 month my husband was mugged and a guy on crystal meth came very close to breaking into our house. at the time our little girl was 15 months-old and not at home but the combined experiences sent us back to CO.

Q. are there neighborhoods/towns that we can consider that offer a more homogenous socio-economic make-up--as opposed to those that have "good" and "bad" areas? that said, we do appreciate diversity, coming from the islands (Honolulu is a very concentrated cosmopolitian place--a unique cultural geography).
we want to avoid towns straddling freeways (Calimesa, Perris, etc). we also need to buy a home in an area that will steadily rise in value as the market recovers. what we have gleaned from the reality websites/city-data/other sources of info is that home prices have dropped 40%-50% in the towns of Yucaipa, Redlands and Woodcrest--areas that might be a good place for our duration of stay. there are many nuances associated with buying a house in any particular area, and S. Cal is a unique real estate market to be sure. any advice on this is greatly appreciated. we will be in the area for 4-6 years--CA is not home, but a stepping-stone....

Q. how's the price of gas,food, and utilities in the general area? we did enjoy shopping at Trader Joe's while in LB! and there were ample Sam's Club/Costco's around.

Q. how are the schools in the aformentioned areas? i understand CA has been hard-hit by the recession and i'm concerned about just how much of a hit the primary education system has taken?

[Niners fan]

Originally Posted by ludwig72

aloha, my husband and I are also relocating to the I.E. for a Fed position, and i'm hoping to enter the work field again, myself, despite the sour economy....

here's the skinny: we are climbing the latter in the Fed system and plan to be in the area for 4-6 years. we lived in Long Beach for 4.5 yrs (we've been in CO for about 3 years now) and did not like it. ours was a transitional neighborhood: 3-4 blocks in any direction and one was in either a seedier area or a much nicer one. our luck ran out, though, and within 1 month my husband was mugged and a guy on crystal meth came very close to breaking into our house. at the time our little girl was 15 months-old and not at home but the combined experiences sent us back to CO.

Q. are there neighborhoods/towns that we can consider that offer a more homogenous socio-economic make-up--as opposed to those that have "good" and "bad" areas? that said, we do appreciate diversity, coming from the islands (Honolulu is a very concentrated cosmopolitian place--a unique cultural geography).
we want to avoid towns straddling freeways (Calimesa, Perris, etc). we also need to buy a home in an area that will steadily rise in value as the market recovers. what we have gleaned from the reality websites/city-data/other sources of info is that home prices have dropped 40%-50% in the towns of Yucaipa, Redlands and Woodcrest--areas that might be a good place for our duration of stay. there are many nuances associated with buying a house in any particular area, and S. Cal is a unique real estate market to be sure. any advice on this is greatly appreciated. we will be in the area for 4-6 years--CA is not home, but a stepping-stone....

Q. how's the price of gas,food, and utilities in the general area? we did enjoy shopping at Trader Joe's while in LB! and there were ample Sam's Club/Costco's around.

Q. how are the schools in the aformentioned areas? i understand CA has been hard-hit by the recession and i'm concerned about just how much of a hit the primary education system has taken?

Where exactly is the job located? I would plan my location around the commute.