Moving to IE from Midwest - need help determining where to live! (Santa Ana: rentals, Home Depot)

[Gaylord_Focker]

Possible to just live in Ontario?

[Vic Romano]

Originally Posted by expatCA

Look at Murrieta and Temecula

Did you miss the part about the "commute under 30 minutes"?

Since the OP has a healthy budget, I would say Eastvale, Upland, Rancho Cucamonga (north of the 210), Claremont and Chino Hills. Maybe LaVerne and Diamond Bar if the drive isn't too far...depends where in Ontario the OP is working.

[BGS91762]

Originally Posted by Gaylord_Focker

Possible to just live in Ontario?

Ontario has some nice historical neighborhoods on the north side that borders Upland and new neighborhoods on the far south side in an area called Ontario Ranch. Most other areas are lower to middle class. If you want newer neighborhoods also look in far north and east Rancho Cucamonga.

[Dub D]

Originally Posted by expatCA

Look at Murrieta and Temecula

Yup. Live in a different county. Brilliant idea. Driving thru Corona, the 15/91 junction is highly recommended.





Not sure why everyone gave you cities east or south of Ontario. Deal with traffic on the daily. You can get something nice in nice city for $3,500. Claremont, North Upland, and San Dimas are nice cities west of Ontario.

Ontario is huge. If you're going to work closer to the 60 vs 10, I wouldn't consider these cities then.

[Jason2112]

Don’t overlook Chino/Chino Hills. I’d live in those cities before Redlands any day. Also, no one mentioned the winds north of the 10. North Fontana (near 210) is nice but so damn windy.

[seain dublin]

Originally Posted by YolandalehOnTheWay

Hello! We are a family of five currently living in Indianapolis, Indiana. We’re looking at a move to the Inland Empire in the next 2-3 months and, since we have never lived there or even visited, we’re seeking advice on which cities to focus our search. Here is some helpful information regarding our priorities:

- Work will be in Ontario. We’re hoping for a commute under 30 minutes.
- This move will last 2 to 3 years, so we are planning to rent a single family home. 4 BR, up to $3,500/month
- Looking for a neighborhood/community containing families with young children, where people are active and know their neighbors, and where it is safe/conducive to play outdoors and ride bikes.
- Seeking a community with resources and activities for families (quality library programming, parks/playgrounds, variety of preschools, good public schools, etc). We have an infant, a preschooler and an elementary schooler.

Thank you for any insight you can provide!

You need to visit first before you uproot your children.

How do you even know you will like it here? You don't, some people love it here, others from back east and the Midwest like yourselves find they don't like it. I know a couple from Michigan who after two years moved back to Michigan, they had decent jobs to, but home ownership was never going to happen.

When you have children involved you need to think about schools.

You need to fly out(both of you) for a week and take a look around.

Personally unless you're seeing a big leap in income I wouldn't move to Southern CA with kids these days.

It would be different if you were single or just two adults.

I moved to Southern CA after college, many years ago, but I visited a few times before making the move and I only had to worry about myself at the time.

You need to do more of your own research, your socks might get knocked off when you find out about the cost of preschool alone compared to what you're used to.

You need to visit and really research first.

[YolandalehOnTheWay]

Thank you so much for sharing this information! This is a helpful first step in our researching process. We believe that we’ve narrowed it down to Claremont, Upland, and Rancho. These are the areas my spouse will examine when out there for the first time. That firsthand experience should help us narrow it even further for our trip out together to search for a rental home. We like established communities with history, personality, and culture. We’ll find out if these fit the bill. Thank you all for being a solid resource.

[Count David]

Originally Posted by YolandalehOnTheWay

Thank you so much for sharing this information! This is a helpful first step in our researching process. We believe that we’ve narrowed it down to Claremont, Upland, and Rancho. These are the areas my spouse will examine when out there for the first time. That firsthand experience should help us narrow it even further for our trip out together to search for a rental home. We like established communities with history, personality, and culture. We’ll find out if these fit the bill. Thank you all for being a solid resource.

Upland will be best for that.

Good luck!

[AFtrEFkt]

Claremont > Upland to the nth degree! (But it's [much] less affordable.)

[BGS91762]

Originally Posted by AFtrEFkt

Claremont > Upland to the nth degree! (But it's [much] less affordable.)

Upland is right next door to Claremont. Cheaper but an still enjoy Claremont.