Chino Hills??? Inland Empire PLEASE HELP (Garden Grove, Westminster: good schools, living, garden)

[angels.usc_fan]

Originally Posted by rammi43

Dear Hewlet,

I am planning to buy home in Chino , In College park ( Euclid and Edison intersection ) but your post sounds scary to me. can you give some details about chino.

Thank you.

That was an exaggeration. Chino is a good area, like any other city, it has its good and bad, but most people like it there.

[jvazjr]

The only *scary* part of Chino you should be aware of are the continued foreclosures and home value depreciation.

[Texasturkey]

Originally Posted by loveCali

I love Chino Hills. It's a small clean cute town. I'm surprised about the air quality you're saying, but it's possible, 'cause there are so many cattle farms east of Chino (which is neighbouring Chino Hills).
San Dimas is nice too. And there are a few other small towns like this: Walnut, Anaheim Hills, etc.
You know saline air from the Ocean is good for asthma, don't you?

But, Chino Hills is nowhere near the ocean. Only Los Angeles and Orange Counties have coastal cities along the Pacific Ocean. Chino Hills is located in the "Inland Empire" in San Bernardino County. It is high in elevation and miles above sea level. Sorry, but there is no ocean breeze in Chino Hills.

[loveCali]

Originally Posted by socal123

Me and my famliy are planning on moving somewhere in the Inland Empire and are planning on Chino Hills because of low crime. We have already seen house prices there and we can afford it. BUT we have a daughter with serious asthma and we want to move somewhere in the Inland Empire with the lowest pollution levels in the Inland Empire, or if anyone knows somewhere with low pollution near in the Inland Empire.PLEASE HELP!!

That's the original post in this thread. Ayway, the ocean is only one hour away (with traffic).

[JoyCA]

move east and north toward the mountains - Redlands area. Depending on where you're working, you may need to go as far west as Rancho Cucamonga or Upland (would not go further and would head far North. North in these areas gets expensive, but also is where the best schools are.)
Joy

[Texasturkey]

Originally Posted by loveCali

That's the original post in this thread. Ayway, the ocean is only one hour away (with traffic).

The beach is probably an hour away from Chino Hills according to Yahoo Maps and Mapquest. "With Traffic", would be more like 2 hours. That is considering you would need to take 4 freeways to get down to the coast. The 71, 60, 57 and 22. Accoring to Yahoo Maps and Mapquest, the beach is 25 minutes away. "With Traffic", it takes me over and hour to drive there going down Beach Blvd. Maybe a little less down the 605 and 405 freeways, "With Traffic".

The breeze that blows in Chino Hills probably comes from Lake Puddingstone. Not the Pacific Ocean.

[loveCali]

Believe me, the beach is only one hour away. I live close to Chino and I know what I'm saying.

When we used to live close to Redlands, we used to need an hour an a half to get to the ocean. And that's 30 good miles away from Chino.

Btw: we're going to the beach each and every week end.

[Texasturkey]

Originally Posted by loveCali

Believe me, the beach is only one hour away. I live close to Chino and I know what I'm saying.

When we used to live close to Redlands, we used to need an hour an a half to get to the ocean. And that's 30 good miles away from Chino.

Btw: we're going to the beach each and every week end.

Chino Hills is actually 45 minutes to the each according to Yahoo Maps and Mapquest. It may take you 45 minutes to an hour, depending on what time of the day or night you are driving there. The freeway takes less time. Taking the surface streets can take 2x as long. I am sure you take all of the freeways to the beach.

Why don't you move to the beach? You are there a lot. There won't be much difference in housing costs and you will save $ on gas.

[loveCali]

Why should anyone take the surface streets to drive a long distance?

Thanks for the advising but obviously a round trip on Saturdays or Sundays to/from the beach is not even close to commuting all that way 5 times a week. And the housing prices at the beach are waaay to high comparing to the Inland Empire.

[Texasturkey]

The norm is to take the freeway for long distances. That is, if you live near a freeway. Where I live, it is freeway inacessible. To to to the next city over and take the freeway to the beach would be backtracking. So driving south on Beach Blvd. is less time, depending on traffic and construction. I take the surface streets to work, down Alondra Blvd. instead of taking the 105 and 710 Freeways. It is mostly trucks and diesels driving to the ports in Long Beach and San Pedro. A lot of merging and heavy traffic. A 20-30 minute freeway route can turn into much longer. At least an hour. Maybe more. A lot of stress every morning driving to work.

There are cities nearby the beach like Fountain Valley, Garden Grove and Westminster. They might have much lower housing costs than the coastal properties in the beach cities. I did read that housing in the Inland Empire is not as low as it was 5-10 years ago. Like, everwhere else in Southern Ca, it is rising. But, apparently not as high as OC and the beach houses. People would prefer to live in Chino Hills and take weekend trips by freeway.