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Old 05-23-2013, 04:31 AM
 
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Good Morning,
I am looking for some help please.
In the next couple of years, my family and I plan to relocate to Santa Monica. I would be very grateful for any advice/info/websites/personal experiences that would help us out.
We have 2 small children and will both be needing jobs.
Were soooooo excited and cannot wait
Thank you
Maria xxxxx
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Old 05-23-2013, 09:23 AM
 
Location: South Bay Native
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My advice would be to pick one week to move, instead of the next couple of years. The back and forth from LAX to Heathrow over the next couple of years would be a real budget buster.

Get jobs before you move, I highly recommend it. There's my 2c.
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Old 05-23-2013, 09:46 AM
 
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Originally Posted by MariaElena V View Post
Good Morning,
I am looking for some help please.
In the next couple of years, my family and I plan to relocate to Santa Monica. I would be very grateful for any advice/info/websites/personal experiences that would help us out.
We have 2 small children and will both be needing jobs.
Were soooooo excited and cannot wait
Thank you
Maria xxxxx
I'm gonna be straight up with you, what you propose doing is stupid, no other way to put it. We're not dealing with a twenty year old out of university, we're dealing with two small children. That area is littered with people who had ridiculous dreams of what life would be if they came to Socal, only to find it was the opposite. SM is one of the most expensive areas in Socal, crowded and overhyped. If you don't have jobs prior to coming, then you have no business moving.
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Old 05-23-2013, 09:55 AM
 
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I'm gonna be straight up with you, what you propose doing is stupid, no other way to put it. We're not dealing with a twenty year old out of university, we're dealing with two small children. That area is littered with people who had ridiculous dreams of what life would be if they came to Socal, only to find it was the opposite. SM is one of the most expensive areas in Socal, crowded and overhyped. If you don't have jobs prior to coming, then you have no business moving.
LOL I was gonna say.....if you work in SM or nearby...thats one thing. But if you don't, there are WAY nicer areas to live in the same price range. All the south bay beach communities are nicer than SM, and Huntington/Newport/Seal Beach/Belmont Shores are even better yet....and less expensive.

If you like inland areas, South Pasadena is really nice and slightly cheaper, and cities like Glendora, Santa Clarita, Thousand Oaks, and Simi Valley are all much more family oriented and WAY less expensive.

Santa Monica is NOT all that. In fact if you offered to hand a person a choice of a $3 million home in Santa Monica or a $3 million home anywhere of their choosing in OC or LA, I would bet very few people would choose Santa Monica.
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Old 05-23-2013, 09:12 PM
 
Location: CA
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Originally Posted by MariaElena V View Post
Good Morning,
I am looking for some help please.
In the next couple of years, my family and I plan to relocate to Santa Monica. I would be very grateful for any advice/info/websites/personal experiences that would help us out.
We have 2 small children and will both be needing jobs.
Were soooooo excited and cannot wait
Thank you
Maria xxxxx
I noticed you haven't mentioned a budget. I'm wondering if you simply forgot because your post is pretty short and you haven't mentioned what kind of work you'll be looking for? or if you just don't have one. Santa Monica is expensive so that's why I ask and you have 2 children to care for.
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Old 05-23-2013, 10:09 PM
 
Location: South Korea
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How are you gonna get visas without jobs? The UK doesn't let Americans just move there either, unless you're uber-wealthy.
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Old 05-24-2013, 01:35 AM
 
Location: CA
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How are you gonna get visas without jobs? The UK doesn't let Americans just move there either, unless you're uber-wealthy.
How do you know they don't have visas? Why the assumptions? Maybe the other half is American or they have citizenship based off a family member.
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Old 05-24-2013, 11:56 AM
 
Location: Granada Hills (LA), CA
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I have to agree 100% with lolroj, there are far better places to move to in the US than Los Angeles, I've lived here my whole life and come next February I'm taking me, my truck, my dog, and all my stuff to Wyoming. This place has gone from not too bad to horrible in the past 10 years. Try Denver, that would be a much better option, if you have to have sunshine and the ocean, try Virginia or the Carolinas.
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Old 05-24-2013, 03:42 PM
 
Location: Earth
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I have to agree 100% with lolroj, there are far better places to move to in the US than Los Angeles, I've lived here my whole life and come next February I'm taking me, my truck, my dog, and all my stuff to Wyoming. This place has gone from not too bad to horrible in the past 10 years. Try Denver, that would be a much better option, if you have to have sunshine and the ocean, try Virginia or the Carolinas.
They might want to be among other Brits, though (which explains SM as their preferred destination)
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Old 05-24-2013, 04:52 PM
 
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LOL I was gonna say.....if you work in SM or nearby...thats one thing. But if you don't, there are WAY nicer areas to live in the same price range. All the south bay beach communities are nicer than SM, and Huntington/Newport/Seal Beach/Belmont Shores are even better yet....and less expensive.

If you like inland areas, South Pasadena is really nice and slightly cheaper, and cities like Glendora, Santa Clarita, Thousand Oaks, and Simi Valley are all much more family oriented and WAY less expensive.

Santa Monica is NOT all that. In fact if you offered to hand a person a choice of a $3 million home in Santa Monica or a $3 million home anywhere of their choosing in OC or LA, I would bet very few people would choose Santa Monica.
Totally a matter of opinion. Santa Monica IS all that. It's clean, by the ocean, centrally located to the rest of LA (well, as much as a coastal area can be), mild weather, world class shopping and restaurants, a good school system (for LA county), tons of parks and recreation, and a dependable if not annoying city gov and police force.

Santa Clarita is hot and isolated, Thousand Oaks and Simi Valley are nice but boring.
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