Moving to LA (poss LB Area) - Best place for Families?

[timtemtym]

Long Beach! East of Redondo is doable for your budget and proximity to the port areas. San Pedro isn't too bad though most will argue against the schools because it's LA Unified and blah blah blah big city schools apparently suck.

Cerritos is pricy, so is Lakewood. You might get a 2 bedroom in that budget. Bellflower has some decent areas. Cypress may have some townhouses or small houses in that budget and it's a great area not too far from the port but farther away from the pollution and bad air.

[sll3454]

Originally Posted by timtemtym

Cerritos is pricy, so is Lakewood. You might get a 2 bedroom in that budget.

I checked and found quite a few 3B in OP's range (Cerritos).

[JohnG72]

Originally Posted by sll3454

I checked and found quite a few 3B in OP's range (Cerritos).

Same thing with Lakewood. 4bd/2ba 1500 sq ft clean SFR for $2500/mo. And I actually think that's a bit too expensive.

4bd 2ba for rent in quiet Lakewood neighborhood

[kttam186290]

Originally Posted by ImtheBrilliantest

La Crescenta and Burbank have pretty good education systems and are about 30 minutes away from LA. If you're looking further, Valencia (40 minutes - 1 hour from LA) has good schools, is clean, safe, farmers markets, lots of community sports teams, and rather cheap from what I understand.

Valencia is not exactly "cheap" after you factor in HOA fees and Mello Roos. Even apartments are expensive and hard to come by since the foreclosure crisis hit. I would try Eagle Rock near Glendale, or Altadena.

[thelopez2]

You have lots of options, here is one in Torrance if you go up $100, 1 mile from twice a week farmers market. You can take PCH or the Vincent Thomas Bridge
Redondo might cost $100 more if you are willing to do a townhome/condo, you have options.


Redondo Beach 3 Bedroom Townhome One Level

I don't think you should be looking north of Downtown or the 10, it would just be unnecessarily far.

[mommygolferof4]

Thanks everyone... I was able to do some research and think I have some better ideas (thanks to you all) on ideal places to live. We're still waiting to hear if the call will be made for him to relo to LB so, no sudden moves needed (YET)

Thanks again, everyone - this is an awesome resource!

[misskaedy]

Originally Posted by ImtheBrilliantest

La Crescenta and Burbank have pretty good education systems and are about 30 minutes away from LA. If you're looking further, Valencia (40 minutes - 1 hour from LA) has good schools, is clean, safe, farmers markets, lots of community sports teams, and rather cheap from what I understand.

I have lived in Burbank and it is not diverse at all.

[JohnG72]

Originally Posted by misskaedy

I have lived in Burbank and it is not diverse at all.

Dunno when you lived there, but its diverse now.

The 2010 United States Census[82] reported that Burbank had a population of 103,340. The population density was 5,946.3 people per square mile (2,295.9/km2). The racial makeup of Burbank was 75,167 (72.7%) White (58.3% Non-Hispanic White),[83] 2,600 (2.5%) African American, 486 (0.5%) Native American, 12,007 (11.6%) Asian, 89 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 7,999 (7.7%) from other races, and 4,992 (4.8%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 25,310 persons (24.5%).

58% white(and I'm guessing over half of that is Armenian or other)
24.5% latino
2.5% african american
11.6% asian
7.7% other
4.8% mixed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burbank,_ca#2010