Thinking about moving to SoCal (San Bernardino, Palmdale: houses, neighborhoods, to buy)

[UP 270]

Hello. I need help finding my forever home. I'm a 44 yo black single black guy without kids. I've been moving around exploring all over; I'm trying to determine where I want to settle down and buy a home. I want it to be a place with an abundance of beautiful woman, culture, no limit poker, and open places to ride a motorcycle. I prefer extreme cold over extreme heat.

I've lived in DC but it's too serious there and I've explored all the roads; I lived in Dallas, but it gets too hot; I'm currently in Minneapolis but it's not very diverse and I'm just not feeling it. I wish there was a city like NY or LA in the center of the US--like a LA or NY where Denver is. I considered Denver but heard the air is crappy, housing expensive, and not that diverse.

Right now, I'm considering Chicago or SoCal. It's time for me to buy a house. In this, Chicago has a leg up because it's more affordable. What are the closest cities to LA where I can get a house for $400,00 and find single woman and the other things I seek?

Thanks in advance.

[1200RT]

Option 1)
Hemet.

$400k houses - Check
close proximity to pechanga casino - check
excellent MC riding to the N/E/S - check
cold - not really
women - unk?

Option 2)
small cabin in the san berdoo mountains (arrowhead, big bear).
$400k houses - Check (maybe if lucky)
casino - will be a bit of a drive
excellent MC riding - yes - some of the best in the country
cold - yes
women - unk?

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by 1200RT

Option 1)
Hemet.

Please don't move to Hemet. (Also, it's not in L.A. County.) It's really gone downhill.

Fairly recent thread on it here: https://www.city-data.com/forum/san-...et-moment.html

Originally Posted by 1200RT

Option 2)
small cabin in the san berdoo mountains (arrowhead, big bear).

Better, although also in San Bernardino County.

[1200RT]

LOL - i'm aware of both, but satisfying the above while being in "socal" and "closest to LA" under 400k, it was my best attempt.

[MechAndy]

I could be wrong, doesn’t under 400K near LA give you gangs and graffiti?

[aslowdodge]

Well that would give him diversity.

[aslowdodge]

Honestly the northern suburbs of Atlanta might fit the bill except I can’t say about the women. Lots of country roads for bikes herein the mountains. Good home in good neighborhoods for mid 400k. Pretty diverse here.

[ccm123]

OP, you probably would need at least 2x the budget (and likely more) to find a safe and suitable place. LA and Southern California are desirable places to live and are very expensive.

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Originally Posted by UP 270

Hello. I need help finding my forever home. I'm a 44 yo black single black guy without kids. I've been moving around exploring all over; I'm trying to determine where I want to settle down and buy a home. I want it to be a place with an abundance of beautiful woman, culture, no limit poker, and open places to ride a motorcycle. I prefer extreme cold over extreme heat.

I've lived in DC but it's too serious there and I've explored all the roads; I lived in Dallas, but it gets too hot; I'm currently in Minneapolis but it's not very diverse and I'm just not feeling it. I wish there was a city like NY or LA in the center of the US--like a LA or NY where Denver is. I considered Denver but heard the air is crappy, housing expensive, and not that diverse.

Right now, I'm considering Chicago or SoCal. It's time for me to buy a house. In this, Chicago has a leg up because it's more affordable. What are the closest cities to LA where I can get a house for $400,00 and find single woman and the other things I seek?

Thanks in advance.

Vegas or Salt Lake City.

[UP 270]

Vegas gets too hot and Salt lake city/Utah is not diverse. Yeah LA is probably out of my price range. Thoughts on Palmdale?