Any reasons not to move to California? (Huntington Beach, Orange: lease, house)

[killer2021]

-SoCal is diverse (thanks to LA)
-nice weather
-BEAUTIFUL!
-great beaches
-nice people, although some materialism
-laid-back feel

- Diverse?? lol, yeah if you like ghetto people.
- Nice weather? That's what they say.
- Beautiful? only in the rural parts, the urban areas are absolutely disgusting.
- Great beaches? Hardly, they aren't even in the top 10 of the world.
- agree, too many materialistic idiots around here
- laid back? sure in certain communities.

overall a 3/10, nothing to brag about.

[NoNansea]

Saved up for a year's rent? I just moved OUT of Orange County, but I kept my house. It's two blocks from the beach and I charge $4000 a month. Your description of the weather in Seattle is a little skewed although I can see why you would describe it as such. Actually, this May as well as last May is and was beautiful, sunny and hot. Summer went well in October. But if I was in my 20's I might prefer to be somewhere more popular and hip, according to your desired description.

[NoNansea]

BTW... if you don't live within walking distance to the beach, plan a lot of time to reach it no matter where you live, then you'll have to wait in line for someone to leave so there is an available parking space, then you'll pay $12-$15 to park and you'll have to be out of the parking lot by 10 pm. (Did I mention the water is often polluted and sometimes you're not even allowed to enter the ocean.) If you find an illegal place to park, plan to pay for an exorbitant ticket, if your vehicle is still there. Not planning on having a vehicle? HAHAHAHAHA

[certsevtxert]

Originally Posted by Mybellegirls

Park yourself at Santa Monica for a long weekend. IMO it's the best of both OC & LA with a pinch of Portlandia. LOL ~ we call it Silicon Beach. California is not business friendly, so stay small, solo if possible. Co-working spaces rock, that's what I'm doing now. After a decade of working from home, the energy of like minds within a business environment AND your own schedule. What's sweeter? Oh...and then there's the beach :-)

What is a "co-working space"?

Originally Posted by killer2021

- Nice weather? That's what they say.
- Beautiful? only in the rural parts, the urban areas are absolutely disgusting.
- Great beaches? Hardly, they aren't even in the top 10 of the world.
- agree, too many materialistic idiots around here
- laid back? sure in certain communities.

overall a 3/10, nothing to brag about.

Sounds like you really take the place for granted.

Originally Posted by NoNansea

Saved up for a year's rent? I just moved OUT of Orange County, but I kept my house. It's two blocks from the beach and I charge $4000 a month. Your description of the weather in Seattle is a little skewed although I can see why you would describe it as such. Actually, this May as well as last May is and was beautiful, sunny and hot. Summer went well in October. But if I was in my 20's I might prefer to be somewhere more popular and hip, according to your desired description.

My description of the weather in Seattle is not skewed. I have lived here for two years and I described it exactly as I experienced it.
$4000 per month rent? Dream on. What do you have, a million dollar house? Good luck renting that thing. I pay not much more than that for an entire year.

Originally Posted by NoNansea

...you'll have to be out of the parking lot by 10 pm.

Well then sounds like going to the ocean after 10pm is the best time to go in the evening.

Originally Posted by NoNansea

(Did I mention the water is often polluted and sometimes you're not even allowed to enter the ocean.)

Where is the water best? Anyways I don't want to go in the water much, except I want to start surfing.

Originally Posted by NoNansea

Not planning on having a vehicle? HAHAHAHAHA

Why do you say "hahaha"?

[Joe Van Fossen]

A "co-working space," I believe, can also be referred to as a "live-work" loft. Where there's living space upstairs and a office/business/retail space on the ground floor.

If you want to surf, Huntington Beach is a good place for it. It definitely has its bad days, but I know someone who surfs there year round.

[Ceece]

I think coworking space is shared office, desk-for-rent, space. Where people who work from home can work in a space together but do their own thing while having the benefit of "coworkers". It's a social thing. Not that I understand the draw, getting away from other peoples drama was key in me staying home in the first place . But to each their own, younger people don't seem to get as much exposure to real life, face to face work/social situations anymore so they created this.

[certsevtxert]

Originally Posted by Joe Van Fossen

A "co-working space," I believe, can also be referred to as a "live-work" loft. Where there's living space upstairs and a office/business/retail space on the ground floor.

If you want to surf, Huntington Beach is a good place for it. It definitely has its bad days, but I know someone who surfs there year round.

What constitutes a "bad day" for surfing, in your opinion?

Originally Posted by Ceece

I think coworking space is shared office, desk-for-rent, space. Where people who work from home can work in a space together but do their own thing while having the benefit of "coworkers". It's a social thing. Not that I understand the draw, getting away from other peoples drama was key in me staying home in the first place . But to each their own, younger people don't seem to get as much exposure to real life, face to face work/social situations anymore so they created this.

I've never heard of this. Can you find it for under 700 per month?

[Joe Van Fossen]

Originally Posted by certsevtxert

What constitutes a "bad day" for surfing, in your opinion?

"No swimming" days due to pollution.

[Joe Van Fossen]

Originally Posted by Ceece

I think coworking space is shared office, desk-for-rent, space. Where people who work from home can work in a space together but do their own thing while having the benefit of "coworkers". It's a social thing. Not that I understand the draw, getting away from other peoples drama was key in me staying home in the first place . But to each their own, younger people don't seem to get as much exposure to real life, face to face work/social situations anymore so they created this.

That's right. I had it mixed up.

There's another co-working post on the front page. The co-working office in Fullerton is only $199-$349/mo: Get your membership today!

[russlancea]

Originally Posted by NoNansea

BTW... if you don't live within walking distance to the beach, plan a lot of time to reach it no matter where you live, then you'll have to wait in line for someone to leave so there is an available parking space, then you'll pay $12-$15 to park and you'll have to be out of the parking lot by 10 pm. (Did I mention the water is often polluted and sometimes you're not even allowed to enter the ocean.) If you find an illegal place to park, plan to pay for an exorbitant ticket, if your vehicle is still there. Not planning on having a vehicle? HAHAHAHAHA

I rarely go to the beach, but it's hard to find parking in the beach areas. The beach does have parking lots that you have to pay for (with quarters), but often times, it's full. You may have to circle around and around the neighborhood to find parking and when you do, you sometimes end up kinda far. It depends on the time of the year and time of the day, though.

If you don't have a car? Well, you really need a car to get around Southern California. People get around by bus, but it takes forever to get places. You'll have a car once you get here, so you don't have to worry about this.

The beaches close at 10, so if you're caught there after hours, you can be ticketed. Some parks close at night also, so you can't be there at night.

Beach pollution: sadly true. The non-profit group, Heal the Bay, has a beach report card where they rate the bacteria level along the coastline from Washington to the Mexican border. It may be updated weekly, but you can log online to their site and find out which beach is "safe" to go into and which is contaminated with bacteria. Bacteria? From what? Fecal bacteria from storm water runoff. Yes, G-R-O-S-S.

There are groups that do beach clean-ups. Bless you guys! They pick up all sort of trash: styrofoam cups, plastic, condoms, syringes, dead animals, cigarette butts. It's the most disgusting things!