why are the home lots so big in the Mira Loma area? (Riverside: homes)

[bruins91]

its always interesting to look at google maps to see where all the home construction is and what's in the next line of development. One thing I found to be interesting was you can tell if a subdivision is new by the curving of the streets and the nearby presence of a "town center" concept. One can see the contrast on google maps between the Eastvale area which fits this new subdivision characteristic but is not too far from it is Mira Loma.

It seems that the home lots tend to be a lot bigger and there is a lot of space between the homes. If one looks at google street level view, one notices how there are places next to their home where they can raise chickens/livestock or grow their own garden.

So one question I have is if Mira Loma was sort of settled how Bell Gardens was - a place where migrants from points elsewhere can live in a sort of rural setting (at the time) while still being in proximity to a metropolitan area and being able to own and build their own home and grow/kill their own food etc? Almost rugged individualist in a sense.

[Fontucky]

Mira Loma (formerly Wineville) is old.

[Count David]

Older, unincorporated areas in Riverside County tended to be fairly disorganized, as most rural areas initially are.

Eastvale was a cow patch not too long ago......

[MIKEETC]

Originally Posted by bruins91

why are the home lots so big in the Mira Loma area?

Because the subdivision of land into smaller parcels for denser development has not begun and/or there are zoning restrictions in place that prevent the subdivision of land into smaller parcels for denser development.

[a lot of Inland Empire communities are, or were, like that]