Moving to California

Fuzzy Dunlop · Post by **Fuzzy Dunlop** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:10 am

May have the opportunity to move to CA. Wifey would be working in downtown LA. I would need to find a job. Is there anywhere between Newport Beach and LA that is a nice area to live? And, is a 30 mile commute reasonable in LA? I commute about .8 miles now, I'd prefer not to spend 2 hours in traffic every morning but I suppose I'd have to have a car.

Bedlam 0-0-0 · Post by **Bedlam 0-0-0** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:21 am

If your wife is working in downtown LA you better move close by...as in live in LA. The commute from Newport Beach is not workable unless your wife wants to get up very early every morning and still have a long commute after work. The furthest out I would consider is Long Beach. You need a car in LA. I would stay at a hotel in the area you want to live and drive at the time your wife would be driving to and from work to get an idea of what it is like.

Fuzzy Dunlop · Post by **Fuzzy Dunlop** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:32 am

thanks. I was thinking that Newport Beach would be best for my job prospects and that somewhere halfway in between might work. What do you think the commute from Long Beach to downtown would be, only 24 miles? Obviously, we'll be spending some time out there prior to committing to the move, just trying to figure out the possibilities now because I'm not familiar with the area at all.

Pinky · Post by **Pinky** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:33 am

This place looks nice:

Turdacious · Post by **Turdacious** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:37 am

Bedlam 1946 wrote:If your wife is working in downtown LA you better move close by...as in live in LA. The commute from Newport Beach is not workable unless your wife wants to get up very early every morning and still have a long commute after work. The furthest out I would consider is Long Beach. You need a car in LA. I would stay at a hotel in the area you want to live and drive at the time your wife would be driving to and from work to get an idea of what it is like.

This. LA traffic is like nothing else in the states. Not sure if it still exists, but I think that LA had rent control for a while, which made getting a new apartment expensive. There are some nice areas in the Long Beach area, but the difference between an ok area and ghetto can be as small as a block or two.

Depending on your current situation (not sure if your wife has a choice in the move), the pay raise may not be worth it either. CA taxes and the high cost of living can wipe out pay raises pretty quickly.

Protobuilder · Post by **Protobuilder** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:53 am

Turdacious wrote:the difference between an ok area and ghetto can be as small as a block or two.

This is Long Beach - I went to a conference there back a bit and spent some time wandering around and you could go from fantastic houses to drug dealers sitting on the porch inside of a few blocks.

I have driven that stretch from Long Beach to LA and it is as far as I would want to manage each morning.

Batboy2/75 · Post by **Batboy2/75** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:59 am

You dumb bastard.

Enjoy your 30 mile - 1 1/2 hour (one way) commute, high income taxes, shitty roads, crappy school systems & dumb ass politicians that view you as a golden goose to be squeezed of every last penny of taxes they can possibly wring from your sorry ass hides.

Best day of my life was driving across the California state line into Oregon and on my way to Washington.

Holeyfraggaroley · Post by **Holeyfraggaroley** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:08 am

Check out the area around USC. The school is trying to make a better area around there. They are giving faculty cheap loans and what not to live in the area. It's near downtown. Granted there were some really shitty areas around there too, but that was 15 years ago. SC chicks are mighty fine to boot.

lasalle · Post by **lasalle** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:15 am

Fuzzy Dunlop wrote:May have the opportunity to move to CA. Wifey would be working in downtown LA. I would need to find a job. Is there anywhere between Newport Beach and LA that is a nice area to live? And, is a 30 mile commute reasonable in LA? I commute about .8 miles now, I'd prefer not to spend 2 hours in traffic every morning but I suppose I'd have to have a car.

1. You cannot survive anywhere in Southern California without a car. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE.

2. Do not look at a map and say "it's only 30 miles". Sit in a car and drive that bitch anytime between 7AM-9AM and 3PM-6PM before you make a decision on housing. 30 miles anywhere in the greater proximity of LA, Long Beach or Orange County = approximately 3 hours per day in your car.

3. There are many nice places between Newport Beach and LA. Long Beach has some nice areas. Huntington is great. But if your wife is in LA, don't move far away from there unless you want a stressed out, unhappy wife. You need to be somewhere in the proximity of downtown LA. In a good neighborhood. Is your wife going to make a lot of money?

I'm a native Californian and still live here. There are many amazing things about CA. But this state is falling to pieces. And Southern CA is, generally speaking, a shit hole unless you have serious money to live somewhere reasonable.

Shafpocalypse Now · Post by **Shafpocalypse Now** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:20 am

I think Batboy said it best.

Fat Cat · Post by **Fat Cat** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:54 am

Batboy2/75 wrote:You dumb bastard.

Dux · Post by **Dux** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:30 am

What Bat's said. I visit CA 2-3 times a month for work and I always want to shoot my self in the foot for doing so.

baffled · Post by **baffled** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:01 am

I've been plotting for the last couple of years to leave California. This place is a worthless, shit stuffed, sinking ship.

There is not a secure, high enough paying job to justify leaving wherever you live now unless it's playing for the Lakers.

Moving into California these days is the final step in going full retard. Don't go full retard.

nafod · Post by **nafod** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:42 am

Long commutes will suck your soul dry. Ain't enough audio books on the planet to compensate.

Pinky · Post by **Pinky** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:11 pm

Holeyfraggaroley wrote:Check out the area around USC. The school is trying to make a better area around there.

I have a colleague who was there a couple of years ago. Maybe things have changed in the past two years, but I don't get the impression that he would agree with this.

buckethead · Post by **buckethead** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:22 pm

Look into getting a small farm with land.

Blaidd Drwg · Post by **Blaidd Drwg** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:37 pm

commute problems? pfffffftt....

Bedlam 0-0-0 · Post by **Bedlam 0-0-0** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:04 pm

Blaidd Drwg wrote:commute problems? pfffffftt....

You can lane split in CA. I saw more motorcycle accidents in one year on the 5 and 405 than I saw in all my previous spins around the sun.

buckethead · Post by **buckethead** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:26 pm

Bedlam 1946 wrote:the 5

Only in CA are the highways proper nouns

nafod · Post by **nafod** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:17 am

BucketHead wrote:
Bedlam 1946 wrote:the 5
Only in CA are the highways proper nouns

They called route N1 in South Africa "the N1", and etc., which made me laugh.

Fuzzy Dunlop · Post by **Fuzzy Dunlop** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:58 am

I live in Boston now, I'm not sure the cost of living will be much worse. I want to get out of this city for a while and this is the opportunity, it's just a two year commitment. It's possible that I could keep my current job but I'm not sure yet and don't want to ask until I've got something else lined up.

Soooo it doesn't seem like me working in Newport beach and her working in DT LA is an option, amirite?

Crust Bucket · Post by **Crust Bucket** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:04 am

Fuzzy Dunlop wrote:Soooo it doesn't seem like me working in Newport beach and her working in DT LA is an option, amirite?

You are right, unless you have a helicopter that can take off from you rooftop.

Fat Cat · Post by **Fat Cat** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:33 am

The area around USC is fuckin' Compton son. Check yo self.

Dan Martin · Post by **Dan Martin** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:00 am

LA is awesome.

WildGorillaMan · Post by **WildGorillaMan** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:18 am

BucketHead wrote:
Bedlam 1946 wrote:the 5
Only in CA are the highways proper nouns

They are in many places.

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