What are the best area to live in california that aren't ghetto?

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Obviousman

I hear Duloc is the perfect place.

All kidding aside, you need to stop watching all those movies. Sure, there are places in LA that are "ghetto". But one person's ghetto is another's "neighborhood diversity". The reality is that no place is immune from gangs. The person who said that the OC has no gangs is incorrect. There are gangs in some sections of Santa Ana. In fact, there are even gangs in some VERY nice areas of Fullerton.

In any case, you can start with the neighborhoods mentioned above, and go from there. Remember, you are going to pay for your safety. The less crime, the more expensive the real estate is, either in higher mortgages or higher rent.

The best advice I can offer you is to get a job first. THEN find a permanent place to live. This is important because the traffic in SoCal is brutal. The less you have to deal with it, the better. Until then, just do like everyone else and live in the Oakwood apartments.

backwardsinheels

How much do you want to spend?

West Hollywood: clean, beautiful, gay-friendly, safe
1 BRDM - $1700/mo
Hollywood: dirty, unsafe, lots of fun things to do
1 BRDM - $1500/mo
Hollywood Hills: clean, beautiful, safe
1 BRDM - $3500/mo
Beverly Hills: clean, beautiful, no gangs
1 BRDM - $2500/mo
Westwood: clean, beautiful, no gangs, college town
1 BRDM - $2000/mo
West LA: clean, nice, mostly safe
1 BRDM - $1700
Santa Monica: clean, beautiful, beach access
1 BRDM - $2000/mo
Downtown: dirty, unsafe, cool new apartments
1 BRDM - $2000/mo
South Valley Cities (Near LA) - clean, nice, 115 in the summer!
1 BRDM - $1500/mo

Rene

Orange County (The O.C.) is beautiful and safe, especially South Orange County! Northern California is incredibly beautiful, but far away from L.A. I am a native Californian and I love my beautiful state! Good luck on your move to sunny, gorgeous California!

RunAmok

Irvine or San Clemente

chieromancer

You had better realize on thing, you are going to pay dearly for not living in the ghetto.

Some of the areas with the lowest crime rates are Thousand Oaks and simi Valley area. But you will pay dearly for that safety both in money and in commute time.

Take our advise, live as closely as possible to your job, in order to keep from taking years off your life.

Tulip

Orange County, Cerritos, Lakewood, parts of Long Beach, Palos Verde

da_manipulated_dead

Thousand Oaks in ventura county, has one of the lowest crime rates in the country, not to mention its really nice out there.

Kobe

Check out Eagle Rock, Los Feliz Village, Silverlake, West Hollywood, Alhambra, South Pasadena, Hancock Park, and the Miracle Mile area. Those are all pretty nice places to live. Some may be on the expensive side, but I'm just throwing them out there.

yes_its_me

Santa Monica, Redondo Beach, Beverly Hills. Parts of West Hollywood, Most of Orange County like Huntington Beach, Irvine, Newport Beach. Parts of Riverside County like Corona, Temecula.
There are lots of neighborhoods that have escaped the gang influence and the urban blight everywhere in the LA area. You just have to look for them.

Mike

I will give you some areas to avoid. Compton and South Central LA,

Babycakes

Beverly Hill 90210, Malibu, Bel Air

whattodo1

North Orange County or South LA County isn't bad. Schools are good and crime is fairly low. When I was growing up, I was never scared to walk down the street alone.

San Diego

I used to live in Burbank, on North Hollywood Blvd by the WB studios. There is alot of for rents there and its pretty nice.

andrew_wiggens

BAY AREA

emucompboy

The city of San Marino. It's adjacent to Pasadena.

If you're okay with an acceptable level of crime and gangs, consider South Pasadena, Pasadena, Alhambra, Rosemead, Temple City, Glendale.

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