santa monica housing / traffic?
08-10-2005, 08:49 AM
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santa monica housing / traffic?
What other cities do you guys feel are reasonable to commute in from that have decent sized housing for a family? My brother is thinking of taking a job in Santa Monica so I wanted to try to get some input for him. Thanks in advance.
08-10-2005, 09:36 AM
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Maybe someone else is confused... Umm, what is your question?
"What other cities do you guys feel are reasonable to commute in from..."
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"...that have decent sized housing for a family?"
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"What other cities do you guys feel are reasonable to commute in from..."
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"...that have decent sized housing for a family?"
-eh?
08-10-2005, 10:17 AM
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He is basically looking for something over 1700sq. feet. 3 bedroom 2 baths, and a garage. He told me that lots of the housing he's seen has been smaller condos with carports.
08-10-2005, 10:25 AM
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no exactly sure what the question is but i can tell you this-
If you have a 9-5 job and you have to travel west to go to work anywhere past /near downtown you are going to be stuck in traffic forever!
I live in Alhambra which is normally 25 min or so from the deeper part of downtown. If I leave at 6AM in the morning I can get there in maybe 1-1.5 hours. Now mutiply that by 2 for the drive home and you will be wasting 3 hours of your life in traffic every day. Best thing to do is try to get a job that is east of where you live, that way you go against traffic.
If you have a 9-5 job and you have to travel west to go to work anywhere past /near downtown you are going to be stuck in traffic forever!
I live in Alhambra which is normally 25 min or so from the deeper part of downtown. If I leave at 6AM in the morning I can get there in maybe 1-1.5 hours. Now mutiply that by 2 for the drive home and you will be wasting 3 hours of your life in traffic every day. Best thing to do is try to get a job that is east of where you live, that way you go against traffic.
08-10-2005, 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by dreamspeed
Best thing to do is try to get a job that is east of where you live, that way you go against traffic.
08-10-2005, 10:45 AM
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If he is working in Santa Monica, I would suggest trying to stay somewhere in the immediate surrounding area. Try Culver City, Marina Del Rey, or West Los Angeles area. You can find really nice houses/apartments here.
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My sister-in-law and her husband live in Santa Monica. Good luck. Their house is just under 1400 sq. ft. and built in the 40s with basically no yard. They paid $605 for it 3 years ago, and a comparable one now goes for around 850.
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Originally Posted by reyes5912
Is your brother looking for something to buy or rent.
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