SoCal, HERE I COME!!!!!

[Fasglas]

I talked to my CA friend last night and I asked about home prices there. She said prices have come way down. But from the sounds of things they're still pretty crazy.

I asked her how prices are out of town. She said generally the farther you get away from the LA area the cheaper home prices are. For example she said houses are much cheaper in Victorville.

[GRsilverado]

I talked to my CA friend last night and I asked about home prices there. She said prices have come way down. But from the sounds of things they're still pretty crazy.

I asked her how prices are out of town. She said generally the farther you get away from the LA area the cheaper home prices are. For example she said houses are much cheaper in Victorville.

like many relaters say, " location location location", the houses in victorville and riverside are cheaper cause your pretty much in the desert-ish kind of area and its not too overly populated. you can find great prices for those places along with palmdale and landcaster all cheaper because its not as desired as places closer to LA or SD. i live in a small town 45 min outside LA and about 20 min from ventrua and its not as cheap as those places. i can tell u a decent condo will cost around 500,000 and a 3 bed room 2 bathroom house will most likley cost any where from 900,000 to 1.1 mill and of course the bigger the house or property it will go up from a range of 1.2 to 2 or 3 mill. it is not cheap by any means but worth it to some people.

[lo-lyf]

yup, pay for your environment. You want nice weather all year round and stuff to do, you are going to pay for it. I'm sure you make a lot more money out there for the same job as you do here too. I know when Ashlei was looking, the starting rate for her job there is almost twice what it is here.

[Fasglas]

That would be great if the houses were only twice as much.

[lo-lyf]

That would be great if the houses were only twice as much.

touché On the other hand, with both of us working we could have 3-4 times the yearly income we(I) make now. She is student-teaching, so no pay.

[Fasglas]

I'm sure you can make it work. There are a lot of people there making it work somehow. I hope you can do it, I think it could be fun. There would be so many things to see and explore for years to come. I think it's a cool place, just too expensive for me and too much traffic to fight during a work day.

Good luck to you. If you end up moving there be sure to post pics. I've heard Pacific Coast Highway/Route 1 is an incredible drive. I plan to drive it someday.

[lo-lyf]

I'd love to drive the pch. Ever since I was a wee little one I've been California dreamin'. I'm just staying positive, if we end up there or not doesn't matter. I just have this gut feeling that's where I need to be.