Pretty crappy place to call home. - 12/7/2021

I’ve lived here on and off, most of my life. Grew up up in Hesperia, left for college and now am raising my kids here to be close to family. While the weather is nice (we get seasons and it’s usually sunny), the people here are rather awful. Low income makes for higher crime, higher drug use and and over all lower standards. The desert is full of trash (literally) scattered through out open fields. There’s very little to do up here and the food options are abysmal. Schools perform very poorly over all, although there are a few good ones here and there. It’s a lot of dirt. Not an attractive place and not one you’d likely be proud to call home. But cost of living is better than most of CA and it is a short 1-2 hr drive to the mountains, beach, LA and San Diego. Vegas is about 3hrs North. If you have high standards this isn’t the place for you. If you’re just looking for a decent, cheap place to live, Hesperia will do.

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Peace and quiet - 2/22/2017

I love Hesperia is very peaceful I move to Hesperia because I was tired of the city traffic, noise and just the running around and having no time for anything. If you want some peace and quiet this will be the place to be.

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Better be healty if you want to live here! Emergen - 4/20/2011

I've lived in Hesperia for 1 year and moved from Riverside (down the hill). Big mistake. Since then, I've needed emergency services at the hospital. My health insurance is with Kaiser Permanente. Their nearest hospital is 40 miles away so they refer their high desert Kaiser patients to St. Mary's Hospital in Apple Valley. When I arrived at the hospital with grangrene of the gallbladder, I was told that the wait in emergency was 6 to 8 hours, standing room only. I think a person could die before they get help in the high desert. Another friend went to St. Mary's Hosptial in Apple Valley having suffered a heart attack. She spent 3 days in the ER without getting a hospital room before they finally transferred her to Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Fontana. If you value your health, don't move here. You just might die!

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Climate - 12/8/2007

North of the San Bernardino mountains. Elevation around 3500 feet. Nice long hot summers, nothing a swamp cooler couldn't cure. Winters are pretty mild, but it can be very windy every once and awhile. Snow comes once in a great while.

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