Expensive place to live, but worth it!
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8/19/2009
Although Thousand Oaks has become an expensive city to live in and has very little public transportation, the weather, great public schools, lots of open space, public hiking trails, and proximity to the beach keep it very popular. It rarely gets over 80 or colder than 50. We still have clean air most of the year. Our library is FABULOUS! and so is our Sr. Center and Teen Center.
When I moved here from LA more than 20 years ago it was a "white bread" community with very little diversity. Now my neighborhood is full of every nationality and color you can think of: white, black, Indian, Chinese,Mexican, South American, Asian, Arab, and from all countries of the world.
With Amgen and Dole our big employers, we have mostly college graduates.
We used to have mostly Lutheran Churches since it was founded by Scandinavians and we have CLU (California Lutheran University) here. Now we are diversified with churches and temples and mosques of all religions.
thousand Oaks isn't "racist" but expects people to be polite, quiet, and kind to each other. We have only 2 police officers in the town of over 100,000. To show what a "kind' town it is, when my kids were in jr. high the police were "kind" enough to bring my son home if he was out after "curfew" of 10pm.
When my daughter stayed out late and didn't call (before cell phones)the police came to my house to take a report on her. Lucky me, she came home while the police were there! How many cities care that much for its' citizens.
It is really nice having a caring community with little crime.
But crime is on the rise with banks getting robbed because of the recession.
sharon | Thousand Oaks, CA