SperlingViews - Oxnard, California

the weather in oxnard is nice,not too hot usually cold,cool to warm.otherwise not much else positive i can say on oxnard.i was welcomed much better in oakland than oxnard.[read more...]

I see many reviews about the nice beaches. People write about how they feel perfectly safe in the lovely beach areas and say many things that might entice unwary people to actually come here. Don't! The people writing those reviews are beach addicts, and have probably had their brains fried from too much sunshine. Yes, beach addicts will be very impressed by the nice beaches in Oxnard, and the fact that you can have a house right on the beach, and the fact that there are bars on the beach, yada yada yada. But Oxnard is not a very nice place. Yes, I too have heard it referred to as "Northern Mexico", "Tijuana", etc. And it is a quite apt description. Yes, there are gangs here - LOTS. One reviewer wrote something to the effect that you can't say people are criminals just because they are Mexican, and that is true. There are Mexicans here who do not engage in any violent activity. And there are also Mexicans here who do. Are Mexican gangs "not that bad"? They are not in the slightest bit "not that bad"! Black gangs on the east coast are "not that bad". They usually don't kill innocent people. Membership requirements for joining a mexican gang range anywhere from just getting "jumped in" to killing a rival gang member to murdering an innocent civilian. Make no mistake, they are murder organizations, and should be avoided as best you can. Use your brain. Yes, there are "nice areas" in Oxnard. But does anyone really buy that people who live in the bad areas can't walk (or drive) 5 blocks to get to the nice areas? Of course they can. Do vatos like the beach? Of course they do, and they also hate the people who live on or near the beach. So, if you're a beach addict who just loves the Oxnard beaches, by all means, buy a house here. Come for the nice beaches, and stay for the Juarez style action! Should we embrace other cultures, as one poster said? It depends on the culture! Use your brain and keep your butt safe. California has nice beaches all along its coast. The coast of California is something like 1500 miles long, with many cities running all along the length of it, and -believe it or not- most of those cities don't have THAT much crime. Oxnard DOES. So, if you happen to find yourself in Oxnard and start to fall in love with the NICE beaches... take a picture. It's not worth living here, or even staying here more than a few hours. The worst bad neighborhoods are the ones that look like nice ones. I've walked through ghettos in New York and felt A LOT safer than I do living in the "nice part" of Oxnard. And yes, the city still has those horrible potholes. Take my word for it. I'm leaving Oxnard the MOMENT I get the means to do it. BTW, my comments about Oxnard do not apply to the rest of Ventura county AT ALL! The city of Ventura has even more beautiful beaches and way less crime! Thousand Oaks is a gorgeous city with hardly any crime and a great deal better access to L.A. than Oxnard, if you need it! Ojai has GREAT hiking and beautiful cold creeks and sulphur hot springs that the locals say may cure your various ailments, and a lot of famous movie stars have ranches there and the oranges that grow in the groves at Meditation Mountain are some of the most delicious you will ever taste. Ventura county is beautiful! Oxnard, however, sucks. Please stay away from Oxnard. (Unless you are a beach addict, of course). [read more...]

...is where i want to escape from. i want out, now! <_<[read more...]

During the early 2000, Oxnard has experience a significant decrease in crime, such as violent crime, assults, rapes, and burgleries. Most recently, the Oxnard Police Department, and the District Attorney has imposed a court order gang injunction that covers six square miles of central Oxnard and another is being considered for south Oxnard. Since these injunctions were implemented, gangs are prohibit from being out on the streets after 10 p.m. If gangs are caught violating their curfew, they are immediately arrested by authorities. Those who say: stay away from Oxnard, needs to do their research before critizing Oxnard as an unsafe city to live, work, or visit. Yes, Oxnard has its problems with crime like any other American city, and to accuse Hispanics as the only ones who are committing crimes is false! Again, do your research people![read more...]

sure it is pretty cheap to live here but the crime is waaay worse then is reported. people do not report crime in oxnard. i was born and raised here and moved out of oxnard when i was 17. things were not soo bad when i was a kid but over the years they got horrible!!! drugs are out of control!!!! everyone here is a tweeker!!!!! prostitution is horrible too!!!!! OVER RUN WITH ILLEGALS!!!! WAAAAY TOO MANY PEOPLE PER HOUSE! AND IT SMELLS! HORRIBLE PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY!!!! my husband and i went to red lobster here for fathers day a few months back and our car was broken into in broad daylight!!! with a whole bunch of people and other cars parked in the parking lot. terrible terrible place!!!!![read more...]

I have lived in this area since 1990 and its really a shame to see the city let itself go. The perfect climate, great access to the bigger city if you need it and escape to the beach the nearby Channel Islands and mountains. I am perplexed at Oxnard's lack of initiative to clean up the horrendous crime rate and to make it a safe place to live. Too much emphasis on writing fix it tickets for no front license plates rather than tackling the real crimes such as gang bangers and murder. The whole area is infected by gang scum that going to the Pacific View Mall in Ventura requires customers to wear a bullet proof vest and carry a firearm for safety. Constant stabbings, and it really gets worse near Port Hueneme area with murders. It is a shame because there are many great stores and nice areas, but if you're looking to move to Oxnard, stick with the areas closest to the river and beach. Anywhere else is really putting you and your family's life at risk. BTW, the roads will do a number on your car... new car in Oxnard? Not for long!! City does nothing to alleviate its pothole issues and the county is even worse.[read more...]

This place is called North Mexico.(My local friend said) About 80%? of people in this area are Mexican. School, education is really bad. Awful!! Lots mexican gangs living in oxnard. Local person told me "you shouldon't buy house because this whole town is ghetto." Lots of high price housing area are surrounded by ghetto. Winter is freezing cold to me even evening in summer. No job if you can not speak spanish. I hate this place.[read more...]

Mild temperature year round[read more...]

Crime in Oxnard is mostly kept to "certain" areas. Most of the outer lying parts of Oxnard are new and beautiful, and the beach areas are superb!! I don't feel unsafe living here at the beach at all! It feels like a small community where everyone watches out for each other. Everyone is out riding their bikes, skateboarding, walking, surfing, sailing, and playing in the sand![read more...]

As a resident of Oxnard for near 20 years and originally from Boston I find the climate here better than anywhere else. Temperatures do not fluctuate more than 25 degrees between summer and winter though with the amount of daylight changing you still feel a seasonal shift. You are within 1 hr of skiing in the mountains or sailing in the ocean. Living at the beach in Oxnard is like going home to paradise at the end of every work day. People wonder why I resist leaving on the weekends or going on frequent vacations. Every day living in Oxnard is like being on vacation.[read more...]

As a resident of Oxnard for near 20 years and originally from Boston I find the climate here better than anywhere else. Temperatures do not fluctuate more than 25 degrees between summer and winter though with the amount of daylight changing you still feel a seasonal shift. You are within 1 hr of skiing in the mountains or sailing in the ocean. Living at the beach in Oxnard is like going home to paradise at the end of every work day. People wonder why I resist leaving on the weekends or going on frequent vacations. Everyday living in Oxnard is like being on vacation.[read more...]

I lived in Santa Barbara for 39 years and loved the weather...but I couldn't afford to buy a home there. We began looking in the Ventura/Oxnard area, and we landed in a new community in Oxnard called 'Riverpark'. The weather is identical to SB...average temp is 72 degrees. We're close to the ocean, so we get the benefit of the ocean breeze. It's kind of boring looking at the weather.com page, as the temp varies about 5 degrees one way or another. Nights are cool. Afternoons can be a little windy/breezy. Overall, we love it.[read more...]

Oxnard is a nice place to live but just like any other it has it's problems. Crime in Oxnard is largely related to drugs and/or gangs. Certain neighborhoods run rampant with both and if you stay clear of those areas your experience in the city will be pleasurable. The local law enforcement agency in Oxnard is a smaller version of LAPD. They don't tolerate mcuh and they aggressively enforce the laws of the land. You can find the better areas near the coast. When visitng Oxnard relax and enjoy the mild climate.[read more...]

Ive lived in ventura/oxnard for 7 years. compared to all the other oceanside cities in so. cal, this is the cheapest, which i think is suprising because its the best location, far enough away from los angeles but still managable to go their. great weather, youll never complain about that unless you lived here all youre life and ur so spoiled... anyway, oxnard is much better layed out compared to ventura, much more impressive new housing communities, it does have a much more hispanic population though. It ACTUAlly has less crime than ventura, but ventura has a priceless downtown main street, and a peir that is much more appealing along with their better beaches than oxnard. Ventura is pretty much fully developed but oxnard has room to grow and currently has a sub-city called riverpark underway, and so far im very impressed. ventura is considerablly less populated and its more a suburb type, oxnard is more a small mid-city with 2 skyscrapers, airport, navy port and did hold summer practice for the dallas cowboys. i see oxnard with much more potential but considering ventura is literally 5 minutes from it u might as well move their where its more calm and laid back. As far as the goverments, ventura is in bad financial state, they funded renovations to city hall and the downtown area and are now in a deficit, oxnard has down the same but on a smaller scale, and is in a better state considering they have a much bigger revenue base. their is mass transportation in both, ventura is better, the roads are also much better in ventura, oxnard is all flat ground and ocean, ventura adds hills on its eastside. both are relativly green landscape, but nothing above average, schools are less crowded in ventura, somewhat smaller class sizes, and the community college in ventura is much better than oxnards, [i know first hand] ventura also has a very good magnet high school, that got silver medal according to newsweek, and had blue ribbon and its distinguished, i went their and its amazing, nothing compared to the other schools. the buildings overall are more modern in ventura, i would say about 20-30 years old, oxnard dates back more to 40-50 years but it has many new housing communities, to balance it. i would say these two cities are the best overall ocean side cities in so cal. oh and the 101 freeways runs right through both of them wich is really convinient.[read more...]

You pay fot the weather here. It's that simple. The weather is GREAT! Because it is so close to the beach, you get the cool ocean breeze, but it is still sunny and warm most days. The down side - quite a bit of fog some mornings, depending on where in Oxnard you live. Also, there are certain areas of the city that I would not live with my two-year-old daughter, no matter how nice the weather, because it just isn't very safe. There is a high crime rate in some areas of the city. Over all, though, the climate is quite a compelling reason to look to Oxnard, CA, to find the perfect place to live.[read more...]

Good luck getting a job here if you do not speak Spanish. There is something very suspicious about very low-income families living in one of the highest housing-cost areas of California....[read more...]

Great area, everything is at your finger tips. I am currently renting because it is terribly expensive to buy here. I have owned 2 houses before comeing to California and I am constantly surprised how little you get for a half of a million dollars. I must be surrounded by millionaires.......[read more...]

Oxnard has a very mild climate without any major changes in weather. Winter is never freezing, summer is never too hot. It can get windy, but it never lasts for very long.[read more...]

Too much road work at one time. One very main road that runs north/ south has had lane closures for over a year. Overcrowded schools. Too many new neighborhoods, not enough schools. [read more...]