Reviews & Comments
Henderson, NV
Re: Henderson Sucks... -
9/15/2006I have family in Henderson and it's not that bad. I've visited weeks at a time and not once did I find it, "HECKA" windy, whatever that means. If your number one priority is growing a vegetable garden, the desert is obviously not a place to live. Keep your ten cats in the house. If you can stand the hot summers, it is a great place. Relatively speaking (I'm from Ventura, CA), the jobs are pletiful, schools are better, houses are cheaper and crime is tolerable.
You could probably grow a nice garden in Portland, OR, but then again, it's "HECKA" rainy.
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA
Too Expensive -
9/15/2006I have to get out of here. I was born and raised in Ventura; a perfect place to live when weather and crime in concerned. I am 28 years old, wife and kid. My wife and I make good money, but the idea of buying a home in Ventura is laughable. Who wants to pay $400,000 for an old condo that needs work? The median house price is $611,500. Even if you can afford it, would you want to pay that obscene amount of money? Ridiculous. If you put $100,000 down on a median priced house, your mortgage payment is still going to be around $3,200/mo.
I'll take a little less desirable weather for a lot more desirable place to call home. Ventura is not a city for families starting out, unless you want to rent a 3 bedroom house for $2,000 a month, then watch your rent increase year after year.