Antioch, CA Reviews

High of 91 degrees? - 5/1/2007
Wow. I've lived in Antioch for approximately 15 years and every year it's been much hotter than 91 degrees--last year (2006) we had several days in a row that topped 112 degrees--two that were 114. And it could be my poor memory, but it seems that the hottest month isn't July--it's August and Read More

Section 8 housing a big problem! But not the - 9/12/2006
Section 8 housing is the name given to government subsidized rental housing for families in lower income brackets. It is of course desirable to have some of this type housing in every community however; Antioch in particular, and other East Contra Costa County cities are being used unconsciously as a dumping ground for the rest of the county's share of this type housing. East County has 60% of Contra Costa County's section 8 housing as opposed to West Contra Costa County's 40% share.
There are few quicker ways to destroy the look and cohesiveness (ultimately the home values) of a neighborhood, than to inject several section 8 rentals into a small geographical area. I have a registered sex offender located a couple blocks away from me. Virtually every intersection of any size has one or more sets of black tire circle marks from the low lifers that have nothing better to do than pay back the community that is accommodating them by disturbing the peace, endangering the Read More

Antioch cost of living - 8/21/2006
The cost of living in Antioch, as in all of California, is very high. Antioch is a beautiful, diverse city but housing in very expensive. Less than when you get closer to San Francisco, but still going higher as more people more further from the city because San Francisco is out of reach for most Read More

Antioch's likely decline - 6/27/2006
Antioch is a growing community that has surpassed 100K, I moved out here to get away from some congestion but it has followed me.

The old down town needs renovation and the city counsul lacks direction on how it is to be done. At this time there is plenty of construction work but that will soon die out as the city will run out of buildable space then only service jobs will be here. The city needs to bring in more professional occupations and/or rebuild the manufacturing sector that once was part of this community.

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Antioch LACKING in Big Ways in Offering Recreation - 6/16/2006
Culture and recreation in Antioch is a FAR CRY from what you can find elsewhere. Our family has lived here for years and have not seen anything added to the city that would remotely interest us to want to move here again or even stay any longer. Recreation is VERY low on Antioch's list with parks not having enough to offer and some costing to get in, NO dog parks or runs which is very bad considering many residents here have wonderful dogs that cannot socialize or have fun like other pets living elsewhere, there's NO PLACE for teens to hang out on a friday night and socialize in a safe and fun environment so parents don't need to worry, there's no nightlife here whatsoever which is really a downer for my husband and I since we use to love to go dancing and dinner at nice establishments. The only way to do that these days is to drive at least 30 or more mins away to another town and worry about driving late at night to return home. Antioch charges large amounts of money to families Read More

SKYROCKETING...... - 6/16/2006
Living in Antioch has gotten way too expensive for a family with jobs being very hard to come by to be closer to home and pay not keeping up with reality of expense to live in California......prices only going up...up....up with employers not wanting to keep up with all the other "ups." We're leaving the State while we still have a nickel in our Read More

Horrible commute - 2/26/2006
I spend between 1 1/2 to 2 hours each way going to and from Read More

traffic - 10/19/2005
I live in Antioch & the traffic is horrible. It takes my husband 45 min to an hour to get to work in the morning & to get home at night after work. During non-traffic times 11 am-2 pm it only takes 15 minutes to get to his place of work. There is a lot of new construction in Antioch & the towns further out which are causing the roads to be tied up forever. They say that when the freeway is finished being widened the traffic will be better, but by that time it will need to be widened again.

If you don't need to go out of town however, Antioch is a great place to live . There is almost any store you can think of to go shopping at with many malls & lots of restaurants & new ones being built all the time. There are lots of community events, theaters, museums, open spaces, state parks, city parks and the marina to keep you occupied. They have been restoring downtown Antioch the past few years & it is starting to look great. My kids & I like to go downtown & sit on a bench by Read More

Growing Fast - 6/24/2005
Antioch, Ca where I love is a very fast growing city.Over the last 30 years or so the population has increased by about 80-90,000 people. It feels like a big mini city.the population is now around 110,000 or more and there is new homes being made now and are going up with a snap of the fingers. Now the city wants to extend the urban limit line which will give the city another 1,000 acres to build new homes on. Antioch is in the Bay Area but close to being in the outskirts.Being in the Bay Area also brings many differnet new types of cultures that havent been in Antioch since it once was a small town in the 60's and 70's which was mostly caucasian people. Now the city of Antioch is way more diverse which is a good thing. The growing has also caused a increase in crime which will happen when you have a city of 100,000+ people and the schools have began to increase, city officials want a new 3rd high school since both of the citys high schools enrollment is over 2700. So in the end a Read More