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Santa Clarita, CA is a beautiful city located in the northwestern part of Los Angeles County. It boasts stunning mountain views, wonderful local parks, and plenty of outdoor activities like hiking, biking, and horseback riding. Santa Clarita is also home to Six Flags Magic Mountain, an exciting amusement park with thrilling rides and attractions that the whole family can enjoy. The city hosts a variety of events throughout the year such as the Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival and Live at the Drive-In Concerts. Residents of this vibrant city are lucky to have so many great amenities right at their doorstep.
The reviews for Santa Clarita are overwhelmingly positive due to its picturesque scenery, high quality of life, and abundance of activities available to visitors and residents alike. People love exploring the local trails or attending one of the many community events throughout the year. In addition to outdoor activities like camping, fishing, and hunting there are also plenty of options for shopping, dining out or catching a movie at one of the area's multiplexes. Many visitors even comment on how safe they feel when walking around town or visiting one of its numerous parks. With all these amazing benefits it’s no wonder why people choose Santa Clarita as their home away from home!
based on 56 ReviewsGet to know Santa Clarita with the latest comments and reviews from people who live in or have visited Santa Clarita
Awesome Town, USA - 11/7/2020
It’s called awesome Town for a reason! Great schools, great People and climate! It’s a treasure!
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Best place to raise a family! - 10/5/2020
Wonderful community! Beautiful paseo paths throughout great for bike riding, roller skating, scooters, walks and jogs. Great weather, 30 minutes from the beach, lots of parks, great programs for youth sports, and outstanding schools throughout the valley! The people here are great too! Lots of caring community members and very safe! The city council does a great job with the city’s finances and the upkeep is incredible. The police do a great job here! Criminals know to go elsewhere! Perfect to raise our three children! Highly
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Thirty years a resident - and leaving soon. - 1/15/2020
My husband and I moved into our first home in 1989 - just as the Valencia Mall broke ground. I still miss the Bob's Big Boy at the corner of Valencia Blvd. and Magic Mountain Parkway. I miss the 30-minute commute to North Hollywood. I also miss the independent restaurants that have been replaced by the generic, bland, unidentifiable franchises like Olive Garden and Mimi's Cafe. I guess that's what you call "progress".
Over the last 30+ years, we have certainly seen many changes to our little valley, some for the better, some maybe not so much. Still, Santa Clarita is a lovely suburb; "Generica" as it were. There are many retired or currently employed members of law enforcement, which creates a safe environment. The school system is excellent, shopping is plentiful and public transportation is not bad - even for Southern California. Infrastructure is good however, it could be better. Thousands of new houses were built which has created a lot more traffic on our local
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Avoid LA by moving north. - 10/20/2019
I've lived in Santa Clarita for nearly 7 years and have greatly enjoyed my time here. It's a great place to raise a family with a great sense of community. The concerts in the park every summer is a great community event. Central Park and the other parks in SC are well maintained and peaceful. The weather is classic southern California a dry heat with a bit of chill at night. Naturally, summers are a bit hotter than normal and winters can be a bit windy and cold but mostly the weather is everything you could want if you're avoiding humidity and snow. The beautiful scenery makes the many hiking and bike trails a comforting experience. Also, Six Flags is right off the 5 freeway providing some family fun on weekends and summer days. There is a good mix of unique food options for those that like to try new things. Furthermore, Los Angeles is 30 mins south (with no traffic) if you want to expand those options. For those driving south for work, the drive can be awful as LA like any major
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A decent mid-sized town away from LA - 8/19/2019
Santa Clarita, referred to a lot of the time as just 'SCV' (Santa Clarita Valley) is a town I lived in from the age of 5 - 28 years old. Spending 23 years of my life there I got to know it really well.
PROS:
Crime: It has a fairly low crime rate. When I lived here, every area of SCV was fairly safe. It had a couple of "bad parts" mainly some apartment complexes in Canyon Country and some areas in Newhall around the Metrolink but other than that it was a safe city.
Scenery: A lot of southern California gets a reputation as being extremely dry with tons of brown brush everywhere and SCV certainly has this but many areas within the city are quite green (by Southern Cali standards). There are plenty of green areas with tons of trees, bushes, grass, etc... and quite a few nice parks. Including 'Central Park' which is one of if not SCV's largest park in terms of space.
CONS:
Population boom: The population has skyrocketed here. When I
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Going the Way of LA? - 6/11/2019
A year ago my husband and I chose Santa Clarita as our base for work in the LA area after areas closer in proved too scarey and dirty (Van Nuys in particular). In general, Santa Clarita is clean and has low crime, but the influx of homeless drug addicts and illegals into LA is changing that. We stay at an RV park part of the year and feel safe, but in recent months there has been evidence of illegals moving up the Santa Clarita river bed stopping and using the showers in the park as a toilet. Also, just two weeks ago, there were two armed home invasions on the same day over in the Canyon Country area of Santa Clarita that targeted the elderly: 3-4 armed thugs in broad daylight. If Santa Clarita responds the same as the rest of Los Angeles (do nothing) then this town too will become just as unlivable. I wouldn't buy a house in California as the word is out on the quality of life here and people are having trouble selling their homes so they can leave. As it is, we will be having to
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Valencia - 10/1/2015
been living here for 2 years; nice for young families; schools very good; neighborhoods more like what it was when i grew up; I'm nearing retirement so don't find Valencia appealing since I don't want to drive so much after I
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Always Something to do - 6/26/2012
I love living in the Santa Clarita Valley because there is ALWAYS something to do, however the cost of living is outrageous, and that plays a big factor on why I may move out of state.
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GHETTO, GRAFFITI AND TRASH I served my time here, - 4/17/2012
I served my time here for three years, that was way more than enough for me. I specifically lived in Newhall and it is the crappiest town ever. If you like graffiti and a gang-banger lifestyle, then be my guest and move here!
In Newhall you can have the Tijuana experience but never go south of the border. But actually TJ would be nicer because at least it has decent weather. Santa Clarita's two seasons are blistering hot, or rains so heavy that your house flows down the river that used to be your street. Your version of a nice yard includes shopping carts and 99 cents stores bags blowing around. It is windy all the time. If you are lucky enough to send your kid to Newhall elementary they will need a translator since the majority of the students don't speak english.
on top of it all you are next to neighborhoods like Valencia where middle-class arrogance prevails. The think everyone else is dirt! They are terrible to be around.
Commuting around
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