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Thousand Oaks, CA has long been known as a great place to live and visit. With its beautiful neighborhoods and natural surroundings, it's no wonder that Thousand Oaks is the perfect destination for people looking for a laid-back feel with all of the amenities of a city. The town offers a variety of activities such as hiking trails, shopping at The Oaks Mall, and festivals like Conejo Valley Days. There are also plenty of restaurants and bars in the area, including some well-known chains like Outback Steakhouse and Cheesecake Factory. People who have visited Thousand Oaks often comment on how friendly and welcoming the locals are, which makes it an inviting place to stay. In addition to all this, Thousand Oaks has excellent schools that rank highly in academic performance and safety ratings. All these factors make Thousand Oaks an ideal destination for anyone looking for a peaceful getaway or simply wanting to explore its many attractions.
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Thousand Oaks Climate - 9/2/2012
All you have to do is to check out the climate of Thousand Oaks on this site or on City-Data to see that the climate here in Thousand Oaks is perfect, if you don't like snow or very cold/hot
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Born and Raised. TO from a teen perspective. - 7/14/2012
I've lived here my entire life, which I suppose isn't that long only 17 years.
Its been a nice place to grow up, lots of opportunities and places to go as a kid. Park and Rec programs are fun till your like 10 and the teen center gets boring when you're 13. Then ya start hanging out at the Oaks mall, a nicely redone mall with shops mostly too expensive to buy anything in, and hiking a bit at paradise falls.
Thousand Oaks High School is an alright school, with like 2,500 kids. The food sucks and so does the football team. You get alot of good opportunities there with different programs for job internships and clubs.
Crime in Thousand Oaks is pretty funny. The worst it gets is kids loitering, smoking weed, or just being harassed by cops for being suspicious. Except for the Toca's gang which is uhh..well you can go look that up on your own.
Overall, if you're a rich and a republican come here to settle with your wife who is surely a soccer mom to live out your
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Excellent place to rais a family - 12/25/2010
I have lived here over 10 years. I'm not sure what some of the reviewers are talking about, as it pertains to "nothing to do for kids" here. We have a fantastic Parks and Recs program, Lacrosse, Baseball, and every sport imaginable to enroll children in- if you choose to be involved in your children’s activities and take them. Miles of cycling lanes bring people from all over the area to ride. We also have endless miles of off-road biking, hiking and horse trails. We have movie theaters, roller rinks and shopping malls. We have it all! The weather if fantastic, the city clean and maxed build out here means we still have amazing amounts of open space and wilderness around us. Stray cats are none existent, so don't let your animals out of your backyard- coyotes, bobcats, and other predators are around. Crime is very low and yes housing is expensive, but it's expensive throughout California, so that is relative to where you are accustomed to living. Traffic is very little in comparison
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Thousand Oaks, a great place to live, but......... - 10/31/2010
It comes with a price. Prices of homes are in the low to mid 400's (now, 10/10). A couple of years ago the same homes were mid 600's. The cheapest of condos in a good area were about 375K for under 1000 sq ft. Now they are under 200k. So a great time to buy if you're thinking of moving to Thousand Oaks. I have found the quality of life in T.O. is wonderful if you're making 6 digits. There's 137 signalized intersections in this 54 sq mile city. Dont plan on going anywhere without getting stuck in traffic. Build out is, built out, so, we're maxerd out as the saying goes. The City infrastructure is solid, with a very good employment base, Baxter, Amgen, and a lot of retail malls. Weather is hard to beat, beautiful (albeit crowded in the Summer) beaches are just 20 miles away. The small town atmosphere it USED to have is all but gone. Nothing for kids to do, except go to the movies. The bowling alley, skate rinks are gone. T.O. is borderline "hoidy
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thousand oaks - 4/13/2010
if you have a teenager this is a bad place to move there is not much for a teen to do leading them into trouble the city tears down anything built by kids such as dirt jumps
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Great Place To Raise A Family - 4/2/2010
I've lived here more than 18 years. It's a wonderful place to raise kids. I have 2 boys who attended (1 still attending) one of the most excellent public school systems you'll find. However, my biggest complaint is many of the schools have become so overcrowded even before the budget cuts. Thousand Oaks High School is especially overcrowded. It's a low crime area though, and has made the top 5, in lists for "lowest crime rates per capita" in consecutive national surveys. In addition to great schools and low crime, it's got beautiful weather almost all year round and some of the best public parks and open space areas that are nearby. Beaches are also in close proximity. As one of the best "planned" communities in Southern California, it continues to attract new families every year. Consequently, the city is becoming more crowded and the traffic continues to get worse. LA is close enough to commute to, but it's a slow, congested, long commute. As large as the population is, it still
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Weather hard to beat - 4/2/2010
Spring is warm and wonderful. Varies between 72-90. Just a few spring showers during the season. Allergies can be tough because there are so many flowering trees and other flowering foliage throughout the city. Summers very hot, especially in August. 90-101. Winters are mild. 60-75. "Devil" winds (Santa Annas they're called), are the worst part of our weather conditions. High and very hot from September - early
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Newbury Park (Thousand Oaks) CA - 10/5/2009
The Newbury Park area of Thousand Oaks is about 5 miles NW of the Thousand Oaks civic center. Because we are closer to the coastal plains the weather is typically 7-10 degrees cooler than Thousand Oaks civic center in the
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Expensive place to live, but worth it! - 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
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