Torrance, CA Reviews

Great place to raise a family, really hard for you - 8/27/2021
I'll admit it, I'm biased. So, I can't say what's a lot or a little without outside sources for the most part. I was born and raised in Torrance. I've lived here for 20+ years. It's a wonderful city. I can't imagine living anywhere else, even though it's increasingly likely that I'll have to.

The climate is basically perfect practically all year round. It's not too humid with the highs typically in the 80's in summer and the lows in the 50's in the winter. We do have our own small section of the coastline, so the beach is close by. It rains rarely (though that's typical of SoCal).

There is a large variety of restaurants and retail businesses. South Torrance has both Sam's Club and Costco, right next to each other. At the time of writing, the 7th biggest mall in the US (Del Amo Mall) is the local mall and has recently completed renovations. There are a lot of cool restaurants with reasonable prices practically everywhere too. Night owls might find this city Read More

Great neighborhood in the South Bay of SoCal - 9/1/2020
I have lived in Torrance for 19 years. I was fortunate enough to move here before housing prices skyrocketed in the early 2000's. I live in the middle of Torrance and as of this review (2020) it is challenging to purchase a small 3 bedroom home for less than $800,000.

The upsides of this city:
- safe neighborhoods
- distinguished schools
- very close to excellent beaches
- great year round weather
- huge variety of dining options
- near by excellent entertainment options (sports, music, amusement parks, etc.)
- great shopping options
- a vast array of employment opportunities
- nearby excellent universities
- excellent health care options

To me the cons are as follows:
- Very high cost of living (especially home prices)
- Traffic within the city and every single nearby major boulevard and freeway
- Increasing population density for Torrance (and most of SoCal)
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Warm - 11/22/2015
Due to global warming, the climate has gotten warmer longer. Read More

Moving to Torrance,CA - 10/21/2015
We are moving to Torrance,CA. Would like to know best places to live and top 5 elementary schools. Read More

Weather in southern California - 6/5/2012
Nice, can't beat the climate in Southern Read More

A great city to live in - 2/5/2010
Torrance is a diverse city, southwest of Los Angeles. It is a large city made up of Business and Residences in a unique group of neighborhoods that join the City of los Angeles on the eastern border and goes to the ocean at the western border, south to the Palos Verdes Penisula, and north to Lawndale. It is made of beautiful homes, most of them quite large, and the homes are located in unique neighborhoods on tree lined streets, many in the hills overlooking the city. Torrance goes all the way to a beautiful beach just south of Redondo Beach and looks out across the Santa Monica Bay to Catalina Island. Torrance can boast of major corporate headquarters like that of Toyota, U.S. Headquarters, Honda, U.S. Headquarters, Lexus U.S Headquarters, ExxonMobil, and many more. There are great parks, lushy landscaped and well maintained. This community is a well balance community that maintains its urban sophistication, but is like living in a rural small country Read More

Great place to live - 10/21/2009
Cost of living affordable. Very good neighborhoods. Quiet and Read More

City Now I live in - 3/7/2008
A place to Read More

Torrance --Hidden Gem - 9/2/2007
Torrance is a suburb of LA.It it close to the beach so the weather is usually
5-10 degrees cooler. Houses in the better parts are not inexpensive. The city has it's own police and fire dept. so the services are superior to that of Los Angeles city.One too many strip malls for my taste, but what can you do.Schools are some of the best.Ammenities galore and proximity to everything
is pretty good.City is safe, clean and well kept up.Parks every couple of blocks.Great place to Read More

Great place but homes expensive, cant buy on $115k - 9/9/2006
Considering the craphole cities surrounding Torrance except to the west, its a great city to live in. The police are on their jobs and not lazy like LAX cops that sign in and go eat donuts and drink coffee the rest of the shift. The surrounding cities around Torrance are truely crapholes with terrible school districts due to the students themselves. I have seen a bit of undesireables moving into Torrance but they quickly move out.Probably because the police dont play the race card b.s. that other cities do like LAPD. Los Angeles fell apart because they didnt keep the minorities in check back in the 60's and now its a major craphole city with crime, illegals, etc...My background is Cuban but born here. The cops are not being racist but reacting to the situations at hand. I fully support them and thats why Torrance is still a great place to live after being here over 19 years. The downside is the price of homes, cant buy a home on $115k salary! But the prices are reflective of the Read More