The quality of life Fontana offers is excellent
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6/13/2016
I was born and raised here and I used to love it, but now I am moving out of it. The truth is that the climate is becoming way too hot. Sure, Fontana has always been scorching hot during the summer. That is nothing new, but over the last few years it has been known to reach the early to mid-80s as early as February and it doesn't start to cool down from the 90s until the end of October. That's nine months of hot weather. That's how long you have to use your AC in Fontana and if you don't have an AC, then you're pretty much miserable for the greater portion of the year. Only three months of cool, comfortable weather doesn't really compensate for that. If you love the heat or if you've got money to run your AC for the greater portion of the year, then Fontana is your dream town since everything you could ever want is here without the high costs of living in L.A. or Orange County and if it's not here, Los Angeles, San Diego and Las Vegas are not that far. But if you don't like the heat, I suggest you disqualify Fontana from list of potential towns. Most California towns are going to have scorching summers, but most won't be baking for nine months out of the year like Fontana has been the last few years. Also, I think BestPlaces is a bit off on the average home price in Fontana. You can really only find a small handful of homes in Fontana for the listed $335,000 price tag and most of the homes you will find at that price are often fixer-uppers in need of a lot of repairs or located in really bad neighborhoods. Most Fontana homes are $400,000 and over. Don't expect a whole lot of decent options for less. Secondly, the school district here is not the best. Take it from me. This doesn't exactly make me look good, but in the name of transparency... I graduated from a high school in Fontana with a 1.9 GPA. Here's the real kicker: Despite my 1.9 GPA, I still managed to graduate in the top 25% of my class. Think about that for a minute because I'm not joking. If I made the top 25% of my class with a 1.9 GPA, then 75% of the school graduated with a 1.8 GPA and under. That is insane! And this particular high school in Fontana was actually ranked #1 as the worst high school in California back in 2010 due to the students' lowest test score averages of every other high school in California. It was a very big deal. Other high schools in Fontana are still a lot better than the one I attended, but from my understanding, they're still not exactly great schools. If you must move here with children, I recommend trying to enroll them in the Rancho Cucamonga School District if you can. It's the next town over and the schools there are all excellent. You can't go wrong with a Rancho Cucamonga school.
Jessica | Fontana, CA