Reviews & Comments
Thousand Oaks, CA
re: Newbury Park - 5/13/2009 -
1/29/2013I can't agree more with Charles. We have lots of hiking trails with a national park steps away. The streets are bicycle friendly with bike lanes everywhere. We have great weather and some of the better schools, for CA standards. I love Newbury Park. Shocked with a 1/1 Sperling crime rating it is never listed as a safe place to live, but Sperling does tend to skip over most of the west coast in general.
Thousand Oaks, CA
Excellent place to rais a family -
12/25/2010I 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 to other areas in California. Most people would call it very light. But it is a commuter town for most workers, so if you do leave the area, you will run into freeway traffic. This is definitely a nice place to raise a family.