[quote author="MojoJD" date=1244697100][quote author="usctrojanman29" date=1244684711][quote author="Geotpf" date=1244683028]Wouldn't it make more sense to just live in Riverside? Housing costs are 75% lower, not to mention the time and cost of the commute.</blockquote>
I'd move in a heartbeat if I got a full-time job out in Riverside, but I think the schools for kids would be an issue for most. And then, what about her husband? If he works in OC, his commute will be hell.</blockquote>
I would never, <strong>ever</strong>, live in Riverside or its surrounding suburbs. The weather is dreadful, the air quality is poor, and there is a distinct flavor of white-trash everywhere. (Yorba Linda being about as close as I would consider, and even then it would have to be a sweet deal). As a life-long OC native, there are some things you just don't do.</blockquote>
Riverside proper does not have a white-trashy feel, IMHO. Now, there's a hood (Eastside), and a barrio (Casa Blanca), but for white trashyness, you probably have to go out in the desert more, or to Rubidoux, or San Bernardino County. Maybe La Sierra a bit. Overall, there are certainly more hispanics than white trash.
The air quality certainly is bad (although much better than when I was a child), and it is hotter than the OC.