Single, early 20's male considering Edwards Air Force

[Flashbaak]

Originally Posted by baseballfan88

Just curious, is Santa Clarita worth looking into? Its further away (1-1.5 hour commute) and a little more expensive, but it seems like it may be a nicer area? Any opinions would be welcome.

That's a LONG commute. My mother lives in west Palmdale and it takes her about an hour to get to her office on the base. Santa Clarita would probably be 30-40 minutes farther. To me, it wouldn't be worth it, but I'm not a young single guy.

[elousv]

Originally Posted by baseballfan88

Just curious, is Santa Clarita worth looking into? Its further away (1-1.5 hour commute) and a little more expensive, but it seems like it may be a nicer area? Any opinions would be welcome.

It does not just SEEM nicer, it is light years nicer. Heck of a drive though, here is an example:

Let's say you don't live directly on the freeway. You are probably a few redlights and/or stop signs from the freeway. Let's give that 10 minutes. Now you are on the 14 and head north. You got on at Golden Valley. You drive north through Acton and reach the Antelope Valley area at around Ave. S. That was 28 miles, if you average 75MPH then that was 22 minutes. Watch the signs count up, Ave S,M,L,K all the way to A (each letter is a mile), then another 3 miles to get to Rosamond Blvd. That was another 22 miles and another 18 minutes. Rosamond has 3 lights if I remember correctly and then you are heading to what looks like nowhere until you see the EAFB sign, then more nothing for about 10 miles (they are quite strict on speeding on the base) until you reach the guard shack. Then more miles to get to the base proper. Depending on where you work along the flightline, that can be quite a few more miles, but let's cut it at 16 from the Rosamond exit, and 20 minutes. Total in this example is 70 minutes and that is not messing around. The 14 is patrolled by all kinds of vehicles. Unmarked white car, regular cars, bikes. They know the good spots and move around. They mainly use Ka band.

[BayAreaHillbilly]

Yes, Santa Clarita if you want to be in a very suburban area with lots of strollers. LOL! But in terms of access to more interesting areas to the south I can see the attraction. Just don't expect the home front to be very exciting.