SFV going downhill (Santa Clarita, Vista: to buy, living, cost of)

[dutchie]

Puffle, I love your spirit and am pleased to see that there are still people thinking in terms of "if you are not part of the solution, then you are part of the problem".

It's life.
It's not only in the USA, it's not only in LA, it applies to everywhere else in the world.

Your positive attitude is great.

Thanks for your contribution, positively rated by a Dutchie.

[dutchie]

fastfilm, you sound like a trooper...

the way you survive and work hard to make life in your neighbourhood bearable !!

the community could use more people like you.

another positive contribution !!!

[puffle]

Thank you Dutchie...I truly appreciate being appreciated and enjoy trying to give a well-rounded view of the Valley that I grew up in. And you are correct in that the problems here are not unique to just "Los Angeles" and that there are still great reasons to live in Southern California as a whole. They may be different reasons than living else where as we are unique in so many ways.

[Sorcerer68]

Originally Posted by dusesean1986

Many parts of the San Fernando Valley need major remodeling due to homes being 50 to 100 years old.

Blasphemy! Us restoration and preservation nuts seek out mid-century, spanish revival and craftsman homes like the ones you want to rui...I mean remodel.

[LALady]

Originally Posted by greggd

Speculation that the area will improve and value will increase over time.

There really is no reason why the entire san fernando valley couldnt look like sherman oaks and encino with smaller homes. Its the building owners and tenants that determine the look of their community with respects to landscape, trash, shopping carts, grafitti etc.

Amen! old thread, but new to me. Couldn't resist commenting.

[LALady]

Originally Posted by greggd

The shopping cart issue is totally out of control I spotted about 7 shopping carts within 100 feet. I took these pictures to email the councilman of the district: van nuys.

The habit of abandoning junk furniture on the sidewalk is spreading like a virus. Nothing makes a neighborhood look junkier. I have seen this with my own eyes time after time... moving out day, folks pack up the Uhaul, all the furniture they don't want is piled onto the sidewalk. Folks drive off without a glance back.

[LALady]

Originally Posted by montevista1

Every place that is near a bad area realtors have changed so that it will avoid the stigma of a bad area.

There is Valley Glen, & Valley Village instead of Van Nuys & N. Hollywood & NOHO instead of N. Hollywood.

They are trying to seperate the good enclaves from the bad eventhough Valley Village is just a euphemism for N. hollywood.

Now there is "Lake Balboa" north of Balboa park. It's a hoot that a neighborhood is named after an small artificial lake that didn't exist 10 years ago.

So many of the renamed are communities peeling off from Van Nuys. Soon Van Nuys will be a tiny area. Unfortunately there are some beautiful single family homes in the core of Van Nuys that get stigmatized by the name.

[LALady]

Originally Posted by montevista1

You are right in one regard, Sherman Oaks is close to Van Nuys, Studio City is close to N. Hollywood etc. You are always a short drive from a bad area!

Usually there is a boulevard separating the 'good' part from the 'bad' part. Step across that boulevard and prices jump 50 - 100 K.

[miracle]

Originally Posted by newportbeachsmostwanted

Totally like bitchin'! lol..This film portrayed The Valley as a middle-class suburbia. Shots where taken showing how girls may safely ride bicycles alone in the streets. Upon a night out in Hollywood the girls are stunned! They witness "mohawk" hairdo's!, gangs!, Mexican's speaking Spanish!, and homeless people!. Their parents scold them on return, and then tell them NEVER to go over the hill ever again!

It was Nicolaus Cage's first film. 1983.

Have you seem Edward Norton´s Down in the Valley? It´s as boring as curious.

[prim2007]

Originally Posted by LALady

Usually there is a boulevard separating the 'good' part from the 'bad' part. Step across that boulevard and prices jump 50 - 100 K.

They seem to jump more than that! I noticed there are a lot of good deals in Sherman Oaks (mostly condo deals) even South of the Blvd. I haven't been that impressed with the SFV area with the exception of Studio City. I actually liked a few areas/neighborhoods especially around Hoffman Street.