Santa Monica, CA?
Jun 23rd 2009, 6:42 pm
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Santa Monica, CA?
Righty-ho....before I do to much googling in depth which leads to nothing, as always so far...just looking for a few possible pointers.
Searching threads over the last few years, everything seems to centre around LA and I'd rather not think of LA.
So what's decently doable or sane for commuting into SM, on the beach? Would you all laugh at wanting to do a half hour or less? How about public transport?
What's the rent stock like? prices been affected at all? How funny would looking for a 3 bedroom house or apartment be?
Childcare, that as miserable to get into as it is where I am? What's a rough pricing? $1500 a month for 3 day weeks like it is my end?
City data and salary calculators for later....for if anything happens
Searching threads over the last few years, everything seems to centre around LA and I'd rather not think of LA.
So what's decently doable or sane for commuting into SM, on the beach? Would you all laugh at wanting to do a half hour or less? How about public transport?
What's the rent stock like? prices been affected at all? How funny would looking for a 3 bedroom house or apartment be?
Childcare, that as miserable to get into as it is where I am? What's a rough pricing? $1500 a month for 3 day weeks like it is my end?
City data and salary calculators for later....for if anything happens
Jun 23rd 2009, 6:54 pm
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Re: Santa Monica, CA?
Righty-ho....before I do to much googling in depth which leads to nothing, as always so far...just looking for a few possible pointers.
Searching threads over the last few years, everything seems to centre around LA and I'd rather not think of LA.
So what's decently doable or sane for commuting into SM, on the beach? Would you all laugh at wanting to do a half hour or less? How about public transport?
What's the rent stock like? prices been affected at all? How funny would looking for a 3 bedroom house or apartment be?
Childcare, that as miserable to get into as it is where I am? What's a rough pricing? $1500 a month for 3 day weeks like it is my end?
City data and salary calculators for later....for if anything happens
Searching threads over the last few years, everything seems to centre around LA and I'd rather not think of LA.
So what's decently doable or sane for commuting into SM, on the beach? Would you all laugh at wanting to do a half hour or less? How about public transport?
What's the rent stock like? prices been affected at all? How funny would looking for a 3 bedroom house or apartment be?
Childcare, that as miserable to get into as it is where I am? What's a rough pricing? $1500 a month for 3 day weeks like it is my end?
City data and salary calculators for later....for if anything happens
SM seems choc full of Brits - Brit boozers and brit food shops, you might be 3 hours further away from Blighty but you have more access to blightydom than most places.
I'm sure someone can answer your q's, that or you'll have to enjoy the delights of craigslist for an hour or two.
Jun 23rd 2009, 6:56 pm
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Re: Santa Monica, CA?
Righty-ho....before I do to much googling in depth which leads to nothing, as always so far...just looking for a few possible pointers.
Searching threads over the last few years, everything seems to centre around LA and I'd rather not think of LA.
So what's decently doable or sane for commuting into SM, on the beach? Would you all laugh at wanting to do a half hour or less? How about public transport?
What's the rent stock like? prices been affected at all? How funny would looking for a 3 bedroom house or apartment be?
Childcare, that as miserable to get into as it is where I am? What's a rough pricing? $1500 a month for 3 day weeks like it is my end?
City data and salary calculators for later....for if anything happens
Searching threads over the last few years, everything seems to centre around LA and I'd rather not think of LA.
So what's decently doable or sane for commuting into SM, on the beach? Would you all laugh at wanting to do a half hour or less? How about public transport?
What's the rent stock like? prices been affected at all? How funny would looking for a 3 bedroom house or apartment be?
Childcare, that as miserable to get into as it is where I am? What's a rough pricing? $1500 a month for 3 day weeks like it is my end?
City data and salary calculators for later....for if anything happens
Jun 23rd 2009, 7:53 pm
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Jun 23rd 2009, 9:09 pm
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Re: Santa Monica, CA?
Righty-ho....before I do to much googling in depth which leads to nothing, as always so far...just looking for a few possible pointers.
Searching threads over the last few years, everything seems to centre around LA and I'd rather not think of LA.
So what's decently doable or sane for commuting into SM, on the beach? Would you all laugh at wanting to do a half hour or less? How about public transport?
What's the rent stock like? prices been affected at all? How funny would looking for a 3 bedroom house or apartment be?
Childcare, that as miserable to get into as it is where I am? What's a rough pricing? $1500 a month for 3 day weeks like it is my end?
City data and salary calculators for later....for if anything happens
Searching threads over the last few years, everything seems to centre around LA and I'd rather not think of LA.
So what's decently doable or sane for commuting into SM, on the beach? Would you all laugh at wanting to do a half hour or less? How about public transport?
What's the rent stock like? prices been affected at all? How funny would looking for a 3 bedroom house or apartment be?
Childcare, that as miserable to get into as it is where I am? What's a rough pricing? $1500 a month for 3 day weeks like it is my end?
City data and salary calculators for later....for if anything happens
Jun 23rd 2009, 9:11 pm
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commuting / a half hour or less? How about public transport?
What's the rent stock like? prices been affected at all? How funny would looking for a 3 bedroom house or apartment be?
Childcare, that as miserable to get into as it is where I am? What's a rough pricing? $1500 a month for 3 day weeks like it is my end?
What's the rent stock like? prices been affected at all? How funny would looking for a 3 bedroom house or apartment be?
Childcare, that as miserable to get into as it is where I am? What's a rough pricing? $1500 a month for 3 day weeks like it is my end?
We haz fish n chips & I'll show you where the Indian food is.
Jun 23rd 2009, 11:47 pm
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haha....I'd settle for a summer at this point in time 
And I can't rely on contract work and the next contract gig I'm trying to line up is part of a chain so we'll see if that works out...
I'm not holding massive hope for this SM gig...but I'd say it'd be a nice resume booster...especially after these E3 awards just came out
And I can't rely on contract work and the next contract gig I'm trying to line up is part of a chain so we'll see if that works out...
I'm not holding massive hope for this SM gig...but I'd say it'd be a nice resume booster...especially after these E3 awards just came out
Jun 23rd 2009, 11:48 pm
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Jun 24th 2009, 2:42 am
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Re: Santa Monica, CA?
Righty-ho....before I do to much googling in depth which leads to nothing, as always so far...just looking for a few possible pointers.
Searching threads over the last few years, everything seems to centre around LA and I'd rather not think of LA.
So what's decently doable or sane for commuting into SM, on the beach? Would you all laugh at wanting to do a half hour or less? How about public transport?
What's the rent stock like? prices been affected at all? How funny would looking for a 3 bedroom house or apartment be?
Childcare, that as miserable to get into as it is where I am? What's a rough pricing? $1500 a month for 3 day weeks like it is my end?
City data and salary calculators for later....for if anything happens
Searching threads over the last few years, everything seems to centre around LA and I'd rather not think of LA.
So what's decently doable or sane for commuting into SM, on the beach? Would you all laugh at wanting to do a half hour or less? How about public transport?
What's the rent stock like? prices been affected at all? How funny would looking for a 3 bedroom house or apartment be?
Childcare, that as miserable to get into as it is where I am? What's a rough pricing? $1500 a month for 3 day weeks like it is my end?
City data and salary calculators for later....for if anything happens
Daughter lived in SM when she first moved to Cali. She worked in LA, not far in distance but the traffic can be awful at peak hours. She then moved to Marina Del Rey which is a really nice area, and very close to Venice Beach which is "different" but I love it!
Rents are high Bob, there are some nice places but lots of older small apartment blocks that look like they are out of the 40's or early 50's era
Jun 24th 2009, 2:48 am
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Re: Santa Monica, CA?
Righty-ho....before I do to much googling in depth which leads to nothing, as always so far...just looking for a few possible pointers.
Searching threads over the last few years, everything seems to centre around LA and I'd rather not think of LA.
So what's decently doable or sane for commuting into SM, on the beach? Would you all laugh at wanting to do a half hour or less? How about public transport?
What's the rent stock like? prices been affected at all? How funny would looking for a 3 bedroom house or apartment be?
Childcare, that as miserable to get into as it is where I am? What's a rough pricing? $1500 a month for 3 day weeks like it is my end?
City data and salary calculators for later....for if anything happens
Searching threads over the last few years, everything seems to centre around LA and I'd rather not think of LA.
So what's decently doable or sane for commuting into SM, on the beach? Would you all laugh at wanting to do a half hour or less? How about public transport?
What's the rent stock like? prices been affected at all? How funny would looking for a 3 bedroom house or apartment be?
Childcare, that as miserable to get into as it is where I am? What's a rough pricing? $1500 a month for 3 day weeks like it is my end?
City data and salary calculators for later....for if anything happens
You need to come up to the posh end of CA
Jun 24th 2009, 3:08 am
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Daughter lived in SM when she first moved to Cali. She worked in LA, not far in distance but the traffic can be awful at peak hours. She then moved to Marina Del Rey which is a really nice area, and very close to Venice Beach which is "different" but I love it!
Rents are high Bob, there are some nice places but lots of older small apartment blocks that look like they are out of the 40's or early 50's era
Rents are high Bob, there are some nice places but lots of older small apartment blocks that look like they are out of the 40's or early 50's era
I rather not pay more in rent than we already are, but then we're lucky only to be paying $1350 a month for our apartment as it's around the $3K mark for a house or $1500-3K for a posh apartment....unless we live in more of a shitter
So many beaches...all so the same to me
And Poppy...San Fran is about to drop off the map, but I'd like that too...just having even less luck up there...
Jun 24th 2009, 7:49 am
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I begin work in Thousand Oaks next week. Living in Santa Monica is an option, but I quite fancy Malibu or Ventura - smaller and just that little bit away from the giant urban mess that is LA.
So yeah, I guess if you flip it around, living in Malibu or some other town in Ventura county could be feasible. 30-40min commute, which is not bad by LA standards.
So yeah, I guess if you flip it around, living in Malibu or some other town in Ventura county could be feasible. 30-40min commute, which is not bad by LA standards.
Jun 24th 2009, 7:23 pm
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I begin work in Thousand Oaks next week. Living in Santa Monica is an option, but I quite fancy Malibu or Ventura - smaller and just that little bit away from the giant urban mess that is LA.
So yeah, I guess if you flip it around, living in Malibu or some other town in Ventura county could be feasible. 30-40min commute, which is not bad by LA standards.
So yeah, I guess if you flip it around, living in Malibu or some other town in Ventura county could be feasible. 30-40min commute, which is not bad by LA standards.
Well if anything happens of this, google will be hit a lot harder than what I've done so far.
It's probably a good 40hr odd art test to get through first though...so yeah, not pinning my hopes just yet
Jun 25th 2009, 12:03 am
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You will need a car in LA, end of story!
Jun 25th 2009, 12:57 am
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aye, I knew that, but hoping not to have to need it for a work commute between towns.
I'd much rather read or sleep on a commute than be stuck in a car...but the buses look a bit scary..big blue or whatever it was called? That's just around SM, which seems to cover it quite well, but between towns? What the heck..
http://www.catransit.com/links/calinks.html That's not a bad link...but it's all in town services and as I don't really know what I'm looking at, not to much help. Nothing like the MBTA that's in Boston with the T/commuter rail/bus link etc is there?
I'd much rather read or sleep on a commute than be stuck in a car...but the buses look a bit scary..big blue or whatever it was called? That's just around SM, which seems to cover it quite well, but between towns? What the heck..
http://www.catransit.com/links/calinks.html That's not a bad link...but it's all in town services and as I don't really know what I'm looking at, not to much help. Nothing like the MBTA that's in Boston with the T/commuter rail/bus link etc is there?