10 Areas to Live in Pasadena California | Moving to Pasadena California | Los Angeles Real Estate

[@VictorCurrie]

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[@theohlinsguy4649]

I had the incredible luck of growing up in Pasadena in the 50s and 60's.

[@VictorCurrie]

You were definitely lucky! I grew up up (in the 60s and 70s) over the hill in Glendale, and as nice as Glendale was, still came over here for better restaurants.

[@bobgulick6864]

I really enjoyed your video and commentary! I was born in Pasadena and grew up in Altadena, seeing these areas brings back some great memories.

[@VictorCurrie]

Thanks! The sequel will be up in the next couple of days so hopefully we can bring back some more memories!

[@reskepa7028]

I’ll be honest. The background music is not fitting for this video. Good documentary though.

[@VictorCurrie]

Thanks. I'd agree I went a touch heavy-handed with the music (and embarrassingly missed two audio glitches). I was fighting against my old perfectionist editor tendencies from when I'd have a week to cut a 30-second commercial and decided to keep the temp track and be finished rather than re-score the whole thing. :-)

[@ralphquintero3350]

Another outstanding video of Pasadena 👍👍👍!!

[@Cybercenturycentaur]

Thank you for sharing your video. Can you do an extended walk-through video of the 10 areas?

[@VictorCurrie]

We’re working on that now, thanks! There’s also a sequel video with 10 more areas at kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqPIm4KsnK-jhJIsi=11TNin7dIOh-P_x6

[@ReneQuibuyen]

My home town!

[@VictorCurrie]

A great place to call home!

[@cathrynm]

Nice job. I only wonder what took you so long to start making real estate videos like this.

[@VictorCurrie]

Me too. :-) When I moved back up here full time I'd planned on going this way, then Covid hit and a bunch of people I knew died and I pulled back for a while. It's only in the past few months that I've been actively looking for new clients again rather than only working with existing clients and people they referred. (Doing our old neighborhoods in Glendale next!)

[@susandevine3907]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention the Arroyo and South Orange Grove - ?

[@VictorCurrie]

Third round of areas coming soon! (Thanks for reminding me I needed to get it finished!)🙂

[@BRUNETTECANARY]

I lived in Los Robles ave . The rent became UNaffordable and eventually we lost our apartment. Pasadena is so freaken expensive that both rent and mortgages are for rich people only. I'm talking CELEBRITY RICH

[@VictorCurrie]

It’s definitely tough out there right now. The biggest challenge I’ve had lately is the lack of inventory, which of course is what’s made both purchases and rentals unaffordable. It’s a good time for anyone wants to cash in and sell if they have enough equity to move and pay cash somewhere, but for everyone else the market is everything you said. It’s rough for renters as well as landlords too. Ownership costs are going up faster than rent increases are allowed on a lot of properties. Good luck finding something good!

[@scottjamesluxuryestatesdou8767]

I’m sold!

[@VictorCurrie]

You usually have the best places!

[@scottjamesluxuryestatesdou8767]

@@VictorCurrie you should highlight them on your next podcast. You would be a great buyers agent!

[@Drilla81]

Why not show Northwest Pasadena? hmmm........

[@VictorCurrie]

I was actually filming in Northwest Pasadena for the sequel piece yesterday. Stay tuned! I think there’s a lot of potential for buy-and-hold profit in the area. (It’ll probably take three parts to give a decent overview of the area.)

[@Drilla81]

@@VictorCurrie WOW this is great news, so much potential in those historic houses!!!

[@arthurrock4979]

I sure don't know the whole of Pasadena, just where I lived with my mother, but that's an extremely important detail to take into account, moving into Pasadena, especially when you have kids. Those awful schools are just gonna traumatize your kids for life, teaching them practically nothing besides that gang crap "culture".

[@VictorCurrie]

I think the important thing for anyone considering moving here is to remember how big Pasadena actually is as a city in its own right. It's a big town, with plenty of great areas, and certainly some not-so-great. Though I'd definitely say having grown up over the hill in Glendale from the '60-'80s that Pasadena's more challenging areas from that era seem a lot safer and better kept up these days. Thanks for you thoughts!

[@petermonteforte9619]

Pasadena is a freakin joke. If you like noise move to Pasadena. If you like water wasters move to Pasadena. I spent week in Pasadena recently and could not get out of there to soon. Gas powered leaf blowers going all day 6 days a week. 98% of the houses in Pasadena have lawns and are wasting a tremendous amount of water daily. You can not do anything in Pasadena without getting on a freeway. you can also hear freeway noise in every part of the city. They should change the name of the city to Noisedena or Wastewateradena.... Don't go there and don't even visit there.....

[@VictorCurrie]

I take it you didn't like it in Pasadena? :-) But seriously, there are noisy parts and quiet parts. It's an older urban city, and there's little that can be done to change that, but it's also what gives it character with a lot of amazing architecture. The leaf blowers have now been legally banned, though enforcement has been slow. You're seeing more drought-resistant landscaping but much of the area's character (and architectural design) leans toward traditional lawns, and I don't think this town is any worse than most in California related to water use (though I'm glad you brought it up because it's an issue I want to talk about in detail on the ppdcast soon. It's far more complex than the lawns, which really are just a small part of the wasted water issue). No town works for everybody, and I bet I could suggest some great places you might prefer. Thanks for commenting!

[@petermonteforte9619]

I'll give you the fact that there is a lot of interesting architecture in Pasadena, that's why I went there in the first place. Leaf blowers that have been banned and enforcement slow is the same as saying nothing is going to be done. All anyone has to do is go outside on any given day and that's all you hear. It almost drowns out the freeway noise. Having a lawn is not a complex issue. Its a total waste of water and should be replaced with zero scape landscaping. Everyday I saw water running down the curbside because of over watering. Take a trip up to Santa Barbara to see how a city deals with water responsibly before trying to divert water from Northern California. @@VictorCurrie