Pros and Cons of Living in Ventura California 2021

[@MrChazz965]

We’re moving from Ventura because of work. Only here about a year. It’s a real nice town, weather is awesome. People are nice, everything is walkable. I will miss it.

[@bobthestinky7369]

I'm from Scotland but we've visited family in Ventura ever since I was born. Ventura will always have a special place in my heart. It was always so comforting driving in from LAX seeing Two Trees from miles away.

[@movingforwardman3186]

Moved out years ago. The gangs began to move in and ruined it for families in the neighborhood. Some nice places to visit, but I would not live there again.

[@radio893]

Visited Ventura a few weeks ago and loved the place. The local people were very kind and down to earth and I was impressed by the amount of local businesses on the main strip (as opposed to the usual chains you find in other cities). We were only there for two nights and yet we saw three instances of people being kind and friendly to down-and-out/homeless people in the town. Very cool place!

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

We strive to help all local businesses keeps the small town vibe

[@robertellis6505]

Used to go to Ventura high school class of 1987.. have to do a lot of commuting in order to find work I now live in Klamath falls Oregon.. remember when the mall was one level also remember when before the mall was covered.. remember main street was an open street

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

So much has changed indeed. Honestly i wasn’t alive for any of that minus Main Street being open lol.

[@pinksugarmilk8618]

From San Diego but living in Oregon. I wanna go home (Cali). In a few months after my lease is over I’m moving to Oxnard/Ventura.

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

I think you are choosing a great location. Message me if you need any help.

[@compareyesfilms9660]

I moved out of Oxnard to texas back in 2005 i sure do miss the coast land locked out here😭😭

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

@@compareyesfilms9660 we’re ready for you to come back!

[@bwirth6649]

Hi! Thanks for the great content. Being a parent, I would love to know about schools in the area!

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

I will have a video about the top schools from kindergarten to high school

[@kdm71291]

Most schools have been or are “California Accredited”, as I understand it.

[@artymowski]

Schools in the expensive areas ane good, but in cheaper areas totally failing. My son transfered to a santa paula school from our homeschooling, was in a fight in less than 1 month, gangster type thugs in middle school? Local charter schools are much better than the public schools, that's the way to go. Many good charter school in the area but of course , the best have waiting lists.

[@magilicuttystuff7853]

I am from Ventura and I really love it there!!

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

Amazing 🤩 I am glad you love this beautiful place.

[@croclover._]

Me too🤩

[@mzpinkeyez407]

I used to live above the porn shop & the Hamilton hotel and that place was a s******* full of meth heads they even did raids on hookers and the guy who ran the hotel was a f****** meth dealer!! We live'd there cuz we had no else to go at the time it's j/ust for a room but it was only 700 bucks and you can't even get rooms that much nowadays!!

[@PetsNPatients]

Looking a Ventura for retirement, from Illinois. What about the 65 and older crowd. Florida another other option. Apples to apples 🍎 local annual temperatures. Snow? Mountains?

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

We have plenty of retirement communities if that’s where you are looking to retire. If not, lots of unique homes and areas as well. Not gonna be as humid as florida at all and splendid weather all year. We have the beautiful topa topa mountain range and santa monica mountains very close but a three hour drive will get you to some famous snowy mountains like big bear. Please message /call me 8056079966. Or email [e-mail]

[@spidermight8054]

I was born and raised in Ojai. It was always fun to “go to Ventura”, which to us was THE big city.

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

I believe it is still fun to go to Ventura 😉 ojai has definitely got its own charm though too!

[@spidermight8054]

@@livinginventuracalifornia7227 Ojai is no fun to me, except concerts at Libby Bowl. Ojai is clearly geared towards tourists. Ventura has awesome places to recreate and shop. Most everyone I know shops in Ventura. Good luck parking in downtown Ojai (I can just walk anywhere though)!

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

@@spidermight8054 true, can’t beat the parking options we have. I’m glad you are able to enjoy vta

[@maryt251610]

We lived in Ventura for 4 1/2 years and I miss it every day. Heading back there for several months this winter.

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

I hope you have a great time visiting. Let me know if you want to buy a house 🏡

[@dravin815]

Grew up in camarillo. Visited ventura regularly. Miss it so much

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

The city misses you. Call me when you are ready to return home! My contact info is in the vid description.

[@pablogalvz]

Nice video... thanks for putting this “local view” together! Hello from 🇨🇦

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

Thank you, Pablo! I am creating more content about Ventura, stay tuned. Reach out to me any time if there are any specifics you want answered by a local.

[@sacredstonecards9051]

Thank you.

[@captainjosue]

I'm an Oxnard native and proud but consider Ventura my hometown because of so many memories and so much time I have invested there. I absolutely love Ventura and it is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. However, the cost of housing is ridiculous.

[@owenpov8069]

You forgot to mention a con of how fricking windy it is here at the time.

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

We do have some windy days! Bums me out when it messes up the surf. I’ll note that when i make an updated vid.

[@robertmckinley2030]

It looks like a wonderful area, but it looks like earning a living would be difficult. Not much in available jobs.

[@villat]

Great job. Very smart idea and informative. Good luck and keep it up

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

I appreciate the kind words, Randy. I got a bunch more cool content coming soon!

[@artymowski]

Big con, high real estate prices. Mobile home cost a 1/2 million bucks. Rents are super high! Property taxes are insane, average home tax for new purchases are over 7k a year. Welcome to LA light!!! The homeless are aggressive and all over downtown.

[@timentwisle4732]

Great video! Just curious how often does an earthquake happen?

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

Minor ones happen a few times a year but most of them you do not even feel. A big scary one is very rare.

[@timentwisle4732]

@@livinginventuracalifornia7227 thanks for the response. Great video as well!!!!! Happy easter

[@nuwavedave]

You can't overstate the weather here in Ventura. Many travel sites rate our climate the best in the nation. We also have two of the most-scenic roads in America: The 101 Freeway from Ventura to Santa Barbara (also known in song as "Ventura Highway"), and Pacific Coast Highway from Point Mugu south to Malibu and Santa Monica. Ventura's surfing spots, like Mondos, Surfers Point, Surfers Knoll, and Rincon are world-famous. Expensive? Yes. But you get what you pay for. Cowabunga!

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

Legit living in paradise

[@kennyt8730]

I live here and love it as well, but for the vacationer's, careful around the area of main st and rte 33, known as the river bed, it draws alot of homeless and most are meth heads who bum at Vons area.

[@carilieberson9201]

I was born and raised in Ventura until I moved to Texas a couple of years ago, and lemme tell you, I miss it so much. The beaches (mondos is my favorite) are gorgeous and the boardwalk is very relaxing. And all the activities that occur downtown are the best especially the parades and car shows. I miss it and I hope to come back and visit sometime soon

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

Ventura misses you too!

[@kentduryea1741]

Oxnard is better. Why? Because I was there. 1959-1975.

[@robgrt]

DT is dying....go watch johnjohns channel..He really shows you the underbellie of Ventura and how the city council are killing ghe place..The homeless and the witless have moved in.

[@HouseTiger]

Been here for the last 4 years. It's been pretty great!

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

That makes me happy to hear! Where did you move from?

[@HouseTiger]

I'm from San Francisco actually lol ..now I live just blocks away from the beach and work (peiranos used to work at cafe firoe) in downtown.

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

@@HouseTiger i love both of those places. Great choices!

[@ericab2234]

thank you! coming to check it out this weekend to move here 😍

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

Erica, that is great news. I hope you enjoy Ventura. Let me know what you think.

[@ericab2234]

@@livinginventuracalifornia7227 WOW i am in love with ventura, i had amazing weekend there! ! i have decided to move there this may :) need to find a place though !😆

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

@@ericab2234 my contact info is in the video description. Message me with any questions you have.

[@austinanderson843]

Have you moved to Ventura? I’m in SD and moving up in July. I’ve never been and trying to decide between Camarillo and Ventura !

[@jesseliguori1252]

Interested in Moving there shortly.

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

Text or call me 8056079966. Email too if you want @ [e-mail]

[@rbeygarcia]

There seems to be a growing trend of former surfer/models/Hollister employees turning their hand to real estate. Interesting.

[@twistedtrails8128]

it is desirable and yet housing is grossly over priced as well as Oxnard and Camarillo. there will be no fair as well as the fair parade this year. i cant make on $17.00 an hour unless i start van dwelling, which will be a reality for me pretty soon.

[@mackattack8627]

Im born and raised in Los Angeles Ventura do allow for Homestead Off-grid Living so I'm buying there probably live in my van also just On my land man until I buy my 5th wheel to live in and Farm the rest for the community tho bro I'll feed the homeless as well there

[@mzpinkeyez407]

Con living on the ave!!!. I need to move!!🤦🏻‍♀️😂🤣

[@carilieberson9201]

Forgot to add- my mom helped on the surf rodeo and everyone who helps make it happen are some of the best people I have ever met. They’re super chill, when we took our surf rodeo group photo we took it on the roof of the surf n yogurt On pierpont

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

That must be an epic photo!

[@ericbeadle7664]

Hi Rally (I hope I spelled it correctly). I wish there was a way to DM you, but I am thinking about moving to Ventura next spring/summer. I have a potential job offer for next year, will be making pretty decent $$ CASH-OH-LH $$ and have never even been there. I have two friends that live there and they swear by it. I am originally centrail CA (wayyy to hot) and the other half of time from Long Beach. But, my friends swear by Ventura. What do you reccommend? I'll probably rent my first year then look to buy a home/condo if I enjoy it. Hope to hear from you!!!

[@zxloxtyytxolxz5022]

Awesome

[@SlapDashSnap]

The homeless population is real, and so is the crime.

[@sailingavocet]

We love living on our boat here!

[@kdm71291]

All the new luxury apartments, condominiums and townhomes are what are bothering me….I see them as an eyesore and both indicate and invite overcrowding. Don’t forget, there’s also a mid-town and east Ventura….most promotions and reviews seem to forget or ignore this!

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

Definitely not ventura aesthetic… mid town is one of my favs

[@midibushe4961]

Agree 💯

[@mewojdjdj3946]

wait. is that Raleigh Rolando? are you still modeling?

[@Cruor34]

First, I have to ask - Does KZbin pay youtubers to use that music in videos? It is SO overused, if I hear that damn tune anymore, I am going to gouge my eardrums out. I feel like 1/3 youtube videos on locations use that tune. My opinion on music is just that - an opinion but the same 20 second tune playing over and over while you are speaking is really irritating. Anyway, besides that, thanks for the video, there is some good informative stuff here. I am moving to Ventura for work, I am a single guy so I am going for an apartment for at least the first year while I get a lay of the land. Nobody has done a video going over the apartment complexes in Oxnard/Ventura. I get you make your living by selling houses, but it would be nice if someone did an apartments video, the pros and cons of each. I am leaning towards The Wagon Wheel or Tempo at the moment, looking for new construction within 25 (max 30) minutes of Point Mugu NAS.

[@livinginsandiegocalifornia195]

I love your honesty! And actually you have to post to use the music there’s some findings that show it helps with retention for most ppl when watching a video but not all. As far as apartments 99.99% are ran through management companies so i can’t help anyone who rents. But if you text text or email me the places you’re considering renting i can send you some pros and cons contact info is in the description of my videos

[@debbiemaulhardt8955]

Great video! Fondly, Debbie Maulhardt

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

Coming from you i know it is legit ! Thank you 🙏

[@christopherwilliams6084]

Excellent!

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

Thanks so much Christopher.

[@josecavazos1869]

The reason why I want to move there is for the KO gym owned by Larry pollock.

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

That is dedication #respect

[@elclaudiosanchez]

the best is Surfing

[@mysteriousmike226]

Too bad we didn't get to see more of Ventura and less of you 😅🤣✌️

[@AutoWorldzz]

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[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

Thank you. I appreciate your kindness.

[@zackthereaper5248]

Hey man i love this but dont forget about the Ventura Raceway We are an immportant part of the community to

[@andrewcox572]

Pros and Cons should not have apostrophes...

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

Oh! Thank you, Andrew. I appreciate the grammatical correction. The thumbnail is too tough to fix. I will change the title though on YT.

[@Gh0stdawg70]

@@livinginventuracalifornia7227 don’t do it, double down and add a few more

[@bebeysmael1.]

NICE

[@Gia_Marie]

Only a realtor would boast of nothing but positivity of the city they sell in, oh wait you jumped ship to San Diego now. Ventura, and generally the county as a whole is not what is was 20 years ago. I lived throughout Southern California for 40+ years with VC being my roots, and it is certainly not a city I would reccomend.

[@joedirt1549]

How about all the homelessness and the illegals two families three families in one house making the real estate through the roof

[@sebastianbenitez948]

youre illegal

[@Vincent_Films]

I love this place don't get me wrong! but its full of fakes of phonies.

[@deeznutzz8375]

It’s a Great place to be from!!! Overpriced. Overcrowded and just a boring town. Grew up there. Never going back. $850k for a 50 year old run down house on Day road. 😂😂😂

[@ctorvicortez539]

Its not mother nature it's God! For real tho

[@ChanMan2Cool]

I’m from the ave 💀💀

[@enyayannidido]

Hate this place!

[@zekeonstormpeak4186]

There are no pros to living in kalifornia!!

[@Cruor34]

I'm super far to the right on the political spectrum. The weather is amazing and there are a lot of high paying jobs, great food, tons of outdoor activities, and the beach. Also, just a fact, because the weather is so nice, people are outside more, thus in better shape overall, and since there is so much good warm weather, on average the women in Cali are much more attractive than the women in say.. Arkansas. As nice as it is to be able to go shoot in a field with a military grade rifle with a 30 round mag in some mid West state, you miss out on a lot of what CA does have.

[@eveliaruelas6689]

Ventura es muy feo mucho homless rentas altas playas feas cerros pelones. No recomiendo ventura para vivir

[@livinginventuracalifornia7227]

Ventura es muy bonita y las playas tambien pero el agua es un poco frio Los siento mi español no bueno

[@lachdanan5637]

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