Calling those who know Los Angeles ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope to be working -- I'm an attorney and currently work full-time -- but would probably be moving without a job. I don't think I'd want him to have to commute more than an hour -- I don't want to make our life even harder than it is here.

He probably wouldn't be commuting during normal rush hours, if that makes any difference.

You would need to take the state bar unless you go in house.

True. The wisdom of this move is another question entirely. but for now I'm trying to get a sense of whether it would even be doable.

[Anonymous]

Traffic in LA isn't limited to commuting hours. Certain roads are bad all day long.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope to be working -- I'm an attorney and currently work full-time -- but would probably be moving without a job. I don't think I'd want him to have to commute more than an hour -- I don't want to make our life even harder than it is here.

He probably wouldn't be commuting during normal rush hours, if that makes any difference.

You would need to take the state bar unless you go in house.

Really?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope to be working -- I'm an attorney and currently work full-time -- but would probably be moving without a job. I don't think I'd want him to have to commute more than an hour -- I don't want to make our life even harder than it is here.

He probably wouldn't be commuting during normal rush hours, if that makes any difference.

You would need to take the state bar unless you go in house.

Really?

Yes, it's one of the few states that doesn't grant reciprocity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. what about the Santa Clarita area? Is the commute too long?

SC is awful - suburban hell (and the traffic would kill you)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope to be working -- I'm an attorney and currently work full-time -- but would probably be moving without a job. I don't think I'd want him to have to commute more than an hour -- I don't want to make our life even harder than it is here.

He probably wouldn't be commuting during normal rush hours, if that makes any difference.

You would need to take the state bar unless you go in house.

Really?

Yes, it's one of the few states that doesn't grant reciprocity.

And the CA bar is one of the hardest - high fail rate.. GL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope to be working -- I'm an attorney and currently work full-time -- but would probably be moving without a job. I don't think I'd want him to have to commute more than an hour -- I don't want to make our life even harder than it is here.

He probably wouldn't be commuting during normal rush hours, if that makes any difference.

You would need to take the state bar unless you go in house.

Really?

Yes, it's one of the few states that doesn't grant reciprocity.

And the CA bar is one of the hardest - high fail rate.. GL

Bullshit. I hate this lament. More people can take the bar in California than in any other state as well. If you look at the pass rate for first time takers that graduated from an accredited law school it is no worse than any other state. The issue is there are many graduates from unaccredited law schools that sit for the bar many times, you also can sit for the bar if you apprentice with a lawyer.

Additionally, I am pretty sure that if OP is considering this and she is a competent lawyer she also would have looked this up long before she looked into neighborhoods.

I have not lived in LA in a long time, but Sierra Madre is a cool little neighborhood that I would look into, I have a good friend that lives there and it is very livable with good schools.

[Anonymous]

Woodland Hills in west San Fernando valley. With hidden hills and calabasas right next door, it's booming.

Or west hills is a bit cheaper with fairly good schools. Look at the map and explore around these areas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Woodland Hills in west San Fernando valley. With hidden hills and calabasas right next door, it's booming.

Or west hills is a bit cheaper with fairly good schools. Look at the map and explore around these areas.

This area is way more than an hour commute to downtown LA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Check out Huntington Beach. Mission Viego. Ladera Ranch.

Are these areas really within an hour of downtown LA? Not being skeptical, they just seem really far.

[Anonymous]

Not Santa Clarita. Suburban hell is right. I live 35 miles closer to downtown than SC and it takes me 30-40 minutes to get to work.

I'd try La Crescenta or Montrose. Maybe parts of Burbank, Sierra Madre, Alhambra but I'm not so sure about the schools.

[Anonymous]

Who would move to CA these days?

[Anonymous]

OP, no way on La Canada for $700K or less. Lovely neighborhood, though.

Pasadena, MAYBE, but some place smallish. Terrible commute.

Where are you coming from here? It would be easier to tell you what to expect out west.

You definitely won't be in any Westside LA neighborhoods.

[Anonymous]

Westchester?

[Anonymous]

Yikes. Westchester. Let's see where she's coming from . . .