Moving to Long Beach...

[Lukasss]

SO, Ive lived in FL my whole life.

A few things ive had planned didnt work out, but a new opportunity has arisen and is giving me the chance to move out to Long Beach with a close friend of mine.

Anyways, I have never even been to California, but anyone i have talked to about it seems to never want to leave.

The area id be going to is called Belmont Heights i believe?

I will be moving there without a car probably, so my main questions are as follows;

How is the public transportation? I head bicycles work wonders..lol
Is a car 100% necessary?
Anyone attend LBCC before? I was going to enroll there till i get on my feet and such.


I guess just any and all info you wanna give me please feel free to let me know

[t0nyakapb]

SO, Ive lived in FL my whole life.

A few things ive had planned didnt work out, but a new opportunity has arisen and is giving me the chance to move out to Long Beach with a close friend of mine.

Anyways, I have never even been to California, but anyone i have talked to about it seems to never want to leave.

The area id be going to is called Belmont Heights i believe?

I will be moving there without a car probably, so my main questions are as follows;

How is the public transportation? I head bicycles work wonders..lol
Is a car 100% necessary?
Anyone attend LBCC before? I was going to enroll there till i get on my feet and such.


I guess just any and all info you wanna give me please feel free to let me know

With a metro tap card and bike you will be able to go all over Los angeles/lbc.

[Lukasss]

Gotchaa. Any suggested areas to try and stay out of or anything like that?

[Lukasss]

Annnyyyythhhhiiiinnnngggggg?

[matts13vert]

I will be your friend I promise I wont buttrape you or anything. No but seriously its not bad here.

[Lukasss]

Haha, you gotta keep me up on car stuff.
Ill be there august 4th.

[xAJAxY]

Long beach is the hood

[jdmstar69]

^^^not Belmont heights hahaha

[aznfab213]

Depending where you are in Long beach, I would suggest you watch how you dress, especially at night.

[hOngsterr]

LB is ghetto as fuck, from what i noticed, some roads suck d, but theres roscoes there so thats a good place for you to eat lol, i heard of theft in 240's there cop harassment there if you have modded car.

[Lukasss]

Everywhere has its not so good areas.
I can't imagine every part of it being hood lol

[ultramagnus]

LB isn't so bad as you said there are it's shady areas and good areas , the area you are living in is very nice but space wise it sucks any beach front area there is prime location so parking is like playing musical chairs. LBCC has 2 campuses PCC by the coast /LAC in the hood,Downtown LB is area is pretty compact transportation in the city isn't too bad but at all, but going out of it does unless you don't mind riding the metro train. Good luck on your move to Cali. It's gonna be a HOT SUMMER, well not FL nasty humid stuff so you might actually enjoy it.

[ManoNegra]

LB is a decent mixture of nice and not so nice areas.
The beach is nearby and even in the hot summer it isn't too bad since the
ocean breeze helps to keep things cool.

It's a nice area to experience the warm and laid back lifestyle Socal is known for.
Snoop, Sublime, The Offspring, War... not a surprise a lot of chill bands come from the area.

Now transportation... riding the metro and bike sounds good and all but it will get tired very soon.
There are a lot of things to do/see in Socal and for the majority you'll need a car.

[Lukasss]

That's the kind of info I was looking for.

Thanks a lot guys. I only know one person there so I'd anyone wants to do anything feel free to let me know haha.


From what I gather I'm going to just keep my car.
Firearm laws seem about the same as Florida from what I've read. So that's decent at least.

If anyone wants to add anything else please feel free.

[Lukasss]

Also, a 100* day with 90+% humidity in Florida can't be better than California heat haha.
I'm sure I'll be happy in that aspect.

[turbo2nr]

i stayed in LB for a week on job interviews i loved it, yea it has its bad areas but over all i didnt have a problem, PARKING SUCKED! I GOT 3 TICKETS because i couldnt find parking when i came back to the condo i rented after 9.

i stayed by water front/ west gateway area, over all it was nice experience , traffic wasnt to bad compared to nyc .

im sure you'll like it.. id move to LB/CA if i could..

[Mrjbrown07]

I currently live in long beach and right down the street from LBCC. The city overall is a great city. If i can i will never move away, always sunny great women, great cars. What more can you ask for. As far as public transportation I have taken the bus quite a few times its not terrible but there are sometimes creepy people on the bus. I used to bike everywhere i went but i would still suggest a car. The city is pretty big and there are many great cities very close. I have a group of friends we all have 240s and they have there own shop. So if u need hooks ups down here or just wanna meet new people with 240s we are always glad to add a new member to the group.

[DP-AE86]

long beach is good. there are ghetto spots everywhere and they are spread apart. just like anywhere else; always be aware of your surroundings, especially at night.

bike riding is nice but you may get weary. the greater losangeles is nothing but driving. i dont wanna say you cant do it by bike, but it is such a vast place you may be better off with a car.

long beach police...i'm not sure what to say about them. i mean my car got broken into INFRONT of the police station and they gave me a hassle for attempting to steal my own car. so....that my bad experience with them...

long beach has plenty to see and theres things to do by the beach/port. They have a nice pier, an aquarium, boating activities, all the fun.

as per living there...cant say much. i live near not in. i occasionally go for visits.

[beeracing s14]

get ready for massive taxation.

[Lukasss]

I currently live in long beach and right down the street from LBCC. The city overall is a great city. If i can i will never move away, always sunny great women, great cars. What more can you ask for. As far as public transportation I have taken the bus quite a few times its not terrible but there are sometimes creepy people on the bus. I used to bike everywhere i went but i would still suggest a car. The city is pretty big and there are many great cities very close. I have a group of friends we all have 240s and they have there own shop. So if u need hooks ups down here or just wanna meet new people with 240s we are always glad to add a new member to the group.



long beach is good. there are ghetto spots everywhere and they are spread apart. just like anywhere else; always be aware of your surroundings, especially at night.

bike riding is nice but you may get weary. the greater losangeles is nothing but driving. i dont wanna say you cant do it by bike, but it is such a vast place you may be better off with a car.

long beach police...i'm not sure what to say about them. i mean my car got broken into INFRONT of the police station and they gave me a hassle for attempting to steal my own car. so....that my bad experience with them...

long beach has plenty to see and theres things to do by the beach/port. They have a nice pier, an aquarium, boating activities, all the fun.

as per living there...cant say much. i live near not in. i occasionally go for visits.


Yeah ive come to the conclusion ill be keeping my car.
Ive just known certain family members that dont even use a car, then again Im sure North California is different. Like San Fran and such.

Ive talked to a few other people and they seem to like LBCC fairly well.
Again, its really probably just for a semester till i can get everything ready to go to the school i really want.






get ready for massive taxation.

I figured this much, its no rumor that the majority in California is pricey on just about everything.



Ive also never had 'In-and-out Burger'
Heard ill be happy when i do though haha



Again, thanks a lot guys. This has helped a lot.

Also, anyone can feel free to PM me or anything if you ever want to hang. Im always up for meeting new people.

[KiLLeR2001]

Good luck. If I had to move to California I would probably not even own a 240sx unless I was guarenteed a garage. Way too many thefts, no way I would be comfortable.

Also, the emissions crap you will have to deal with... No thanks.

[Lukasss]

One more thing....i watch Gang Land a lot....California seems prime for gangs


Im gonna get my ass beat and mugged first week lol

[1on1]

Honestly, it's the people who you are with will determine what will happen. If you're around people who like to fight, expect it. The way I see it and moving down from northern california, socal seems to have the nicer weather, as what manonegra said, ocean breeze.

If you smoke, get a MMC (or have a good hook-up) and enjoy the herbs we have here, they're awesome! Also, expect to inherit the socal handshake when you meet people, I caught on and my friends in norcal noticed it when I went to visit back home.

As for laws about our cars, it really depends in the area you live in. I for one live in San Diego (Mira Mesa/PQ region) and cops are chill and don't bother me even though I am low and scraping every where. Even if they do harass me, it's usually because I am too low so I just remove my aero, run a stock bumper, and get it signed off. In conclusion, it all depends if the cops are on a bad day and they will pull over anything to hand out a ticket.

[adicarlo]

LB is a decent mixture of nice and not so nice areas.
The beach is nearby and even in the hot summer it isn't too bad since the
ocean breeze helps to keep things cool.

It's a nice area to experience the warm and laid back lifestyle Socal is known for.
Snoop, Sublime, The Offspring, War... not a surprise a lot of chill bands come from the area.

Now transportation... riding the metro and bike sounds good and all but it will get tired very soon.
There are a lot of things to do/see in Socal and for the majority you'll need a car.

Did the metro thing for 3 months, takes hours to get anywhere just be prepared for that. Also while on the bus I've seen the following:

Mental ill person knock out a 20 year old girl then run off the bus while everything chased him off the bus and beat the shit out of him...

Man with pink hair and skirt - balding... (gotta love hollywood)

And last a homeless guy got on the smelled like the worse thing i had ever endured.... that was the day i said fuck it and bought a car.

Welcome to LA

[Lukasss]

Honestly, it's the people who you are with will determine what will happen. If you're around people who like to fight, expect it. The way I see it and moving down from northern california, socal seems to have the nicer weather, as what manonegra said, ocean breeze.

If you smoke, get a MMC (or have a good hook-up) and enjoy the herbs we have here, they're awesome! Also, expect to inherit the socal handshake when you meet people, I caught on and my friends in norcal noticed it when I went to visit back home.

As for laws about our cars, it really depends in the area you live in. I for one live in San Diego (Mira Mesa/PQ region) and cops are chill and don't bother me even though I am low and scraping every where. Even if they do harass me, it's usually because I am too low so I just remove my aero, run a stock bumper, and get it signed off. In conclusion, it all depends if the cops are on a bad day and they will pull over anything to hand out a ticket.



My car is 100% bone stock for now, so i doubt ill get hassled by the cops.
However, i doubt itll be that way forever knowing myself haha

You arent the first person that has told me about this handshake believe it or not.
Ive been told about the lingo too lol

I dont like being around anyone that is into physical violence, cant imagine anyone would want to be, so im good on that part.
Im pretty intelligent id like to think, so im sure i can figure out the majority of what i need to and stay out of any trouble, or try at least.

Thank you though, i appreciate the insite


Also; def sounds like ill be sticking to the car the majority of the time.

[infam0us21]

Ive also never had 'In-and-out Burger'
Heard ill be happy when i do though haha

http://rainbowsparklesims.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/shocked_fans_omg.gif?w=540

Whaaaaaaa..... lol

But just like evryone has said already Long Beach has its bad areas but also has its nice areas. Ive got family that live near long beach towne center and their neighborhood is real nice.

P.S. keep your car, you'll want to travel to other cities. Huntington, Fullerton, LA... etc

[Lukasss]

Haha!

Also, im reading a lot of mixed reviews about LBCC

Someone a few comments up said the Pacific Coast campus is nice, and the Liberal Arts campus isnt.
Ive been reading online and a lot is telling me the exact opposite

Any info on the school would be sweet

[imbored205]

sup whodie i be in lb, jus dun be commin in my turf ya dig or we take yo white gurls
http://i.imgur.com/2VweR.jpg

[Lukasss]

Who still wears Air Force 1's?

[Lamented Muffin]

LAC is the nicer campus, i would just stay away from PCC lol and as for where your going to be living its really nice but parking is just going to be a nightmare

[Brian]

man, I had 2 bikes stolen already. I no longer have a bike.

Belmont Heights is cool, man.

[Lukasss]

What a bummer. I had my expensive bike stolen. So I decided to buy a cheaper one in case it happened again.

If you ever get another bike and wanna ride let me know. I'm all for it.

[Lukasss]

Again i appreciate all the help guys.

Im sure ill be meeting a few of you when i move out there.
August 3rd!