The mid-1980's amnesty, and the post-Northridge earthquake downturn (we really were wrecked all over- believe me. Here's what changed Pacoima, Arleta, Panorama City, parts of Van Nuys and the rest of the San Fernando Valley from its prior bedroom community of middle class, lower middle class, blue collar and others, be they American citizens or legal newcomers who all got along well while pursuing the American dream of homeownership and starter homeownership: illegal immigration. Horse-zoning in Los Angeles, which is less than 2% of the entirety of Los Angeles County, traditionally has added tons of income and horse-related jobs (retail as well as grooming) to its own economy, as it remains so rare in urban areas. The northeastern-most part of Pacoima even retained two pluses: an industrially-zoned area abutting San Fernando Road and its rail-lines, perfect for business development and job-creation, and vestigial horse-zoning abutting Lake View Terrace which COULD HAVE been developed into higher income horse-zoned boarding facilities and income-producing estates. The present City of San Fernando reflects this well: mostly all legal of Latino descent, and settled for generations. There were a lot of legal immigrants' families left over from SFValley's earlier rural past. This used to be where legal immigrants settled, in a place they both could afford and that had a community in which they felt comfortable. to this day on the outskirts of wealthier urban areas. If you've seen the fine film " La Bamba," its depiction of '50's musical icon Richie Valens (Valenzuela) and his family shows that way earlier Pacoima, a place more similar to lower income places around the U.S. Pacoima and Arleta used to be semi-rural back in the day, as did the entirety of the SFValley even further back in the day. Sandyco, keep a ringside seat if I cross the line. I believe that these topics are so integral to understanding Los Angeles demographics that I gingerly will attempt to shed light. Burbank itself is 10 to 20 minutes away as well, depending on time of day.īoth LA4ever and LAquests have asked valid questions, but and its moderators have ruled that threads about immigration and specifically illegal immigration belong elsewhere. My husband also commutes daily to Koreatown, and the 170 freeway to Gower and southward is a much easier commuting option than a lot of others. We drive to close by Sherman Oaks for supplies. If, as you say, you don't mind not being able to converse with people around you who speak nothing but the language of the country they left, this is even a better option than Pacoima. Even parts of *cough* Van Nuys where I live have starter townhomes that aren't adjacent abject slums. There are other options for lower-income would-be homeowners. Even if you're barricaded into your "nice" townhouse, what if you have to leave for an emergency at night or even shopping or entertainment? How street savvy are you? Can you deflect gang vehicles stopped at a red light with you? (Hint- NEVER engage.) Do you mind being considered a target for all the neighborhood's miscreants, just because you're not "one of them?" Are you ready to live like this for as long as you're there? There's a real difference between poor neighborhoods, and poor+dangerous neighborhoods like Pacoima and Panorama City. Sort of like other drastically poor areas of L.A., wherein the working poor must barricade themselves in for the night and not come out until daybreak. I also notice that those "normal," living their own lives family types get the hell off the streets at night. When I drive through Pacoima, I notice the amount of unsafe drivers increases drastically, due to the locales' lack of knowledge of American driving laws and practices. I can't believe you want to place yourself into this arena. A philosophizing friend put it thusly: poverty plus frustration equals violence. systems, or the unfortunate reality of domestic and gang violence. Just what is your tolerance for even noisier boxes? When you live amongst the very lowest income immigrant groups in Los Angeles, you can't avoid horrendous noise levels, be it DJ parties with outdoor P.A. You say you wish to move from a noisy box. Both routes are L.A.'s "secret freeways.") ![]() ![]() I have driven through Pacoima surface streets virtually every day for the last 15 years (Woodman and Osborne/Foothill are as integral a shortcut across huge expanses of the Valley as La Cienega/Stocker are to cross WLA to downtown via Stocker, Rodeo, etc.
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