Ontario, CA, California

Significant-Ad-4758
6mo ago
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I grew up kinda close to Ontario. It's hot in the summer. There's a small, international airport in Ontario that is a heck of a lot easier to navigate than LAX. There's a large mall in Ontario, Ontario Mills, which used to be very cool to go to when malls drew more crowds. It's in San Bernardino county, and it's a pretty far and traffic-y commute west along the 10 freeway to LA. There's some interesting city history in that area regarding the Earp brothers, and the development of the trains in California. Basically, it's just another inland empire suburb that's got some cool Victorian houses and some run down houses, but it's relatively safe to live there.

Significant_Prize629
7mo ago
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Spent a lot of time there. It’s a slower pace LA. Not too much entertainment people just live there to commute to LA for work. If you want night life you gotta go over to riverside about 15 minutes away on highway. Overall not a bad place security had gotten better over the years

escaping-reality
7mo ago
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I'm also from OC who moved to Ontario Ranch. It's not bad if you work from home, but commuting to OC for work is a different beast depending on how often you have to do it and depending where it is in OC. Food options has been growing in Ontario, as well as things to do. Asian food is not as good as it is in OC but it's definitely improving and growing. It's also good to remember that Ontario is closer to the 626 anyway which has some of the best Asian food in the country. Mexican food here is a lot better than OC's. I guess my gripe, is the fact that there's so many semis here, and less things to do. But if you plan on doing those 'things to do' on the weekends, then it's not too bad. I'd say it's safe. I walk around in my neighborhood for a couple hours pretty frequently, from 8-10 PM, and never felt threatened.

The cow poo smell is getting better depending where you are. There are some days it's bad, but most days you don't really smell it. It depends on what direction the wind blows. I've been living here since Jan 2023, and I'd say I experienced about… maybe less than 20 bad cow poo days? Not too bad at all.

StayPuffGoomba
7mo ago
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Ontario Ranch is not in the Eastvale school boundaries. I believe it’s in the Mountain View school district. I don’t know how the schools are there. The Eastvale schools are in the corona-norco district, which has recently started denying out of district transfers. So you may not be able to get in if you want one of their schools.

It’s a small gripe but I hate the traffic in the area. It feels like every block is a traffic light and you hit everyone because there are so many people. It’s gotten better, but most of your shopping will be either along Limonite(street) or the Costco along Hamner. Both areas are just constant traffic problems.

The area is good, pretty safe. Mostly you’ll become nose blind to the smell(it lessens every year as dairies get developed over anyway) except for a few bad days here or there.

Mello Roos and HOA is up to you. As someone else said, Creekside isn’t too far away, it’s a little older, but it’s also cheaper. There’s also parts of Corona, or even Riverside.

Living in Ontario California