New shopping center for Hesperia
Tracie Troha over at the Daily Press has a good one today, about a new shopping center going up next to I-15 and Main Street.
Speaking on the behalf of Hesperia, I invite everyone to come to our city, barely use our roads, and drop sales tax revenue in the city’s collective piggy bank.
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We are considering a move to Hesperia. From Houston. Could you tell me something about it?
Comment by Brooke Horne — March 16, 2006 @ 14:09
Well, it’s an ex-urb (further out suburb) of Los Angeles.
It’s currently a rural community along the interstate between LA and Vegas that’s rapidly undergoing a transformation into becoming a bedroom community for commuters to Los Angeles and (to a lesser extent) Orange County.
The cost of living is probably quite a bit less than Houston.
Commuting into LA can sometimes be a bit of a long haul, as everyone in the High Desert beyond Hesperia travels down the same highway for the most part, with few alternate routes for a good portion of the trip.
It’s not the same as living in LA — you won’t be hopping over to Santa Monica or even Pasadena on a daily basis — but it’s close enough to go there several times a month or for shopping. For the first few months that I worked at the Star, I still lived with my wife in North Hollywood, in the middle of LA, and would commute back and forth several times a week.
The community is expanding rapidly, meaning local government is scrambling to keep up with demand for road paving and space in schools. If you don’t mind sometimes bumpy roads, the school space issue is, if not ideal, not in a crisis situation at this time. (My very nice public high school in the DC area had classes about as crowded, and folks view Fairfax County as having one of the best public education systems in the country.)
Currently, the High Desert only has the amenities you’d associate with rural America, but the pace of development is extremely rapid, with new businesses coming in all the time, possibly including up to three casinos in the High Desert, with one at the interstate in Hesperia. (The Hesperia casino is by no means a sure thing at this point, however.)
You might also want to keep an eye on the local newspapers: http://www.HesperiaStar.com/ and http://www.VVDailyPress.com/
I hope this helps.
Comment by Beau — March 16, 2006 @ 14:56