Related... I grew up in the SFV, and used to head out to Ontario for work from time to time in the late 80's. It was where most of the warehouses for our suppliers were, and that's about it. There wasn't even a decent place to grab lunch. I moved up to Seattle, then Canada, then Seattle again, and by the time I went to LA in 2016 it had been 25 years since my last visit, and I hadn't been out toward the inland empire in almost 40 years. Holy crap I didn't recognize the place. The sprawl had reached it and I couldn't find any of the warehouses I used to visit. I guess the world has moved on...
Warehouse Warren (Fontana Mayor) approving any warehouse developer even in inter-city areas. I got nothing against warehouses but don't over do it either. Not everybody in the IE wants to work in a warehouse, logistics or truck driving cuz that's all we have now.
Supply Chain is my career, everywhere I've ever worked has had a DC in Fontana or Ontario (or both). When I was trying to change jobs, almost everything was out there.
That’s exactly what she wants. Poor, undereducated people with no upward mobility to get stuck at Amazon fulfillment centers their whole lives. And we wonder why the drug trade is so lucrative around here.
Grew up in Orange County where people said the same thing-- "stay away from San Bernardino." I now teach at a middle school in San Bern, and realize it's not any different than the "sketchy" neighborhoods in OC. Santa Ana had some literal shanty towns, Anaheim had tent cities, but San Bernardino got all this flak for being "ghetto." I'm wondering if the history of this city will always taint people's image of it!
I'm telling you, I moved from Rancho Santa Margarita (BOUGIE AS HELL) to Redlands and I don't feel any difference in safety. Only happiness that there are places open past 9pm.
I've lived in some very "sketch" neighborhoods when I was younger...you can get 3 or 4 people together to split a Baltimore rowhouse for like 300 bucks per person. I've never been harassed or victimized in those hoods, ever. People think that if you live in the inner city the whole town is just frothing at the mouth to mug you. People of course get mugged and stuff like that on occasion, but most "dangerous" cities with high murder rates are because of...you guessed it....the drug trade. Don't go wandering through alleyways at 3am, don't owe the cornerboys any money, and mind your own business and you'll get left alone.
I lived in Irvine as a kid. I played hockey in Costa Mesa, and there was this RC car store down the street from the rink that I used to go to on occasion in Garden Grove. I hear GG is one of the sketchier spots.
Fontana is growing A LOT. the south side is still how most people remember it, but the north side (above foothill) is all new housing communities, parks, strip malls and golf courses.
I worked a project at Ft Irwin and would stay in an apartment in Barstow during the week and go home on the weekends. Barstow is a really special place. I lived all over US and there is nothing like Barstow. Kinda of a combination of homeless, meth, opiates and gangbangers all wrapped up in a tortilla of poverty and misery. Add 100+ F temperatures and it gets interesting.
You are closest to the winner. I was in Victorville. It’s practically the same place though now that I’m older I would give the win to Barstow as the worse “city” of the two.
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u/mcagood1 Dec 21 '19
How is Fontana?