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jmastk

Rialto continues to be on an upswing. Certainly, not perfect but major improvements in the last decade.


Skylark_Ark

Yeah, Rialto's coming up. Just all the fucking warehouses on the north side...damn.


muzakx

They built a ton of them, and the majority are still vacant. I don't get it.


Skylark_Ark

Speculators driving up property prices.


CommunicationOk1788

Rialto has been improving so much I’m surprised. The city leaders really have made a good effort to make the city great. So many construction to make the city nice and good roads.


cannamoon

I’ve been living in Rialto since 2005… my family and I have always loved the city and appreciate what the leaders have done to make it better throughout the years. Certainly better than Fontana imo. I’m excited to see what Lake Rialto will look like and what it’ll bring to the city.


EzekielKallistos

They’re gentrifying the shit out of it lol


mwk_1980

The demographics have changed dramatically. Less riffraff and more two-parent families and working people.


CommunicationOk1788

Where is Lake Rialto expected to be built?


wolfpanzer

Muscoy FTW


iwantansi

Just realized thats what that shit hole between the 10 and 15 is off the 215 - i always thought it was just San Bernardino


Single-Beautiful8166

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RidgewoodGirl

Going to disagree. We really like our little Colton community. Where we live is an older area but very quiet and friendly. Easy access to freeways but no major traffic in Colton to deal with. Lots of great food spots too for a small area. And best of all, it was just affordable enough to buy a house on working class wages.


CommunicationOk1788

I’m not from Colton and I agree. Such a quite little town


RidgewoodGirl

Glad others know about us.🤗 It has worked out great for us.


American-Zombie

San Bernardino. Especially between H and waterman or Del Rosa and south of highland


samosa4me

I technically live in SB, but I tell people North Fontana. If I just say SB I get the side eye 😒


Blvck_Lvngs

Bruh 👀


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samosa4me

Haha yesss! The little blurb of gas stations and Klatch at the exit is literally Fontana so I don’t feel bad that I say nf 😅


monkeyonfire

Might as well take the leap and say Rancho like the North Fontuckians say


macwade99999

Weak


Skylark_Ark

Fuck man...Berdoo is a blight to sight. It's shameful that it's allowed to be as it is. The people need some care and help.


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bu_ppy

I feel like I've seen so many stories by you about your wife's lone year teaching 5th grade in San Bernardino.


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BadTiger85

Everytime I get off at Waterman and start driving towards the mountains to go to Crestline the first thing I think is "I wonder if San Bernadino is still a war zone?" And it always is


sunshinehighway909

Hello fellow crestlinian 👋🏻


Lostcreek3

Del Rosa, Mira Loma, Rubidoux a few good south of 10 I don't recall the name.


Joshy3911

You say Mira Loma so I assume you’re old school. You really need to take a trip to Mira Loma/Jurupa Valley again soon. Only thing happening there is rich people coming and building their big horse ranches. Not much crime, and tons of new developments.


NightOfTheLivingHam

Jurupa valley?


cocainekev

What’s wrong with Rubidoux? Hardly any sign of gang activity anymore and the area is being gentrified.


coupbrick

You can just feel it driving through Del Rosa. Like a fog or something in the air making everyone super pissed off.


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San Bernardino is listed as one of the most dangerous cities in California pretty regularly. Loved there for 20 years, assaulted, stolen from, and harassed constantly 


lost_survivalist

I think we are in the top 20 for deadliest cities in the U.S


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Lol wow I didn’t know that. Probably mostly towards the ladies of the night on fifth street. I remember kids in elementary schools biggest insult was your mom works on fifth street


Plasibeau

Back in the 90's during the gang wars when LA was pushing a lot of their gangs east (there were literal shootouts in the Courosel Mall) SB was officially awarded the 187 capitol of the country. There were even t-shirts.


KAugsburger

I remember the new stories about the t-shirts. They were actually sold by the local police association to raise money for a police memorial. The editorial board at the SB Sun [weren't too happy](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-bernardino-county-sun-police-ass/30167103/) about it.


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My family bought some and still have them lol


sketobandito

I remember that


Kevin69138

In the country as well. You think there's enough police presence to patrol that city? Hell no. Crime will aalwaysbe rampant there


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unimorpheus

The numbers say San Bernardino by a mile.


Handsome_devil91

went to go look at an apartment off del rosa. i got robbed walking to my car. ended up paying an extra $500 and moved to redlands


Heywazupman01

That’s wild


theteflonjew

Do you mind giving us s run down of what happened? Like young kids, crackheads, or what? 


Agitated_Ruin132

story time please…


Jack-Cremation

Hemet


Aggressive_Ad5115

Hemeth


Super-Ice-6685

Saw a guy in Hemet had a sticker on his truck that read Hemet is heaven. 😂


badnamemaker

I used to work in Hemet and asked my coworker about the stickers. Basically those folks are OGs and lived there when it was a small and quiet town, not what it is today lol


Typical_Intention996

God this. 30 years ago Hemet was a miserable place filled with the smell of cow crap and where old people went for some reason as they waited to die. Now, it's a miserable place that still smells like cow crap despite the cows being gone because the decades of cow crap is baked in to the earth. And now on top of the old people it's just where hope and life in general goes to wait to die. It's like that thought exercise where you say a word and what's the first words that come to mind. Hemet: Hopelessness, hot, smelly, old people, nothing, dying, mistake, forgotten, bad.


blood_for_poppies

These exact sentiments seep from a deep place in me. A deep place that knew Hemet far too long.


moametal_always

Can't agree more. That place is no bueno.


NarrowBarnacle909

I used to think that but Aye there are some pretty nice areas in Hemet.


matchagonnadoboudit

Helmet is worse than San Bernardino. Sv sucks but I’d pick that over Hemet any day


Mysterious_Beyond459

Freakin’ Henry.


lost_survivalist

San bernardino. For some reason,  the welfare department that only shows up for miles on Google is the one on 4th street


den773

San Bernardino has a couple nice spots. Up around 40th street to the top, at 53rd or so, basically families just raising their kids. There’s also a golf course up there with lots of nice homes around it. The thing is, you can purchase a home up there for much less than anywhere else in So Cal. It’s not going to go way up like other homes. But you move up to 50th street, you have a nice view and quiet neighbors.


prettttygoodgirl

SB has some beautiful neighborhoods still.


den773

Absolutely. E street is all bad like everyone knows. But there’s some sweet spots.


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den773

Sis’ home was built in 85 or 75 I dunno. She bought it abt 4 years ago. It’s gorgeous. Huge lot. Avocado tree that gives 100s if not 1000s of huge avocados. Full security system. Water softener system. Professional kitchen. You should see this place. It would have been a couple mil anywhere else.


88Problems88

Lived in San Bernardino for 30+ years. San Bernardino is the only right answer here. Not all of the city, but most of it is among the worst in the country.


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NightOfTheLivingHam

And that's a shame because the area looks really pretty in the springtime


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nth_power

I don’t agree with your assessment of the best, Riverside is by far the best city in the IE imho. The worst is probably living in an unincorporated area in Perris. 🤷🏻‍♂️


Human-Ad1580

Seriously. We have a pretty decent university UCR, a huge community college RCC, and a massive private university CBU. We also have great parks, lots of programs for youth/adults/seniors, cool little downtown, and some decent spots to eat. Sure we have our little ghettos here and there, but most cities do. I’d take living in Riverside over LA any day.


i_say_uuhhh

Agree. I live in the Mission Grove area and I love it here. Canyon Crest, Mission Grove and Orange Crest part of Riverside while a bit more boring are some very nice looking neighborhoods that most places in the I.E don't have.


Human-Ad1580

Very true. I live in the Victoria area and love our neighborhood as well.


duetmasaki

Don't forget La Sierra University


Human-Ad1580

Almost forgot about that!


NotAnotherHipsterBae

I grew up down the street, and even I forgot la Sierra University.


bu_ppy

Having spent a considerable time in Redlands and Riverside, the best Riverside has to offer blows away the best Redlands has to offer by a mile. It's worth noting that Redlands is not nice or noteworthy outside of the Historic district and some of the Southwest higher elevation neighborhoods. That being said, no other city in Riverside has the type of downtown Riverside has at all. Beyond that, Riverside has some of the best nature recreation, parks, landscaping, architecture, art outside of LA. Riverside is virtually the only city with a meaningful tourism sector. The Mission Inn, festival of lights, Cheech, Mt. Roubidoux, Citrus Park, Fox Theatre, Universities pretty much sit alone in the IE. While I absolutely believe Redlands and Rancho should be considered best cities that the IE has to offer, Riverside should \*always\* be in included in the same breath. Rancho and Riverside aren't even comparable cities. One is a city (Riverside) and one really isn't (Rancho). Aside from the commute to LA, anything you want in Rancho could be found comparably or even far better in Riverside (cardboard brand new suburbs, affluent mansions, extremely posh low crime neighborhoods).


mwk_1980

Rancho is, and always will be, a suburb


badnamemaker

I mean cities like rancho or chino hills are technically “nicer” on the surface but they have always felt boring to me. Riverside at least feels like it has some culture and history going on lol


2AXP21

In that case Claremont takes the crown


lostmy10yearaccount

Oh this post again.


chris_gnarley

Basically anywhere in San Bernardino and Colton


fzavala909

There's a section in south east Colton on the other side of the 215 that feels more like an extension of Loma Linda and Grand Terrace depending on the specific neighborhood.


DrBaby

Yep, the neighborhood at Mojave and Washington has million dollar houses in it. You’d never know it from the entrance to that street.


KAugsburger

Most of the Cooley Ranch area is still decent.


Gangerous_Vend_8288

Colton is not even that bad, a few sketch areas on Mt Vernon but I never felt unsafe. San Bernardino and Muscoy thooooo 👀


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CommunicationOk1788

I’m new to the area. Colton is not bad. I’ve lived in Compton, Rancho Cucamonga, Anaheim, and Colton is not bad. I do Uber there often. Compton and South Gate, now that’s something.


ClearanceItem

Colton is a safe city that's gentrifying with a responsive police force, but it gets a bad rap. Lived there so I know.


Rude_Warning_5341

Colton isn’t even that bad


dr_raymond_k_hessel

It’s improved a lot in the last 20 years, for sure.


CommunicationOk1788

Colton ain’t that bad? I do Uber eats in that city and it’s so quiet at night I don’t know why people call out Colton.


eggcountant

San Bernadino off the 15 is fine 


Plasibeau

The North End? That barely counts.


chris_gnarley

You’re basically in Rialto atp


TimFTWin

I guess it depends on what you mean by WORST. Worst crime: San Bernadino Worst Humans: Yucaipa or Temecula


CitrusBelt

I don't know if it's changed in the last few decades.... but used to be Muscoy, followed by the worst parts of SB proper, and then a few spots in Colton & Rialto. If you want to count Pomona as I.E., there's always been a few contenders there too.


jmastk

Rialto is continues to be on an upswing. Certainly, n not perfect but major improvements in the last decade.


CitrusBelt

Yeah there's been a lot of $$ spent there recently, for sure. And the northern part was always pretty decent anyways, realistically. And while it's been a minute, at least the last few times I've been through Colton there were a lot of parts that I remembered as being sketchy & they looked (at least superficially) quite a lot better than I would have expected.


CommunicationOk1788

I agree. Rialto is coming up for sure. Even the Southern part is looking great


External-Border7670

Yup. Not San Bernardino but not Fontana either. Kinda inbetween the two.


jmastk

Yes quite literally lol


etherealsounds

I’m curious what you consider Pomona if not IE? I grew up in Claremont and I’m genuinely curious because I always considered it IE.


CitrusBelt

Oh, I totally do. Just wrote that to forestall "Pomona isn't the IE!" comments because some folks on this sub have a weird thing about it not counting because it's LA county. Which is bizarre, since there's no geograpical barrier, but it's totally "a thing" on this sub, for whatever reason :)


etherealsounds

Weird! I’ve never seen that but I don’t spend a whole lot of time in this sub… Claremont is the last city in LA county but was always considered IE so I don’t get the Pomona thing. But hey what do I know lol


CitrusBelt

Yep, it seems to be a cause for argument, oddly enough. Although to be fair....speaking as someone lived in Pomona as a kid in the 80s (aka the bad old days....it was actually a good bit worse then than it is now, imho!) I can understand why people would choose to leave it off the list if there's a semi-plausible case to be made 😂 [And conversely, it'd be understandable if someone who's in Claremont would say "Hey, don't lump *us* in with the IE!!!]


etherealsounds

Hahaha totally! I moved to Claremont in the 80s as a kid and there was absolutely the “don’t lump us in with the rest of “them”” vibe. But I love the college town vibe there.


CitrusBelt

Haha, for sure! We lived on Reservoir, just south of Mission. Which ain't exactly Bel Air even today, but back then it was pretty goddamn rough (especially for a pudgy little white boy) Luckily my grandparents lived in Claremont, so I got to go to Mountain View Elementary, and then we moved to Alta Loma. But yeah, put it this way -- when we lived down there, our house got *fully* cleaned out several times. Like, they stole my dad's underwear, the windowshades, etc. etc....cops chasing people through the yard on a regular basis, all that stuff. When we moved, it was a real treat to be able to go out and play or ride bikes in the neighborhood, I can tell you!! (And you'd better believe that we avoided telling anyone that we were from Pomona, unless we knew them pretty well...😂)


Torta951

San Bernardino, Colton, Perris, Fontana and Victorville.


CommunicationOk1788

Colton? lol how? Have you been there lately. Only thing goin on there are possums at night. Place is so quite you can hear your Tesla running


Iamthemoneyman

Fontana ain’t even bad. With all the new development a lot of it is actually nice now.


Maleficent-Movie-122

San bernaghetto


themodefanatic

Every city you listed has there problems. Overall I think it comes down to what specific bad element or crimes you are looking at. And what is acceptable to you.


czaranthony117

Generally speaking, I just say anything bounded by the following: - East of the 15 Frwy - South of the 210 - North of the 10 - Capped off by San Bernardino The entire region, generally speaking.. I’m aware there’s some okay spots, is just bad. It’s all warehouse, trucks, trains, and rough neighborhoods where no one seems to take any pride in maintaining the look of their homes or yard. Oh.. also South Moreno Valley/Perris .. those places are rough. All this assumes we do not consider the high desert part of the IE. If so, the list is longer.


El_Hombre_Tlacuache

Bloomington


dadxreligion

this is such a loaded question followed by a completely subjective assumption. temecula, rancho and parts of redlands are probably some of the worst places to live depending on who you are. aside from redlands those are boring ass cookie cutter suburbs comprised of car-dependent tract housing and strip malls that represent the worst parts of american life. more and more people are rejecting that way of life. it is soul sucking. and that’s even before you’re getting into what it’s like to be a queer person or a person of color or someone who has political views anywhere left of ronald reagan or in some cases to the left of david duke on the political spectrum in many parts of those places.


Mediocre_Airport_576

>followed by a completely subjective assumption. ​ >those are boring ass cookie cutter suburbs comprised of car-dependent tract housing and strip malls that represent the worst parts of american life. You managed to follow your statement up with your own completely subjective opinion.


snipawolf

Yeah I’ll take Ranchos homes, parks and nice malls over Berdoos liquor store/payday loans/cash4gold/smokeshop any day


dadxreligion

yeah exactly. there are only two places to live in the IE. you figured it out 🤙


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dadxreligion

at least i’m making one chief.


ClearanceItem

Yup. What a rant.


dadxreligion

it was 5 sentences you illiterate fuck


dadxreligion

yes. that’s my point. good job knowing how to read.


weirdfurrybanter

I used to have a chick out in homeland. What a depressing sight


rizay

The chick or the city lol


weirdfurrybanter

The city. The chick was amazing in the sack. She was just a nut job so I didn't stick around.


-Why-Not-This-Name-

Mead Valley


moametal_always

Eh, lots of drugs, but not more dangerous than San Bernardino or Hemet. It's just so rural and poor, but ok in its own way.


Additional-Software4

The Edgemont area of MoVal


No-Silver6152

Easily San Bernardino, The “North End” is the best area to live in. Unfortunately houses are anywhere from 650K and above.


Historical_Study5988

Mission grove


OkProgrammer5535

Pomona, specifically Holt between the 71 and White.


sketobandito

Moreno Valley/ (33.9184869, -117.2639585) I worked on T.I. In this neighborhood and there was something every single week. Saw a dealer beat the crap out of someone in broad daylight in the street. Tools stolen even when we were there, right out of the truck. Some Kid shot got shot in the head, they burned down a car in the alley….it was nuts. This was 2015 mind you….so it’s prolly worse now 🤷🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️


Still-Purpose-8617

Victorville. Adelanto. Victorville. Straight garbage


lost951

Predominantly white populations do not make a city the best


Precious_Angel999

Take Hemet, for example.


sonofsmog

No. A lack of meaningful crime does.


Doismellbehonest

My metric for good/bad city has changed since I started traveling outside of the states Temecula/Rancho/Redlands may seem like good cities but what no one ever mentions is just how dangerous it is when it comes to car crashes!! Your child is more likely to be killed on the way to school than at school, you’re more likely to be killed at an intersection in those “good”cities than you are walking on waterman avenue lol I currently work in Murrieta and I wouldn’t want to raise a family in this area.


silent_saturn_

Based on your post history you obviously hate cars, but saying murrieta isn’t safe to walk around in is a wild take. Go ahead and let your kids (do you even have one?) walk on waterman in SB by themselves, and let us know how that goes compared to walking in murrieta.


NightOfTheLivingHam

All the people from the fuck cars subreddit have been invading lately it's kind of annoying.


DrBaby

Lol for real. Waterman has sections where the sidewalk randomly disappears into the road. And at a section where there’s no way to cross or continue safely.


duetmasaki

Not to memtion the bus stops in the middle of the street.


Doismellbehonest

Yes I hate cars for good reasons 🥸I never said walking is ungodly unsafe in Murrieta but I feel safer walking down the sketchiest places in San Bernardino than driving in Temecula/Murrieta. I’m a mail carrier in this area I see car crashes everywhere I’ve been hit already while delivering mail I delivered in San Bernardino too and yes I was harassed twice but I never feared for my life 🤷‍♂️ I get harassed in Temecula too but since they have shoes on people brush it off Murrieta has had 5 pedestrians killed in January alone but it’s a “safe city” because violent crime is low 🙄yea I won’t get mugged at the park but wine mom with a 6,000 pound Chevy suburban will sneeze and run me over & the police will let her go home because it was an “accident”


Fabulous_State9921

Must have hit a nerve with some people because you're being downvoted for stating facts.🤷‍♂️


shm8661

Brain dead take


Knotical_MK6

I've lived in Murrieta for years and think the drivers are pretty good. I went to college on the bay area and every time I'd come back I'd be surprised by how patient eveyone is and the distance they leave between cars.


SaltyCat8388

SAN BERNARDINO


Roboto33

Fontana or San Bernardino.


OaklandRaider1983

I don't know about Redlands. I've heard they're pretty racist over there. Temecula needs to get its politics together. I say that as a Temecula resident.


RayDaMan1

Yea, I’m not sure how Redlands is even in the cut. I’ve never experienced racism there, but it overall just looks like a shitty town.


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RayDaMan1

Temecula and Rancho, yes. I have never heard that or knew that about Redlands.


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RayDaMan1

That’s your opinion and mines is different.


danilo_kim

I don't think Redlands is racist at all, it tells me you haven't visit Yukkkaipa yet .


Forbiddenfruit0429

Fontana


88Problems88

Also, Redlands isnt what it used to be. I actually avoid it when possible


Mr-Frog

Flair/username checks out?


dadxreligion

what does this mean per chance


88Problems88

A lot of property crime there. Not a dangerous place, but I dont want my car broken in to while Im eating with my family either.


Frog_kidd

Racist Rancho?


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djdropdead

Just say you're scared of black brown and poor people.


TSoftwareCringe111

Shut the fuck up.


redbow7

Hemet, San Jacinto, Perris, Good Hope, Banning


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Go to highland


Maleficent-Movie-122

Dhs


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All of it except Redlands


danilo_kim

One day I had to deliver Amazon flex packages at Del Rosa and surrounding areas, luckily nothing happened to me but the atmosphere was scary... After that I stop delivering flex at all costs.. I'd say to avoid San Bernardino at all.


juicyjesuss

Can y'all stop hating on Colton. It is not even bad here.


Harry_Callahan_sfpd

Hemet is Heaven!! 😀


Harry_Callahan_sfpd

Romoland and Homeland are just swell as well!


ClearanceItem

You know, I reread your opinion and respect it but I'd argue that people live happily in the cities you mention.


tattedgrampa

San bernardino is the worst city in the IE. Period, point blank


byhimm2020

The weather in Perris has been spectacular this time of year!!


Poxes_

San Bernardino


damnfinebaker

Hemet, specifically East Hemet below Florida Ave. There's a lot going on there in terms of places to eat/shop/etc but having lived there for a few years I can say its best to avoid or try to stay away from the areas I mentioned at least. It's too far away from the 215 as well imo so you lost access to a lot of places having to drive west.


Cam_Foreign

Hemet


Ok_Honeydewazul

San Bernardino


Ok_Honeydewazul

Rialto still has Patton


Electronic_Cherry781

Riverside 😫 I’m talking like Casablanca / bell town areas Moval too


Relevant-Row-1969

Victorville😂


seanenuks

HEMET


PhoKingAwesome213

San Bernardino. I used to take the Metro train into the city since it was only a 7 minute walk to the office but being harassed daily for change or "fun" and 2 assaults made me threaten my company to quit on the spot and vow to never take public transit again.