Best place to live in Calif. (for poker)

[Met Knup]

I want to live and play poker in California.

I prefer to live in a non-Urban area with reasonable traffic and cost of living.

I prefer to have good loose profitable games (at least 10/20) nearby, and a selection of nearby rooms to choose from.

What location best fits those two preferences?

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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reasonable traffic and cost of living.

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Good luck with that.

[Ryno]

Off the top of my head, you could look at Long Beach and Torrance for the LA area casinos. Rents have skyrocketed both here and in SF over the last 8 years, so you'll have to define "reasonable" cost of living better.

[Stinglikeabee]

I'd definitely say Southern California is better. Torrance is a decent neighborhood with Hollywood Park about 30 mins. away and other places maybe 40-45 minutes. There is always traffic in LA, not sure where you're coming from. Rent is not gonna be cheap either. Don't live in a awful neighborhood to save a hundred or two off of the rent.

[megabit]

You might want to think about Riverside / San Bernardino counties and play the indian casinos. Not as big as the LA cardrooms but the cost of living is lower and the traffic isn't as bad (not that I would call it good).

Pechanga in Temecula now has a 54 table room. Lake Elsinor has 20 - 30 tables but doesn't spread very big limits most the time.

Mike

[Asufiji2004]

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You might want to think about Riverside / San Bernardino counties and play the indian casinos.

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Worst idea ever. Riverside is ghetto. It will be a long drive to Pechanga from Riverside. The 15/215 have gotten out of hand. Your best bet is to live in Long Beach, near the Campus. My place last year was 1260 a month for a two storty 2bd/2ba apartment. It was gated as most complexes are down there. Close to the freeway, within 10 mins of the Hawaiian gardens over 100 tables and about 30 mins from the Commerce which is the biggest card room in the world.

[TheMetetron]

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California...reasonable traffic and cost of living.

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Have you ever been to California?

[Stinglikeabee]

Riverside is hardly even allowed to be considered California. And the smog is horrendous. Nothing to do out there.

[shant]

Try the valley?

Glendale, Burbank, Pasadena and you're only about 15 min drive from Commerce.

Or, Culver City, Palms, Miracle Mile, North Hollywood.

Except, all these places are pretty expensive to live in, and there is traffic everywhere regardless of where you live.

You should give price range and what you're looking to rent or buy so we can give you better details.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

Oceanside is relatively cheap for the area and you could camp out at Ocean's Eleven all day every day.