Avoid Moving to Torrance California Unless You Can Handle These 7 Things

Are you thinking about moving to Torrance California? Well before making that move you are going to want to listen to this video. Torrance is a wonderful city in the Southbay of Los Angeles but moving to Torrance California is a big decision so you are going to want to be informed about what it's like living in Torrance and find out if you can handle these things before moving to Torrance California.

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[ShiraAdatto]

Even with all this Torrance is still a great place to live. Which neighborhood in Torrance would you like a breakdown of?

[williamjacobs]

No mention of Toyota moving their US headquarters out of Torrance, CA to Texas and taking a lot of supporting business with them. California is not business friendly. Torrance is also west of a large oil refinery and areas full of people living in dilapidated motor homes. Drive east of Torrance not just west and south experience this.

[JayBobJayBob]

As a third generation California native, I’ve always found the earthquakes, a bit fun, including the minute long violent shaker of the Whittier earthquake, which I experienced in Whittier. The buildings are built to stave off shakers per Law. This New York native does not have a depth of California love and comes across as someone who should be running around Walmart screeching at people.

[LisaGallegos]

Grew up in Torrance! South high school graduate ❤ great place to live!

[vicc]

Lived here for about 40 years. Gotta say … I get a kick out of some of the negative comments here.

No part of Torrance is lily white. Oodles of Asians and Latins live here.

Our PD is great. Call them and they come in a reasonable amount of time. And they cooperate with all the other PDs in the area.

Weather is awesome. The only negative is June Gloom. Obviously not for you if you want 4 seasons, though.

Not a lot of smog … the refineries are in the east part of town. And the ocean breezes blow it all inland.

Beaches are great. I prefer RAT beach to all others in the SoBay. And you can park nearby any time!

Schools are great. The teachers are great and the parents involved.

It’s actually quite walkable. But it’s suburban. And there is LOTS of great bike riding nearby on the beach and in PV.

[lh]

Thank you for the great video! Very informative.

[Imjustbored]

I live up in north Torrance and I can say if your looking to be more near the freeway or have more races in the area north is pretty much the way to go. If you live in south Torrance you'll just see straight up white people. If you go West Torrance still straight up Whites but you'll also see a lot of Asians. Old Torrance is still a lot of whites but you do see more Hispanics and blacks the closer you are to Western Blvd. North is where you see African American's, Hispanic's, Whites, Asians, and Muslim's and Indians and all that. You basically got a lot of races and ethnicities over here. In North Torrance we do have a lot of apartments mainly around 182nd, Crenshaw, and Yukon. We are next to the Torrance Refinery so I can say the air is more polluted over here. But I can say one thing and that is that in Torrance there isn't much to really do like its pretty boring and stuff not much happens. You don't really got anything much to do at night if your like younger in your 20's. The city itself is more or less just a place where people like to settle down and stuff but I can say this, Redondo is better looking then Torrance but is way more expensive but if your looking for not so higher prices try Hawthorne, Inglewood and Gardena one of the 3 neighboring and close cities.

[dalaniekolakowski]

I live in West Torrance & agree with everything u said💕 I would add that there are more & more homeless in the South Bay every year. You were SPOT ON with everything u said😘

[nicholasschroeder]

Having grown up there in the 60s and 70s, I'd go along with most of this. It was a lot like the Wonder Years, but as you sequed into your teens, Borrance was a term you could relate to. Two things I'd strongly disagree with, however. Compared with the natural disaster's the rest of the country and the world faces, earthquakes are a very occasional nuisance.(they're actually kind of exciting). To my knowledge, no one has lost their life to an earthquake in Torrance for at least the 60 years of my lifetime. As for the weather, well, if you want seasons, yeah, it's not the place for you, but if nearly year round T shirt in the daytime seems a burden, then I really don't know what to tell you. If you like doing outdoor stuff, then there's hardly a day where the weather will interfere or even has to be considered. As for the chilliness of May Gray and June Gloom, she's overblown it by a mile. It's just frustrating because you're anxious for real summer to begin. I swim bareback in the ocean year round here: the water dips into the high 50s in winter and spring, but it really isn't that bad--very doable. It's a suburb primarily built postwar centered around cars and big housing tracts for defense workers. It's kinda bland, but it has perfect weather--in my view--and it's safe. If her caveats really bother you, then coastal Southern California really isn't for you because it's pretty much the same story from LA to the border.

[johnwakamatsu]

I was born and raised in Los Angeles and the greatest reason to live here is the weather. I know the cost of living is high, but you cannot buy the weather. I have been to 25 cities in the US and the weather is number one on my list. I had to attend a class in Chicago during the winter time and the cold weather plus the wind off Lake Michigan was too much for me.

[matteovisconi]

really nice video, last year i was an exchange student and I happened to be collocated in Torrance. I lived there for six months and I personally think that most of the downsides you've pointed out are actually true, still being an amazing place to stay tho. For example, coming from Milan, one of the most polluted areas in Europe, Torrance's air quality seemed like a breeze for me, in the meantime, the fact that I couldn't go anywhere without a car really influenced my experience, comparing to Europe where most of the big cities are based on driving limitations to allow people to walk more. Also, the fact that everything seemed so far apart from my place disturbed me a little. Talking about school, teachers where very nice, even if I expected harder tests or subjects. Despite that, I had the time of my life there and I'd really want to come back, considering the fact that no place is hundred percent perfect, and I miss Torrance's weather so much!!! have a good day<3

[TheActiveAssault]

I bought my first house a few years ago in West Torrance ant age 28. First generation American. The VA home loan helped a lot.

Anyway, I grew up in Torrance realized there is NO PEACE in the South Bay. I started looking in Redondo, PV, even San Clemente (lived there when I was in the Marines) and opted to leave So Cal entirely.

Sold it after a year and moved up to a small town on the central coast called Pacific Grove. Here there is peace.

[cjschicagobwi]

Thank you kindly. You re an eloquent and down to earth effective speaker. I enjoyed your insights and knowledge on Torrance. I am now considering Encinitas instead.

[davissae]

I live in PV and Torrance is great! All kinds of neighborhoods and the old downtown is very compact and virtually unknown to others in LA county.

[toiseywoisey]

You didn’t mention the influx of homeless in nearly all the parks, bus bench’s, parking lots and on the streets.

[trout]

* I STILL REMEMBER JEFF BARTUS AND HIS FEEDING THE DUCKS ROUTINE AT ALONDRA PARK

[Loren]

Left torrance in jan. Still own a home. Looking fwd to cash out. Its gross now

[chrisbrimhall]

Walkable is more for city living not suburbs

[drunvert]

One other thing to mention about Torrance is they have a real hard ass permitting process for remodeling.

[haotengma-ltuh]

Thanks for so many details about Torrance! Is that possible to have a compare list between Redondo Beach and Torrance on the six items you just talked in the video to see any difference between these cities? I have heard that there were a lot of wells in Torrance area which may have environmental or earthquake concerns for living there. Also for Redondo beach, someone says the air is smelly in the area near the industry facilities. Are these true?