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They're known for horse racing, birds and nature, but Arcadia has another claim to fame as one of the BusinessWeek's Best Places to Raise Your Kids 2009. Based on a variety of factors from school performance to diversity and air quality, considered cities had to have at least 50,000 residents and a median family income between $40,000 and $100,000. "Wouldn't exactly say Arcadia is 'affordable'--much of the homes start at $1 million. The high schools students' cars rivals their teachers," an LAist tipster wrote in an e-mail. "But hey--there are peacocks!" Diamond Bar and Monterey Park follow the San Gabriel Valley city as runners up.
Best Place in CA to Raise Your Kid: Arcadia
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They weigh school performance heavily, but does that mean people should use that as a measure of where they should raise their kids?
Is the school performance high because the school (faculty, facilities, etc) is good or because the student body is 65% asian.
Yeah I live in the Monterey Park area and drive through Arcadia once in awhile. Some of those homes are up in the millions if not at lease $700k so I hope they don't mean housing.
not just any asian... chinese. chinese make the best neighbors. vietnamese, on the other hand, do not.
That's a pretty bold statement tp4free. I hope you're at least talking from personal experience and not just generalizing.
Arcadia can suck on my BALLS.
that is a pretty bold statement alex
i went to loyola high school downtown where we literally had students from every neighborhood in los angeles...ranging from compton to malibu. there was a ton of kids from the pasadena/san gabriel valley area. i remember specifically not liking most of the kids from arcadia and monrovia. if there was a young republicans group at my school, they would've been part of it.
Can somebody please explain to me how a city with a median income somewhere between $40k and $100k has homes that start at $1m? Even if the median income was right at $100k, how can people at that income bracket afford housing that STARTS at $1m?
Arcadia wasn't ALWAYS 700k-1m for homes. When I was a kid, it was more reasonable to buy a home there. And Chinese parents will do practically anything to get their kids into a good school district.