Anyone commute from Corona to LA?

[pronstar]

So we've been looking at the housing market, what's available and what our hard-earned money can buy.
The wife and I both work right near LAX.

For the price of an average/decent home in the city (Huntington Beach-ish), I can get over a half-acre in Corona, not way off the 15 but just over the hill from Yorba Linda.

Some of these homes have amazing backyards with pools and rock slides, entertainer's paradises that are really not possible in "the city", or huge garages with 15-foot roll-up doors that can house both a big boat and an RV while still having half the garage empty.

Am I insane for actually considering moving to Corona and making the commute?
The wife may be able to work from home a few days a week, and I could shift my work hours to 10:30am -7pm.

 

[t&y]

Lol. If I had to take an educated guess on that one I would say your commute will be between 1 hour and 2 depending on what times you leave. A betting man would count on the 91 being F'd up in the morning between the 15 and 71 pretty much starting after 0530, good through the canyon, then congestion at the 57 and in westbound. Coming home, after 1500 your hitting east bound traffic from the 710 to the 5 and again past Yorba Linda to the 15.

As far as Corona and the I.E. are concerned, you can get a lot of property and house out here... cough cough I mean there for the money

 

[angiebaby]

If you don't mind wasting between 2-4 hours of your life every day, then go for it. You just have to weigh the options. Wasted time in the car or a nice backyard. Not saying one is more valuable than the other, it's to each his own.

Personally, I could never deal with the hours of my life wasted away. That's why I chose to work in Perris, where it's 9 miles away and I never have to get on a freeway.

Now, if you work odd hours, then you would have a better time, for sure.

 

[Cole Trickle]

Takes me 40 minutes using fast track door to door....tush hour

I work in tustin and live at the top of lincoln.

I love where i live and its Worth it to us. Driving to lax would be rough unless your schedle allowed it.

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[Phebus]

It will be like you're living in your car........

 

[HavasuHank]

i drive from corona to orange 15 times a month

driving to work at 430am doesnt suck ... but coming home at 530pm sucks donkey balls. driving to work at 430pm is fine and coming home at 530am is fine also.

you have to give and take Rob. the only way it would work perfectly is if you worked from home as well. i used to work in long beach ... the drive fucking sucked!!! ... but i only did it a few times a week.

 

[HavasuHank]

Yep. That is a horrible drive. The 91E from OC to IE, is terrible.:thumbsdown

after 330pm on a weekday sucks ass ... for the most part, any other time is usually fine.

the major point here is traffic in all of so cal sucks ... even in your OC.

 

[angiebaby]

after 330pm on a weekday sucks ass ... for the most part, any other time is usually fine.

the major point here is traffic in all of so cal sucks ... even in your OC.

No way. It's an hour to everything here, haven't you heard?

The train is actually a great idea, I'd forgotten about that. It goes right nearly to LAX, then hop on a bus the rest of the 4-5 blocks.

 

[pronstar]

I dunno if I would have a 2-hour (each way) commute if my work hours were from 10:30am -7pm...?
Plus I have Fastrak.

I'm thinking I would be missing the worst of it, and would be looking at about an hour or so each way?
An hour would be "best case" with no traffic, of course, but I think I'd miss a lot of it?

 

[pronstar]

No way. It's an hour to everything here, haven't you heard?

The train is actually a great idea, I'd forgotten about that. It goes right nearly to LAX, then hop on a bus the rest of the 4-5 blocks.

That rail line ends about a block from my office:thumbsup
Anyone have any idea how long the train takes?

 

[C-2]

In the grand scheme of things, the 91 freeway Eastbound from OC to the IE is not bad; simpply beacuase it's not too big of a stretch. Try Eastbound 60/10/210 from LA and it's like 3 separate 91 commutes all wrapped up in one Wifey just started commuting and found this out (the hard way).

The good news is there's a lot of options for getting into LAX from the IE. 10:30 you should be clear on the morning commute. 7:00 still puts you in a hit/miss traffic zone for the 91 commute. But, coming from LAX you have many, many different routes available. Everything from dropping down to the 22 if the EB 91 between Compton and OC is screwed; or jumping up to the 60/10 EB, or even the short 605 N to the S 5 to the EB 91 if traffic sucks on the 91 in LA County. 7:30...and by the time you reached the 91/55 you would be clear. Take a longer lunch.

Without traffic that's still about 1.25 hour drive, so that's a minimum 3 hour daily commute. Then there's the rain factor, which you're screwed pretty much anytime between 5:00 am to 9;00 p.m. What about the train/Metro Rail?

I used to testify A LOT; at least twice per week, for about 10 years, all on the 8:30 a.m. calendar at every courthouse in LA/OC county. The Inglewood courthouse was far (from Riverside), but there was a lot of routes in. the Santa Monica courthouse was the absolute worst - not too many way to squeek into the Westside without hitting major traffic.

You can do it if you are a patient person. I can sit in traffic for hours and it doesn't bother me...wifey, not so much.

 

[HavasuHank]

In the grand scheme of things, the 91 freeway Eastbound from OC to the IE is not bad; simpply beacuase it's not too big of a stretch. Try Eastbound 60/10/210 from LA and it's like 3 separate 91 commutes all wrapped up in one Wifey just started commuting and found this out (the hard way).

The good news is there's a lot of options for getting into LAX from the IE. 10:30 you should be clear on the morning commute. 7:00 still puts you in a hit/miss traffic zone for the 91 commute. But, coming from LAX you have many, many different routes available. Everything from dropping down to the 22 if the EB 91 between Compton and OC is screwed; or jumping up to the 60/10 EB, or even the short 605 N to the S 5 to the EB 91 if traffic sucks on the 91 in LA County. 7:30...and by the time you reached the 91/55 you would be clear. Take a longer lunch.

Without traffic that's still about 1.25 hour drive, so that's a minimum 3 hour daily commute. Then there's the rain factor, which you're screwed pretty much anytime between 5:00 am to 9;00 p.m. What about the train/Metro Rail?

I used to testify A LOT; at least twice per week, for about 10 years, all on the 8:30 a.m. calendar at every courthouse in LA/OC county. The Inglewood courthouse was far (from Riverside), but there was a lot of routes in. the Santa Monica courthouse was the absolute worst - not too many way to squeek into the Westside without hitting major traffic.

You can do it if you are a patient person. I can sit in traffic for hours and it doesn't bother me...wifey, not so much.

i pretty much agree with craig.

on top of that, you'll be closer to me ... thats a plus in itself :beer

 

[t&y]

I dunno if I would have a 2-hour (each way) commute if my work hours were from 10:30am -7pm...?
Plus I have Fastrak.

I'm thinking I would be missing the worst of it, and would be looking at about an hour or so each way?
An hour would be "best case" with no traffic, of course, but I think I'd miss a lot of it?

Those hours, your definately getting out of the heavy hours.... but honestly your optomistic with a 1 hour commute unless you plan on driving 80+ the entire way door to door.

I used to live in La Habra Heights. Awesome location, real quiet, out of the rat pack, etc.... When I moved out this direction I was dreading the drive. I was suprised when the difference was about 10 minutes because you seem to be much closer to freeways and the roads seem better equipt to handle the traffic.

When I come home I can either take the 60 or the 91. I'm about equal distance between both. It takes me the same amount of time on the 60 in the Carpool lane as it does the 91 Carpool and non-Fast Track.

If you go the the beach a lot it will suck. If you go to havasu or the river... your 45 minutes ahead and you don't deal with the crunch at the 60/57 or 91/Imperial everytime. Makes it pretty nice.

 

[boatnam2]

I did the corona to long beach commute for 10 years, never didn't seemed that bad when i had a nice home to come home to. About a hour drive most days, looking back it was a lot of wasted time i could of been doing other things but its doable for sure. I drove out to riverside the other day and was thinking while doing it, how in the fuck did i make this drive for 10 years half the time after working a 12 hour night shift.

 

[fmo24]

We talked about this same thing. Lots of house for the money out that way. Decided against it and bought a house off of bellflower and spring. Love the area, 2nd street is still close , 20 miles to work (El Segundo). I don't think I could do that drive every day.

 

[pronstar]

Bad news is the Prius doesn't get me in the carpool lane if I'm alone.
But I could get a CNG Civic that would allow it, plus I could fill it up for cheap at home...

I get about 30 vacation days per year, so for any given weekend I want to go to the river/Havasu, or riding in the desert, I'm that much closer and I can take Friday and Monday off.

The funny thing is, there are people living in Palos Verdes, the valley, and Pasadena who work where I work, and they have 1 hour+ commutes as well (working 9-5). Traffic is the killer, not distance. I'd be getting varying degrees of both.

I think the commute would kill me, I really cant believe we're contemplating this...but $500k buys a lot of home in the IE, and not much as you move west.

 

[LAVEYNICK]

i drive from rancho to the 405 and manchester everyday...am hour to get there and a hour and 45 min to get home not to bad

 

[HavasuHank]

Bad news is the Prius doesn't get me in the carpool lane if I'm alone.
But I could get a CNG Civic that would allow it, plus I could fill it up for cheap at home...

I get about 30 vacation days per year, so for any given weekend I want to go to the river/Havasu, or riding in the desert, I'm that much closer and I can take Friday and Monday off.

The funny thing is, there are people living in Palos Verdes, the valley, and Pasadena who work where I work, and they have 1 hour+ commutes as well (working 9-5). Traffic is the killer, not distance. I'd be getting varying degrees of both.

I think the commute would kill me, I really cant believe we're contemplating this...but $500k buys a lot of home in the IE, and not much as you move west.

putting up with the traffic for 3 day work weeks doesnt sound all that bad does it?

you hit the nail on the head Rob, traffic is the killer. not the distance. in my opinion, you are correct.

once again, i did the drive from long beach from my old house in ontario and for the most part, it sucked. it's a give and take situation.

you gotta ask yourself if you'll have a better way of life (aside from the traffic). if you work the 1030-1830 shift, it'll help.

 

[Gelcoater]

I dunno if I would have a 2-hour (each way) commute if my work hours were from 10:30am -7pm...?
Plus I have Fastrak.

I'm thinking I would be missing the worst of it, and would be looking at about an hour or so each way?
An hour would be "best case" with no traffic, of course, but I think I'd miss a lot of it?

If you use the fast track and run those hours(10:30-7) it should be an hour.Most folks have gotten to where they need to be by 9:30-10.
I don't do that drive exactly,but for me going to Irwindale av and the 210 from the 91 and Van Buren it goes like this....leave at 7:30 am and get there at 9:30,or,leave at 9 get there at 10.
It has been the same deal when I have gone to LB,your 10:30 plan is good.Only other option is to be in LA by 5:30-6 am to beat the traffic.

 

[Cole Trickle]

Traffic in general sucks unless you can afford to live in the city you work.

I lived by the orange circle and worked in irvine by the district and it still took half an hour.

Moved to garden grove and it took an hour

Moved to Aliso video and it took 45 minutes

I would rather fast track/toll road the 91 then deal with the orange crush or 405/5 interchange.

Moved to foothill ranch and it took me 45 minutes to get to Tustin on the toll road.

Now it's 40 minutes to corona and IMO a better drive......like mentioned it was the sacrifice I made for my family. 500k condo with a 5x8 patio and your neighbors on top of you in south oc or a 1/4 acre lot rv parking with a 3 car garage for the same price.

For me it was a no brainier....love my neighborhood and the fact that there is no snobby BMW driving starbucks fanatics near by

 

[rivrrts429]

I also appreciate not paying someone to store my boat, my RV, and never worry about parking. a 1/2 acre does wonders for your psychie. I even had the builder plum me a dump station and power so coming home from the desert I clean out where I park my RV.

There's alot of positive's and alot of negative's. One overturned tanker in the canyon and your screwed. A person hit while walking along the tracks and your screwed. Your patience will definitely be tested :skull

 

[Cole Trickle]

Definitely all great points.:thumbsup

When I lived in Irvine, I was only 10mins to work, but was paying $1,550/month for a 525sq ft apt off Jamboree/Bryan.:thumbsdown

Now I live 13miles from work, I try to stay off the 241. I normally just take surface streets home, and hit every red light. Takes 30mins Lol.:thumbsdown

You're so right about condo living in South OC. If I open my blinds, I'm looking directly into my neighbor's living room, and when I open my front door, my neighbor's front porch is right in front of me.:grumble: Zero privacy, and I've looked at the beautiful neighborhood's in Corona recently, I guess I'm just super worried about that commute.:thumbsdown

It's the trip down the hill to the 5 that killed me....if you made the lights it would take 30 mins. Get a bad patch of reds and your screwed. For 2 years I lived in foothill and worked in ram...that was awesome

Your single and should be at the beach enjoying life

Only old rich people live in rsm. I liked the area but it's not that hip...lol

We got super lucky with our neighborhood everyone is our age with kids ans similar beliefs and interests.....

I couldn't live much further down the 91 or off the 15. I get off at green river so my actuall time on the 91 is about 1000 feet

 

[OCMerrill]

You will grind down automobiles. So be prepared to buy extras. Your truck wont care.

Fastrak at peak is what? $495.00 each way? LOL

 

[Cole Trickle]

You will grind down automobiles. So be prepared to buy extras. Your truck wont care.

Fastrak at peak is what? $495.00 each way? LOL

It cost me about $300 a month

 

[angiebaby]

I dunno if I would have a 2-hour (each way) commute if my work hours were from 10:30am -7pm...?
Plus I have Fastrak.

I'm thinking I would be missing the worst of it, and would be looking at about an hour or so each way?
An hour would be "best case" with no traffic, of course, but I think I'd miss a lot of it?

I didn't read your whole post the first time. Yes, those hours would be much better. You still might hit it, but less often. Jeff just drove to Santa Ana and the freeway was stopped before the 15/91 interchange and stop and go all the way to the 55. 2 hours from Corona to Orange . . . at 10 a.m. But it's certainly not like that all the time. You never can tell, though.

Those hours, your definately getting out of the heavy hours.... but honestly your optomistic with a 1 hour commute unless you plan on driving 80+ the entire way door to door.

I don't know, it takes us a little over an hour and a half to get from Menifee to LAX when we have a decent flight time. Won't in two weeks, though, when the plane leaves at 9 a.m. on a Friday. Ugh. We'll probably leave at 6.

No, really, everything in So Cal is only an hour away, LMAO.

 

[HavasuHank]

It cost me about $300 a month

Baller. Lol.

I think I pay $120 every couple of months, but then again I only use it after I work a day shift, and I only work day shift about 7 times a month.

 

[pronstar]

i drive from rancho to the 405 and manchester everyday...am hour to get there and a hour and 45 min to get home not to bad

What time do you get to/leave work?

 

[pronstar]

I also appreciate not paying someone to store my boat, my RV, and never worry about parking. a 1/2 acre does wonders for your psychie. I even had the builder plum me a dump station and power so coming home from the desert I clean out where I park my RV.

There's alot of positive's and alot of negative's. One overturned tanker in the canyon and your screwed. A person hit while walking along the tracks and your screwed. Your patience will definitely be tested :skull

The storage is what I'm thinking about. Once we get a boat, and a bigger toy hauler, I'm looking at around $400/month for indoor storage (I will never again store things outside). Throw that $400/month into a mortgage and it gets you a nicer home.

putting up with the traffic for 3 day work weeks doesnt sound all that bad does it?

you hit the nail on the head Rob, traffic is the killer. not the distance. in my opinion, you are correct.

once again, i did the drive from long beach from my old house in ontario and for the most part, it sucked. it's a give and take situation.

you gotta ask yourself if you'll have a better way of life (aside from the traffic). if you work the 1030-1830 shift, it'll help.

Yeah your hours have a lot of pros to go with the cons:thumbsup
Plus if I lived near you I could simply drink your beer and save a ton of dough

 

[Bobby V]

Make the drive both ways at the times you would be traveling to work and see if you can take the traffic.

 

[wishiknew]

i drive from rancho to the 405 and manchester everyday...am hour to get there and a hour and 45 min to get home not to bad

:thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup

 

[HOOTER SLED-]

Corona sucks. Don't move here.

 

[djunkie]

No comment.

 

[HOOTER SLED-]

No comment.

Working your hours would be fine. You're just a puss. :skull

 

[djunkie]

Working your hours would be fine. You're just a puss. :skull

Right.

 

[HOOTER SLED-]

I live about 1.5 miles from Pole Tickle. South of the 91...West of the 15. I drove 45 miles to Bell Gardens for about 5 years. Wasn't bad for me when I was going in at 4am. I was usually leaving for home between 1 and 1:45pm. Most days were not bad at all. About 50 minutes. Drove right through with small hiccups. Friday was always the worst day. Sometimes Thursdays were a little busier too. So by the time I was getting near the 241, it was roughly 2pm. Most days were clear. Typically the congestion or slowing down (maybe 65ish) started just after the 241 bend. I would just slide all the way to the right and it would always flow right through, especially after they widened it. I still always got off on Green River and went home the backway. Unless it was wide open and I was going like 70-75 near Green River. Now for the first year we lived out here..... I was going in at 9am. Typically heading home around 5 or 6. Somedays were bad. Some days were OK. The pinch is between the 710 and the 605. Once you pass the 605, it opens up. And if you use Fastrak, usually no big. Fridays always sucked. I think it's the worst heading East from the 55 on between the hours of 3:30 and 5:30.

If your hours can be altered, it may not be that bad. Personally, I don't think I'd wanna travel further than what I did. So for me, LAX I'd say no. That 105 from the 605 West sucks!! It's too narrow. I'd probably take the 91 all the way to the 110 N to the 105.

For me, just like Brandin said, for what we got in a house out here was worth it when I'd get home to our cozy lil house and backyard. We dig South Corona. :thumbsup

 

[Phebus]

So, to sum it up, if you leave at 4am and don't come home until 8pm you will be fine.

 

[Cole Trickle]

Lets see how it goes....at ontario and rimpau just dropped the kid off.

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[RIVERDAZE]

We thought about this about 5 years ago and my commute would have been from the basically Toms Farms to Brea. 6am - 4pm
I have some friends that live about a mile from where we would have bought and moved in for a week to see if I could handle it.
It took me 3 days to just say HELL NO!!!!

My advise would be the same, move in with a buddy or rent a hotel in the area for a week or 2 and do the commute. You are making a large investment and this would be peanuts that could save you a ton of money. The other thing that was huge for me was getting home to the kids to coach sports and make practices etc. Just couldn't justify it.

 

[musicFunsun]

2 hour train ride, Rancho Cucamonga to Hollywood & Vine. Metro was the easy part but it only takes you into Union Station. From there you have to take the Red or Blue Line, probably several to get to LAX. Other than a root canal or going to the Gynecologist I can't think of anything worse than riding the under ground LA subway
Most of the "normal" people exit at Pershing square or the first few stops from Union Station, staying on the train past that was always downright scary!!!

 

[whiteworks]

You might want to check out upland/alta Loma, for $500k you can get a nice pad. You have 3 major arteries heading east and west 210/10/60 instead of the 91 death march lol. If I have to get on a freeway I don't leave my house/shop until after 9:00 and rarely sit in traffic.

 

[Cole Trickle]

Made it..

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[Bobby V]

Made it..

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How do we know your really at work. :headscratch:

 

[Cole Trickle]

How do we know your really at work. :headscratch:

call me...lol

There is no way I could drive to LAX everyday at the time I work.

There is also no way I would live off the 15 fwy or further down the 91......I really like South Corona and the fact that I am baced into the hills and can look down on the valley and mt baldy

 

[richp5]

Late to the party but my two cents is get a motorcycle. I ride from Weir Canyon to 110/Rosecrans (40 miles) between 9:30/10 am and it takes 50 min-hour and maybe one day every few weeks there's no traffic. Leave for home around 5 pm and I'm splitting lanes 3/4 of the time and takes about 1 1/4 hours. I cracked a rib a month ago and had to drive for a week - it was the worst. It rains about 5 work days a year where you might not want to ride (light stuff is okay). Great gas mileage and cause your riding time seems to pass by faster. It can get dangerous out there though.

 

[Nord]

For the money you will be saving for the bigger property, you may concider fastrack for your commute home. I live off greenriver and my commute at 9:20am is 20-25 minutes at the most. My commute home not using fastrack at 6pm is anywhere between 25 minutes to 45 minutes. I'm cheap and don't use fastrack unless I'm leaving around 5pm. If your buying past Greenriver road then you will be sitting either on the 91 or on Ontario street which is the street that everyone takes to kind of parellel per say the freeway. ITs very slow moving.

 

[pronstar]

We would definitely "try out" the commute should we get serious about the move. My wife grew up in Norco so she wouldn't mind the drive, especially if see was working from home most days.

No way in hell a motorcycle would be an option for me. Not in LA traffic everyday. I've witnessed a few accidents and they've left a lasting impression...

Its interesting how that little stretch of the 91 thru green river completely changes the housing market.


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[HOOTER SLED-]

call me...lol

There is no way I could drive to LAX everyday at the time I work.

There is also no way I would live off the 15 fwy or further down the 91......I really like South Corona and the fact that I am baced into the hills and can look down on the valley and mt baldy

yup... I think we are in the perfect spot. :thumbsup Just far enough so the traffic is tolerable. If considering this area, I would not want to be up or down the 15 at all. Moving to Eastvale would add 20+ minutes (plus it stinks there )... down towards Tom's Farms or even further... add another 20+ minutes just for a few miles. Funny how some peeps say the 91 is the worst. I've traveled them all through rush hours. I'd take the 91 anyday over the 5N, 60, or 10 going towards downtown. :thumbsdown

 

[HOOTER SLED-]

We would definitely "try out" the commute should we get serious about the move. My wife grew up in Norco so she wouldn't mind the drive, especially if see was working from home most days.

No way in hell a motorcycle would be an option for me. Not in LA traffic everyday. I've witnessed a few accidents and they've left a lasting impression...

Its interesting how that little stretch of the 91 thru green river completely changes the housing market.


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I would guess the reason is more because of the fact that it is RIVERSIDE County past there. If you ever want to check out some spots up here, I'd be more than happy to show you some areas. Good reason to get together and have a beer. :champagne:

 

[HOOTER SLED-]

So, to sum it up, if you leave at 4am and don't come home until 8pm you will be fine.

LOl...... Leaving at 5am isn't that bad. 6am is probably as far as I would want to go if riding solo. Most days will not be bad. Now if there is an accident or something, that is a different story. Amazing how shitty things get even if there is just a lil fender bender not even in lanes. :thumbsdown

 

[Deleted Account]

I live down in Horsethief off the 15 and Indian Truck Trail. Yep it's about 20 minutes further. I drive to a different job every day, so if I'm on the 91 I leave pretty early to try an get back early as well. I'm in SD as much as LA so I like my commute just fine.

Also have a nice 11 y/o house, 4 car garage and a half acre lot. I also like to shoot a lot and can do this a mile from my house on a buddys ranch, anytime I want. We've met some awesome friends out here. We moved out here from Foothill Ranch.