i was born and raised in southern california, mainly the san gabriel valley, santa clarita valley and glendale area. i love it here, 90% of my extended family lives here and all my friends are here. however, it is getting to expensive for my immediate family and i and we struggle every month. i suppose we could move out to the boonies like palmdale or ontario where property is cheaper, but those areas are way to far to commute to and from work aside from the fact, those place are extremely boring. we’ve considered moving to other areas in the nation, but every city we look into just doesn’t measure up to socal for us. any suggestions as to what might be comparable areas but not as expensive around the nation, or better yet, anyone know of some inexpensive areas to live in l.a. county that isn’t either a really bad area or the boonies? or does and area like this even exist?