Anyone reading this anymore. I'm in the real estate business in the AV, mostly eastside foothill country. Lets talk about todays AV land values.

Wow...I wonder how I came across this? Interesting to read Jenny from Dec. '05 suggest that it may be a good idea to move to Iowa if the changes in AV arent to your liking. I lived in Lancaster from 1959 to 1994, when I moved to Iowa. I moved away because my beloved hometown no longer exists. I don't mean it simply changed, grew...the place actually ceased to exist. Someone slapped the old town names on top of an entirely different world. It's a world of poverty, desperation and fear. I go back to visit because I have family there and once in awhile I still smell the wet alphalfa in the early morning. Sometimes the poppies are so incredible it's possible to mistake it for home. I mourn for the days when no one wanted anything to do with that God-forsaken windy, dusty little town in north L.A. County....but those of us who lived there wanted everything to do with each other.

Stop complaining about the crime, it's everywhere now. We live in Los Angeles county, get used 2 it. I agree with jenny. If u dont like this place, MOVE. Nobody told you u have 2 live here, and there are cheaper places to live elsewhere anyway. So don't let that be your excuse on why not to move. Another thing, as the world population goes up, the population of Lancaster/Palmdale goes up, Therefore more industrialization/ urbanization will be brought here, so stop complaining about the cities getting to big. Matter a fact, let them get bigger. If you really want to stay in the Antelope Valley, and not worry about crime and city life, MOVE TO MOJAVE, or some other unincorperated city, i'm tired of people that sit & complain and do nothing about it. If you dont know what to do, take my advice. (stay or leave). By the way mic, if I were you, I would live on the eastside. Why? There are 2 reasons why. 1) the west side of Palmdale is mainly on a faultline. dont let ur eyes fool you. check the geogrphy of the land. And 2) there is still crime on the westside, so just think about it, all the cops will pay attention to the east and not the west, the stations are in the eastern portion of the A.V. anyways, so think about how long it would take the cops to get to your residence if a crime were to have happen in your area. So to all the haters in the valley, God bless. ( written by a 16 year old who has some sense)

It seems like the same thing is happening all over again here.

How much does a 1 acre lot cost nowadays in Antelope Valley?

Whats the crime rate in the AV? It can't be as bad as some other places right? I know there's a site that shows all the city's crime rates but I don't remember the site's name. I hear a lot from people that AV isn't a great place to live, but I sort of like it. One of the main arguments from these said people is the crime rate is high, but I'm sure it's not as bad as some places right?

Old Palmdale Cemetery. Who owns it now? The City? I had been told that someone bought it for back taxs. I find that hard to beleve. I am very interested in this Cemetery as both of my Great Grandparents and my GrendParents are buried there.

Subversion of Rural Innocence and/or The raping of the Antelope Valley

https://www.avenue-s.org/flashfraudalert.html
https://www.avenue-s.org/theponzi.html
https://www.avenue-s.org

and who gets to pay for their crimes? we all do!!!

Edited by author 02-21-2007 03:52 PM
I'm now blogging the Antelope Valley on Le Blog Exuberance:

http://leblog.exuberance.com/antelope_valley/

Photos and discussion of L.A. County's Antelope Valley. Feel free to comment on posts!

The web location of the original article has changed:

http://radicalurbantheory.com/mjalbert/AntelopeValley/

(rut.com is no longer used; update bookmarks to http://radicalurbantheory.com)

A very intriguing article and discussion. I share sentiments about the amount of natural resources that are being consumed in the Valley, especially water. It seems like while the issues related to crime could be more prone to occur in certain areas, the problems with high water use may be caused in greater proportions by residents in different areas who are trying to maintain large lush green lawns in a dry, hot and windy environment. I don't think many people would argue policing dollars are better spent to control crimes against humanity rather than citing residents who waste water on their yards, but aside from that type of enforcement I wonder what it will take to reduce the amount of water that is being used to maintain the appearances of the "nicer" areas. I'd like to hear from others who live in the Valley of the efforts government or the water companies could take or messages that would provoke change in residents to curb the unusually high amounts of water that average families use.

All I can say is, amen Matthew.

I am so insulted. Have you people ever lived anywhere else, besides one room apartments housing TVs constantly tuned into MTV Cribs or Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous? There isn't a community in California with a population size and comparable individual income like ours that is any better off. Give me the name of a city that doesn't have a meth lab and gangsters in it that wasn't built up in the last five years and then you can complain to me about how the AV hasn't lived up to your ridiculously idealistic expectations. The AV isn't the ONLY PLACE that has changed since the 70s--the whole rest of the world is in the 21st century now. There are cops in OTHER so-called "NICER" areas and the sort of crime they deal with every day is the same.

My point is, compared to the rest of Southern California, it is NOT that bad. If you're counting on something like the Big Bad Earthquake of Doom to take you out, move to Iowa, to another less-than-ritzy location you can pick apart because you don't have anything better to moan about. If you don't like it, LEAVE.

I had purchased a 2.5-acre land in Avenue C 42nd Street West.
Could somebody provide me any details or development going on around that area?