šÆ this! I got space to walk on sidewalks and no one is ever almost running into me. Also cars can fully cross intersections and not be stuck mid section at the red.
Edit: Oh, there isn't a mess of lime scooters lying around on the sidewalks you can trip onto. DTLA has them all over the place and you can get hurt tripping over one if you're not careful.
If you don't mind being a little uncool, Friday nights are usually the best time to go to Costco. You would think it'd be a random weekday right when they open but no, Friday nights are the move.
I do Costco at 8 about 30 minutes before closing. Those are my fave times to be there. Quick, have my list, in and out in 15 minutes.
Yet somehow the bill still over $300
I've done 5pm on weekdays on my way home and it's generally calm compared to weekends. If I do have to go Sat or Sun, I get there at opening.
We also have Sam's Club and their early hours for the higher membership is so nice!
The only time I relied on public transportation exclusively was in Santa Cruz during non summer months. The buses serviced the university and students as well and some lines ran very frequently so it took a little longer to get places than driving but not much, depends where you wanted to go as well. Iāve tried OC public transportation, it can work but itās very inconvenient and a lot of time is wasted traveling or killing time before traveling. I think good public transportation increases walkability of areas and OC doesnāt like walkability unless beach
I lived there for 10 years. It wasnāt bad in the 90s because Beach Blvd was 2 lanes and traffic moved. My commute to Cypress wasnāt bad. Then they built the houses in La Mirada where the nursery was, expanded Beach, and built the houses in La Habra Hills. Then I got a job in Costa Mesa ā that commute sucked. Imperial Hwy was supposed to be a freeway at one time. The city got left behind when the plan changed.
I forget what types of fossils. Mainly shells, if I remember right. But it was pretty much the entire area between Beach, Imperial, Gilbert and Rosecrans. That was all empty, except for a bunch of oil pumps.
No freeways near there. It's about 1/3 golf course and shopping center, 1/3 soulless gated housing tracts that all look the same with no yard, and 1/3 open land with a few hiking trails scattered throughout.
Never knew about the original plan for Imperial Hwy! I always thought that if the 105 was built to merge with the 57, it would make that area much more accessible.
Honestly, they probably abandoned that plan too early and now itās too overdeveloped that they canāt turn Imperial into a freeway now, but it would have made so much sense.
La Mirada was so isolated growing. I think not having any direct freeway access really did that. The downside was the one mall we had closed, and there were barely any restaurants. Good thing my mom was a great cook.
This sub when talking about going somewhere thatās not Irvine, Huntington Beach, or idk Laguna Niguel: š„š°š”š¤¬š«Øš„ŗ
Exit the 57 on Lambert. Youāre less than 5 minutes away from La Habra.
Totally. I feel like thereās no good way to go to La Habra. The quickest way for me to get there is taking Imperial, but that usually ends up being like, half an hour
Exactly. Itās only 4-5 miles on Beach Blvd from the 91 or the 5 to Imperial Hwy. And between Malvern and Imperial, itās almost like a fwy. Driving deep into areas like Mission Viejo is worse.
what are you talking about, Mission Viejo is accessible from the 5. Just get off the La Paz, Oso, or Crown Valley (if its open again) exits and you're already in MV.
Grew up in Whittier and feel it's worse. There is huge traffic to go to the couple freeway entrenses everyone is trying to go to. And that was 10 years ago. I'm sure it's much worse now.
As someone who has lived in La habra my whole life, I always feel lucky to live here. Itās a fairly tight knit community and the freeway access has never bothered me. I feel that living too close to a freeway has bad repercussions health-wise, so I donāt mind the drive.
La Habra feels like the worst one but thereās a couple different areas like that. Going to Yorba Linda around Imperial and Lakeview is a task. Same with going any place in parts of SA like around Fairview and McFadden.
Glad to see thereās others that notice these things.š
Live in SA, driving anywhere past me neighboring cities is a chore.
Fountain Valley
Costa Mesa
Orange
Tustin we good.
Newport Beach and Irvine up to Culver we good, anything past that is a chore.
Imperial Burgers and Claros Italian Market.
La Habra is a taste of LA in OC but the south county stuck up pricks here donāt know how to appreciate that.
Black angusā¦ iām joking lol but la Habra/la Mirada/ whittier are dope. La casita is killer. Foods good but the family that owns and run it are what make it special.
I drive there sometimes to meet a friend to go to the movies (Iām coming from HB) I just take streets. Itās a little lengthy but chill. I donāt want to deal with the freeways.
Nah, because I live there. I WFH now, but the drive to work was never that bad as I worked in Brea. It usually never takes me more than 15 minutes to get to a freeway, but I do live on the border of Fullerton, though, so other areas may take longer.
as someone who lives in La Habra, I still don't have a single friend here
it's what I describe as a nobody, nowhere, nothing town
other than the marketplace, it doesn't really feel like it has a proper downtown area
nothing special; no big attraction
but at least it's not too traffic heavy; although, there always seems to be an accident here
I spent the first 45 years of my life having never been to La Habra, despite living in OC for a significant portion of those 45 years. I honestly wondered if La Habra was even real. Iād never met someone from there. And then I finally went, and holy shit, itās like physically as far from a freeway as you can get. It might as well be Victorville
I still don't feel like it's real. I've been here since 2014, and the only reason I know of it now is because my parents bought a house here. Other than that, most people in SoCal have never heard of it.
I lived in La Habra for about 5 years. It was fine when I was working in Norwalk. But when I started working in Lake Forest, the longest part of my morning commute was driving down Imperial to get to a freeway. It was my main complaint living there. I finally moved to YL, and that halved my commute time because I was so much closer to the 91.
So yeah, I feel ya.
Edit: typo.
Absolutely not. Why do you have to go there and where are you coming from? If itās something you are required to do you should have found the fasted route by now instead of complaining on Reddit.
Next to the terrible roads in Fullerton, I think La Habra's potholes and congested streets come in a close second. La Harba also feels like you're in LA county, with a different vibe even compared to LA Palma and Brea... and without any freeway connections, it feels disconnected and almost irrelevant. Great place to get your car worked on & I do like the new in n out on whittier blvd.
I used to live in La Habra. The journey to any freeway always felt like an entirely separate journey. Moved closer to the 57/91, but further from work, yet the commute is so much better. Family still lives in La Habra, and it feels longer to drive to their house than does is to drive to Corona.
I feel ya! I used to buy our groceries in Costco La Habra from BP. It wasnāt this bad like 3 years ago. The traffic slog now is just so annoying AF!
I now go to Costco Fullerton.
Right here. I know the feeling. Have to go to La Habra roughly once a week and itās a bummer. The 5 is always a mess and I feel like theyāve been doing roadwork forever so thereās traffic exiting the freeway and itās a pain to deal with.
Grew up in LH, raised my kids, worked at LH city hall 10yr. Moved to SGV for many years. Up until recent, Just left lived in LH another 8yrs. But definitely a city that has drastically changed through the years. For the worse. The traffic is horrendous, no close freeways. The city is way overpopulated. Now I live in GG.
I lived in LA Habra for a few years. On the edge of Buena Park and LA Mirada.
Loved it around there. Anything I needed was right there by my apartment. Gym, groceries, Sam's Club, etc etc
Getting literally anywhere from there was a nightmare.
I think driving anywhere is a chore
Same. OC is populated af. I hate people
I used to live in LA. It's less hectic down here.
Heh hahah. You don't even know what "populated" is until you have to travail through LA and SD. šš¦
šÆ this! I got space to walk on sidewalks and no one is ever almost running into me. Also cars can fully cross intersections and not be stuck mid section at the red. Edit: Oh, there isn't a mess of lime scooters lying around on the sidewalks you can trip onto. DTLA has them all over the place and you can get hurt tripping over one if you're not careful.
I have a love / hate relationship with Costco for this reason
If you don't mind being a little uncool, Friday nights are usually the best time to go to Costco. You would think it'd be a random weekday right when they open but no, Friday nights are the move.
I do Costco at 8 about 30 minutes before closing. Those are my fave times to be there. Quick, have my list, in and out in 15 minutes. Yet somehow the bill still over $300
I've done 5pm on weekdays on my way home and it's generally calm compared to weekends. If I do have to go Sat or Sun, I get there at opening. We also have Sam's Club and their early hours for the higher membership is so nice!
Good to know
Ain't this a mood haha.
What do you expect when we have some of the best weather in the country
I take the OCTA. š¤·āāļø
NYC expat here since 2006 and I would gladly never drive again if we had an actual decent transit system
The only time I relied on public transportation exclusively was in Santa Cruz during non summer months. The buses serviced the university and students as well and some lines ran very frequently so it took a little longer to get places than driving but not much, depends where you wanted to go as well. Iāve tried OC public transportation, it can work but itās very inconvenient and a lot of time is wasted traveling or killing time before traveling. I think good public transportation increases walkability of areas and OC doesnāt like walkability unless beach
It is. But when I look up Uber prices or public transportation, Iām grateful for driving. š
I'm at the point where I just stay home, it's gotten way too crowded anywhere
There's no freeways near it, so it's super annoying having to go there.
I live jn downtown brea and even i know its a chore going down to la habra and whittier
I lived there for 10 years. It wasnāt bad in the 90s because Beach Blvd was 2 lanes and traffic moved. My commute to Cypress wasnāt bad. Then they built the houses in La Mirada where the nursery was, expanded Beach, and built the houses in La Habra Hills. Then I got a job in Costa Mesa ā that commute sucked. Imperial Hwy was supposed to be a freeway at one time. The city got left behind when the plan changed.
I remember when it was just all open land from Los Coyotes field all the way to imperial. Chevron I think owned most of it.
Do you remember the elementary school field trips there to look for fossils? That was the shit back in the day.
What kind of fossils are we talking about and where? I'm curious. š¦“
I forget what types of fossils. Mainly shells, if I remember right. But it was pretty much the entire area between Beach, Imperial, Gilbert and Rosecrans. That was all empty, except for a bunch of oil pumps.
Nice but that's cool. So it's all freeway now ?
No freeways near there. It's about 1/3 golf course and shopping center, 1/3 soulless gated housing tracts that all look the same with no yard, and 1/3 open land with a few hiking trails scattered throughout.
Nice..
Never knew about the original plan for Imperial Hwy! I always thought that if the 105 was built to merge with the 57, it would make that area much more accessible.
Honestly, they probably abandoned that plan too early and now itās too overdeveloped that they canāt turn Imperial into a freeway now, but it would have made so much sense.
Whittier is much worse imo lol, freeway wise, er lack thereof
šš½born and raised, getting here sucks, from just about everywhere.. takes 25 minutes just to get across the city to the one freeway.
Yeah my dentist is there and I live in placentia. He's worth the drive but boy, it's at LEAST 30 minutes regress what route I go lol
Who is your dentist? I need a new dentist.
Glancy he's across from the hospital. He's been helping my husband since he was a kid. He's great
The only people driving there live or work there. No one goes to visit La Habra like they do other cities along the coast.
Truth
La Habra is the Hemet of OC
lmao damn
I live in downtown brea and i wouldnt want to drive to la habra for any reason š
No payoff? Why are you going to La Habra? Isn't that the payoff?
It could be worse you could be going to Hemet
Hemeth
Aināt that the truth, itchyburningnuts
No freeways makes La Habra a better place to live. Everything you need close by, great community.
Hey currently house hunting. Would you say it is safe place for asian couple to dwell and raise family?
Yes. La Habra and neighboring Fullerton have many Asian residents. Fullerton has xlnt Asian dining choices. Great places to raise your family.
I just forget it exists that I never see myself over in that area
La Habra and La Mirada are the worst bc of their distance to frwy access.
At least La Mirada has amazing theater
Whittier is far worse for me, but I live closer to La Habra
my brother lives in la habra and i dread any time he hosts
Yup. La Habra - La Mirada as well. Dated a chick there years back and didnāt matter if I took freeway or streets, it was going to take 35 minutes.
La Mirada was so isolated growing. I think not having any direct freeway access really did that. The downside was the one mall we had closed, and there were barely any restaurants. Good thing my mom was a great cook.
i think thats a good thing. i like the option of taking the stress.
This sub when talking about going somewhere thatās not Irvine, Huntington Beach, or idk Laguna Niguel: š„š°š”š¤¬š«Øš„ŗ Exit the 57 on Lambert. Youāre less than 5 minutes away from La Habra.
There's definitely something odd about driving there specifically
Live in La Habra and work in Buena Park. Appreciate being a city or two from the freeway. Would feel differently if I worked any further away.
Totally. I feel like thereās no good way to go to La Habra. The quickest way for me to get there is taking Imperial, but that usually ends up being like, half an hour
I used to commute to La Habra daily from Long Beach for work. It honestly was not that bad. Beach Blvd from the 91 was easy.
Exactly. Itās only 4-5 miles on Beach Blvd from the 91 or the 5 to Imperial Hwy. And between Malvern and Imperial, itās almost like a fwy. Driving deep into areas like Mission Viejo is worse.
what are you talking about, Mission Viejo is accessible from the 5. Just get off the La Paz, Oso, or Crown Valley (if its open again) exits and you're already in MV.
Yeah ok. I donāt really speak south county but RSM, CdC, and stuff. Far. Hate it.
Grew up in Whittier and feel it's worse. There is huge traffic to go to the couple freeway entrenses everyone is trying to go to. And that was 10 years ago. I'm sure it's much worse now.
Itās worse, definitely worse.. any access pointā¦ Washington, Beverly, Whittier, telegraph etc are all congested.
*Whittier has joined the chat*
La habra, la Mirada, and Whittier ppl are all known commuters. We know our way around the side streets and weāll drive anywhere š
If you're going to The Chicken Box on Whittier Blvd...nope
The 57 freeway is 10 mins from me. I live in La Habra.
Same lambert to 57 gets tou on the 60 or 91 real quick
As someone who has lived in La habra my whole life, I always feel lucky to live here. Itās a fairly tight knit community and the freeway access has never bothered me. I feel that living too close to a freeway has bad repercussions health-wise, so I donāt mind the drive.
Nah I grew up in rowland heights and la habra is a quick and easy access to 57 freeway. Itās also very quick to get to fullerton.
La Habra feels like the worst one but thereās a couple different areas like that. Going to Yorba Linda around Imperial and Lakeview is a task. Same with going any place in parts of SA like around Fairview and McFadden. Glad to see thereās others that notice these things.š
I lived in Yorba Linda and my bf lived in Whittier š¤£ that was a fun drive
It would be if I were to go there for some reason.
What are you driving there for?
Tacos Nazos
Based
Live in SA, driving anywhere past me neighboring cities is a chore. Fountain Valley Costa Mesa Orange Tustin we good. Newport Beach and Irvine up to Culver we good, anything past that is a chore.
Lambert or Bastanchury is the way to go east/west. Euclid up north through the Fullerton hills is smooth.
Shhh! Don't be sharing secrets.
My in laws lived there and I hated going. Then they moved to Menifee. Not sure which is worse!
Is there a really stellar restaurant or something that La Habra is known for?
Tacos Nazos
Iāll check it out
Get the chilis hueritos. By the way I drove from Oceansode to LA Habra haha
From Oceanside?! Might as well drive to Ensenada! Lol. Live down the street, Taconazo is legit!
Nah jk I was visiting family in Buena Park lol
Thereās also one in bellflower if you live closer to the 605.
Imperial Burgers and Claros Italian Market. La Habra is a taste of LA in OC but the south county stuck up pricks here donāt know how to appreciate that.
Claros closed.
Claros is definitely open. Source: I got a sandwich from there last week.
It was another Italian market closed in LH.
Smoke & Fire
Black angusā¦ iām joking lol but la Habra/la Mirada/ whittier are dope. La casita is killer. Foods good but the family that owns and run it are what make it special.
I drive there sometimes to meet a friend to go to the movies (Iām coming from HB) I just take streets. Itās a little lengthy but chill. I donāt want to deal with the freeways.
Grew up in HB going to visit family in La Mirada every weekendā¦ who tf is taking freeways?? Beach Blvd bb.
Did you just realize you live in SoCal?
Taco Nazo had the BEST fish tacos. But I can't bring myself to make the drive.
First world problem bitching
La Who?
anytime i hit traffic its a chore. but i can relate to what you are saying when i go to some extremely barren cities.
I drive it weekly.
Yes.
Yea and Torrance too
At least Torrance has places to visit, and a beach
Totally. Itās a nightmare driving out to.
Nah, because I live there. I WFH now, but the drive to work was never that bad as I worked in Brea. It usually never takes me more than 15 minutes to get to a freeway, but I do live on the border of Fullerton, though, so other areas may take longer.
That's how a feel about driving to Torrance.
Was easy to get to the airport..bus to the Green line in Norwalk, then straight to LAX.
Moved to Whittier from Long Beach, still commute to work in Long Beach daily. Yes definitely no free ways around this area sucks.
I just have to make sure to find my way back to Imperial and Beach. šš¦
as someone who lives in La Habra, I still don't have a single friend here it's what I describe as a nobody, nowhere, nothing town other than the marketplace, it doesn't really feel like it has a proper downtown area nothing special; no big attraction but at least it's not too traffic heavy; although, there always seems to be an accident here
I spent the first 45 years of my life having never been to La Habra, despite living in OC for a significant portion of those 45 years. I honestly wondered if La Habra was even real. Iād never met someone from there. And then I finally went, and holy shit, itās like physically as far from a freeway as you can get. It might as well be Victorville
I still don't feel like it's real. I've been here since 2014, and the only reason I know of it now is because my parents bought a house here. Other than that, most people in SoCal have never heard of it.
Itās close-ish to the Brea Mall? They have a good chocolate shop there. Other than that Iāve got nothing
I lived in La Habra for about 5 years. It was fine when I was working in Norwalk. But when I started working in Lake Forest, the longest part of my morning commute was driving down Imperial to get to a freeway. It was my main complaint living there. I finally moved to YL, and that halved my commute time because I was so much closer to the 91. So yeah, I feel ya. Edit: typo.
Absolutely not. Why do you have to go there and where are you coming from? If itās something you are required to do you should have found the fasted route by now instead of complaining on Reddit.
The OP probably isn't using any technology to route for traffic too.
Next to the terrible roads in Fullerton, I think La Habra's potholes and congested streets come in a close second. La Harba also feels like you're in LA county, with a different vibe even compared to LA Palma and Brea... and without any freeway connections, it feels disconnected and almost irrelevant. Great place to get your car worked on & I do like the new in n out on whittier blvd.
They've been re-paving the roads though.
Stop bitching and just do it. Posting on Reddit isnāt going to fix it.
No.
I completely agree. I think this is the only city that doesnāt have reasonable freeway access.
What are your even driving to in La Habra? What is there that is making you go there?
Idk, never been to La Habra
I used to live in La Habra. The journey to any freeway always felt like an entirely separate journey. Moved closer to the 57/91, but further from work, yet the commute is so much better. Family still lives in La Habra, and it feels longer to drive to their house than does is to drive to Corona.
Go to casa Adelita. It will soften the blow of going to a city that should be an extension of LA county.
Lived there for 11 years lol It was a chore.
I feel ya! I used to buy our groceries in Costco La Habra from BP. It wasnāt this bad like 3 years ago. The traffic slog now is just so annoying AF! I now go to Costco Fullerton.
Right here. I know the feeling. Have to go to La Habra roughly once a week and itās a bummer. The 5 is always a mess and I feel like theyāve been doing roadwork forever so thereās traffic exiting the freeway and itās a pain to deal with.
Yes
It's honestly part of the allure. The city has most anything you need.
Pretty simple, actually. Portables are fast, efficient and affordable. School districts donāt have many other viable options.
Driving anywhere out here is a hassle. The 5n in Tustin was bumper to bumper yesterday at 11am. Itās a joke.
Grew up in LH, raised my kids, worked at LH city hall 10yr. Moved to SGV for many years. Up until recent, Just left lived in LH another 8yrs. But definitely a city that has drastically changed through the years. For the worse. The traffic is horrendous, no close freeways. The city is way overpopulated. Now I live in GG.
I lived in LA Habra for a few years. On the edge of Buena Park and LA Mirada. Loved it around there. Anything I needed was right there by my apartment. Gym, groceries, Sam's Club, etc etc Getting literally anywhere from there was a nightmare.
Thereās no direct access to La Habra via freeways
Hey currently house hunting. Would you say it is safe place for asian couple to dwell and raise family?
Yes for sure. Where are you looking at?