Long Beach California

Living in Long Beach California

Living in Long Beach California can be challenging. If your property in Long Beach California is near the beach or in Belmont Shore of in one of the nicer areas of Long Beach California, then you may enjoy living in Long Beach California. However, there are so many places in Long Beach California that you should avoid.

Crimes in Long Beach California

Crime rates are high everywhere in Long Beach California. Even if you live near the ocean front and facing main streets such as Ocean Boulevard, you can be robbed in broad daylight in Long Beach California. The Long Beach police are doing everything they can but Long Beach California is very urban still. The City of Long Beach is not very clean and there are many homeless people hanging out on streets and parks and in front of public places such as the Long Beach public libraries. There are also many homeless people or 'bums' pushing carts full of all their belongings from building to building looking and going through garbage cans.

Parking in Long Beach California

Parking in Long Beach California is difficult if you don't have a garage. Around 5pm is when parking in Long Beach California gets fierce. At about 6pm, cars will be queuing on street sides for anyone to pull out of a parking spot. Cars circle nearby streets looking for parking spots almost all throughout the night.

You can pay for a paid parking space at one of the parking lots monthly. But you may have to walk far to where you park. Some residents of Long Beach California use bicycles to cycle from their apartment to where they park and back.

Long Beach Street Sweeping

Every day there is most likely at least a few streets that are swept. The City of Long Beach has street sweeping done on all  streets each week in an effort to get rid of rubbish on the ground. That does not make Long Beach a clean and tidy place though. The people of Long Beach hates street sweeping because if you park on the street sweeping side today, you could earn yourself a ticket of about $42.

The Long Beach police cars are out and about looking for crimes. But, there are so many crime cases, the Long Beach police cannot catch all the thieves and criminals.