Simi Valley

Simi Valley, known for Charles Manson and his followers, The Rodney King trial, and is supposively one of the safest cities. The cops are never there when you need them, always there when you dont and woll acusTe you of doing something when you havent. The school district has no clue whay they are doing. Simi used to be an awesome place, but is going down hill. SOme parts are still good but cross a main street into the next neighborhood and its like a different place.

Simi Valley, just to the west of Chatsworth and technically outside of Los Angeles county, is Cop City. This is one of the safest places that you can live since it is populated by current and former law enforcement officers from L.A. County. But don’t try breaking the law or looking suspicious around here, they’ll be on your case before you know it.

Simi is surrounded by mountains and has a real sort of Arizona feel to it all the way through from the hot weather, cactus décor and the conservative politics. This is definitely pick-up truck country. On the weekends half the town is gone fishing on the big motorboats they tug around at the back of their big pick-ups.

Simi is also most famous for being the home to the Reagan Library, which is up above it in the rolling mountains that surround the city. You might remember it from the Reagan funeral. You will also find that they try to name everything after the Big Gipper around here.

If you are a square law and order type who likes nineties style southwest architecture and crew cuts, this will seem like heaven to you. I have only actually come here once or twice. It’s the kind of place you would never actually go unless you lived there (or if you were some sort of Reagan fanatic).