johnp46

Have not seen anything sketchy myself... just seems quiet nowadays? Will update this if my opinion changes.

avoid this road around Allegheny x Telfair ave. Cars get broken into almost weekly in that one area.

I did not set out wanting to live and buy a home in Sun Valley, I could find nothing positive about it online before we moved here either... So I am writing this to help anyone that was on the fence like myself. Honestly right now there is nothing to really do here, very industrial (aka lots of dumpy fences), and needs a bit of city money to clean up the roads and add some plants. You know what though? I have to commute to Burbank and for 15 min drive I was able to buy a house with a pool and over 2,000 sqft when in Burbank it would have been something maybe 950 sqft. It is pretty much like living in North Hollywood, but way less traffic and people. It is quiet and still close to lots of things without being as far removed up the hill as Tujunja.

The area seems to be getting nicer and nicer as homes are being sold the last year or so. It seems very safe and quiet for LA city life, just looks rough from its past....the main issue here right now is you have homes and apts where 6+ (at least!) people are renting and crammed in living. Many do not care about the area and neglect to report when someone dumps something or homeless camp out, I hope this starts to change. As these people that over cram the houses move away it is really helping the area out. Hopefully the rental apartments will improve soon since they bring in way too many people living in single rooms so it makes parking difficult in some areas.

our block is diverse and filled with skilled trade labor workers mainly that specialize in one skill and have their own business, so lots if hard workers that also make enough money to live well. Overall it is mainly hispanic family groups here, mothers and lots of kids, you dont see any troublemakers or gangs (anymore, I hear it was rough 10 years ago) at least I do not, still this is LA so just like most areas I would not let a package sit outside or leave my car on the street unlocked.

The schools score is very low around here when I checked online, but all the kids I meet are all very friendly and clever (I have met several local high school students around here that are going on to study at Stanford, accountants, study law, nursing, engineering etc. ) so I am not sure why the scores online are quite so low, but most seem like good kids!

I give it a 3/5 for now, but it will prob be a 4/5 once it cleans up sone more and more things come into the area.