ucrstudent

Seeing as this part of Riverside is basically aimed around the University, it is not really a typical college town but it is not a bad place to live either. In terms of things to do, the vast majority of options revolve around the UV or University Village. For me, the movies theaters are a great option because all students recieve tickets at any time for a discount price of $6.00. There is also some food options in the UV, particularly in fast food. The only sit down resteraunts nearby are Denny's and IHOP. Many students go to Moreno Valley when they want to go out for a special occasion type meal. The only disadvantage about University Village is that at times there are many homeless people and they get rowdy at times but there is usually always at least one cop car close by.

In terms of housing there are many apartments althought the rent is often considered high because it is mainly meant to function as student housing for the most part. Surprisingly traffic is not that bad even with the University. Although if there is an event going on University Ave. can become very packed.

Overall, this is not a bad neighborhood to live in. I would probably not reccomend it for families simply because there are many young people that live in this area althought during sumer everything is more quiet.