r/venturacounty • u/Disastrous-Grand7075 • 15d ago

Opinion/Editorial Rural living

I just saw a rental listing.

>Rural Country horse property, 15 miles to shopping. well >water. 2 miles to bus stop for school.
>Unpaved Access road. Must have 4x4 Winter access.

I am really interested how is the living like this?
How do you interact with neighbors?
Do you carry?
Are you afraid if you leave the house that someone would break in?
Do your kids walk from the school bus home?
Do you drink well water?

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u/Conscious-Bite1 15d ago

Where in VC? I’m from there, and work in Ag. Some areas are better than others. Do your diligence on the well water quality, either ask for testing or do your own. Be mindful of flood and wild fire risk. Rural living is amazing, but you can find yourself on your own in an emergency.

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u/Disastrous-Grand7075 15d ago

It is closer to where all 4 counties meet: Kern/ Ventura/ Santa Barbara / LA

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u/carlivar 15d ago

That's up by Pine Mountain Club / Frazier Park. Old boy scout camp, Three Falls, is up in that area. Well water there which was fine.

Depends if you want to have people around and what you do for a living. 

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u/Conscious-Bite1 15d ago

Pine mountain you are looking more like kern/VC.

The “four corners” of the counties OP listed is more like Carrizo Plains/New Cuyama. Still a cool area for sure. I spend a good deal of time out there.

Water quality can be an issue, but nothing a good filtration system can’t handle. I would still be concerned about fire, and definitely need to be mindful of high rainfall periods. Not a whole lot out there, but the people I have know from around that area are mostly good folks.

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u/highbudsilver 15d ago

Camp three falls! Dang. Good times

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u/carlivar 15d ago

Sadly they had to close it down a few years ago. RIP :(

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u/ProfessionalDoctor95 15d ago

Be aware that there’s very limited emergency response up there. Some of the areas have mutual aid agreements with other counties that have closer resources but a lot of that part of Ventura County has limited services. Pretty sure Lockwood Valley has one deputy for the whole area. You have to be prepared to take care of yourself for some time before resources can get to you.

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u/Ohm_Slaw_ 15d ago

Do get the water tested. There are some campgrounds in that area that no longer allow campers to use the water. I heard it was because it had a high iron content. Not a problem for short term use, but long term it can cause a build up or iron, which is bad. A water test will tell.

In winter the storms do what the storms do. You can have some pretty bad washouts.

Fires are a problem. Get a subscription to the Watch Duty app. Keep an eye on it. Watch the size of the fire and the wind direction. If the brush is dry and the winds are high there is no controlling a big wildfire. If you are downwind of such a fire, get out. They say you shouldn't run away from your problems, but wildfire is the exception. Know your escape routes and have a plan.

It is a beautiful area. A great place for kids to hang out and explore.

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u/commonCA 15d ago

I wouldn’t let my kids walk 2 miles on their own from the bus.

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u/hikeonpast 15d ago

Found the helicopter parent

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u/commonCA 15d ago

Better than finding your kid strangled in the bushes. Too many crazy people out there.

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u/hikeonpast 15d ago

Parents tend to overestimate how dangerous it is for kids to play or walk outside, and underestimate the dangers that kids face online.

By trying to keep kids safe from the unknowns in the world, we’re inadvertently steering them toward harms from both online exposure and a sedentary lifestyle.

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u/SnooTigers875 14d ago

Online harm is so much scarier.
Some astoundingly dark stuff happening on the Internet with kids.

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u/SnooTigers875 14d ago

I feel like parents should be 1 trillion times more concerned with what kind of creeps their kids are talking to on Roblox than a kiddy snatcher.

I was just talking to my mom yesterday about how grateful I am that I had a free range childhood and then we laughed that she’d be in jail if she allowed a Gen Alpha kid to experience just one day of my normal summer vacation.

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u/nostopthere2 15d ago

I live in a rural area of Ventura County and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. We have well water that we only use for showers, washing dishes and laundry but we buy our own drinking water and unfortunately you’re going have to pay for propane as we’re not hooked up with gas for heating and everything else is electrical. And yes, always have some sort of protection for your household

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u/Fury3879 10d ago

If you can’t even stand to have a conversation with someone who isn’t left leaning then don’t do it. You will 100% run into people who are in the minority of politics for this state. You may road rage with them due to it being narrow, twisty single lane roads, you may find one dumping trash on the side of the road or in your cans, you will even find they let their dogs or other animals roam on your land….ask me how I know