Relocate To Simi Valley

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Simi Valley is an incorporated city located in the southeast corner of Ventura County, California, bordering the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles in the Greater Los Angeles Area. According to the United States Bureau of the Census estimate, the city had a total population of 118,687 in 2005.

Simi Valley is presently known as the home of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. It currently ranks as the seventh safest U.S. city with a population between 100,000 and 500,000 but has been ranked most safe in the same class in a number prior years. Simi Valley was once inhabited by Chumash Indians. The city gained notoriety as the location of the infamous 1992 trial of the four Los Angeles Police officers accused of beating Rodney King that sparked riots in Los Angeles on April 29, 1992. Many families of young children moved to Simi Valley in the 1970s and 1980s for affordable housing than in the nearby San Fernando Valley and across Los Angeles.

Simi Valley's Geography

Simi Valley is located 3 miles north of the city of Los Angeles' Border community of Chatsworth and 40 miles from Downtown Los Angeles, ...
... 380 miles south of San Francisco, 160 miles north of San Diego, and 350 miles south of Sacramento. Commutes to Los Angeles are as a rule via the Ronald Reagan 118 Freeway or the Southern California Metrolink Commuter Train, which makes numerous daily trips from Simi Valley.
Simi Valley borders the Santa Susana Mountains to the north, Simi Hills to the east and south. Simi Valley is connected to the nearby San Fernando Valley by the Santa Susana Pass in the extreme east of Simi Valley.

Simi Valley's Recreation

Simi Valley has 20 city parks and five county parks to preserve large swaths of open space in the nearby Santa Susana Mountains, locally known as the "foothills". The city boasts six golf courses and the Kanan Ranch home development has nature trails for hikers, bicyclists and equestrians to enjoy. Two collegiate baseball teams: The Simi Valley Senators and the California Oaks of the California Collegiate League in Thousand Oaks, provide sports action to local fans.

To the East, Rocky Peak has a trail system for Mountain Biking, Hiking and Equestrian activities. The trail is accessed at Kuehner Road - The Hummingbird Trail, Rocky Peak Road - the main fire road or by the Chumash Trail. A technical downhill mountain bike run known as the G Spot can be accessed via the main fire road.

To the West, of all sorts trails are accessible for Mountain Biking, Hiking and Equestrian activities. The main access point is at the intersection of Wood Ranch Parkway and Long Canyon Parkway. The trail system travels as far west as highway 23, as far east as the Rocketdyne facility and connects to the Lang Ranch trail system (Westlake Village) and Chesebro trail system which begins in Agoura Hills. Simi Peak is accessible from this trail system via China Flats in the Chesebro trail system. Ahmundson Ranch also connects to this trail system

Here are some interesting movie facts about Simi Valley:
In addition to the Little House itself, the entire set for the town of Walnut Grove was built atop the hills. In March 2008, GI Joe starting filming in the northern hills above Simi Valley, near the Little House on the Prairie site. The popular 70s television show Little House on the Prairie was filmed at extensive sets built up in the hilly landscapes of the Big Sky Ranch in the Tapo Canyon hills north of Simi Valley. The elaborate faux suburb where most of the film takes place was built on vacant land in a hilly area in West Simi Valley. In the 1999 comedy Joe Dirt, the character found his long-lost parents in a trailer home park in Simi Valley (but on some versions, it was changed to Yucca Valley, California). In the 1984 film "Bachelor Party" starring Tom Hanks, the MANN 6 Movie Theater formerly located within the Sycamore Shopping Center was used for the movie theater scene.