[quote=temeculaguy]I know many residents of Meadowview, one is an original, in fact I went to a wedding 22 years ago at the clubhouse. I’m going golfing with 2 of them this weekend, including the guy who got married there. I’ll ask them about the HOA, but these are not casual friends, they are the type I talk to weekly and vacation with, I’ve never heard one complaint about the HOA from them so far, but I’ll ask. I mirror what many said, if you want a moderate amount of land without being too far out of town, meadowview is an excellent choice. Also Santiago Estates and Los Ranchitos are similar in the fact that are in town, all customs and on land.
As far as kids to play with in walking distance, it will be a bot hit and miss because of the high prices compared to tract homes, the age of the homes and the distance between homes. My friends that live there all empty nesters or grandparents. But they did raise their children there and liked it for kids at the time.
Interracial couple? I’ve been living with the same woman for 4 years here in Temecula and am marrying her this summer. I’m white and she’s Mexican. I never thought about being an interracial couple, so that should be an answer all by itself as to how it is to be one here, I’ve never encountered anything to the point I don’t even realize it. It is such a non issue I had to think about it and inventory our friends and neighbors in town. I think it’s close to 50% would qualify as interracial, never heard one mention of them complaining about being treated any different and I would think they would say something, even if just to vent, because we are in the same boat.
As far as your kids are concerned, I wouldn’t worry. Racism still exists everywhere to some extent but kids today or maybe it’s just kids here seem to not even take it into account. You’ll see groups of kids around here not divided by race, my kids hung out with kids from all different races. Mine are grown but their roommates at college that they chose are of different races and they never even think enough of it to mention it. I’m assuming their environment played a part in their color blindness.
Your kids sounds typical for the valley and coincidentally one of the valley’s favorite sons has a similar genetic make-up. It’s fitting because the Master’s starts tomorrow. Rickie Yutaka Fowler, the #5 golfer in the world was raised in this valley, just a few miles from meadowview and is white, asian and native american mixed. He’s a celebrity most places, but especially here in his hometown (he went to murrieta high). Maybe you should get your kids golf lessons perhaps they have a genetic advantage, was that racist of me to say? I wish I was more genetically similar to Rickie since I am golfing this this weekend.
Thank you for your thorough response! I will check out the similar areas you mentioned. It’s good to know that you haven’t heard any complaints about the HOA there.
And I am loving the unanimous vote that Temecula is diverse and my daughter will be in good company. It’s not something I thought about too much before having kids, but now I am definitely looking for an area where there’s a good amount of diversity while still having a more calm pace of life. I grew up on the coast and it just seems too packed with people. They tear down one home and build three on the lot. I am not a fan of that.
Good point that the tract homes will likely have more kids. If we found the right community, I am not opposed to that either. We just saw Meadowview and really felt at home.
