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[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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickie_Fowler%5B/quote%5D

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.

And your golf comment made me laugh 🙂

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[quote=joec]There is a lot of hate with HOA’s, but if you aren’t really into doing stuff to your house, sometimes the HOA is the best thing. No cars lifted up on jacks in the street, no cars parked on the front lawn, god awful ugly color houses, etc etc etc…

In southern CA, in most places, I doubt mixed races will get much of a second look here. Of course, parents may say or have thoughts about it, but I doubt random people in the area here care much since it’s everywhere.

Being Asian, I notice for some reason tons of Asian guys/white wives…Not sure why there though.[/quote]

Good point about HOA benefits. We would probably not be affected by the rules all that much.

And I generally agree about the mixed races not getting a second look. I just wanted opinions from the area. And it seems pretty unanimous that I do not need to be concerned.

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[quote=creechrr]I’ve lived in Temecula since 2011 without issue. I’m of African descent (black – I hate labels) and my wife is Asian. We have two kids and haven’t had any overt or questionable circumstances regarding race. In fact, most of the kids tend to be very welcoming to my sons. In another generation or two, we may have this race thing licked…at least in SoCal.

One of the things that really stood out to me and wasn’t expecting, the level of wholesomeness and respect that the kids have here. In some cases almost to a fault.[/quote]

That’s great to hear about respectful kids. And that everyone has been welcoming. Thanks for the feedback 🙂

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Thanks for your feedback. Conservative is fine (we lived in central ca for several years) as long as conservative isn’t code for racist. From the feedback I’ve gotten here, most Temecula residents (temeculans?) have no issues with interracial couples.

Edit: And I keep messing up posting. This was in reply to flyerinhi regarding Temecula being conservative.

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[quote=FlyerInHi]I feel for you scaredy. I used to have to deal with a pool.
Unless you are willing to pay whatever it takes for someone else to take care of your pool, it’s not worth having one.[/quote]

Good to have all these opinions on a pool. I haven’t given it much thought, but will bring it up to my husband.

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[quote=scaredyclassic]We’re a mexi-jew couple in temecula with mexi-jew kids. No problems in 14 years.

Meadowview is where I wanted to buy but my wife said I was too messy for an HOA. It does look tidy. There’s nowhere quite like it in the area for smaller big lots.

Can walk to chaparral hs. Awesome.

OverallPerfect location IMO.[/quote]

Thank you for your response. It is great to see a lot of diversity responding. Makes me feel confident my daughter will be in good company 🙂

And I am not super familiar with the area, but I agree the location looked perfect. It is just that HOA that has us hung up. The idea of someone else telling other adults what to do with their property is hard to wrap my head around (full disclosure: we have never been homeowners before).

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[quote=njtosd]I don’t generally like HOAs, but this makes the one at Meadowview look interesting – and I love the “sheep thrills” pun in the article. http://www.pe.com/articles/sheep-696568-meadow-peterson.html

Try searching for lawsuits that involve the Meadowview Community Association. It will give you an idea of whether people get frustrated with them, and if so, about what.[/quote]

That’s a good idea. I’ve never lived in a HOA community and am wary of them. We just loved the feel of the neighborhood (which may be because of the very HOA I fear)

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[quote=Consideringoptions]Thank you! I figured it would be fine, but I definitely want to live somewhere welcoming of various cultures.

We will check out some of the other areas (if there are homes we can afford) and see what we find.[/quote]

And I see I did this wrong. This was in reply to Harvey 🙂

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Thank you! I figured it would be fine, but I definitely want to live somewhere welcoming of various cultures.

We will check out some of the other areas (if there are homes we can afford) and see what we find.

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