Temecula, California Relocation Guide

If you¹re in search of a suburban city located within an hour drive of San Diego and LA counties, has a historic Old Town, well-planned shopping and dining complexes, affordable Southern California housing, spacious parks and an excellent school system, Temecula just might be the place for you.

Best known for its annual Balloon and Wine Festival that brings thousands to its proper, Temecula¹s wine country is the next best thing to Napa Valley when it comes to California wine with its 22 award-winning wineries. Plus, there are numerous fine dining restaurants and bed and breakfasts in the region, making this city a terrific place for a romantic weekend getaway.

One of Temecula¹s main attractions is Old Town Temecula with its Old Western feel and modern charm accenting the many quaint shops, restaurants and popular special events. Here, you can bring your child down to the Imagination Workshop Children's Museum, stop by the Mary Phillips Senior Center for senior activities, catch a play at the new Old Town Temecula Community Theater at the Merchantile Building, or learn about Temecula's history at the Temecula Valley History Museum.

As Temecula continues to build its business archive of success, it attracts those who demand this high quality of life. With a median age of 30.6, average household income of $90,946, and 67.13% of its adults 25 & over having attended some college, Temecula¹s residents continue to push for civic excellence.

The options for gracious living in Temecula still abound in great value with charming single-family homes in green belt areas, executive estates with breathtaking views, residential golf communities, ranch homes with stables, and luxury condominiums and apartments. Ranging from a cozy two-bedroom, one-bath single-family residence, to a palatial 8000 square foot home on 20 acres with forever views, housing upgrades can include a pool, spa, RV parking, landscaped lot, views, golf course, lakeside, you name it. The city even has ranches and horse country properties and lots of places to ride.

Temecula is also home to various award-winning schools, which are some of the best that California has to offer. In fact, 12 schools in the Temecula Valley Unified School District have been recognized as California Distinguished Schools. TVUSD is in the lead compared to nearby regions when it comes to student achievement, with a district Academic Performance Index of 836. The district¹s test scores rank 10th out of all of the school districts in Riverside, Orange County and San Diego County. These stellar test scores have resulted in approximately 22,332 TVUSD students now attending three of the state¹s top colleges for science and engineering: Cal Poly Pomona, Claremont¹s Harvey Mudd College and Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences. Furthermore, approximately 17,187 TVUSD students are now undergraduates and graduate students at UC Riverside, which is one of the nation¹s premier biomedical, agricultural and environmental research institutions. Additional statistics show that 9,159 TVUSD students were accepted to Cal State San Marcos in nearby San Diego County, and 6,524 are now medical and dental students attending either nearby Loma Linda University Medical Center, one of the nation¹s top medical and dental schools, or the Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, or the ABA accredited La Verne School of Law.

With 38 parks and recreation facilities, there is always something to do in Temecula. Sports parks, skate parks, dog parks,tennis courts, museums, libraries, aquatic centers, recreation centers and a performing arts theater! Temecula also has a hefty distribution of shopping, restaurants, movie theaters and other tourist and recreational venues scattered into the mix. Plus, the City of Murrieta, which is known for its many natural hot springs, is a neighboring city, with its civic centers only 5 miles apart.

For more information on Temecula, visit www.cityoftemecula.org.

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