I am a University of Iowa student who is going to be student teaching next spring. One of the school districts that the U of I is partnered with is Rialto. They offer jobs to students there after they are done student teaching. My question is what is important to know about Rialto? Is it nice? How close is it to Victoria Street. I've already got a Galaxy shirt from back in the day I can dig out. Thanks.
Rialto is by San Bernardino, about an hour's drive to Carson according to Yahoo! maps, however that's without traffic, which you shouldn't face too much on a weekend. I've heard Rialto is a dump, a rough and tough place. You might want to think about living in Ontario.
Rialto Rialto is a stunning mecca of art and culture. It's breathtaking landscape is iconoclastic and truely enlightening to ones eyes. The residents of Rialto should be considerd knowledgable and trustworthy, bordering on the same comfort level as ones own family. The term Babylon would best describe the City of Rialto. A truely great place to live, learn, and grow !!
To tell the truth, there's parts of Rialto that aren't that great like around Eisenhower High School. North Rialto though is filled with track homes and will really boom once their part of the 210 freeway is finished. I don't know the area really well, just seeing it when I had to go to the CYSA Complex in Highland. Other suggestions are northern Fontana or anywhere in Rancho Cucamonga (Alta Loma, Cucamonga, or Etiwanda). It's probably farther than an hour, took me an hour to get to coming from Upland. Another thing, you'll definitely be checking out Ontario Mills a few times. Mainly, because there's a Hooters there! and the abundance of movie theatres.
Thanks Thanks rokstedy and snowfx (and to a lesser extent TequilaJoel). I'm looking real closely at Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga (where apparently most of the faculty live), Fontana, or San Bernadino. I'm still thinking it over. I'm sure there is a lot more to do out there than here in Iowa City. I'm a big punk rock fan and I know the area has produced some of the best bands over the years so I'll have to scope out the best clubs. Of course, I'd be putting down a lot of cash hitting that new stadium for home games. I'll make sure to sit opposite the Riot Squad when the Fire are in town and I'm in full Chicago regalia. Thanks again.
Re: Thanks Excellent, there's the Showcase Theatre in Corona www.showcasetheatre.com and the Glass House in Pomona www.goldenvoice.com which promotes a lot of So Cal punk shows and is owned by no other than Mr. Anschutz. There's also the Chain Reaction in Anaheim www.allages.com and a lot of local shows at some bars in Rancho Cucamonga and Upland. There's two good record store in the area, Dr. Strange in Alta Loma and Rhino Records in Claremont right near the Hippie Colleges, excuse me Claremont Colleges. Rhino is definitely a great record store.
You might also want to look at parts of Riverside like Indian Hills, Jurupa Valley and/or parts of Corona as well. Rialto is a mixed bag as a lot of the others have already mentioned, but what isn't a mixed bag out here. I've lived in this area most of my life except when I was in the army and the area really varies from street to street. I've always liked it though. Good luck to you with the teaching as well, my wife is a teacher out here too.
Re: Thanks much punk around!! ...just don't change allegiance, your a Fire fan. period. some dude from Dallas came around and changed allegiance 'til the Burn came to town then he changed back, then next week he's wearing galaxy gear..wank!....if you want to stand with us, please don't wear your Fire gear. ===== My oldest bro lives in the track homes of Rialto....ugly, cooky cutter beige houses,most streets ending in cul-de-sacs.......twilight zone yo!
I went to college in the IE (Inland Empire, part of The Southland -- two terms you will know and love should you move to Rialto), and, while it ain't Santa Monica, it's pretty livable (as long as you get used to going to bars (and churches) in strip malls). The local bands played all the time at my school, and they were surprisingly good (this coming from a seasoned veteran of shows in Portland and Seattle). The IE itself has little in the way of diversions, but it's only an hour and a half from everything (skiing, the beach, San Diego, LA, etc.). Cost of living is pretty low (by Southland standards). Smog is pretty bad. Great mexican food is abundant. There are lots of nice areas to live in the IE, but it all depends on how long a commute you can stand. Parts are god-awful (all of San Bernadino), and parts are genuinely quaint (Redlands, sections of Riverside). I'm sure your school knows the ins and outs, but California has some funky hoops you must jump through in order to teach there.
The northern IE's commute has improved dramatically thanks to the opening of the 210 in November, and once thet bottleneck in Claremont is finished this summer, the 10 west bound won't have much congestion either, but going east on the 10 into Fontana and Rialto is bad at a rush hour. The move to Carson is much farther for us, the new 210 would of only ment around a 30 minute commute to the Rose Bowl for me at least. I wouldn't say all of San Berdo is bad, near CSUSB is a pretty good area and the Blast have probably one of the best club soccer complexes in this country, too bad they don't have many teams anymore. Also, the Warped Tour will have a stop in San Berdo this summer at the Orange Fair Grounds. Went to the one there in '99 and was blazing hot, ever since that one I've been going to the cooler weather ones in Ventura and San Diego. Line up is going to be pretty decent this year: Andrew W.K. (It's time to party!), Lagwagon, Rancid, Pennywise, AFI, Face to Face, Less Than Jake, Dropkick Murphys, Thrice, and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Isn't there an area near CSUSB called Muscoy? I had a coworker who lived there and he said it's a dump. Avoid that place. I also hear Fontana is a dump too. I hear Redlands is nice all around. If you ever go to the Glass House in Pomona for shows, don't leave anything of value inside your car in plain sight. In fact, you might want to consider Lo-Jack.
There's a part off the 215 in San Berdo that is in an alright area. But that's the only exception, I remember hearing that San Berdo was one of the worst places in the country to raise a family with a population of over 100,000. Northern Fontana is a nice area, track homes beyond the human eye, I believe it's the fastest growing city in the state. Southern Fontana, Southridge to be exact is nice too. Parts of central Fontana can be a little shady. The area around the California Speedway is mostly factories and warehouses. That has to be a stereotype about the Glass House, I've parked in those lots for over 4 years now and have never had any problems, just avoiding the cops looking to see if you're drinking in a car. Also, do you want the guy to live in the same city (Redlands) that Baby Jesus Smurf lived? Other than that, Redlands is a very nice town, but expensive.
My advisor told me that students don't like to live in Redlands because its ultra-conservative. Full of Seventh Day Adventists who don't sell alcohol? Something like that. snowfx Thanks for the links man. I've actually caught a couple of those bands (Tsunami Bomb, for example) swinging trough Iowa City supporting bigger bands. Good to know that the Warped Tour will be that close by. Crime and raising a family is important since I have an eight month old daughter (btw, born the day the US beat Portugal in the WC [my girlfriend's water broke just as Donovan's cross deflected in for the second goal]) and her mother coming with me. That means San Bernadino might have to be scratched. Nemesis . I'll look into those areas as well. Does your wife know anything about the Rialto schools? Just curious. Scoey Very good info to know. I am a bit concerned about the smog. I really haven't had to put up with it much so I'm ignorant about it. I'm sure it ******************s up your health quite a bit. solrac9 Don't worry. I won't be changing allegiences. I figure it would go something like this... Galaxy shirt and scarf= vs. Metros, Burn, Crew, Revs, and any international opponent Galaxy Shirt, at most= Rapids, Quakes, and DC Neutral= Wizards (girlfriends favorite team and where we had a felx-plan one season) Fire gear= who else? Thats about how the Galaxy stack up in my book currently. Love Jones and Lalas (especially for their play in the Champions Cup final, which was one of the best games I've ever seen) and (I'm sorry) but I hate Ruiz.
No, no, Mormons and Satanists live in Redlands - or at least, they predominate. Yet they manage to eke out a harmonic existance - and Redlands has cute stuff like a British pub on its main street (the Falconer) that will show EPL games and college bands. The Seventh-Day Adventists are clustered together in the nearby town of Loma Linda, where the big hospital employs most of the town, but they don't really bother anyone because they keep to themselves so much. They have their own schools, universities, gyms, - they even get their mail on a different day. You're close to the San Bernardino Mts., so if you like to hike, ski and fish, or ice skate, you can do all those things at nearby Big Bear or Lake Arrowhead. UCR is an excellent place for pick-up games of soccer and the local leagues are lively. Landon did play locally there for a while, but I don't think you'll run into him.
Also, if you're teaching in Rialto, or anywhere in SoCal for that matter - LEARN SPANISH! I'm serious - every teacher here needs a minimal amount of Survival Spanish to be at all effective.
wait a minute.....that's exactly what i'm talking about....don't wear G's gear if your a supporter of another MLS team...that's just wrong!!
Solrac is what you might call a "fundamentalist" about this. On the other hand, some of us believe in redemption and will be happy to see you support LAG as much as you can.
OH YEAH !!!! I love Rialto They got the best: SSBBW's in SoCal. well them and Riverside of course. WOO HOO - 2 TONS OF FUN !!!!
Hey Fire fan, Rialto has some tough high schools. Are you a math or science teacher? If so, Chaffey UHSD is always looking for teachers in those areas. Same with special ed. (Which isn't so special, know what I mean?) I teach at Ontario High. This is a good district. If you have to teach in Rialto high schools, do so but be ready for some rough kids. I mean rough. You may want to check out the homes in Rancho. This community is totally committed to the family. Lots of youth rec stuff and a happening AYSO.
They still need to get their own complex like Upland has, definitely not enough fields and Red Hill is out of control with how many teams use it. Is there supposed to be any fields at that proposed Central Park? If that thing ever gets built.
Re: Re: Thanks It's a damn shame they closed the barn a few years back I lived that place and it was close to home!
And he'd be 100% correct. If I saw this dude in Victoria Street wearing Fire gear the match after wearing full Galaxy get up, my beer would be travelling first class...if you know what I mean...