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Ventura, officially the City of San Buenaventura, is the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States. European explorers encountered a Chumash village, referred to as Shisholop, in Ventura while traveling along the Pacific coast. The eponymous Mission San Buenaventura was founded nearby in 1782 where it benefitted from the water of the Ventura River. The town grew around the mission compound and incorporated in 1866. The development of nearby oil fields in the 1920s and the age of automobile travel created a major real estate boom during which many designated landmark buildings were constructed. The mission and these buildings are at the center of a downtown that has become a cultural, retail, and residential district and visitor destination.
Ventura lies along U.S. Route 101 between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, which was one of the original U.S. Routes. The highway is now known as the Ventura Freeway, but the original route through the town along Main Street has been designated El Camino Real, the historic pathway connecting the California missions. During the post–World War II economic expansion, the community grew easterly, building detached single family homes over the rich agricultural land created by the Santa Clara River at the edge of the Oxnard Plain. The population was 106,433 at the 2010 census, up from 100,916 at the 2000 census with the median age being 39. Ventura is part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

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Just arrived in the county last year and I have noticed that neoghborhood is quiet, safe and peaceful. The place I live in are accessible to malls, pharmacies, supermarkets and buses are there to give you a lift. It is also near community school and other government services incase you need one.

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Good weather, safe neighborhood. Good transportation, nice place to live.

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The senior community is extremely active and friendly. Neighbors are concerned with each other's welfare and look out each other.

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Nice place to live! Lots of job opportunities, schools, and transportation provided for handicapped or elderly. I have a nanny job and have worked in the past as a caregiver also

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Our place has close access to public and private schools, churches, hospitals, grocery stores, parks, public transport and other amenities. We have a neighborhood watch and most of the residents are friendly. Two years back, all residents were evacuated because of the brush fire - every one looked after each other, making sure all of us were safe!

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