1. The City of Thousand Oaks was recently voted one of Money Magazine’s Best Places to live and is only 12 miles from scenic So Cal beaches and not far from the nightlife of Los Angeles.

2. Shop at nearby urban centers of Westlake Village, and Janss Marketplace, a neighborhood shopping center featuring movie theaters, restaurants and retail. Additionally, the Oaks shopping center is the largest regional mall in the area and features stores such as Macy’s, Borders, Urban Outfitters, JC Penney and Nordstrom’s.

3. Play 18-holes at nearby Los Robles Golf Course on your way to your apartment from work. Or hike, bike, or bird watch along 75 miles of trails nearby - an ornithologist’s paradise!

4. Resisting development, the Thousand Oaks community has kept 14,000 square acres in its natural state. Explore this thriving refuge for deer, mountain lions, bobcats and birds which the Chumash Indians first experienced thousands of years ago.

5. Thousand Oaks lies in the heart of the Conejo Valley with Los Angeles to the east and Ventura to the west and has easy access to Highway 101 and 23.

6. Want to live car-lite? Thousand Oaks has a regional transportation center with bus and shuttle lines to LA, Oxnard, Ventura, Simi Valley, and Santa Barbara. Walk to Whole Foods or to the heart of downtown.

7. See everything from ballet to Broadway at nearby Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.

8. All of this is located in one of the nation’s safest cities and within a Blue Ribbon school district.

9. Biotech giants Amgen, Baxter Healthcare, General Dynamics, and Rockwell Science.

10. Want the royal treatment? There is a Four Seasons in Westlake Village. According to Food and Wine Magazine, the spa experience is over the top. “By pairing a luxury hotel with a state-of-the- art medical facility, this collaboration between Four Seasons and the California Health & Longevity Institute—located in a San Fernando Valley suburb only 17 miles from Malibu—introduces a new level of service (and seriousness) to the spa experience. While guest rooms are dressed in Pierre Deux fabrics, the spa takes a hard-science approach to health. A three-day package includes a physical that incorporates cancer and cholesterol screenings, a cardiac risk analysis, and a test that examines your DNA’s damage and repair mechanisms. More-traditional treatments— Swedish and shiatsu massage—are also on the menu for those simply looking to relax.”