C.D.
I grew up In Lake Arrowhead! It is a great place to raise a family. Very safe, great school districts. Small close knit community. The kind of place where your parents know if you do something wrong with in 2 min of it happening. My sister is in Crestline ( in the same mtns) and runs an in home day care. She charges 110 per week for a full time spot, and that seems to be the general rate. As for housing cost you could get mid 200's up into the millions. A lot of movies stars have houses to get away. If you have any other questions let me know. Hope this helps. I moved like a hour away but my husband and i go there all the time to visit. You still get snow in the winter but i dont think it even compares to Chicago!