Moving out here for aerospace or defense work? I've worked two jobs at once for years — I get the shift-work life. Here's the honest picture on where to live, the real commute, and the lender question that blindsides people.

If you're thinking about moving to Lancaster, California, let me give you the real breakdown — not the sanitized version you'll find on a relocation website, but the honest truth from someone who grew up out here and has been selling homes in the Antelope Valley for almost 20 years. The BLVD — A Comeback Story Let me take you back. In the late '80s and early '90s, Lancaster Boulevard was the place to be on a Friday or Saturday night. Kids would cruise up and down the strip —