I lived in L.A. for around 35 years, but the only times I went to Riverside (other than driving through to get to Palm Desert) was to go to the old (and long gone) Riverside Raceway to see the great Can-Am races in the early 70s. ....and my lungs burned for about two days after the fact.
Right now, I'm currently going to UC Riverside. Certainly a place I do not want to live once I'm done with school. However, one thing about this shift in population away from LA is that Riverside is now solidly red. Sure, the city itself is pretty much a cruddy place to live (just drive down the the 215 and look out the window. Dirt, delapidated houses, brown landscape, woohoo!), horrible traffic, and the pollution is terrible, but at least you won't find a lot of Democrats here...away from the campus at least (pure socialism on campus though).