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HOAs are a sin according to my parents. I grew up in Huntington Harbor on one of the rare islands that did not have an HOA. Granted the HOA fees were $150/month but covered a community park and boat slip, it wasn't the worst deal. My aunt house on the neighboring island hedged her HOA by...

My wife just started watching this show (she loves to see how stupid and ridiculous these people are), forcing me to view it as well. It seems that most of these women are transplants and don't really represent Orange County. It seems the production selectively casted a particular type of...

I'll start by admitting that I have my prejudices and I'm judgmental. I don't make judgments based on race, but I'm aware of the stereotypes (I spent 5 years and a degree in Sociology with an emphasis in social control & deviance, and a degree in Socio-psychology). Oddly enough, I wrote a...

My wife and I are strongly considering the City Place, but definitely at a lower price. The build quality looks better than most, great layout for half the plans, a few misses on the designs, but overall pretty great. The original asking prices were insane and I thought the auction asking...

I'll add this to my list of hazardous regions. I know there's an area in Costa Mesa, near Newport Harbor High School that had a high occurrence of a rare cancer. A few families contracted and their kids were diagnosed in there early 20s. Oddly enough, the researcher from UCI that did...

I live across the street in Bre Properties Pinnacle at MacArthur Place. My wife and I have been waiting for a few years to buy and we're glad we waited. Honestly, there isn't anywhere we felt compelled to buy and it seems that every development has as many cons as pros. We wanted something...

Did anyone attend the auction? I was about to fill out the bidder application, but thought I should wait and see what the neighborhood will look like before committing. I've stopped by the development every now and again for the past year and am curious to see how the whole thing will pan out...