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I think generally cities where the population are well educated will tend to be more tolerant of different cultures. Or at least, there is less outward racism in the way of aggressive posturing, name calling, brawls, fight, etc.

A generation or two ago, Newport Beach was not that exclusive. Many of the long time residents had relatively normal jobs. East Bluff houses were built for normal workers in the aerospace industry in the 1960s, and now they go for 2 million and up.  Respectable people living in Pasadena and...

isn't the traffic jam situation true at any school, due to all the private cars doing pick up and drop off, not just Orchard Hills? I see the line of cars backed up on Jeffrey in the mornings for the drop off at Jeffrey Trail Middle School.  I've always said it, coming from the East Coast, I...

the older neighborhoods tend to have more single story homes old Northwood Turtle Rock Woodbridge has single story condos; not sure about single family houses or 4+ bedrooms though. you'll have more luck with single story California ranch style homes in places like Tustin (zip 92780) and...

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Port Streets feels like classic Mayberry. Love the vibe. Schools seemed good and less competitive than Irvine, though perhaps more social pressures, based on stuff I've heard from friends with kids in Newport schools. There's pressure to live the "Newport lifestyle" which wasn't for us. We...

What about TUSD side of Orchard Hills Groves? Or even North Tustin? Its where a lot of ABCs and other Americanized Asians have fled to get away from the new Asian immigrants who only want IUSD and obsess over a few points difference between Northwood and Uni High. There's lots of Asians in the...

In my experience, its true about recent (Chinese and other) immigrants in Irvine not integrating well with English speaking locals (of any race). Its probably a language barrier issue more than anything else.  Generally true of immigrants of all races and cultures--easier to bond with people you...

Top of the World is NOT convenient to drive around. Scary as heck going in and out of there...I also would not want my kids playing on the street there...too dangerous

you can also consider some of the bigger single family homes in Northpark which are walking distance to Hicks Canyon Groves at Orchard Hills. There are quite decent lot sizes to be had, depending on the house--there is variability in the lot size even within a tract. Trevi or La Vita for a...

cheap on a price per sq foot basis. But its still close to 800K for a 2 br.

My neighborhood in the Groves side of OH is pretty much all owner occupied as far as I know ( since there's very little rental market for houses of this size and would make no sense from a cash return perspective), and the buyers are primarily locals who have moved here from other older...

are  you looking for true guard gated or just gated? Northwood pointe has unmanned automatic gates. They don't do jack when it comes to stopping crime. Very few true guard manned gated communities in Irvine. Northpark. Groves at OH , Reserves at OH. Is Altair going to be manned by guards as...

Regardless of whether you believe in all the stuff about feng shui, there are logical reasons why its not good to be on the T intersection! Case in point...

The floorplans are ...yawn. same as everything else in TIC new developments. just slightly larger rooms than the 2500 sq ft version or the 3000 sq ft version.

If its new construction, you will have to get any and all front yard landscaping approved by the HOA before you did anything, or they can and will make you remove it at your cost and replace with something which does meet approval. I highly doubt your HOA would approve straight out mulch in...

care to elaborate on that theory and who that group might be???

Its the price point. All houses of the size and price point of OH groves are moving slow, but OH groves is made up exclusively of large SFR so its more noticeable--check out how long similar listings in Northwood Pointe, Northpark, Portola Springs, Woodbury, Pavilion Park, even Quail Hill are...

3200-3600 sq ft on a 4250 sq ft lot? Pass

depends on if they were born here, or what age they came over. If they come before about age 5-6, they are generally as fluent as native speakers of English.