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No need to exert my Confucius Taoist humility dealing with TI aggressionists.

I practically live in the TCE area considering all the meetings I go to. I don't feel threaten and scared of it. I would live there just like IHO if we find a product to our liking.

OMG! You asked the dumbest question. If you work in Alhambra then you have so much to choose from. Buy the cheapest house you can in the San Marino schoool district. No brainer.

Yes I would love to be IHO's neighbor as long the width of the habitable portion of his house is wider than his 5CWG and fits the following formula. Width of IHO habitable portion of house+ 5CWG < the summation of both of his TCE side yards where by the structure height is < the front yard...

One of my properties is exactly that. A 4 car garage with an 8 car driveway among Qwerty's relatives.

I wrote the design guidelines for Shady Canyon and it was paraphrased for Crystal Cove. I am the source.

Over building the site is the exact definition of Mcmasionization. Take Santa Monica for example. Recent decades the city littered with over scaled homes. Some were designed by excellent architects. Many were designed by unskilled architects. Can the city cherry pick the well designed and over...

Even Santa Ana never had a lock down. Personal grievances should be expedited on the streets and not inside the school.

You said it yourself MASSIVE HOUSE with tiny backyard. what is the formulaic and numerical formula. The height of the house> front yard. The width of the house > left sideyard+right sideyard. This numerical approach is much more scientific. Although there is a stylistic definition but with the...

What about TCE and Affordable for a 5CWG split with kids garages at one end with a detached casita studio above it to entertain their friends and not tracking their muddy shoe prints into the main house. You are right people who wants certain things bad enough will compromise on certain things...

Definition of McMansion is the height of the home is greater than the front setback. The width of the home is greater than both sideyards combined. That is clearly in Irvine and not in North Dakota.

I am much more interested in entry level housing than those $m neighborhoods. Of course we all know The higher the prices the better the neighborhoods. It does not take a genius to figure it out. Frankly I am not impressed with the so call $m neighborhood Fever is raving about. The big Spanish...

I differ with your opinion in so many way. I see CVE as the ideal location. Unfortunately you based your decision on old data. You are seriously not looking forward to 20 years from now. Millennials will be the future consumers. The generation who prefers Spanish stucco boxes is at the tail end...

There is a difference between affordable housing vs government subsidized housing. Affordable housing is home ownership and subsidized housing is not. The organizations that run affordable housing operate just like a home builder. In fact they hire well known home builders to construct the...

It's true feeder schools such as Phillips Exeter with a good GPA and SAT score are a guarantee to the Top colleges. The top five schools, Phillips Andover Academy in Andover, Mass., St. Ignatius Preparatory in San Francisco, Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, N.H., Choate Rosemary Hall in...

No wonder the rich folks in Newport Beach are getting cancers living directly below the take off flight path.

Affordable housing actually have the same aesthetic criteria as the market rate. In fact they are better in some cases. Market rate builders do cut corner and value engineer their products. Affordable home builders are aware of NIMBYism and they do exercise the best of their ability to build and...

Didn't I say that a long time ago. Asian kids in Santa Ana have a greater chance getting accepted to the top schools. I am sure she is not as academically prepared as the average kids from Irvine. She may be future C student at Harvard and that still sounds much better than a straight A student...

Best buy of 2017. Trellis Court and Carlisle. Predicted in January of 2016.

Congratulation PPker. I wish I could disclose all the fabulous things about to happen just south of your home. You made a good choice. In less than 10 years you will be thrilled.