The Asian Population in Irvine in Percentage wise Peaked at 45.6% and then stayed stagnant for the last 15 years. Why?

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They built a lot more apartments with a certain percentage low income units. Could also be that foreign born buyers in new housing developments don’t fill out the census, not that I trust anything put out by the census since 2020.AC529B79-8C4A-4D70-A361-8B058CC8B6D4.jpeg
 
irvinehomeowner said:
My theories:

1. test started eating them
2. They started listening to Liar Loan and stopped buying... and regretted it.
3. They were afraid of the IHO view lot
4. morekaos TI political posts made them move out of California
5. ... to Jonh's Creek because of Panda.
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6. Too many homes that are Asian owned but vacant with zero birth rate is bringing down the percent even while they purchase more homes in Irvine.
 
panda said:
The reason I started this thread is because I wonder if when the Asian population hit a certain critical mass in % basis, it starts to plateu. Irvine's Asian demographic in terms of % didn't change for 15 years from 2010 - 2025
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I think it has more to do with cost of buying property. Asians are more likely to move to a place where they can buy then to pay 50% of their income renting. Asians are still the fastest growing demographic in surrounding areas.
Geographical diversity is used for UC admissions. I doubt there will ever be 25% white again unless they bring back affirmative action. There just aren’t enough white students spread around the state. They are concentrated in certain districts.
 
"Two or more races" is a fast growing category which includes a lot of kids with one Asian parent, but they don't get counted as Asian in these surveys.
 
I'm Asian and lived in Irvine for a decade, but moved back to my old hood near Cerritos so I can afford a 4 bed cul-de-sac SFR with real yard and no HOA. Both myself and my wife graduated from Artesia High School in Lakewood. My daughter now attends elementary school in same district (ABC).

There is a "cost" of not being in Irvine. As I mentioned in another thread, due to student population decline the schools in ABC district area facing closure. In Irvine we have growing student population from new housing and younger couples moving in. In Cerritos you have empty nest population with kids already grown and moved out.

During COVID, I noticed that while supermarkets shelves in Irvine were fully stocked, the supermarkets here seem to be lower on the totem pole for restocking. Even post-COVID, when I pick up my diabetic meds (Jardiance), it took almost 2 weeks to fill at local pharmacy. I had not experienced this when I was in Irvine.

Irvine has many good kid's playgrounds and parks with clean restrooms and play equipment. In my neighborhood, not so much. But I'd rate Cerritos library better for kids, and Norwalk Athletic Center better for the large variety of low cost arts/sports classes for kids.
 
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I always think it's funny how we try to give reason(s) why Irvine premium is worth it. Besides the school district and MR, it isn't that much better than the surrounding neighboring cities.

If school is the only difference, why don't people take a step back and ask how many different ways are there to learn 1+ 1 = 2? Or ask yourself, does having the most up to date facilities impact the kids education? It's the same issue I have with USC back in the day, we had all these new buildings being built, but why would that even be needed? University of Hawaii's math classrooms in Keller Hall were probably the most ancient buildings I've ever seen and not updating it did not have an impact to learning Calculus at all.

I mean, if one has all the money to spend in the world, I guess it doesn't matter, but at the end of the day, it could be money spent on other things.
 
sleepy5136 said:
I always think it's funny how we try to give reason(s) why Irvine premium is worth it. Besides the school district and MR, it isn't that much better than the surrounding neighboring cities.

If school is the only difference, why don't people take a step back and ask how many different ways are there to learn 1+ 1 = 2? Or ask yourself, does having the most up to date facilities impact the kids education? It's the same issue I have with USC back in the day, we had all these new buildings being built, but why would that even be needed? University of Hawaii's math classrooms in Keller Hall were probably the most ancient buildings I've ever seen and not updating it did not have an impact to learning Calculus at all.

I mean, if one has all the money to spend in the world, I guess it doesn't matter, but at the end of the day, it could be money spent on other things.
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True to everything you said, just supply and demand, demand was high and stays high.
 
sleepy5136 said:
I always think it's funny how we try to give reason(s) why Irvine premium is worth it. Besides the school district and MR, it isn't that much better than the surrounding neighboring cities.

If school is the only difference, why don't people take a step back and ask how many different ways are there to learn 1+ 1 = 2? Or ask yourself, does having the most up to date facilities impact the kids education? It's the same issue I have with USC back in the day, we had all these new buildings being built, but why would that even be needed? University of Hawaii's math classrooms in Keller Hall were probably the most ancient buildings I've ever seen and not updating it did not have an impact to learning Calculus at all.

I mean, if one has all the money to spend in the world, I guess it doesn't matter, but at the end of the day, it could be money spent on other things.
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Real estate is all about demographics. Who your neighbors are. Winners want to live with other winners. It's as simple as that, everything else is inconsequential.
 
sleepy5136 said:
I always think it's funny how we try to give reason(s) why Irvine premium is worth it. Besides the school district and MR, it isn't that much better than the surrounding neighboring cities.

If school is the only difference, why don't people take a step back and ask how many different ways are there to learn 1+ 1 = 2? Or ask yourself, does having the most up to date facilities impact the kids education? It's the same issue I have with USC back in the day, we had all these new buildings being built, but why would that even be needed? University of Hawaii's math classrooms in Keller Hall were probably the most ancient buildings I've ever seen and not updating it did not have an impact to learning Calculus at all.

I mean, if one has all the money to spend in the world, I guess it doesn't matter, but at the end of the day, it could be money spent on other things.
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Irvine has something that most other cities don't have and that is the Irvine Co. They have a vested interest in the city and will benefit by keeping it clean as long as they are landlords. And they still have land that can bring in new taxes and alot per property. The school district closes older schools and builds new ones with plenty of funding.

There are older areas of Irvine, but no real crappy areas. Most other surrounding cities with older homes have run down areas and limited ability to build more houses so as long as homes don't change hands the city ages with little increase in revenues so chances are the area will go downhill with time.

Irvine has plenty of money, it's centrally located near good paying jobs, local shopping, restaurants, etc and it's relatively safe.

If you live in a nice surrounding area, you'll hear "but it's not Irvine". and if you decide to move in the back of your mind will always be "but it's not Irvine" and that does come into a decision to leave.

Probably other towns like Irvine around the country but do they have a company as big as the Irvine Co and property taxes to the tune of $40-60K per cracker box lot with kids who don't even go to school? Doubtful.
 
sleepy5136 said:
I disagree, I’ve provided talking points that shows it’s basically on par with the surrounding areas if you ignore the schools.
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That's fine. These are all opinions anyways.

There are numerous post/threads here on why Irvine is above par even beyond the schools.

I would chatgpt for you but that triggers others.

IMO:

Central location
Wide variety of home inventory (not many surrounding cities have a large new stock)
Food choices
Safety (yes, arguable)
Master planned
University
Employment center
Bikeways
... I can keep going.
 
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