PICTURES of ORANGE COUNTY (Los Angeles, San Diego: movies, school district, gated communities)

[cityx]

[quote=cabolissa;4405704]No gangs in OC except for Santa Ana maybe... Not like LA for sure.

Garden Grove is NOT upper middle class according to OC standards... Good schools, yes, but beautiful it is NOT!


Compared to Sacramento where I live - Garden Grove is totally middle class and Santa Ana would be considered beautiful and very safe. Rancho Santa Margarita would be "off the charts" poshness up this way.

[cabolissa]

Originally Posted by cityx

Compared to Sacramento where I live - Garden Grove is totally middle class and Santa Ana would be considered beautiful and very safe. Rancho Santa Margarita would be "off the charts" poshness up this way.

Wow, sorry to hear that!

[missionhome]

We constantly have great events for the whole family down in Mission Viejo. In June, Mission Viejo hosted the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. It is a great event where residents of MV come together and walk the track at Saddleback College for a whole 24 hours to show how cancer is a 24/7 struggle. Its a ton of fun with games and theme laps and everyone brings tents to spend the night on the track. My son was the main participant and was on his high school's team who raised around $4,000. Not bad for a bunch of high school kids who could be off at the movies. My son wanted to do this for a friend of his who passed away from cancer in December. He made a candle for him and took a picture to give his friend's mom. We just came and stopped by for a little bit to say hi and bring him his sleeping bag and stuff because he spent the night. Here are some photos from the event:

Opening ceremony with the marine battalion that Mission Viejo supports and sponsors


Games on the grass


They did a survivor lap which was really nice. Survivors wore purple shirts.


Life music was played

[jessemh431]

[quote=cityx;4471265]

Originally Posted by cabolissa

No gangs in OC except for Santa Ana maybe... Not like LA for sure.

Garden Grove is NOT upper middle class according to OC standards... Good schools, yes, but beautiful it is NOT!


Compared to Sacramento where I live - Garden Grove is totally middle class and Santa Ana would be considered beautiful and very safe. Rancho Santa Margarita would be "off the charts" poshness up this way.

I thought Sacramento was nice...or are you just in a bad neighborhood?

[cityx]

[quote=jessemh431;4486611]

Originally Posted by cityx

I thought Sacramento was nice...or are you just in a bad neighborhood?

Sacramento has a handful of quaint, tree-lined, middle to upper middle class neighborhoods, but those are more the exception than the rule.
The majority of Sacramento (in the city) is rather run-down and crime ridden with plenty of homeless and destitute people milling about. Even the above mentioned "nicer" areas border the worst parts of town by only a few miles. Plus, it's very hot and very smoggy in the summer time.
I'm from Fullerton originally and most of Orange County would be considered paradise compared to Sacramento.
Boy, did I take OC for granted when I lived there!!!

[impala666]

Originally Posted by nebulous1

Okay, tell me, how all these people can afford to live there? I am a professional in Indiana, and I am scraping to get by on over $50K. How can you make it out there?

What kind of professional are you on $50k pa.
As an American you should be ashamed of yourself and as someone said lets get back to the pictures.

[loveCali]

Originally Posted by impala666

What kind of professional are you on $50k pa.
As an American you should be ashamed of yourself and as someone said lets get back to the pictures.

Wow, are this kind of posts allowed on this forum???

[cityx]

Originally Posted by impala666

What kind of professional are you on $50k pa.
As an American you should be ashamed of yourself and as someone said lets get back to the pictures.

If that comment was meant as being a sardonic response, I barely chuckled. If you were serious then that's a dreadfully pathetic mindset to be in.

[antibes]

[quote=GGCR33PiN;4603570]

Originally Posted by cityx

LOL@garden grove considerd middle class and santa ana beautiful compared to sacramento? comeon .. i been to SAC town many of time. i was there two weeks ago. its not all bad, plus the crime rates there compared to OC?? yupz.. dats all i gotta say

Garbage Grove, Santa Ana are the worse places in OC. Total dumps.

[johnsmith5082]

If you really watch you can find a little bit of his father in him, but mostly he is his own actor, and a good one at that. He's very natural playing a realistic character. His girlfriend is played by Schuyler Fisk (daughter of Sissy Spacek), and she's a very positive, caring California girl. Her character wasn't as strong as Hanks', but she was mainly meant to be more of his sidekick than counterpart. Jack Black was the reason I saw this movie in theaters, and he was as awesome as usual (up until recently, where's he has just been taking whatever is thrown at him seemingly) as the unmotivated stoner older brother Hanks' character Shaun.
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