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Old 02-02-2013, 06:33 PM
 
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Although all communities are more expensive than most other places, Huntington Beach real estate is valued at about 20-30% of Newport Beach and Laguna Beach. Anyone know what make HB less desirable?
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Old 02-02-2013, 06:44 PM
 
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It's an oil town.
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Old 02-02-2013, 11:02 PM
 
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
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its not as pretty as NB and LB and still regarded as a working class community.
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Old 02-02-2013, 11:40 PM
 
Location: Lafayette, CA
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It depends on which areas of HB.

The areas closer to the freeway are much less desirable.

HB has some fairly expensive areas actually. I have family in OC (in Coto De Caza, and Monarch Beach). The area in HB next to PCH between Goldenwest and Main are selling for around $400 to $450 sqft. That's nothing to sneeze at.

But on the whole, Huntington is going to be less expensive because of the brand; seen as working class, some ghetto areas, etc.
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Old 02-03-2013, 06:33 AM
 
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I have family in OC (in Coto De Caza, and Monarch Beach).
I'll bet not many folks know that there was a time when you couldn't be Jewish and buy into Monarch Bay (house only as the land was and may still be lease-hold). They had to live in my neighborhood up the hill. I knew some residents there we suspected of changing their names to pass muster. Amazing to think about now.
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Old 02-03-2013, 07:08 AM
 
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Huntington Beach real estate is valued at about 20-30% of Newport Beach and Laguna Beach. Anyone know what make HB less desirable?
Yeek. Go visit and you'll have your answer.
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Old 02-03-2013, 09:19 AM
 
Location: Lafayette, CA
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I'll bet not many folks know that there was a time when you couldn't be Jewish and buy into Monarch Bay (house only as the land was and may still be lease-hold). They had to live in my neighborhood up the hill. I knew some residents there we suspected of changing their names to pass muster. Amazing to think about now.
Interesting. Was that an actual city ordinance? I'm not an OC resident so I don't know much about the history.
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Old 02-03-2013, 09:28 AM
 
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In the past, restrictive covenants against Jews also existed in Northern CA, including Oakland, and were commonly used across the US as a way of keeping Blacks, Jews, Hispanics and Asians out of many neighborhoods.

The Supreme Court found the covenants to be a violation of the 14th Amendment; and the Fair Housing Act of 1968 was passed in an effort to help end housing discrimination.



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Old 02-03-2013, 10:08 AM
 
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Interesting. Was that an actual city ordinance? I'm not an OC resident so I don't know much about the history.
No. As the poster below said about Oakland it was done through a restrictive covenant that gave the HOA BoD the right to exclude anyone deemed unworthy. They had what was referred to at the time as a "color committee" that would approve new residents. I'm not sure the exclusion of certain groups was formalized in the covenants or if it was just an unspoken practice.

At that time, that area wasn't in a city. It was an unincorporated section of the county as was the rest of Laguna Niguel, which it was then a part of.
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Old 02-03-2013, 11:10 AM
 
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That's so interesting to me. My experience with SoCal is mostly LA County, but I wonder if OC was more of a backwater back then.
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