I'm tired of the development! (Irvine, Mission Viejo: apartment complexes, home builders, buyers)

[NewportBorn]

I love Southern California, and yes, I know the positives and negatives, and before anyone wants to school me, I am a native.

I just wish it would slow down a bit, I want some land to be preserved, not everything needs to be BUILD BUILD BUILD.

I love the foothills and rolling canyons of O.C., and I want them to stay.

[Charles]

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[NewportBorn]

Yeah, sucks doesn't it?
I am in St.Louis right now, plenty of open land and the houses are more than 5ft apart!

[recycled]

In OC there's not a whole lot more land zoned for large scale development left, except for the remaining farm parcels owned by Irvine Company between Sand Canyon and Tustin Ranch Rd. The map posted by Charles of the future Rancho Mission Viejo development near Ladera Ranch probably won't start up for quite a few years until there is some assurance that the economic disaster the country is in right now has settled down, and that there are enough buyers in the market for the homes they want to build.

The only large projects going on right now in central OC are the large apartment complexes going up by the Irvine Co. They just finished three large apartment complexes on Irvine Bl at Sand Canyon, and a few thousand more apts are going up near the Irvine Spectrum. Irvine Company put the brakes on all new single home residential construction, except maybe for a few new homes in the Portola Springs area that were just finished off. The great park development is sort of a great dream at this point. Lennar, who paid about a billion for development rights is struggling financially like all other home builders, and is not crazy enough to build a bunch of homes that might not get sold.

[sheri257]

It's a Catch 22. Restrict development and then everybody will continue to complain about how sky high housing prices are.

I live on the Central Coast where there are a lot of development restrictions and housing prices are even higher there.

[jksouthbay88]

I like development and growth,the more the better.Development=Jobs and options.At least your not living in Vegas,Miami or even Dubai.Dubai is growing so fast it's not even funny.
Dubai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dubai's growth makes OC's growth look like nothing.

[NewportBorn]

Originally Posted by jksouthbay88

I like development and growth,the more the better.Development=Jobs and options.At least your not living in Vegas,Miami or even Dubai.Dubai is growing so fast it's not even funny.
Dubai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dubai's growth makes OC's growth look like nothing.

How long have you lived in SD county?

Are you a native?

[Mtnbkrdr98]

Originally Posted by NewportBorn

I love the foothills and rolling canyons of O.C., and I want them to stay.

What else to say but "Amen" on what you said. Even more so for me, a mountain biker and road cyclist. Also even more spoiled after living in a mountain state. For all who stay and live here in S. Cal/OC, let's hope they do preserve remaining open space. Example: what the Irvine Company did what a few years ago, by donating all the open space Laguna Coast Wilderness Park along Laguna Canyon Road was a noble thing for everybody who enjoys the open space - also Irvine open space reserve areas around Shady Canyon - although access is still artificially limited in many of these areas, unlike more open mountain states.

[MisterDuke]

My advice is "Build, Baby, Build!"

The bigger the supply of housing, the more affordable all of it will be.

[NewportBorn]

Originally Posted by MisterDuke

My advice is "Build, Baby, Build!"

The bigger the supply of housing, the more affordable all of it will be.

Yeah, Because we all know all there is to O.C. is miles and miles of Cookie cutter houses and strip malls.

No.

IF you can't afford the housing wait until the market rides out, or go somewhere else.

Sorry, but thats why there is IE.