Los Angeles vs Orange County vs San Diego

[Justabystander]

Originally Posted by lovecrowds

Laguna Beach is known to be very nice and I agree it is a very nice small city with very nice terrain and foilage of course the Ocean right there.

North Tustin, Villa Park and Anaheim Hills have lots of nice homes on larger lots that tend to well kept with nice gardens but they are comperable to the Inland Empire on heat and the scenery is just rolling hills of hay for much of the year.

Orange County has some very, very nice areas but the half the county is very flat and unappealing on scenery.

Orange County overall also is fairly hot and climate wise compared to San Diego County.

Much of Orange County looks very, very dry much of the year.

San Diego's marine climate influence goes much further through the county than Orange County which is interesting because San Diego County populated areas tend to have much, much more hilly terrain.

I have found it interesting that North Costa Mesa and Santa Ana which are just over 5 miles from the ocean look drier than La Mesa and Escondido in San Diego County which are far further from the ocean

Having grown up in OC, you are way short here. Along with Laguna Beach, Dana Point, Newport Beach, Corona del Mar, Newport Coast, Capistrano Beach and San Juan Capistrano, and Huntington Harbor are all nice coastal areas.

Inland areas with hills include Buena Park, Fullerton, Brea, Yorba Linda, North Tustin, Villa Park, Anaheim Hills, Orange Park Acres and Hills, Coto de Caza, Mission Viejo, Laguna Hills, Ladera Ranch, Aliso Viejo, and Turtle Rock, Irvine..

I don't see how OC looks any drier than LA or SD. They are all pretty parched

I would rank looks OC, SD, LA. San Diego the city looks old in the neighborhoods, and LA is just an ugly city with some very attractive wealthy areas like Beverly Hills and Palos Verdes.

It is funny to me that a person from bone dry Arizona is calling OC dry.

[elchevere]

Yeah, having lived 17 years in OC and 13 in SD I did not notice any difference in terms of brown/dried out landscape between the 2 areas….certainly not anything like Northern California, where I also lived, which was more noticeably greener than all of SoCal for greater portions of the year.

Originally Posted by Justabystander

Having grown up in OC, you are way short here. Along with Laguna Beach, Dana Point, Newport Beach, Corona del Mar, Newport Coast, Capistrano Beach and San Juan Capistrano, and Huntington Harbor are all nice coastal areas.

Inland areas with hills include Buena Park, Fullerton, Brea, Yorba Linda, North Tustin, Villa Park, Anaheim Hills, Orange Park Acres and Hills, Coto de Caza, Mission Viejo, Laguna Hills, Ladera Ranch, Aliso Viejo, and Turtle Rock, Irvine..

I don't see how OC looks any drier than LA or SD. They are all pretty parched

I would rank looks OC, SD, LA. San Diego the city looks old in the neighborhoods, and LA is just an ugly city with some very attractive wealthy areas like Beverly Hills and Palos Verdes.

It is funny to me that a person from bone dry Arizona is calling OC dry.

[Losfrisco]

Originally Posted by littletraveller

Going by looks only. Which county is most aesthetically pleasing?

If Americans had never settled in Southern California:

1. Los Angeles

2. San Diego

3. Orange County


Because Americans settled there and made it one of the most populous regions in the world:

1. San Diego

2. Los Angeles

3. Orange County

No one has an answer to L.A.'s mountains, but if you take the train from the south into L.A. you'll see places like Vernon which have industrial density on par with what I imagine you would see in China. Not very aesthetically pleasing.

San Diego stayed beautiful because it struck out at the plate in its efforts to be a commercial hub.

San Diego at least has some answer to L.A.'s mountain vistas, not seeing the same in OC.