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Old 01-06-2015, 08:45 PM
 
Location: Laguna Niguel, Orange County CA
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LuvSouthOC Where did you live during your gentrification phase?

What could SA officials do to attract more people who to live in its downtown who want to upgrade its conditions?
Areas of San Diego CAMPAIGNED for gays to come move in and gentrify their nabes back in the 90s. Here is one...

Azalea Park Press - Pride of Place

Anyone with any sense has to have figured this out by now, no? That means the area needs to truly tolerate young gays and ensure that they do not get attacked. I think however that gays alone are no longer the recipe. Today many adventurous hetero couples (childless), lesbians, and those who don't mind living in gay hoods, can help gentrify since gays do not need to be relegated to a ghetto any more. Times have changed it seems. Have they?

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Old 01-06-2015, 09:08 PM
 
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Phases. Parts of urban LA, downtown SD area, and DC.

Areas of San Diego CAMPAIGNED for gays to come move in and gentrify their nabes back in the 90s. Here is one...

Azalea Park Press - Pride of Place

Anyone with any sense has to have figured this out by now, no? That means the area needs to truly tolerate young gays and ensure that they do not get attacked. I think however that gays alone are no longer the recipe. Today many adventurous hetero couples (childless), lesbians, and some don't mind living in gay hoods and can help gentrify since gays do not need to be relegated to a ghetto any more. Times have changed it seems. Have they?
Thanks for the reply. That is a very informative article. Great that someone provides facts and data to backup their perspective.
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Old 01-07-2015, 08:41 AM
 
Location: Riverside Ca
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It's because Santa Ana has a reputation for being a lower social scale city. And it is. Because for the most part wages are lower and has illegals and gangsters. There is a lot of crime there as compared to south OC. It's a older city.
Schools aren't as good. What's funny is Matter Dei is located in a not do great neighborhood. Granted it's all fenced in.
Not all of Santa Ana is bad. There are very expensive safe areas.
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Old 01-07-2015, 11:21 PM
 
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Some busy people view a large yard as more to maintain.
These busy people can easily hire a gardener. Problem solved.
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Old 01-07-2015, 11:24 PM
 
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There is a couple of houses near Downtown Santa Ana built in 1920 or before. Huge and very pretty. Some of them recently restored. Prices are around 550 and some even below 500. Why are those so cheap compared to other parts of Orange County?
Two words:

Santa Ana
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Old 01-08-2015, 01:07 PM
 
Location: OC/LA
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Two words:

Santa Ana
I would live in Santa Ana before living in the endless fields of disgusting tract housing in Irvine, mission Viejo, Aliso Viejo, foothill Ranch, etc.

Dtsa arts district is really cool and hip area. While I don't think it will gentrify as fast as Dtla there is definitely huge potential.
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Old 01-08-2015, 05:28 PM
 
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I would live in Santa Ana before living in the endless fields of disgusting tract housing in Irvine, mission Viejo, Aliso Viejo, foothill Ranch, etc.

Dtsa arts district is really cool and hip area. While I don't think it will gentrify as fast as Dtla there is definitely huge potential.
So you would choose a really cool art district, high crime rate, and a bad school district over tract housing, low crime rate, and a good school district?

To each their own I guess.
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Old 01-08-2015, 06:03 PM
 
Location: Buena Park, Orange County, California
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So you would choose a really cool art district, high crime rate, and a bad school district over tract housing, low crime rate, and a good school district?

To each their own I guess.
DTSA doesnt have a high crime rate (cant say that about other Santa Ana neighborhoods though). Also, not all of us are raising a family, so the schools are irrelevant.

Not to mention, the words 'tract housing' are enough to make some of us cringe.
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Old 01-08-2015, 06:34 PM
 
Location: OC/LA
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DTSA doesnt have a high crime rate (cant say that about other Santa Ana neighborhoods though). Also, not all of us are raising a family, so the schools are irrelevant.

Not to mention, the words 'tract housing' are enough to make some of us cringe.
Exactly. I'm 28 with no kids. I grew up in a beautiful craftsman home in Pasadena. There is no way I will ever live in tract housing.
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Old 01-08-2015, 07:02 PM
 
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There is a couple of houses near Downtown Santa Ana built in 1920 or before. Huge and very pretty. Some of them recently restored. Prices are around 550 and some even below 500. Why are those so cheap compared to other parts of Orange County?

Or am I missing something else here?
Santa Ana conveniently happens to be right next to two of the most expensive cities in Orange County: Irvine and Newport Beach.

Ever see that show Downton Abby?... Santa Ana is "downstairs".
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