Moving to Irvine with Kids (Orange, Fullerton: renting, townhomes, where to buy)

[ihatedcu]

Save your money. Irvine is for, out of town, suckers.

[LuvSouthOC]

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[veritasveritas]

Originally Posted by glowinthedark

Almost all of newer South OC (Irvine and points south, including Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Aliso Viejo, Laguna Niguel, Ladera Ranch, etc) are cookie cutter suburban housing tracts, unless you can pay 2 million plus for a custom estate.

I would take any these cities any day now over Irvine.

[rob043055]

As far as public schools go, Irvine's are among the very best academically, but a lot of than is due to the value of education to the large Asian population. Realize that Irvine Public School System is in California and the teachers are all union. Be prepared for your children to be indoctrinated in collective liberal values, which can really damage their abilities to be self-reliant when they are adults. I would never send my child to a California public school.

Rents are super high-- a 2 bedroom right now are going for about $2800. You may want to consider Costa Mesa where the rents are less expensive I believe.

Good luck!

[MrJester]

Originally Posted by rob043055

As far as public schools go, Irvine's are among the very best academically, but a lot of than is due to the value of education to the large Asian population. Realize that Irvine Public School System is in California and the teachers are all union. Be prepared for your children to be indoctrinated in collective liberal values, which can really damage their abilities to be self-reliant when they are adults. I would never send my child to a California public school.

Rents are super high-- a 2 bedroom right now are going for about $2800. You may want to consider Costa Mesa where the rents are less expensive I believe.

Good luck!

Amen. Orange County is alot more liberal than most think. It voted for Hillary last election. Only South Orange County is still relatively conservative, but the remaining 80% of the county is rapidly liberalizing. And California as a whole--our leftist bent resembles Germany more than it does the US as a whole.

Irvine is also surprisingly liberal, even outside of UCI. Look at the voter registration trends--Obama won over McCain by 13%, and the city has only gotten bluer and bluer since then. It can't be just because of UCI; has to do with the newcomers moving in.

And yes, going to school in Irvine, the competition and workload could easily rival some smart-whip Asian country like Singapore!

[Socalpal]

Originally Posted by MrJester

Amen. Orange County is alot more liberal than most think. It voted for Hillary last election. Only South Orange County is still relatively conservative, but the remaining 80% of the county is rapidly liberalizing. And California as a whole--our leftist bent resembles Germany more than it does the US as a whole.

Irvine is also surprisingly liberal, even outside of UCI. Look at the voter registration trends--Obama won over McCain by 13%, and the city has only gotten bluer and bluer since then. It can't be just because of UCI; has to do with the newcomers moving in.

And yes, going to school in Irvine, the competition and workload could easily rival some smart-whip Asian country like Singapore!

All the best parts of OC voted republican

Villa Park
Newport Beach
Coto
Anaheim Hills
Yorba Linda etc

Laguna Beach has been liberal since its inception

[expatCA]

Originally Posted by Socalpal

All the best parts of OC voted republican

Villa Park
Newport Beach
Coto
Anaheim Hills
Yorba Linda etc

Laguna Beach has been liberal since its inception

But it is changing as virtually all of OC was conservative at one time.

[expatCA]

Originally Posted by rob043055

As far as public schools go, Irvine's are among the very best academically, but a lot of than is due to the value of education to the large Asian population. Realize that Irvine Public School System is in California and the teachers are all union. Be prepared for your children to be indoctrinated in collective liberal values, which can really damage their abilities to be self-reliant when they are adults. I would never send my child to a California public school.

Rents are super high-- a 2 bedroom right now are going for about $2800. You may want to consider Costa Mesa where the rents are less expensive I believe.

Good luck!

Isn't it a shame the non Asian population is not as interested in their kids education.

[Socalpal]

Originally Posted by expatCA

But it is changing as virtually all of OC was conservative at one time.

2008 was a similar trend so been going on for a while now.

Areas around Santa Ana (including Irvine, Garden Grove etc) vote dem

Rest of the county votes republican.

[AboveTheIce]

Grew up in an SD coastal beach town, moved to Irvine in middle school, choose to buy a non cookie cutter home on a big hill in North Tustin now that I have a family and it's honestly the best decision we could have made. Irvine was not the place for us.

Life has been good here and you will not find another area really like this in OC.

That said, we have decided that we are leaving California all together, because when you add everything up (all aspects of life) we don't really see the value it has as far as living an actual high quality of life. The political environment is beyond insanity, the constant passing of twisted bills, laws and taxes is endless and now that Newsom will likely replace Brown it's only going to get worse.

Good luck on your move!