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Nice area to live near Irvine, CA
Dervacumen:
Weighing moving there from the Bay Area, but I haven't been there for about a decade. Any ideas where a nice place to buy a house might be? Probably in the $600-$800K range. Like to spend less but not going to commute 1.5 hrs to work.
Thanks for some ideas.
Dmod:
Here are some suggestions for South Orange County (where I live).
Aliso Viejo (5-10 minutes)
Mission Viejo (10-15 minutes)
Laguna Niguel (15-20 minutes)
San Juan Capistrano (20-25 minutes)
San Clemente (25-30 minutes)
Unfortunately, they're still very expensive areas but less costly than Irvine, Newport, and Laguna Beach. Mission Viejo is probably the most reasonable of the above.
somunny:
Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley are generally nice.
Dervacumen:
Thanks for some ideas.
I've been to Huntington beach a few times a decade ago, but I'm not too familiar with the locations Dmod listed, although I'm familiar with the names.
What's the traffic like on the 405 and the 5 nowadays? I spent most of my time a little up north on the 405 and it sucked 10 years ago so I can't imagine it being any better. And I think there are some widening projects in the works for the freeway system down there. Any ideas on the commutes?
By the way, I travel 50 miles to work now, but it's pretty quick, relatively speaking at about 1:00 to 1:15, with bad days at 2:00. I just don't know if I want to keep doing it if I can afford to live closer to John Wayne airport.
somunny:
--- Quote from: Dervacumen on March 16, 2007, 09:20:07 pm ---
What's the traffic like on the 405 and the 5 nowadays?
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Gah! :angry: Terrible!
Still, it should only be a half-hour commute from HB and FV (there's always surface streets, too). I grew up in HB and my Dad worked at John Wayne for twenty years.
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