I have lived in Huntington Beach over 20 years until I moved out of So Calif. in 2010. Unfortunately I was renting and was not able to afford to buy on $150K income. Huntington Beach and Mission Viejo are the most desireable places to live in the U..S. I bought a 9 years old 1,500 ft house in a new development for $174,000 in 2017 in North Texas. So So calif is not the only place to live. The living standrad had gone down in my opinion.
I just visited my daughter who lives outside of Dallas. A lot cheaper to live there but I wouldn’t want to live there. The weather alone is a huge turn off. Plus, as you know, in Southern California you are always close to any climate you want. Plus there’s always something to do.
From Southerm OC takes, it well over an hour to get to LAX with mild traffic. You will almost never experience less than mild traffic, weekends included.
HOA dues can be subject to wild swings in cost and its always up! I got reamed too many times with 'special assessments' which FAR exceeded what i'd spend for a single family residence. They're esp bad with smaller developments with fewer owners to spread the cost.
Believe it or not, it has gotten better. Personally I think they shouldn’t call it a “homeless” problem because it’s not. It’s a drug and mental health problem.
@@LeftCoastLiving No but I've considered buying there since it borders Irvine and has more affordable houses, and the area is nice. Maybe average age, public transit/walkability, racial breakdown, or education for what I'd want to see. But I understand you are trying to cover high level.
@@RayQ101 even in the ghetto, unless I wanna go the opposite way and feed off the low income LUXURY apartments that look nicer than anything I could afford lol
It's dumb to live in places because of political views unless you live your life on made up issues that the political elite propagate so we fight among each other. We should all be against the political elite, not people just like you who may have been raised differently but otherwise are in the same socioeconomic life experience.
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Watching as a Costa Mesa who lives 2 minutes away from Anduril HQ its on the Irvine list, just wanted to mention.
Why anyone lives in California is a mystery to me, keep electing Democrat though and god speed.
Why not? The weather is amazing and there’s always something to do. The politicians are going to take care of themselves.
I have lived in Huntington Beach over 20 years until I moved out of So Calif. in 2010. Unfortunately I was renting and was not able to afford to buy on $150K income.
Huntington Beach and Mission Viejo are the most desireable places to live in the U..S.
I bought a 9 years old 1,500 ft house in a new development for $174,000 in 2017 in North Texas.
So So calif is not the only place to live. The living standrad had gone down in my opinion.
I just visited my daughter who lives outside of Dallas. A lot cheaper to live there but I wouldn’t want to live there. The weather alone is a huge turn off. Plus, as you know, in Southern California you are always close to any climate you want. Plus there’s always something to do.
From Southerm OC takes, it well over an hour to get to LAX with mild traffic. You will almost never experience less than mild traffic, weekends included.
There is also a toll road which will save you time.
@@LeftCoastLiving Never leave California, America is closed.
HOA dues can be subject to wild swings in cost and its always up! I got reamed too many times with 'special assessments' which FAR exceeded what i'd spend for a single family residence. They're esp bad with smaller developments with fewer owners to spread the cost.
Always check how financially fit your hoa is before buying!
what about newport beach?
Newport Beach is awesome!! I was there in the video. Right?
@@LeftCoastLiving dunno, i skip around vids alot. otherwise i would never get sleep. or eat.
I thought I showed Baboa at the end of the video.
@@LeftCoastLiving you may have. sometimes i dont go all way to end.
Just got back fro LA shocked by the drug and homeless problem in upscale neighborhoods,
To be more specific Beverly Hills!!!
Believe it or not, it has gotten better. Personally I think they shouldn’t call it a “homeless” problem because it’s not. It’s a drug and mental health problem.
tustin wasn’t covered?
I’ll get to it! Do you already live there? What would you like to see?
@@LeftCoastLiving No but I've considered buying there since it borders Irvine and has more affordable houses, and the area is nice.
Maybe average age, public transit/walkability, racial breakdown, or education for what I'd want to see. But I understand you are trying to cover high level.
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So what you're saying is that if you're not a millionaire don't even think about living in Orange County.
Not really. You can afford Orange County on a descent salary. There are tons of different options.
There are half million dollar homes in OC. Most cities are expensive, but there are options.
@roots4x shitty ones, santa ana is getting expensive and so is anaheim lol
@@RichieRageSanta Ana median home value is $840k so you’ll have a decent range of $700k-950k on average. So yeah you need money to buy in OC.
@@RayQ101 even in the ghetto, unless I wanna go the opposite way and feed off the low income LUXURY apartments that look nicer than anything I could afford lol
Can you steer on political views?
Orange County is more republican while the LA area is very democrat
I suppose you can.
I think you’ll find a mix wherever you go. We have to get back to just letting people vote for whoever they like without judging and hating on people.
It's dumb to live in places because of political views unless you live your life on made up issues that the political elite propagate so we fight among each other. We should all be against the political elite, not people just like you who may have been raised differently but otherwise are in the same socioeconomic life experience.