Here's The Wealthiest Neighborhood In Orange County, California
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- For this video, I drove through the wealthiest neighborhood in Orange County, California. To get there, I would hop along various freeways, from the 22 to the 55 and finally into Newport Beach.
The traffic was surprisingly light and it was a really pretty day - highs in the mid 70s and not a cloud in the sky - a perfect day for driving to our final destination along the coast. The day was Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 1 in the afternoon.
Newport Beach proper is a very wealthy enclave located here, practically right in the middle of Orange County’s coastline. Within Newport are various elite communities such as Balboa Island, Crystal Cove and Harbor View. However, the most expensive homes in Newport, and within all of Orange County lie in the community of Corona Del Mar, located here along a bluff which overlooks the Pacific Ocean.
Some of the homes we’ll see on the cliffside sell for $4 million. Some sell for $40 million. The average home prices here are $3 million dollars, putting this community at the top for home prices. In addition, the average income per household is $226,000. So, these folks are rich.
Right now, I’m going to begin at the bottom of the hill on Route 1, also known as the Pacific Coast Highway. We’ll check out the village along PCH, give some perspective of some amazing homes along the coast, and then drive up into the hillsides to see the homes up there.
From time to time, I’ll show you where we are on a map.
Now, we’re going to head up into the hills to check out the homes up there - many of which have ocean views. To some, these hillside homes may not be overly impressive from the road, nor are they the huge sprawling mansions that you might expect. But keep in mind, these are the wealthiest people in the richest county in Southern California.
For many of these homes along the hillside, it’s all about location, safety and amenities. After all, this part of Newport Beach is well known for its laid back beaches, surfing spots, tidepools, cliffside views and village shops.
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I worked for the city of Newport beach for 30 years, I have seen many of those houses being built over the years. as a carpenter for the city i got to do work in every area of the city. i have been retired for 8 years now and when i drive through i can still see many thing that i help build and many things i worked on.
It was way better when City of Newport had its own services. They cared for the community, and played an active role in its success as a city.
Now? Well…
How wonderful . You get to brag a little bit and also feel good and accomplished about what you did.
@@rosco0369 What happened? who cares for them now?
@@rl_31123 outsourced on a lie, and supposed savings spent on management position retirements. Some had two management positions for the same job. Allllll at the expense of those who made the city a great place to live.
In your opinion how was the quality of the work and the materials?
California’s nice when you have money..
All of the OC isn't like this rest assured
D G; Pretty much....
@@danielleporter1829 It's all expensive
@@casey2545 I'm not disagreeing that in general, OC and most of Southern California is expensive , I am well aware of that given I've lived here all of my life, born and raised. But a lot of that is inflated prices. What I meant is that there are parts of the OC where home prices are varied
@@danielleporter1829 oh, that makes sense:) thank you for clarifying.
I was born in Hollywood and when I was little we used to take drives to places like the beach and Beverly Hills to see the ocean and all the beautiful houses. I loved it. I never felt like, oh gosh they're rich and we aren't, I just took in the gorgeous architecture and appreciated that for what it was. Wonderful family memories.
W. Good for not comparing yourself to the other people there. Just making the most of your time. ✊
I'm Chicano my sister lives in westminister ca near bolsa Chica New Port Beach is nice place to live
I'm watching this from my comfy mobile home
Lucky.
Same here lol wit my heater blasting on high 😎👍
Same
Very nice to look at the pacific... sounds weird and simple but I enjoy the cornfields as well
What is mobile home? I never heard it before?
Orange county never used to be exclusively rich like it is now, it was once a middle class heaven..
Still is in a lot of areas such as Brea, Yorba Linda, Fullerton, etc.
@@jamalcolorado4260 Fullerton maybe, but definitely not Yorba Linda and Brea, those areas are full of rich people.
Majority of Orange County is affordable, middle class. We're talking about Newport Beach/Laguna Beach, one of the wealthiest areas in the World.
Now, there is no middle class in California......what you've always wanted.....
Garden Grove, anaheim, Santa Ana, fullerton, buena park, westminster, fountain valley..
I read some of the comments. Some are talking about the houses being too close together. That's true , but at least all of the houses don't look the exact same way. They all have it's own unique look . I'd love to see the inside of some of these houses. They are beautiful...!!
They are Bonnie!
That's honestly just how Orange County is. All of the houses are basically on top of each other. I can see directly into my neighbors bathroom from my bedroom window.
Yes!!! I live in Las Vegas where all the homes look exactly alike!!!
You got that right! Im the wife of a builder in this area. I have seen the inside of these homes remodeled or built from scratch. They are truly gorgeous homes with exposed beams vaulted ceiling‘s Beautiful doors and windows etc. No house is the same these are custom homes.
Ok Boomer
oh how i miss orange county! i'm now in the bay for college and haven't been back down in such a loooonnng time. i'm from a more 'affordable' part of OC, but close enough to the coast to enjoy the scenes from long beach to laguna beach whenever i wanted to. those solo drives along PCH while playing my favorite music will always hold a special place in my heart and memories.
jo you and i both.
Yesss
As in gg or westminster? 😁 anaheim girl here!
U make me sick jay
Which are the nicest&safest areas in Orange County that are still affordable please?🙏 Thank you so much in advance
You know your from SoCal when you you say “the” before the freeway name. The 22. The 91. The 405.
They don't say that in other states?
@@osmodiar16 they actually don't lol. Other states literally just say the number. For example ( take 22)
One question? For thos that say turnepike, where would they be from?
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@@petefarmer3514 ha. I was born in Jersey and moved to So Cal. I’m very familiar with the term turnpike.
@@Redallstar1
All depends on where one grows up. So Cal has always been special....and getting more special every year.
Merry Christmas to all 🍻
Your wrong . There’s a lot more in Newport Beach and Laguna beach and crystal cove that are more expensive
This is true
I was about to post the same thing. It seems like the starting point in crystal cove or pelican crest is at least $8-10M, or way above the $3M entry to CDM. I guess it depends on the definition or parameters of “neighborhood”
Pelican Hill
@@Jason-zc9on yes true a lot of those nice or hoods you can’t really get in DONT get me wrong CDM is expensive but when you put it BS Pelican hill Or Irvine cove that’s true Top of the food chain
@@AmandaMacedo412 yup
Made lots of memories in Newport.... still making them 74 years later.
Tell me you’re rich without out telling me you’re rich-tik tok
Know any housewives?
Use to work construction with my dad and we did a lot of houses here. Every time I pass by a house we did, it just gives me nostalgia. It wasn’t easy work, but it was nice seeing how these houses look before it was all done.
Wow Nick, I have been watching your videos now for a while, from here in England. I’ve seen lots of run down areas in the worst places in America that have really shocked me! Seeing these houses is something else, it’s like two completely different worlds! How can a wealthy country like America have so much, yet let poor areas just disintegrate? It is staggering to me, that there is such a massive division. I can’t stop watching your videos, they are mesmerising. Thanks for sharing and keep them coming. Love from England 🏴
The awful truth that the financial division in OC has worsened since the political divide has cut deeper. I know people don't want to hear this, but it has become blatant since we were played by Trump.
@@richardtaylor7485 I knew somehow someway I would see a comment blaming Trump for something. Meanwhile Biden is doing such a lovely job.
@@abrahamg3354 I've lived here since 1954 and have made a very nice living in real estate, now retired and living on the beach. Maybe you can learn some manners where ever you live.😎
@@mikeh8899 Do the math! Trump wasn't even on the radar for my success. You think his 4 years as a grifter influenced my entire life...fool.
we have millions of illegal immigrants from the poorest parts of the world. what do you expect we do with them?
Had my decade of living in OC. Loved the nearby beaches, the warm sun, and especially great food. Hate the high prices for single family homes or any homes and horrific traffic. Today, it's extremely crowded with more people and cars. Now, only visit OC for a nice family vacation.
Thanks for this. I really miss Cali. It’s been 29 years since I’ve lived there and I have to say of every place I’ve ever lived Cali was my favorite
Living and working in Orange County the closest I ever got to Newport Beach was living in Costa Mesa. Now I'm retired and living in Hawaii so I guess it turned out alright for me.
You're living the life lol... How do you like living in HI?
I moved to Hawaii 20 years ago and been retired for 4 years. It's a nice place to retire if you don't have to worry about a mortgage or rent. I'm lucky enough to have my own home with no more mortgage to worry about. It is paradise here but sometimes I do miss the craziness of living in SoCal.
@@chateaubullion2560 Aloha Mate, Hawaii is one place i want to visit someday and i do have few subscribers from there. I would love to invite u as well to my Street Food Channel and mind you all food i shown is well under 1-2$ !!! Visit me & do SHARE around.... Need more Hawaiian Love :-)
If you don’t have to work why wouldn’t you choose HI to CA? I moved from Hawaii to CA in the 90’s for work!
I agree that the houses are close together and yet all unique but I think what makes the neighborhoods look appealing is there is uniformity in the closeness to the streets, the clean smooth streets, the height of the houses and the attention to landscaping. The trees and shrubs are what gives this area a clean, refreshing look and make it inviting.
I bet lots of the people that live in this neighborhood don't see themselves as rich, just well off.
Many of them inherited or got them when it was cheap. My mom bought our house in Anaheim Hills for 120k in 1996 now a few homes are well over a million including ours that’s pushing it and we aren’t rich.
I have a friend who I had to convince was rich. She thought since the bills are higher it's basically the same. No I explained as I pointed out the obscenely huge diamonds she was wearing. People don't usually have those things. Maybe I could sell average-ppl life coaching to rich ppl.. 🤔
My family came from Mexico to CA in the 70s and worked their way into owning a few dozen restaurants & into real estate aswell. They were fortunate enough to purchase 1 home in west hollywood & 1 in malibu for a few hundred thousand. Each is now worth well over $1mill.
@@Jay-qj9zk Wow that's great!!
They see themselves as just regular middle class, some even struggle too
Clearly you haven’t seen the houses of Newport Coast.
😂😂
or Emerald Bay
@B. Tacktheritrix this is literally right next to newport coast roughly 15-20 mins away max
@B. Tacktheritrix i would argue homes on pelican hill are probably more expensive then newport coast but im not sure
@@Jareschannel pelican hill is newport coast
I’m from the neighborhood above this one, I pass through these streets every day. I really take for granted how beautiful it is sometimes. However I’d have to say that emerald bay is really the wealthiest neighborhood in Orange County.
Definitely agree
Wealthy yes but you should see some of the nicer and bigger properties here in Anaheim, Orange and Yorba Linda which is similar to this just huge yards and backyards. You’d think you’re in the Hamptons in certain areas especially Orange Park Acres and this area in Anaheim tucked between the hills. Depends what type of neighborhoods you want to live in I guess.
The wealthiest spot would be behind a guard gated community !
Yes, 24, 7. Armed guard. If you want to look up some really insane homes?....look up Emerald Bay, and Three Arch Bay, Laguna Beach CA. Pure insanity....🍻🤔
God Bless Everyone
No, quite wrong on that in CdM village. Some spots along the Coast are Guard Gated but not that many. Those big homes in the beginning are worth way more than three million today. I know, growing up there. My old home was torn down at three million and rebuilt somewhere in the neighborhood of 8-10 million today.
@@petefarmer3514 True! But Emerald Bay is in the next town south, Laguna Beach
@@marjoriemargel1567
I did mention Labina Goochie....lol and yes, average home price is in the 300 to 500 million pluse more gold bars and platinum please...yes it is pure insanity
@@marjoriemargel1567 disagree I’m from Newport Coast The top of the hill! There’s is no other place like it! 20 million plus!
1. Newport Coast, 2. Balboa Island, 3. Lido Island, 4. Crystal Cove, 5. Corona Del Mar. Favorite O.C. resort, Pelican Hill. Favorite shopping, Fashion Island. Thanks Nick.
Ooh, my cousin lives in Corona Del Mar. Beautiful home. They are very blessed, hard working, humble people.
Cool Maggie. You should call your cousin more 😉
@@NickJohnson 😜😂
I’m from the city of Orange in Orange County born and raised. I would give almost anything to go back home. So many memories in OC. Thank you for this. It saddens me that I would probably never be able to go home due to the housing prices. I just wanna go home.
I work at an AT&T store near the beach at Corona Del Mar on the border of Newport Beach and I gotta say ....business is good out there my friends !
lot’s of people complaining about space, uhhhmmmm you will never understand city living unless you lived in it, just like us people that lives in a crowded city cannot understand how people can live in the mountains alone without any neighbors 😀
My first thought was I'd never spend millions on a house in a crowded overdeveloped neighborhood but reading your comment gave me perspective, I guess to each his own.
this is not a city, more like a large town.
Over the years, I've lived both in Newport Beach and Malibu (renting, of course). Interesting that there's generally public access to the beaches in more "conservative" Newport Beach. Meanwhile, in more "progressive" Malibu, it's much harder to get similar access for the average Joe (or José).
I worked on one of these 30million$ homes in laguna hills redoing their decks. This particular house had 6 stories on a corner of the hill with 8 separate outdoor decks. We only ever saw the security guard that came to check up on the place daily. He told us that the owner was a Chinese lady that brought her family once a year during Christmas holidays. The rest of the year the house is completely vacant and never in use.
Damn that puts things into perspective
Cuz China is buying up as many US properties as it can
that should be illegal. ITs that kind of thing that pisses me off.
@@rachelm9350 are you kidding? 🤦♀️
. A person can do anything they want with their own property.
@@cariemorgangraff4829 not if it is blocking the neighbor's view. Usually there are restrictions, or the city should have them.
Didn’t expect to see my neighborhood in a UA-cam video 🤭
Lucky you, can you adopt me?
God is blessing...
Somehow your vids make my 2020 less heavy! I am just so tired.
Aww try yoga haha
Born in orange ca grew up in corona ca and now living on the North Carolina coast. Miss California, so much diversity and great food.
Except for taxes.
I just moved to PA from Huntington Beach. Miss it a lot.
@@yvettesdavis it’s a big culture shock.
Your perspective is interesting becuz I don’t think theres much diversity or great food here (besides Mexican and Vietnamese which is a given). But in comparison to where you are now, I understand why u say that. I’m from NYC and moved from Boston to Orange, now in Costa Mesa. I still don’t see the diversity 😩 maybe I have to move north
@@Michelle-he1hg come holla at me. I show you some diversity if ya know what I mean.
I used to go to college in the area and I loved driving down this very neighborhood every once in a while, picturing myself living there one day
I live in Costa Mesa, O.C. And have been here for over 30years. I'm from L.A. One of the best reasons I love living here is the Weather. Always get that ocean breeze, and the best in the summer. Also lived in Huntington Beach for years too.Theres good and bad area's everywhere you go, that's life.
It'd be cool if you drove down a street like Red Hill/Santa Ana Ave. starting in Santa Ana and all the way to Newport Beach.
I use to ride trail on Red Hill to NB. I..
Thank you for sharing this video Nick! You popped up in my feed and it's so nice to see you sharing this specific street, Ocean Blvd, which is my absolute favorite. Walking by the Ocean, just watching the waves, thinking about how life is just a blessing and how appreciative we all should be.
Totally Sakshi 😉❤️
LOL,,, there was nobody on the streets nobody walks in la,, or oc
Thanks Nick as someone born in OC, but then family moved to Riverside, this give me something to keep aspiring too.
Go for it!
Yes, I was stuck in Riverside for 6 years. Not all bad, but not my choice! Hot hot summers!!
get out of california
The 909? Only angelenos know what I mean.
I miss California very much. I moved to WA State, from Yorba Linda. 2 years ago.
The rain is nice and I am getting use but the Corona Virus 🦠 is keeping us in suspense. Thank you for the tour. I left my heart in Rancho Palos Verdes, a wonderful place also.
I went to Newport beach in November 2012. It was very peaceful and beautiful.
I’ve delivered for amazon all over Orange County and parts of LA County. The wealthiest neighborhoods that I’ve seen was Newport Beach, but in the Newport Coast area, each home was over 6000 square feet plus. At that point it wasn’t a top 1% neighborhood, but a top 0.01%. Laguna Beach also had some incredibly wealthy neighborhoods in Emerald Bay and Irvine Cove. Irvine also has Shady Canyon. There’s definitely more enclaves though.
You are right ! The top of the hill of Newport Coast overlooked the oceans, 3 angles views of the ocean. Houses there are from 30 to 40 millions. You have to get through 2 security gates to get to those houses. My sister’s backyard has view of 3 angles views. Left side of her backyard is Laguna Beach , the middle is Catalina n right side is Newport Beach. She lives at the best spot. Her neighbors are all company owners, CEO . They drive Roll Royce, Bentley….
Gotta get in the gates to see the nicest neighborhoods. Crystal Cove, Pelican Hill, Harbor Island, Bay Island, Linda Isle, Irvine Coves, Emerald Bay, Smithcliff, Three Arch Bay, The Strand.
Thank you for sharing 😊 I grew up in Southern CA and enjoyed taking drives around that area.
We should road trip sometime!
@@NickJohnson I’m in a small town in AZ LHC and prices went up 2020 with some that moved here from CA and other states. Arizona does have some beautiful areas. Another beautiful expensive ocean front area is in Shell Beach CA which can be difficult to find since it’s located in a neighborhood. You have to go down some stairs but once you are on that beach it’s so tranquil. Enjoy your travels 😊 God bless you.
Living in California all my life, it’s truly a “if you can make it here you can make it anywhere.”
And if you leave..youll never make it back without serious struggle (this was my story)
I work in this neighborhood caring for an elderly woman whos 96, she loves it and she might have lived longer because of it too. Me? I live an hour out of town where I can afford an actual house. Lol.
The richest neighborhood in OC is actually Emerald Bay. Check it out!
yep
Lived in Harbor View Homes for 15 years A beautiful area right down from Newport Bluff. Everything you are showing is still so beautiful and clean.
Im so happy to live here in OC 😍!
*Same*
Me too!
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This is no longer sleepy little beach town. The rich and famous live in Newport Beach/ Newport Coast. TV personalities and athletes and very successful business people live here now. I live in Newport Coast and many of my neighbors who still work have seven figure incomes. The area has changed tremendously in the past fifty years.
You can always tell the good neighborhoods by the landscaping.
Yeah. Like the lollipop greenery of Orange or Santa Ana. Ugh why do people think a rectangular olive tree looks good?!
or lack of sidewalk
I noticed that you did this early on a Tuesday to keep it safe.
Nice video of the wealthiest neighborhood of Orange County. I like to drive through those areas and see the beautiful homes. Makes me envious, but also appreciative that there are some beautiful cities here in Southern California (we all know some cities could use some help with that, such as certain areas of L.A.). Corona Del Mar is beautiful, but for some reason I was under the impression that Balboa Island was the wealthiest. How wrong I was lol. I have heard that there are some celebrities that own homes on Balboa Island. Thanks for taking the time to get some footage for us to enjoy! 😃
I wasn't overly impressed by the sheer size of those homes but i guess it's all about the location. They were too squished together!!
The cemetery has great views. Plus you can visit John Wayne and Kobe Bryant.
I have 6 friends 2 x band members buried in that cemetary hopefully il be buried in that cemetary one day with them all but don't know how much that would cost and I'm broke so maybe throw me in the ocean it's cheaper than being buried I'm sure no casket no land purchase!! And how long until they plow them all over for phosphorous and build rich peoples houses over the bodies anyways? Is there a statue of limitations or a time frame to build over the cemetary after so many years? How does that work??
I raised my kids in Mission Viejo and Lake Forest and it was a really nice place to live but it just got too expensive and the traffic was really annoying
When did you move to Texas?
Did your kids go to el toro high school?
Sounds like Naples, Florida.
California native: The housing prices and lots of other stuff is going to collapse soon. Remember, real estate floats on a sea of bank and mortgage debt.
My family and I are blessed to be living in Mission Viejo. A lot of hard working families lived and retired here. It's our little paradise and American Dream.
Nick how can you declare $226k as “rich”? It is merely middle class in CA. Plus that is household income which if divided by 2 makes it sound much less extraordinary.
can I ask how much annual income to be made are considering middle class in LA?
I was thinking the same thing 😂
Well this is where inheritance must come into play. Wife & I make much more than $224k but there’s no way we can afford that Newport neighborhood
@@josht.3320 I live in SoCal and my parents make over $250k in combined income. But even then we’re living in a basic townhouse in the San Fernando Valley.
I make 80k a year by myself and can barely get by in OC
Imagine just jogging through this neighborhood and while the ocean is to the side of you, pure paradise
It's must make you feel like shit while watching this video because you live poor and high crime neighborhood. I can relate to you
@@godking614 😂😂 uh what is wrong with you, I said nothing like that
I'm on the east coast and never been to CA. Thank you for this!!!!
okay Tara. Now you don't have to go see it. Or maybe now you do!
I’m the opposite, I’m from Cali and dream of visiting the east coast one day 😂😍
Aww yay I live in Newport Beach and we walk there to Inspiration Point (The park and small beach where these homes are located) to eat lunch regularly...its our little favorite hideaway decompression place. So cool to see it from someone else's perspective!! I do have to agree with some other commenters though, that this is in fact not the "richest" neighborhood in Orange County, or even in Newport honestly.....nonetheless I understand its very impressive..and Newport Beach is in fact labelled as the Wealthiest City in Orange County.
Pelican hill is more expensive by far.
I've golfed there. The place is magnificent. True splendor.
Dana Point is not far behind
Kobe Bryant lived there.
My wife and I love going to Newport Beach for a weekend getaway. We always stay at the Inn at Laguna Beach, which is right next too Heisler park (seen in the video). The Inn is located next to the park, is essentially on the beach on a higher bluff and is a few minutes walk to the center of Laguna Beach with restuarants, shopping and the volleyball courts and boardwalk. Newport Beach is the only place in S. Cal. that I can stand to visit without losing my mind in the madness of LA traffic.
this video brought back a lot of memories because i used to hang out there a lot. I used to ride my bicycle to Corona del mar beach from UCI, as well as hang out at Las Brisas restaurant, and nearby Fashion island and Pelican Hill Resort.
Well, I grew up only 3 miles from here, in Costa Mesa, and all the streets he drove are very familiar to me. One of the most interesting things about this street in Corona del Mar overlooking the ocean is that during the 20 years from the time I was age 5 to 25, there was NEVER a time that there was not at least one house in this neighborhood that was being built right on the same land where another was just torn down! And that continues to this day, even 2 decades after that!!! These homes that directly face the ocean are constantly being bought and sold! It appears to be a competition between neighbors in the eyes of a person who has gone to the beach down below the cliff many times over the years. Either that, or they have so much money that the slightly older house just didn’t fit their preferences, so why not just tear it down and start a new one! One summer about 10 years ago, my older children and I used to drive there weekly to take our other littles to the beach below because the waves are not usually rough because of a long jetty blocking the stronger currents on the opposite side. On our almost weekly visits, where you cannot avoid seeing the homes that overlook the ocean, we often liked to check the progress on what we called the Disneyland house because it really looked like the same style, only much bigger, as one of the houses on a ride in Disneyland! Fortunately, last time I looked, it was still there (I think!) Anyway, yes, this neighborhood is very expensive, but it is definitely not the most expensive real estate in OC or California! Not by a long shot! As others have written for this video, there are several neighborhoods both up and down the coast where every single neighbor is paying $30,000,000 or $40,000,000 or more to live there! These are just facts for OC people. We all know this, and we’re, like, ...”whatever!!” ...You just accept that compared to these people, you just know you’re dirt poor, but you keep your job and your home that’s only worth $800,000 anyway, and wonder what in the heck these people are doing for a living!!!?? (I HOPE it’s honest and not hurting anyone and I wish they’d TEACH me HOW to make this kind of money!!!) I’m into community service for a living, so it’s a mystery to me! However, the nice surroundings and safer neighborhoods are free! So, having roots here going back a few generations, we stay! Another interesting tid bit about the beach below is that there’s a scene from a movie from way back in 1972, “Love Story”, starring Ryan O’ Neal and Ali McGraw that it was fun to recognize was filmed here, right on the walk-way by the jetty. When I was a teen, I was watching it on dvd and noticed, then kind of marveled that it was filmed here that long ago! On another note, not all is glorious about some areas relatively nearby that we have to deal with, at times. My mom used to hate going to LA when I was little to visit family or friends because the congested, dirty LA where she grew up is an extremely different place! It wasn’t so bad in the 50s and 60s when she was growing up there, but NOW!! And we all HATE driving through LA on our way to places that are north of it! It’s like a big sore on the map that you have to go into, dreading every moment! I’ve had LA traffic slow me down coming from Monterey area (another extremely expensive area!!! And it’s even cold to me all the time in Monterey!), TRYING to get to OC that DOUBLED the time it took to drive, from 7 hours, to almost 14, just because I had to drive through LA!! I’m not exaggerating!! Because I didn’t get to LA until 1:30 pm on a weekday! It felt like a punishment and I never tried to get through LA on my way to OC during that time ever again! You might wonder why I didn’t just go around LA by going in a big half circle around it, but you have no idea how sprawling the L.A. mega-opolis IS!!! Instead of it taking 6 hours to get through it in the middle of the day, you COULD choose to only add 3 hours to your trip by going a distance of 3 times the mileage that you would travel by going THROUGH the mess! All I know is that during the Hollywood hey-days of the 1930s, 40s, 50s, and 60s when most of the present day freeways were built in LA, the planners sure didn’t understand what we’d have to go through today just to get past LA on the way home!! BTW, if you are not driving through LA from 6 am to 10 am and from 1 pm to 7 pm, you’re usually fine! 🤦♀️🙎♀️🤷♀️ One thing that helps such a mess to be more bearable: When you’re STUCK on the 405 freeway for awhile, get off on Santa Monica Blvd and go east a little ways up the street to the visitors center that is next to (behind) the Mormon Temple (of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). In the visitor’s center, there are interesting displays, self-guided tours, and some really nice and friendly people to talk to, who are not pushy and just happy to have you visit. It feels so welcoming after the brutal freeway mess of LA!! They also have a small theater inside the visitors center where you can watch a short free movie or two. My children always enjoy it. After that, we’re more ready and refreshed to get through the LA traffic, which doesn’t seem as bad!
Thank you for the UA-cam video of places that are familiar. :) Not everything is based on money around here ;)
Deborah gets a star!!!! Thanks for adding that awesome insight!!! ⭐️ 🌟
@@NickJohnson can you tell me the neighborhood name you drove across??plz
@Deborah Olsen. In the 20's LA and the Inland Empire had a fantastic light rail system that was all set to handle the huge expansion of population anticipated. General Motors and Ford wanted to sell cars, so they got their hand picked minions on the various planning boards and city council, and VOILA! freeways were built, railroads and public transportation were KILLED, and we now have the perpetual MESS you referred to, That's 100 HUNDRED years of inept and corrupt public policy, compliments of the biggest users of American Socialism- GM and FORD.
Oh............and let's kill the planet while we're at it with cars and fossil fuels.
BTW, that's probably how the few people who can afford Corona Del Mar got there- corruption and corporate socialism!
@@sadiyaakter8536 she speak about the 3 first minutes of the video overlooking the beach that is call more of parade of houses in Christmas time. But also Newport Beach in their neighborhood Newport Coast has more expensives houses is over the top of same hill but is a complete private area, and yes in all Corona del Mar neighborhood you can't found house for less of 10 millions today.
@@NickJohnson Kings Road, just north of Dover Drive, over the bridge, a street over from Ensign Middle school seemed to be permanently under construction. Beautiful homes on the cliff, streets narrowed by massive dumpsters--has a never satisfied feel. I grew up in a condo, on the west side at the top of Superior, near Hoag, on the border of Costa Mesa, was supposed to go to high school there, but I had friends going to Newport Harbor, so I lobbied, or we got annexed, whatever...Anyway, We got priced out--my retirement couldn't cover the costs (after working 28 years for the city, ironically) forced me to jump ship. Never thought I would, but with rent increases at 10% a year (we were paying $3100 for a 1300 sq foot place in an older part of Irvine--which made me feel like a traitor!) I wasn't going to be able to make it. Had a house one time, for 16 years, but life events put it for sale in 2011, the lowest point in the market after 2008---bought in 1994 for 143k, sold in 2011 for 375k in 3 days...it was a house exactly like the one I mentioned we ended up renting--in Mission Viejo (nice, quiet, plain, but ugh, zero character--but other than that, nothing to complain about). I think it's a million now--it always clocked in at the county median. If you live here, once you get behind the 8 ball, you're not gonna come up with 100 or 200 grand for a down payment...so it's rent...or move. So, held on until 2019 and didn't know where to go, looked at a couple of "top whatever" lists, wanted my income to go to a house, with a real yard...Guess where we ended up? Never even saw one of your videos until we got here (NC)...But I tripped out--didn't you mention you were in CA and moved to NC? Apparently people started following, my house went up 30% in 2 years. It's like I brought CA with me. (Don't blame me, I don't know anyone that's moved here :) It's worked out great, remote job, with some other things. I did NOT account for life insurance. Not sure if I could have done anything different. My out of pocket is the same, but I make less, and instead of the money going to rent, it goes to health insurance. I don't know how people pay it. Most people are able to stay in Newport through a great job, or the house is handed down to them. My parents put together a small fortune eventually, but were also nuts, so even though I was the only adopted child, when they passed, I got zilch. It wasn't a surprise, no complaints here--but it's the kind of thing that would have kept me there, as far as the natural order. Small world. Kinda. Truth is, as much as NC works for me, I do miss SoCal, I spent a decent amount of my spare time in LA, Venice Beach, every time I went to LA, I'd drive through Skid Rowe, just like you--it creates some real perspective. Crazy thing, I also used to do videos, like the Soft White Underbelly, but I was always too early...I was putting video on the internet when no one could watch it. People saying, who wants to see that? I wouldn't change a thing, I tried and made a tiny crack in Hollywood/filmmaking--there's an energy there, it's got a vibe of big things, hope, might I say, glitter. I know it's been degrading, but when you're born in East LA (true) and was in an orphanage that's now called The Dream Center--it kind of feels meant to be...And then you wake up. :) Uh...where'd all that come from? You see, I kinda miss it. But I'm good, I've finally got a basement. LOL.
Nice leisurely ride, peaceful and great scenery. The expensive location and land is the mansion, even without gigantic houses.
I used to live around there when I was young. But I do not miss it at all.
As an immigrant I basically spent 20 years of life from my teens and up in Newport and Laguna. I loved it! It was the best, most positive experience of my life that changed everything for me and it also opened my eyes to success and wealth which there is an abundance of there. And everyone used to be so polite, so helpful... I absorbed into it so much I felt like a native and still view the US as "my" country. I am truly shocked, upset and saddened to see what's happened to California lately.
After living here for more than 70 years I can say it’s the weather that’s the main attraction. Same beautiful weather almost every day of the year. It’s a kind of boring that you learn to love.
California here I come!
No no no
@@grizzlybear2750 yes yes yes
Wonderful shopping, food, beaches, sunsets!
Thank you for taking me on a drive today. :)
They put up some new condos on a street across from the ocean in Oceanside and priced them at "Low $1,000,000s" I was stunned. Now I see this video.
Seeing this happen often in OC, I feel your pain!
My 55+ condo is a quarter of that, has the barest of ocean view, and it is about 15 minutes from the beach. I'm satisfied.
I live in a Rural area and looking at home's like those just made me glad I live here. Thanks for all your videos Nick.
Too crowded!!
Me too. I used to live next to Naples, Florida. Some of the rich there have homes so close to each other. Wouldnt want my neighbors almost on top of me.
me too,,,, Super claustrophobic,,,,, i want to nature,,,not houses.
Idk if I’d want to be that close to my neighbors, even with a house that beautiful 😬
Yeah, a tiny house on a big lot, sounds better.
I agree, I prefer to live where the nearest house wasn't in spitting distance of mine.
Plus all the cars parked on the street, where I lived in Kansas they towed cars parked on the street an commercial vehicles had to be garaged.
As someone living in the Bay Area, I have never had a problem regarding proximity to my neighbors. But in the end, I guess that comes down to personal preference
@@dave3657 yes stay in kansas hillbilly 😂
lived in oc my entire life. if you want weather there is Lemon Heights (Unicorprated Santa Ana), Tustin and Fullerton. All old money. The more flamboyant areas are Newport Beach, Balboa. Laguna has old money. As does San Clemente. We are a red county. Alot of money everywhere. Even areas considered lower income; OC is a nice place to live.
Orange County is beautiful I’m thinking the gated communities such as New Port Coast and Pelican Hill have the more grand expensive homes in Orange County. The ones you drove by are nice but the view and area is the expense. Fun video to watch. I love driving in the area.
Cool!
Growing up in SoCal, I loved Newport Beach and all its neighborhoods. Used to go to the beach all the time, met a lot of people on the beach, loved Balboa Island, Newport Back Bay and Via Lido Island.
Parts of that remind me of Point Loma/Sunset Cliffs in San Diego, my hometown. I miss the weather, family and In-N-Out but not the cost. Left So Cal 15 years ago.
What state did you move to? I'm from sd and consider leaving as well.
In 1889 Joseph and Helen Duarte, relocated their home from Newport Landing as it was called in the late 1800’s by way of placing their home on barrels and guiding it as it was pulled by a boat at high tide across the bay to the new settlement. Joseph had built a platform on stilts to place their board-and-batten home. Their home was the first in Newport Beach.
Information is from “Old Newport The Seaport Years” as written by Ramona Duarte Castle and published in 1970 by Hendricks Printing Company.
This whole area looks like it`s just oozing $$$$$. No shitbox cars , no potholes and beautiful homes with manicured yards. Spectacular!
Thank you for a lovely tour of a well maintained neighborhood. Noticeably there was no trash on the streets, no unkempt lawns, no graffiti tagging, no homeless encampments, no squalor, and no urban blight.
You see what the different do the politics, here their use the taxes on the city no in party benefits like all other city's if the mayor don't work corrected the citizens can request for resign
In Newport Beach the mayor position is a figure head while the city council does most of the legal work. The difference is that the city is extremely wealthy and pays our police to deport homeless people to other cities.
Reminds me of the enclaves in W Seattle and Redondo Beach s of Seattle in the Summer 🌞. Beautiful presentation🤩. Did I see a “ California Stop”?
i california stopped the whole video Deidra!
Lol. He's notorious for "California Stops" everywhere he goes. 😂😂😂
Old 🗝️
Let me tell you - only in Newport/ CDM area do you risk - as a pedestrian - getting hit by a Bentley, Jaguar and a corvette all at the same time. Fashion Island Mall is a luxury car lot until I park my Honda Accord in it 🥸
so true..
Lol I love visiting Fashion Island and always feel so out of place when parking my little Toyota Corolla 😂
I really miss a lot of things about California. I live in Oregon now but I really do miss the sunny and warm weather. I don't think I could move back but I always enjoy visiting.
I’m from SoCal and whenever I go to Oregon the people there suddenly change their demeanor if they find out you are from CA
@@romcallis unfortunately that happens, but Most people I interact with on a daily basis now I grew up in California and don’t seem to have a problem with it, however a lot of my dad’s family lives near Portland, so it’s always been my home away from home.
@@lambolove9569 We’re taxed to death in almost every other regard however
Ngl having a best friend that lives in Corona Del Mar and Emerald Bay has destroyed my standards on the way of living. Everyday there is like paradise on earth and I’ve met a lot of ppl that are stuck in their own bubble. Think of gossip girl but on the coast of SoCal.
Crazy
I love OC, it s beautiful and a nice place to raise kids, too.
It really is!
Agreed.
My Grandmother owned a beach wear clothing store in Newport in the late 1940'-1960 called the beach comber. John Wayne, and his friends would shop there. My teenaged mom sold a bathing suit to William Holden, as Wayne was chatting with my grandmother. Bogie and Bacall also shopped there.
Unfortunately I only have one picture of the storefront.
Beachcomber is now the name of a restaurant in Crystal Cove! How funny
Thank you for your vidz dis is my inspiration to lived in california
Ok!
Then after laguna niguel down to Dana point for many years then settled in a more down to earth beach city and was married eventually and raised 2 kids here in san clemente but balboa island and the newport peninsula will always have a special place in my heart as I always loved the fun zone and the ferry from balboa island to the newport peninsula I spent alot of my coming of age in that area and my first job ever was at the fun zone before it was remodeled and a bit more shady back then I worked at 15 years old at mr fun food across from the 2 arcades and pizza pete's it was my first high school job and I learned to surf at little carina and cameo shores and big corona when the china cove house still existed to the right of big corona my best times in high school were here so I got alot of good memories here.great place for a teenager to come of age and probably the safest neighborhoods in california I had no idea how easy and care free the life in corona del mar was until I moved away from it .it is the most perfect cookie cutter neighborhood you could ever live in you didn't even need to worth about locking your car doors or your house front door it was so crime free!!! Thanks for hosting this I could tell you some stories about the rich kids and what their parents did to become rich good and bad rich people from brain surgeons yacht club family's real life gangsters italian mafia parents south coast country club owners the original bottled water capitalists that started evian water co. and many others both good and bad people are the rich owners of property in cdm and balboa island and newport beach it takes a walks to build a rich neighborhood like these and I got some stories I could te about going to high school here!!!
I spent 2 wonderful years in Orange County back in the mid eighties. I applied for a job in an animal hospital in Newport Beach but was given a job in a clinic in nearby Irvine. For me it was a great time enjoying the beaches, the great outdoors and the weather. I don't envy those people in their exclusive houses, with ocean views and Mexican gardeners. What shocked me was how many people worked crazy hours to afford the house and the schools but were in tears because they couldn't afford the vet bills when their pets got sick. Is it worth achieving the dream when you are constantly running to keep up and never stopping to enjoy the scenery?
Yeah, I have noticed similar things about people and how they spend their money in Sourhern California. I’m from Northern California, but moved down to OC for several years and lived in Newport Coast and further up north too.I was surprised to see how people had fancy cars, expensive clothes, yet we’re not actually rich at all. I’ve seen people living in apartments that I lived in when in college driving Range Rovers and expensive Mercedes. People go into debt to keep up with the Joneses down in LA and OC, whereas people from the wealthy area I grew up in in Northern California would have no problem driving Volvos from the early 1990s (this is in the 2000-2010 years). The people in Northern California had nice houses, but aside from that you’d never be able to tell their wealth because they didn’t flaunt it. It wasn’t important. In OC it’s all about flaunting your wealth or trying to appear like you’re rich. People judge you by what you’re wearing. I remember my college years where girls not only bought the designer jeans, but dry cleaned and pressed them as well. That gets expensive. It’s a beautiful area down there, but I also realized people were much less traveled. They’d grown up in a bubble not understanding the rest of their world, country, and state, even. It’s like reality didn’t exist outside LA and OC.
I don't think of $226k/year for a household income as rich in California. But yeah, pretty nice place :)
My thought exactly. I was like is this $226k per year or month? Because if it’s per year, it’s nowhere near enough to afford a home in Corona Del Mar.
Yeah thats wrong.
As someone who has grown up in Orange County, I can say full heartedly that Dana Point is the best city to live in. Some people would probably argue that Laguna or Newport are nicer but clearly they haven’t driven around Newport or Laguna on a crowded bumper to bumper day then...
Hello pretty how are you? Happy new year to you 🌹
The most expensive homes in Orange County are not in Corona Del Mar, They are in Newport Coast. Newport coast just had the most expensive home sale in orange county history, 61,000,000 for a front row double lot home in Crystal Cove. There is another home coming on the market in Pelican Crest (also Newport coast) for over 100,000,000, it will be completed in the next 6 months. Homes on the harbor often are more expensive than anything in corona Del Mar, with prime placement harbor homes going for between 20-35 million. As far as OC goes, the most expensive areas are 1. Newport Coast, 2. North Laguna (Irvine cove, Emerald Bay), 3. Newport Harbor.
There’s no homeless problem in these areas because they all get pushed into Santa Ana :( it’s such a sad reality of OC. There are literally buses that come and pick up people who are homeless and drop them of in Santa Ana. Really disappointed with OC decision to do that.
They also get pushed down to Laguna Beach. There is a big homeless shelter In the Laguna Canyon neighborhood.
Depends on where you go. I've seen homeless people all over my town and the town next to mine. Although San Juan Capistrano isn't like most towns in Orange County at least from what I've seen there.
@@herbertthewaterrat near the canyon club? that makes sense actually.
Wow really? I never knew that and I live in OC almost all my life. I wondered why there wasn’t a homeless problem there...sad
Exactly, I live near Santa Ana, and that's not the only place the homeless are taken to Buena Park, Anaheim as well just to name a few more. Fairview hospital was one of the places people were asking for them to be put, it's a huge facility, that use to house I believe over a thousand developmentality disabled people. The homeless, could live there and be monitored, but the surrounding neighbors rejected it, saying they ( the homeless) would be right in their backyards. Well, they are already in your backyards if you look where they're actually staying, only there is no monitoring of any kind.
Isn’t it so funny. Just by being by water your home value goes up dramatically. Lol water. Not even spring water. Salt water. Haha.
Can’t believe how clean these streets are. Even the white lines that are painted in the road are spotless😳
The city sweeps them every week
I'd probably want a front yard.
The beach is your front yard. You just have to cross the street.
I would want a driveway as well. I’ll be afraid to leave my car parked on the side of the street
@@dpickering97 oh my god it's literally the worst. i have to park on the side of the MAIN ROAD because there's no parking in my actual neighborhood. Getting out of my car at night is always so scary.
I love running along the beaches of that coastline! I honestly say most of these homes seem like vacation homes and most have seasonal rental signs posted up.
Newport Beach is so beautiful. First time visiting I had such a good memory. As for the gold digger reputation, I hear quite a number of cosmetic surgeons live here lol. That would definitely attract plastic gold diggers. Fake and shallow probably would be accurate description of the typical residents lol. Home of "the OC"
I think the video is cool but Corona Del Mar does not have the most expensive houses in Newport. The really wealthy ones are always in gated communities up in Newport Coast. Aka Pelican Hill. I’ve been to a few houses up in that area, they are HUGE and worth millions.
Great information
So beautiful. One day I’ll live there. 😁
I grew up there. It can be nice but there's a lot of bullshit.
@@chadjazeera9960 You mean California in general or this wealthy areas ?
@@soundso478 I was referring specifically to Newport Beach.
Hey man this video Is wrong. I live in Emerald Bay in Laguna beach, and it’s definitely more exclusive and more expensive than CDM. If you want to come shoot a video one day I will let you. It’s a gated community neighborhood but I can let you through the gate. I would say the houses in my development (Emerald Bay) are definitely nicer and more expensive than these. You also have 3 arch bay which has nicer and more expensive houses than CDM as well. Newport coast is also nicer and more expensive than CDM.
Thank You For Sharing Nick.. I Always Enjoy All Your Videos.. It Looks Nice On The West Coast.. I Think I Like It Better In The East As In Vermont, And New England, And Quebec..
Warmer anyways
I ❤️California!
I love too
Hey Nick. It would be great if you covered Palm Springs/Rancho Mirage.
I would love that! That's where I met the hubby.
So that’s where all the Tesla’s go...
This video is so beautiful to watch.
You have to be there to really enjoy the Beaty and weather!!
Thank you for your video, could you do a walk through?
Thank you u again from Elaine (uk) x
It would take much longer 😘
@@NickJohnson thank you 🙏
Would be good exercise though😁
Thank you 😊 x