Orange County, CA is misunderstood by most of the public. North OC is the less refined area including such places as Santa Ana, Garden Grove, Stanton, Brea, Anaheim, Orange, and Yorba Linda. The minority population in this region of Orange County is greater than almost anywhere in the nation. Southern Coastal orange county is home to many CEO's, professional athletes, movie stars, and some good old fashioned oil money. Areas not included are newport coast (new money central) and inland south orange county (Coto de Caza, Mission Viejo, Santa Margarita-These are very average places to live, not nice like the coast)
Villa Park, Cowan Heights, Orange Park Acres, Copa de Oro, North Tustin, and Anaheim Hills are the reasonable decent places to live in north OC, but the average property value in all of these places is less than 1/3 of Newport Beach's 1.7 million. These places are all at least 30 minutes from the coast and 15 to 25 degrees hotter during the day than Newport Beach in the summer time. There is also a lot of smog and traffic in these areas, while south OC residents enjoy private toll roads with little traffic and almost no trace of smog near the coast. The average reported income me be higher for two reasons: a. There is a high rate of tax fraud in newport, b. there are many surf bums living on the peninsula sharing rentals who do not make very much money.
Most south OC residents consider North OC to be an extension of nearby riverside county.
Villa Park, Cowan Heights, Orange Park Acres, Copa de Oro, North Tustin, and Anaheim Hills are the reasonable decent places to live in north OC, but the average property value in all of these places is less than 1/3 of Newport Beach's 1.7 million. These places are all at least 30 minutes from the coast and 15 to 25 degrees hotter during the day than Newport Beach in the summer time. There is also a lot of smog and traffic in these areas, while south OC residents enjoy private toll roads with little traffic and almost no trace of smog near the coast. The average reported income me be higher for two reasons: a. There is a high rate of tax fraud in newport, b. there are many surf bums living on the peninsula sharing rentals who do not make very much money.
Most south OC residents consider North OC to be an extension of nearby riverside county.
Wow look at all of this smog and mexicans, are we in riveride? No, it's just Orange. Eeeew, north OC is dirty.
by Tom24 August 23, 2005
A vapid little cultural bubble in the bastion of Liberalism that is California, populated by detached and clueless soccer moms in white suburbia, who support politicians like Diane Feinstein when they propose hairbrained ideas such as the Assault Weapons Ban. Mainly because they figure that since THEIR neighborhoods are clean, safe, and free of crime, that EVERYPLACE in America must be so, and therefore nobody needs guns.
by Justin January 15, 2006
by Kyle February 19, 2005
A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE ON URBAN DICTIONARY EITHER STEREOTYPES IT AS RICH OR GHETTO
WE ARE NORMAL LIKE ANY OTHER PLACE, NOR THE RICHEST NOR THE POOREST!
STOP PUTTING A BAD NAME TO US.
YOU MAKE US AND YOURSELF LOOK SNOBBISH/GHETTO
WE ARE NORMAL LIKE ANY OTHER PLACE, NOR THE RICHEST NOR THE POOREST!
STOP PUTTING A BAD NAME TO US.
YOU MAKE US AND YOURSELF LOOK SNOBBISH/GHETTO
by OCrepresentINAGOODWAY August 23, 2011
1.) The place with the most shallow, plastic, superficial people on Earth
2.) Divided in to the rich South and ghetto North (Irvine acts as borders)
3.) Overpopulated with surfer, skaters, punkers, racist white folks as well as soccer moms.
4.) Home of Disneyland, the happiest place on Earth
5.) Welcome to Hell.
2.) Divided in to the rich South and ghetto North (Irvine acts as borders)
3.) Overpopulated with surfer, skaters, punkers, racist white folks as well as soccer moms.
4.) Home of Disneyland, the happiest place on Earth
5.) Welcome to Hell.
by redonow November 26, 2004
Very possibly the single dullest area on the continent. Not full of rich white people like the stereotypes, but actually populated almost exclusively by complete tools who lack common human decency, courtesy, respect, and any ability to drive. Occasionally one may meet some who isn't half bad, and even rarer are those that are actually kind of cool. Overall however, the people are general assholes who could stab you in the back without blinking. The one good thing about the OC is how hilariously Right Wing it is. In short, a pretentious, hyper-right, suburban NYC. I should know; I grew up there.
by Escaped the Orange Curtain December 10, 2009
Orange County is an extremely diverse, yet segregrated county. You'll find large groups of all races, just in different spots of OC. Usually split into two parts, north and south. North is usually considered the more "ghetto" and poorer part, while the South is richer and more plush. This is generally true. Some of the anomilies, however include:
-Yorba Linda: This city, unlike much of its North OC companions, is not a minority majority. There is lots of old money and blue bloods, beautiful homes and was rated by CNN as the 11th best place to live in USA.
-Fullerton: About 80% Asian, with 90% of those Asians being Korean. The city is also fairly wealthy, but is suffering from urbanization and white flight, so it is going down the tubes pretty quick.
-Villa Park: Another place with lots of old money, similar to Yorba Linda with slightly cheaper housing.
-Brea: There are parts of it which seem like an extension of Yorba Linda, and parts of it which seem like an extension of Fullerton, both nearby cities.
-Irvine: This central-south~ish city is the biggest bubble on the planet. Split in terms of ethnicity, about 45/45 Asian/White, with other ethnic groups making up the rest. It is like a government experiment gone wrong. Homes, streets, signals, business places, parks, EVERYTHING was preplanned. The result? Homes with no backyards, where you can reach out your window and shake your neighbors hand, streets where you must go past your original destination 4 miles to make a simple u-turn, etc. The school system, however, is rated to be excellent, which is why so many Asian people flocked there.
The rest of OC basically falls into the South - rich, North - poor.
-Yorba Linda: This city, unlike much of its North OC companions, is not a minority majority. There is lots of old money and blue bloods, beautiful homes and was rated by CNN as the 11th best place to live in USA.
-Fullerton: About 80% Asian, with 90% of those Asians being Korean. The city is also fairly wealthy, but is suffering from urbanization and white flight, so it is going down the tubes pretty quick.
-Villa Park: Another place with lots of old money, similar to Yorba Linda with slightly cheaper housing.
-Brea: There are parts of it which seem like an extension of Yorba Linda, and parts of it which seem like an extension of Fullerton, both nearby cities.
-Irvine: This central-south~ish city is the biggest bubble on the planet. Split in terms of ethnicity, about 45/45 Asian/White, with other ethnic groups making up the rest. It is like a government experiment gone wrong. Homes, streets, signals, business places, parks, EVERYTHING was preplanned. The result? Homes with no backyards, where you can reach out your window and shake your neighbors hand, streets where you must go past your original destination 4 miles to make a simple u-turn, etc. The school system, however, is rated to be excellent, which is why so many Asian people flocked there.
The rest of OC basically falls into the South - rich, North - poor.
The Orange County you see on TV is completely not true. Nowhere in OC do you find only spoiled rich snobby white kids.
by electricone September 3, 2006