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.
