Chinese, where would you live?

[jamboreedude]

If you were a newly arrived Chinese immigrant or even a Chinese American, where in Southern California would you want to live and why?

example: Irvine, Diamond Bar, Arcadia, Monterey Park, Chino Hills?

Give me your top five places?

 

[locolocal]

Beverly Hills with a beach house (that I wouldn't visit, just brag about) in Malibu.

 

[usctrojancpa]

Malibu, La Jolla, Crystal Cove, Beverly Hills, and Santa Barbara.

 

[locolocal]

ditto La Jolla & Crystal Cove.  Also Palos Verdes & San Marino

 

[Crispy3]

You guys must all assume Chinese ppl are rich 

 

[flipper]

If you were a newly arrived Chinese immigrant or even a Chinese American, where in Southern California would you want to live and why?

example: Irvine, Diamond Bar, Arcadia, Monterey Park, Chino Hills?

Give me your top five places?

If all depends how much money you have. But I would rule out places like Malibu or Beverly Hills that are far from Chinese communities. If you have $2m+ cash, Newport Coast, Shady Canyon or Turtle Ridge of Irvine. I spoke to Joele who is specialized in Turtle Ridge. Move than half of the sales in Turtle Ridge are to all cash buyers from China.

My friend's nanny came from Shanghai. She sold her house in Shanghai and bought a detached condo in Woodbury. Even though she doesn't speak English and doesn't have a school year kid, she still prefers Irvine. Irvine is safe and nanny job pays higher here.

 

[locolocal]

I just chose the top five places I would want to live, not the top five places I could afford.

 

[irvinehomeshopper]

Oak Knoll, Lunada Bay, Hope Ranch, Rolling Hills, Montecito, and Brookside Park

 

[irvinehomeowner]

Santa Ana.

 

[sega]

Santa Ana.

Then I'd like to suggest Lynwood or South Gate

 

[irvinehomeowner]

Santa Ana.

Then I'd like to suggest Lynwood or South Gate

Do they have a special unicorn area that rhymes with Moral Shark?

P.S. Your avatar will prevent me from eating kiwi in the future.

 

[jamboreedude]

If you were a newly arrived Chinese immigrant or even a Chinese American, where in Southern California would you want to live and why?

example: Irvine, Diamond Bar, Arcadia, Monterey Park, Chino Hills?

Give me your top five places?

If all depends how much money you have. But I would rule out places like Malibu or Beverly Hills that are far from Chinese communities. If you have $2m+ cash, Newport Coast, Shady Canyon or Turtle Ridge of Irvine. I spoke to Joele who is specialized in Turtle Ridge. Move than half of the sales in Turtle Ridge are to all cash buyers from China.

My friend's nanny came from Shanghai. She sold her house in Shanghai and bought a detached condo in Woodbury. Even though she doesn't speak English and doesn't have a school year kid, she still prefers Irvine. Irvine is safe and nanny job pays higher here.

Is she legal in the States?

 

[Crispy3]

This is exactly what happened to Arcadia and exactly why I do not want to be in Arcadia... the community has become full of FCB's that just wanted a place to dump their money. There is little parent involvement for the kids as one if not both of the parents are overseas 80% of the time running their business, instead spending a ton of $ for the kids to go to after school programs and tutors. 

A classic herd mentality regardless of profession and economic background. Irvine is highly advertised in China and FCBs are buying Irvine properties without really knowing the surroundings and it's attributes. When everyone is buying the it got to be good and I don't want to miss out.

Could this be all good when Foreign Chinese buyers are buying up properties left and right?

If you were a newly arrived Chinese immigrant or even a Chinese American, where in Southern California would you want to live and why?

example: Irvine, Diamond Bar, Arcadia, Monterey Park, Chino Hills?

Give me your top five places?

If all depends how much money you have. But I would rule out places like Malibu or Beverly Hills that are far from Chinese communities. If you have $2m+ cash, Newport Coast, Shady Canyon or Turtle Ridge of Irvine. I spoke to Joele who is specialized in Turtle Ridge. Move than half of the sales in Turtle Ridge are to all cash buyers from China.

My friend's nanny came from Shanghai. She sold her house in Shanghai and bought a detached condo in Woodbury. Even though she doesn't speak English and doesn't have a school year kid, she still prefers Irvine. Irvine is safe and nanny job pays higher here.

 

[Crispy3]

http://www.streetgangs.com/asian/arcadiahttp://articles.latimes.com/1993-06-09/local/me-1164_1_arcadia-high-students

I realize the second link is old. But Wah-Ching has shown up in Arcadia High again recently and has made front page in the chinese new paper a few times in the last couple of years. It is rumored that the San Gabriel Valley area has become THE place to duck out for Wah-Ching when there's trouble... I have no idea if the rumor is true or not but I'd rather not risk it.

With the amount of parent involvement in Irvine schools I doubt it would the same issue.

Irvine is following the Arcadian trend and is only 1/2 of a tread behind. Both cities pride good schools and safety so does it really matter when the latch key kids are already in abundance?

This is exactly what happened to Arcadia and exactly why I do not want to be in Arcadia... the community has become full of FCB's that just wanted a place to dump their money. There is little parent involvement for the kids as one if not both of the parents are overseas 80% of the time running their business, instead spending a ton of $ for the kids to go to after school programs and tutors. 

A classic herd mentality regardless of profession and economic background. Irvine is highly advertised in China and FCBs are buying Irvine properties without really knowing the surroundings and it's attributes. When everyone is buying the it got to be good and I don't want to miss out.

Could this be all good when Foreign Chinese buyers are buying up properties left and right?

If you were a newly arrived Chinese immigrant or even a Chinese American, where in Southern California would you want to live and why?

example: Irvine, Diamond Bar, Arcadia, Monterey Park, Chino Hills?

Give me your top five places?

If all depends how much money you have. But I would rule out places like Malibu or Beverly Hills that are far from Chinese communities. If you have $2m+ cash, Newport Coast, Shady Canyon or Turtle Ridge of Irvine. I spoke to Joele who is specialized in Turtle Ridge. Move than half of the sales in Turtle Ridge are to all cash buyers from China.

My friend's nanny came from Shanghai. She sold her house in Shanghai and bought a detached condo in Woodbury. Even though she doesn't speak English and doesn't have a school year kid, she still prefers Irvine. Irvine is safe and nanny job pays higher here.

 

[Crispy3]

Well for my sake, I hope you are wrong... I am so tired and exhausted from house hunting.

I think you are mistaken. Similar latch key kid crowd exists in Irvine. Arcadia and Irvine has similar model. Irvine has the advantages of being farther from the Chinese Wah Chings but Little Saigon has its close proximity and influence over Vietnemese youngsters the parents worked so hard to move away from the gangs in Huntington Beach, FV, GG and Westminster.

http://www.streetgangs.com/asian/arcadiahttp://articles.latimes.com/1993-06-09/local/me-1164_1_arcadia-high-students

I realize the second link is old. But Wah-Ching has shown up in Arcadia High again recently and has made front page in the chinese new paper a few times in the last couple of years. It is rumored that the San Gabriel Valley area has become THE place to duck out for Wah-Ching when there's trouble... I have no idea if the rumor is true or not but I'd rather not risk it.

With the amount of parent involvement in Irvine schools I doubt it would the same issue.

Irvine is following the Arcadian trend and is only 1/2 of a tread behind. Both cities pride good schools and safety so does it really matter when the latch key kids are already in abundance?

This is exactly what happened to Arcadia and exactly why I do not want to be in Arcadia... the community has become full of FCB's that just wanted a place to dump their money. There is little parent involvement for the kids as one if not both of the parents are overseas 80% of the time running their business, instead spending a ton of $ for the kids to go to after school programs and tutors. 

A classic herd mentality regardless of profession and economic background. Irvine is highly advertised in China and FCBs are buying Irvine properties without really knowing the surroundings and it's attributes. When everyone is buying the it got to be good and I don't want to miss out.

Could this be all good when Foreign Chinese buyers are buying up properties left and right?

If you were a newly arrived Chinese immigrant or even a Chinese American, where in Southern California would you want to live and why?

example: Irvine, Diamond Bar, Arcadia, Monterey Park, Chino Hills?

Give me your top five places?

If all depends how much money you have. But I would rule out places like Malibu or Beverly Hills that are far from Chinese communities. If you have $2m+ cash, Newport Coast, Shady Canyon or Turtle Ridge of Irvine. I spoke to Joele who is specialized in Turtle Ridge. Move than half of the sales in Turtle Ridge are to all cash buyers from China.

My friend's nanny came from Shanghai. She sold her house in Shanghai and bought a detached condo in Woodbury. Even though she doesn't speak English and doesn't have a school year kid, she still prefers Irvine. Irvine is safe and nanny job pays higher here.

 

[flipper]

If you were a newly arrived Chinese immigrant or even a Chinese American, where in Southern California would you want to live and why?

example: Irvine, Diamond Bar, Arcadia, Monterey Park, Chino Hills?

Give me your top five places?

If all depends how much money you have. But I would rule out places like Malibu or Beverly Hills that are far from Chinese communities. If you have $2m+ cash, Newport Coast, Shady Canyon or Turtle Ridge of Irvine. I spoke to Joele who is specialized in Turtle Ridge. Move than half of the sales in Turtle Ridge are to all cash buyers from China.

My friend's nanny came from Shanghai. She sold her house in Shanghai and bought a detached condo in Woodbury. Even though she doesn't speak English and doesn't have a school year kid, she still prefers Irvine. Irvine is safe and nanny job pays higher here.

Is she legal in the States?

Yes, immigration sponsored by adult siblings, which took more than 10 years in waiting.

 

[Crispy3]

1 Girl and 1 Unknown on the way.

I am seldom wrong Crispy. You have a boy?

 

[irvinehomeshopper]

if you have 2 girls then you should not need to worry about gang influences.

 

[irvinehomeowner]

1 Girl and 1 Unknown on the way.

I am seldom wrong Crispy. You have a boy?

Hehe... seldom.

 

[davenlei]

if you have 2 girls then you should not need to worry about gang influences.

Not true.  Girls are attracted to the bad boys.....