irvineallmylife
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I constantly here mixed reviews on homes backing irvine blvd? Some rather back a street than back someone's house while some can't stand the traffic? Is Irvine Blvd traffic that bad?
Irvine Blvd traffic bad?
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Yup.
yes it's preferential to have no neighbor behind you but the street you back into matters a lot. Major streets and highways are a big NO, you're better off with a neighbor behind you. Small residential streets as long as it's not the main artery street of your community is a different story and more acceptable.
Lol wth
What about the homes off Eastwood villages. I don't think they are widening Irvine Blvd over there.
You know I never understand how people who just witness an accident can just drive by without a care. I feel irvine especially where people like to mind their own business but what ever happened to the good Samaritans?
Our hicks canyon elementary school just lost a parent to a dui accident (he was the victim) and when his car went up in flames witnesses even risked their own life to try and pull him out of the car. This was in the city of orange. If it were in Irvine good luck if anyone would even stop.
http://ktla.com/2016/05/14/orange-r...iery-crash-triggered-by-suspected-dui-driver/
paperboyNC
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hello said:
Yup.
I hope the OC Sheriff maintains its buses well since the stretch of Irvine Blvd between Bake and the 133 is what they use to transport inmates from the jail to the courts and back. It would suck if the Sheriff bus got a blowout and crashed into a Torrey backyard spilling a load of inmates.aquabliss said:
LongIrvine
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RE: Torrey Location . .so I've been totally wrong on this (among other things), I also thought it would be noisy, however, and this isn't necessarily a good thing, but since the houses are below the street, the sound wasn't that bad when i walked through the other day (5:30PM weekday).
Yes Irvine Blvd traffic is bad. Reasons are is that people drive fast and there's a lot of cars. I read somewhere that homes backing a major street or highway go on average about 10% less per sqft than homes without road noise. The sound will only get louder at night. Can you hear anything with all the windows and doors closed? What about when you're sleeping? Can you hear anything?
Another issue is that you can't leave a door or window open without a bunch of noise.
Many people in the morning travel from LF to Irvine using Irvine Blvd and also back. There will only be more traffic once the new school and homes surrounding it are built. I would NEVER buy a home near Irvine Blvd unless you got a substantial discount. They are widening Irvine Blvd as we speak because they know that there will be a lot more traffic.
Another issue is that you can't leave a door or window open without a bunch of noise.
Many people in the morning travel from LF to Irvine using Irvine Blvd and also back. There will only be more traffic once the new school and homes surrounding it are built. I would NEVER buy a home near Irvine Blvd unless you got a substantial discount. They are widening Irvine Blvd as we speak because they know that there will be a lot more traffic.
Paris167
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irvineallmylife said:
yes it's preferential to have no neighbor behind you but the street you back into matters a lot. Major streets and highways are a big NO, you're better off with a neighbor behind you. Small residential streets as long as it's not the main artery street of your community is a different story and more acceptable.
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jmoney74
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Happiness said:
Lol wth
irvineallmylife
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collected said:
What about the homes off Eastwood villages. I don't think they are widening Irvine Blvd over there.
I would avoid buying a home that backs into Irvine Blvd in Eastwood unless there's a substantial discount. Irvine Blvd is busy from Lake Forest to Tustin. Jeffrey is less traffic but it still has a noise issue because cars travel at least 50-60 mph on those roads. If they travel at 30mph you can barely hear them.
http://www.nonoise.org/resource/trans/highway/spnoise.htm
Cars make 10x as much noise at 55mph than they do at 30mph.
http://www.nonoise.org/resource/trans/highway/spnoise.htm
Cars make 10x as much noise at 55mph than they do at 30mph.
Ready2Downsize
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Not sure why that particular intersection gets so many accidents but it's the one where the Northwood Cheerleader was killed a few years ago.
Hubby's car was totaled there in 2000. Girl who hit him didn't even remember anything. She forgot to turn her lights on (night) and ran a red hitting our car. Plenty of people saw the accident and not one person stopped to check on either car/passengers.
Hubby's car was totaled there in 2000. Girl who hit him didn't even remember anything. She forgot to turn her lights on (night) and ran a red hitting our car. Plenty of people saw the accident and not one person stopped to check on either car/passengers.
Paris167
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Ready2Downsize said:
You know I never understand how people who just witness an accident can just drive by without a care. I feel irvine especially where people like to mind their own business but what ever happened to the good Samaritans?
Our hicks canyon elementary school just lost a parent to a dui accident (he was the victim) and when his car went up in flames witnesses even risked their own life to try and pull him out of the car. This was in the city of orange. If it were in Irvine good luck if anyone would even stop.
http://ktla.com/2016/05/14/orange-r...iery-crash-triggered-by-suspected-dui-driver/