C'mon UscTrojancpa,
You can't compare the appreciation of Irvine vs the entire state or Georgia. That is like comparing the appreciation of the top affluent zip codes and cities of North Atlanta vs the entire state of California.
I disagree that the Irvine home appreciation outperformed the "Irvine" like cities in Georgia in terms of demographics, top schools, and income by a big margin. Show me your data analysis, chart of Irvine from Covid and I will show you mine. Let's see who is correct. I can compare the home appreciation of an entire county in North Atlanta with similar median income, population size, and demographics with Irvine. Probably the same appreciation as Irvine, but certainly not beat by a wide margin like you mentioned.