Other than schools what is Irvine's greatest draw?

[villiagepeople]

Above is the list of things I considered before deciding the irvine premium was worth the price... This list does not include schools which i would assume most everyone would pick as your #1...  So what would be number two on your list? (if IUSD is not your #1, please comment)... If you'd like to comment on the order please share (above is my order of importance).

 

[usctrojancpa]

I selected # 1.

 

[NoSoup4U]

Daniel Tosh said...

?You ever notice when people talk about where they live as a good place to raise kids, what they?re trying to say is, ?Where I live is really segregated.? [pause] A little too close to home for you, Orange County??

 

[gaab]

Large Japanese community and all that goes with that is why Irvine is our choice.....  hopefully will be there in 2012.

 

[IndieDev]

Asians who buy stuff to show off to other asians who don't even like them.

 

[davenlei]

Large Japanese community and all that goes with that is why Irvine is our choice.....  hopefully will be there in 2012.

Large Japanese community in Irvine?  I see a small Japanese community in Irvine but a large Chinese/Korean community in Irvine.  That is if we are only speaking about the Asian communities.  If we bring all other non-white races into the mix, then... 

 

[irvinehomeowner]

Some of those are a bit dependent on or intertwined with others.

Everyone probably wants to live in a safe 'hood that is relatively close to not only work but also family/friends.

I used to want to live by the ocean... but it's too far away from everything else.

 

[LAtoOC]

The Red Towel access

 

[villiagepeople]

The Red Towel access

what's that?

 

[homer_simpson]

brothel?  ???

 

[rkp]

Both wife and I work from home but number 1 was still our reason for choosing Irvine.  Its becoming the job center of OC and while we enjoy working from home today, I dont know if that will always be the case and being close to work is a big deal.  I used to drive 80+ miles to San Diego and back every day for over a year and commuting sucks.  I have friends in south OC who work in Irvine and it takes over 30 min each way.  Thats not that bad but I imagine will only get worse as OC gets more built out.

I think shopping and entertainment also come with it being the job center.  You get a lot more closer to downtowns normally. 

 

[LAtoOC]

Joke from OCReader (maybe IHB, dunno).

I believe the biggest draw is the successful branding done by TIC.

Irvine is Name-Brand
Other OC is Kirkland

 

[gaab]

Large Japanese community and all that goes with that is why Irvine is our choice.....  hopefully will be there in 2012.

Large Japanese community in Irvine?  I see a small Japanese community in Irvine but a large Chinese/Korean community in Irvine.  That is if we are only speaking about the Asian communities.  If we bring all other non-white races into the mix, then... 

Large is a relative term.  In terms of percentage of population its not Hawaii by any means, but, it is large enough (seems they represent about 5% of the community) for our needs and have the items that are important to us including Japanese speaking drs, Japanese language schools, Japanese pre-schools,  supermarkets, etc.  and based on our research its far more centralized than the communities in the San Diego area.   

 

[cubiczirconia]

For us it was schools and jobs.
Added bonus: If we go out for an evening stroll with the kids, 99% of the times we don't have to explain freedom of expression, freedom of choice.. Pasadena and SFO made me talk about things I didn't want to talk about just yet.

 

[irvinehomeowner]

Hmm... closeness to jobs/work is winning by a landslide.

You forgot to put 85C as a choice... that would be good competition.

 

[akula1488]

Asians and their $$$

 

[davenlei]

Large Japanese community and all that goes with that is why Irvine is our choice.....  hopefully will be there in 2012.

Large Japanese community in Irvine?  I see a small Japanese community in Irvine but a large Chinese/Korean community in Irvine.  That is if we are only speaking about the Asian communities.  If we bring all other non-white races into the mix, then... 

Large is a relative term.  In terms of percentage of population its not Hawaii by any means, but, it is large enough (seems they represent about 5% of the community) for our needs and have the items that are important to us including Japanese speaking drs, Japanese language schools, Japanese pre-schools,  supermarkets, etc.  and based on our research its far more centralized than the communities in the San Diego area.   

That is true compared to the rest of the OC.  I guess I am from the mindset of where I grew up (Gardena/Torrance) which had a large Japanese community when I was there.