Post-bust Irvine

[garfangle_IHB]

Fast forward to 2010. What do you think Irvine will be like as it starts recovering from the bust?

 

[WINEX_IHB]

<img src="http://students.umf.maine.edu/~donoghtp/hiroshima2.gif" alt="" />

 

[no_vaseline_IHB]

I'm pretty sure it won't look like WINEX's picture.

 

[kcmkane_IHB]

<p>My party of 7 found nothing shorter than a 1 hour wait trying 3 different resturants at 6:30pm on Saturday night. (Claim Jumper/Olive Garden/Sam Woo). I guess if the implication is we are living in busto Irvine in 2008, it does not feel that much different than 2005.</p>

<p>Traffic was great as I headed up to the LA office, this morning --- I guess everyone is out of a job. Oh, wait....That's right, my company does not observe MLK day.... </p>

 

[no_vaseline_IHB]

Funny enough, my wife's does! At least this year.

 

[WINEX_IHB]

No Vaseline, I tried to find a good picture from Mad Max, but settled for Hiroshima instead.

 

[biscuitninja_IHB]

<p>Instead of Hiroshima, I probably would have done a Ghost Town.... </p>

<p>good luck</p>

<p>-bix</p>

 

[IrvineRenter_IHB]

I wonder if those caught up in the bubble will be humbled by the experience?

 

[biscuitninja_IHB]

<p>Maybe, maybe not. You know the old saying, "those who forget history are doomed to repeat it"</p>

<p>Then there is the saying from Mr. George Bernard Shaw: <strong>We learn from history that we learn nothing from history</strong>. </p>

<p>You do the math.</p>

<p>-bix</p>

 

[Gohabsgo_IHB]

Irvine will look the same, just with more Toyota's and Honda's and less Mercedes and BMWs.

 

[Anonymous_IHB]

<p>Exactly the same.</p>

<p>- the 2006 fashion clothes will be a bit more worn and dated on their owners ... well at least the new patches will blend right in with the original old ones! </p>

<p>-the housing developments will be the same. No new housing developments compared to now.</p>

 

[no_vaseline_IHB]

<img alt="" src="http://www.scifimoviepage.com/images/janpick2.jpg" />

 

[Nude_IHB]

<img alt="" src="http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~kennyk/oc/pictures/woodbridge.jpg" />

 

[lendingmaestro_IHB]

More vacant homes. Perhaps some parks will be under-maintained due to lack of tax colllection. A noticeable increase in the amount of homeless/vagrants walking the streets. More office units available.



I'm sure the Irvine Company will do whatever it can to maintain Irvine's current state.

 

[flmgrip_IHB]

more MILF's

 

[biscuitninja_IHB]

<p>ha ha MILF's....</p>

<p>-bix</p>

 

[no_vaseline_IHB]

I haven't seen a MILF spotting thread in a while.