irvinehomeshopper said:
WTF I am late to the game. I would rather live in a bullet hole drive by ghetto in Santa Ana or next to Harlem than living next to a bunch of FCBs.
just "next to" Harlem? Or what about IN Harlem? Its not as bad as it used to be. ( I know, because I lived through the changes in NYC from the 70s through the early 2000s)
The gentrification cycle has not yet reached Orange County, because this place is not old enough yet and there's still enough land to build new and sprawl out. But I predict in 50 years when the choice is either a new house 2 hour commute away from the job centers, or buy and rehab an old house with character in central OC "ghetto" areas like Santa Ana, there will be enough people who will go for the latter. Just like those Harlem brownstones which now sell for multimillions.