What's missing in Irvine?

[paperboyNC]

A real art museum
Florist
Boutique pet supply store
Kitchen and bath store
Religious bookstore
a real artist supply store
Inde film theatre
Lighting store
Chinese herb store
Sport venue
Concert venue
Social clubs such as Elks, Masonic, Lion or Soroptimist
24 hour Googie style restaurant
Zoo
Public transit
Train station structure and not just a platform
Clubs like Roxy or House of Blue
Performing art venue
Mexican bakery
Non chain bookstore
French restaurant
Hipster hotel
Macaron store
Corner liquor store
Gentleman club
Tavern
Music and guitar store
Dollar store
Social services
Bowling
Mercedes or BMW dealership
Buy a pet store
Musical instrument store
Yoshinoya
Hobby store
Bowling
Second hand consignment store
Auto alarm, audio and tinting
Senior citizen center
Children books

Long list! bmW of Irvine?

 

[AW]

Lol. That's some list.  But some of them already exist in Irvine.

 

[irvinehomeshopper]

Lol. That's some list.  But some of them already exist in Irvine.

Like which ones?
Michaels or Aaron Bro is not  real art supply store.
Dogma is hardly a boutique spoil your pet store
Version Amphitheatre is being vacated
There is one tiny children's book inside a office complex that hardly open and few even know how to find it.

 

[AW]

I'm going to go thru the list later, have to check if they're still around, but there's a bmw dealership, Irvine bowling lane, florist, consignment store on dupont, fancy pet store in quail hill, lighting store in Irvine marketplace.

Some things will never exist in Irvine like a gentlemens club, yoshinoyas, etc

 

[irvinehomeshopper]

I totally missed the BMW being way down by Lake Forest but technically it's still in Irvine.

You are right AW there is a Bowling in Irvine.

 

[WTTCHMN]

IHS, no need for any of that when you can find just about everything on the list nearby in Santa Ana, except for maybe the Chinese herb store.

Living in Santa Ana would have also improved the odds of your daughter going to Harvard... so you can add that to the list too.

 

[irvinehomeshopper]

The only lighting store in the city at the market place is closed.

I'm going to go thru the list later, have to check if they're still around, but there's a bmw dealership, Irvine bowling lane, florist, consignment store on dupont, fancy pet store in quail hill, lighting store in Irvine marketplace.

Some things will never exist in Irvine like a gentlemens club, yoshinoyas, etc

 

[irvinehomeshopper]

IHS, no need for any of that when you can find just about everything on the list nearby in Santa Ana, except for maybe the Chinese herb store.

Living in Santa Ana would have also improved the odds of your daughter going to Harvard... so you can add that to the list too.

Unfortunately not the Ivy even with the Santa Ana address. However, it works totally for many other top ranked private colleges. What does this got to do with the thread topic?

 

[AW]

The only lighting store in the city at the market place is closed.

I'm going to go thru the list later, have to check if they're still around, but there's a bmw dealership, Irvine bowling lane, florist, consignment store on dupont, fancy pet store in quail hill, lighting store in Irvine marketplace.

Some things will never exist in Irvine like a gentlemens club, yoshinoyas, etc

Recessed lighting killed that business. 
Same with book stores, everything is digital now. 

 

[irvinehomeshopper]

The only lighting store in the city at the market place is closed.

I'm going to go thru the list later, have to check if they're still around, but there's a bmw dealership, Irvine bowling lane, florist, consignment store on dupont, fancy pet store in quail hill, lighting store in Irvine marketplace.

Some things will never exist in Irvine like a gentlemens club, yoshinoyas, etc

Recessed lighting killed that business. 
Same with book stores, everything is digital now. 

I totally agree with you.
I am old school and living in the wrong era. I still like the feel of a book. The independent bookstore like Vroman or Booksoup carry really good titles that a chain doesn't seem to accomplish.

I guess Irvine ladies like their flowers from Costco or Trader Joe and flowers arrive in a package so they assemble their own arrangement. How romantic could that be?

Recessed lighting is for hospital and institutions. Although we could use some for residential but the fixtures should still be a critical part of the decor.

Asians love gambling and could use a casino.

 

[irvinehomeshopper]

Specialty retail typically is 1 store per 5,000 people. These are flower shops, bookstore, lighting store, tattoo artists, boutique pet shops, cupcake stores, smoke shops, etc, Based on 250,000 population there should be at least 50 of these shops. Having none to barely one means there is a demand. Irvine fringe cities like Lake Forest, SA, CM and Tustin benefit from the lack of supply. Another indicator is that families have no money to spend on non essentials being house poor combining with unreasonable operational overhead and hostile zonings,

 

[Irvineknight]

Fountain Valley has Mile Square park, one of the most highly utilized suburban park anywhere. It's multi-purpose: golf course, sports park, Camping, picnicking, Tennis courts, Soccer field, archery range, RC airplane field (Closed?), a lake with real fish (and fishing is actually allowed unlike Mason park, no fish). On any given day, hordes of local residents and seniors enjoy the park. Heck, if you run a loop, it's four miles; how cool is that?

We have the Not So Great Park, yeah!

 

[Ready2Downsize]

Hospitals need directed lighting. OR's, ER's, Labor/Delivery.......... anything that you have to see what you are looking at needs lighting which can have positioning adjusted manually. Lots of times it's attached to the ceiling and brought lower and then manually adjusted.

I love my recessed lights in my house. I don't have a single lamp to dust and I'm happier for it.