which Irvine community is your favorite?

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Just wondering which Irvine neighborhood you guys like best? And what specifically you like about it. I'm new to Irvine, so I'm trying to figure out which one to buy in (in about 2 years).
 
<p>Northpark. Top 5 reasons, for me:</p>

<p>1) Good mix homes from starter through move up and McMansion, without ever having to leave the community.</p>

<p>2) Beautifully done homes, and beautifully landscaped community and community ammenities. I view Northpark as straddling some of the very good design aspects of the older communities like Woodbridge or Westpark with the newer look and feel of somewhere like Woodbury.</p>

<p>3) Controlled access guard gates --- not so worried about crime in Irvine, but do like to be able to manage "drop-ins".</p>

<p>4) Proximity to really good schools, even if they are Tustin Unified School district. Before you flame TUSD, please go research and recodgnize that the TUSD serving Irvine are comparable to the IUSD school comps. </p>

<p>5) Proximity to shopping and entertainment. </p>
 
Northwood Pointe for me. Many of the same reasons as CK, but good trifecta of IUSD schools and a little bit bigger lot sizes than Northpark. NP is my #2.
 
I agree, Caliguy. My wife and I do both work off the 405/Bristol, and for that reason may very well end up in somewhere like Westpark II (Plaza Vista school), despite how much we like Northpark. We live in WP now, and although it does have less character --- you can't beat WP for convenience to everywhere.
 
I like Turtle Rock too, but when we buy, we will buy where we live now - Woodbridge. We love that shopping is close enough to walk to as are pools and parks.
 
orchard hills, whenever it gets built. nice, quiet location at the northern tip of irvine, foothill location so possibility of views, lots of olive trees.
 
Quail Hill. I love the topography of it. Plus you would never guess you could get to the 405 in less than 3 minutes. It's also really quick to hop on the 133n to the 5 north. No traffic lights. There really isn't much else other than the Quail Hill shopping center, but I'll take seclusion and lack of traffic over hustle & bustle that Woodbridge and Westpark get.





Woodbury is new and beautiful and there are some nice places in Northpark, but they are both flat and lack the geographic character of Quail Hill or Turtle Rock.
 
I fully embrace IAC's motto: "Love where you live." I Plaza Vista School, the District, the only extant Diedrich's Coffee shop, two Targets within walking distance of each other, a bazillion cool parks like Bill Barber and the Castle park (okay, so that's in Northwood, not Westpark), cheap movies (okay, that's Woodbridge but just barely!), and being a hop, skip and a jump down Jamboree from Peter's Canyon hiking trail where you can peer down into the rich people's backyard swimming pools.











In the future, I will Orchard Hills. But it's just dirt right now, so that requires more imagination that I have in me at the moment.





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I love Turtle Ridge... close to the ocean, gated-new community, dramatic view, nice community facilities with great view, away from the city noise, much cooler in summer, great school district... but...too expensive for me :)
 
<p>I lived in Turtle Ridge for 3 years and I thought it was too far from stores. You couldn't just hop in your car and go to Target or Lowes, etc. You had to go all the way down Irvine or to Costa Mesa. You certainly couldn't walk to any stores - even a grocery store. </p>

<p>Although it is about 8 - 10 degrees cooler in the summer than the other end of Irvine.</p>
 
Irvine sucks when it comes to driving around. Since the businesses are so spread apart, it's such a chore to drive anywhere. I know most people here like the extra open space, but I don't. I think what makes the great cities of the world so great is the proximity to people. Personally, I rather live in Manhattan over Irvine any day. Because I think that PEOPLE are so much more interesting that geography. I think that people is an area's greatest asset - not trees, or bike paths, or whatever else.
 
If everyone here is like me, I'm within 5 miles of everything and anything. And because I also work in Irvine, I can go quite some time without leaving the city. In fact, I sometimes forget how bad traffic can be on the freeways.
 
<p>Same here. I am within a 2 minutes drive to not one but 2 grocery stores. An elementary school is within walking distant. The freeway is 4 minutes away. </p>

<p>HS, </p>

<p>Are you referring to businesses near JW airport? Even that location is 15 minutes away by way of regular streets.</p>
 
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