To follow up on my question yesterday (which Irvine community is your fav.) I was wondering which community is your least favorite? And why I should stay away from it. Thanks for all your comments.
howard... i'm still fairly new to the area (been living at the village, by the spectrum for 4 months now) but, I've been to quail hill's nice parks, eaten at pei wei at oak creek and checked out new homes in woodbury and portola springs... i think i like portola the least. Just cause it's so far out there and nothing seems to be around it.
You can get more house for the money in El Camino Real, but the neighborhood is nothing special -- which is probably why you can get more house for the money...
I say I don't like El Camino, but I do agree that's where you could find an opportunity to buy, scrape and build your own custom home. The lack of HOA/mello roos is a big plus with that also. The Ranch, though, is a little nicer and has the same positives. Deer Park kindof splits the two.
I don't know that I've seen any bad parts of Irvine... not saying there aren't any - I just haven't seen them myself. An area that I drive by that just seems ok is College Park off of Walnut. Looks a bit dated imo.