Hi Californians!
My family and I are moving to Southern California in June, and still haven't decided which county to move to. My brother is going into 9th grade, so the school district is very important as well as the quality of the neighborhood. Can you tell me a little about Irvine, Yorba Linda, and Mission Viejo? What are the mjor difference btwn them? Is Yorba Linda a rural neighborhood in the mountains? Thanks!

God, i hate socal. The people and traffic there is crazy.

I've been Irvine. It was pretty cool, it's a college county but like all counties in California there's good areas and bad areas.

I've heard Yorba Linda was nice. A middle class area.

Irvine, Yorba Linda, and Mission Viejo?

Danye. I evny you guys. those are very expensive communities. What do your parents do for a living? I live an hour east of those cities in San Bernardino. Its very ghetto and dangerous here.

I wouldn't even get out of my car in San Bernardino.

If you're Asian, move to Irvine.

All three communities are upper-middle class communities. Out of those 3, i think Irvine is the best if you're a college person.

Hey Hey I go to school in San Bernardino and I live in a city next to it the only place I know is Yorba Linda cause my grandma lives there and yeah seems like a middle class and nice area

YOu guys wouldnt last a day in LA. But yeah im getting tired of living here. Too much traffic

Live in westwood now, traffice is insane!
Go to Irvine, nice town

cen cal ftw... gotta love the.. farm areas.

Not that westwood, Westwood village in LA!

westwood village sucks

I recommend Irvine, one of the safest cities in OC & my cousin lives there for over 20 yrs now

Wow, so many people on AF live around here in SoCal.

Tell me about it.
Everything is 10 times more expensive, and im surrounded by rich old whites in there benz or bently who drives 1mph!!!!!

Dont move there

There are pirates there

sucks. you go to UCLA?

My big sis.
Im gonna go to Santa Monica College.

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not so true buddy. have you been to palos verdes estates, rancho palos verdes zip codes 90274, 90275. there are lot of ranches and you'll see horses on the trails. good neighborhood and schools, but very far from the freeways.

Wow, so that'd be wonderful if you never have occasion to venture outside of palos verdes or lived like Woody Harrelson.

When I lived in socal I worked from home so avoided having to commute...even then I still had the need to run errands, visit friends, and the like that necessitated getting on the freeway at least a few times a week.

good luck...

watts is good, and i heard compton has a good swap meet

jk stay away from those 2

LOL so this area would be perfect for you. No traffic to encounter, you have a nice view of LA and beautiful sunsets.

yes it's near the top of my list of things I must do, right underneath winning the mega millions jackpot

okay! FINALLY! After changing our minds numerous times, we've (my family and I, by which I really mean my mom) decided to move to Irvine! I'm really excited! Esp. b/c there are so many Korean people there

you and your family made a right choice, Irvine is a nice place, nice college too.

welcome to callifornia

Thanks!

the mayor of irvine is a korean guy. lots of smart people come out of university high. otherwise just known as "uni"

WOW! Really?! That's AWESOME! I guess Korean people have some power over in California then!

^ a lot of chinese people voted for him as well i imagine. lots of chinese in irvine too.

his name is sukhee kang. he has like a phd.

cool! More power for Asians!!

you are so funny... you must be really happy to be moving here...

yeah Irvine is a good choice.... lots of asian people there...my friend is moving down there to go to UC Irvine and she seems happy about it

lol you're gonna get the kid killed.

Compton isn't that bad. it's glorified by the media.

Where is it at, because i go to a UNi high too

welcome to cali, stay the fu-k away from the central valley. seriously.

i just to live in claremont and it's a very nice neighborhood.
alot of rich residents

yea, been there w/ a friend of mine.... it's almost like Alhambra haha

haha okay, I'll beware of those certain areas!
How's the weather there though. It's so hot here in upstate NY right now...around 80 degrees (although yesterday and today was pretty cool) and soooooo~ humid! What kind of weather should I expect when I get to Irvine around mid-June? I've heard from some people that Irvine is cooler than upstate NY during the summer, but I have a hard time believing it b/c it's more South...

Just stay in Orange County

it's a lot safer than LA county

that's the beauty of living close to this side of the pacific versus your side of the atlantic

hahaha, it's gunna get pretty hot around 90-105 degrees, they don't call it Sunny California for nothing

90 - 105 degrees?! I'm gonna have to stay indoors all summer! haha

use sun blocC, it some wat works

a couple summers ago it was around 112 degrees for like 1 whole month!

the weather is good right now

stop scaring her...

she's moving to irvine, not san fernando, san gabriel valley, or the inland empire...she'll be very comfortable year round and wishing she had bought a convertible instead of an suv

whew~! that's something I want to hear! I was having second thoughts about moving!

ugh...currently packing with my mom and my brother...oh the endless suffering!

100 tomorrow in fresno. you bastards have it easy with your low 90's.