Top 9 Reasons NOT to Move to Irvine, California [2022]

[@judyz.4283]

I live in Irvine, and I hate it. Can hardly wait to move!

[@missmilimakk2246]

Love Irvine! Land of milk n honey as far as weather, bike friendly and walkable neighborhoods. And close to beautiful OC beaches.

[@Irvinecalifornialiving]

I agree. Which bike trials do you like? Jeffery Trials is an easy route.

[@missmilimakk2246]

Great Park trails

[@Irvinecalifornialiving]

I agree. Which bike trials do you like? Jeffery Trials is an easy route.

[@PoofyThePandaPro]

You can walk around the neighborhood, but anywhere else is atrocious for walking and biking.

[@VulcanLogic]

The way the Irvine company laid out Irvine as a planned community keeps values high for existing homeowners, but it makes both road maintenance and housing extremely expensive. At 4,500 people per square mile, it's more dense than most of the Sun Belt, but it's still very low compared to neighborhoods in LA and it's half the density of Tustin, which is just as nice. Irvine is running out of land, so they're going to have to start building up instead of out. Now the good news is that they're doing some infill, adding 4300 rental units to Irvine, mostly in aging or aged out commercial centers. This will add a lot of tax base to help pay for the roads. If you don't want an HOA, you'll want to head to unincorporated North Tustin (but stay out of Rocking Horse Ridge or Tustin Ranch). As for the traffic, it piles up at Irvine exits because most freeway commutes are under 30 minutes. This means that the five lane freeway is constantly letting people off into two lane off ramps. It's just a problem of induced demand. Adding a lane doesn't really solve it, because the off ramps to the places people live and shop at are always going to be bottlenecks. Any additional capacity is immediately eaten up by people who would otherwise take Irvine Blvd or Barranca instead of the 5 because they can't stand freeways, or delay their commute to off peak hours. As Irvine ages, you know the Irvine Company is still going to want to keep building, so they'll start building more high rise residential as the century progresses. And maybe, it'll get just dense enough to make a light rail system plausible. And that would help, as Irvine Station drops people off in the least pedestrian friendly area imaginable. The walk from the station to the Spectrum is terrifyingly dangerous. Almost forgot. There's not much culture here because even the downtown isn't much of a downtown. The only walkable area is the Spectrum, and like you said, you have to drive there. What the city needs is more of that in the form of mixed-use developments (think New York City with businesses at ground level and apartments or condos above). That would absolutely help develop a place in Irvine like Downtown Orange or Old Town Tustin.

[@NothingMaster]

A local realtor dissuading people from moving to Irvine?!! You must be an undercover agent for the Blues!

[@Irvinecalifornialiving]

Lol. I’ve been called undercover in the past.

[@SpikeTimmyz]

Thanks for the video, appreciate all the effort!

[@Irvinecalifornialiving]

You’re welcome.

[@foeem4949]

nobody moves to cali for snow... could have left that one off that list LOL! Traffic is all over California, in cali you need a car its not like the midwest or the east coast so you will need a car no matter where you live at in cali. The childcare is the same price as Los Angeles. My cousin pays $1,200 a month in childcare in LA.

[@Irvinecalifornialiving]

True

[@saynotop2w]

Irvine is a big city. It’s getting almost as big as Anaheim. The city government generally have done good things for citizens, during 2000s. Recently they have been too tunnel visioned on development: the cement factory at north Irvine has been very irresponsible making residents nearby frustrated from pollution; the road is a complete mess getting old with potholes everywhere and pedestrian roads are made with much curves for aesthetics and not functions. The safety the city is known for is because of higher cop patrols frequencies, not because people are nicer. Meaning, there are a lot of petty crimes. I had my bike stolen three times. Nearby cities like Laguna and Tustin is just as good place as Irvine to live with cheaper housing.

[@Irvinecalifornialiving]

Great points. Irvine is definitely not immune from crime. And you can definitely find lower priced homes in surrounding cities. Have you heard of any plans to improve those roads?

[@unclemark4206]

Fullerton Buena Park Cool Nightlife-Family / College crowd

[@Armchair-Investor]

Good info! Thanks

[@Irvinecalifornialiving]

Thanks for watching.

[@hungle-f1c]

Hi, thankfor the video, I'd like to ask you which is better, private high school and public school in Irvine? and what are the best private school in Irvine city? thanks again

[@pollobshaikh5875]

thanks man

[@Irvinecalifornialiving]

You’re welcome

[@claus1225]

many of the reasons are non-reasons.

[@Irvinecalifornialiving]

I agree. For different people some matter more than others.

[@odoroussmegma2191]

@@Irvinecalifornialiving delete the video it serves no purpose. Let me give this comment for context. This can be said for any affluent city in California. This is not the state to live in for cheap living; even shit holes like LA are expensive.

[@Irvinecalifornialiving]

@@odoroussmegma2191 thanks for watching though.

[@vroomkeys]

Irvine is home ❤ since 97’

[@Irvinecalifornialiving]

Wow you've seen all the growth in the past 20 years.

[@scottadler]

I would add poor construction -- not enough nails, poor materials, and flimsy concrete pads that naturally tilt after time. Houses sitting on top of a dry lake bed that will turn to liquid during the first major earthquake. All of the houses look more or less the same. The streets rarely go in a straight, rational like. And crazy UCI is nextdoor. I could go on.

[@Irvinecalifornialiving]

Thanks for the feedback. Quality construction definitely matters as does the quality of the builder.

[@scottadler]

@@Irvinecalifornialiving Quality construction was not a priority when Irvine was built. By the way, did you ever figure out why street numbers are so hard to find? And why buildings are hidden behind berms? And why Irvine seems to be inspired by the song "Little Boxes"? 😄

[@justanother9thr338]

No culture in Irvine .

[@everclearr]

A lot of Asian and Persian cultures tho

[@Mrsmith69]

@@everclearr I think he means Irvine itself has no culture stemming from its founding

[@Irvinecalifornialiving]

Yeah I think it depends on how you define culture.

[@SaySo1]

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