Opinion of Orange County, CA

[Sbane]

Pretty much, yeah. It's kind of similar to Florida in reasons why I don't like it, even if all the olds takes Florida down a further notch.

Yeah, I have noticed the similarities. Of course I like South Florida as well so.....

Anyways, you would have way more places that you would enjoy living in Los Angeles than you would in Miami. Of course the rents are going to be quite high. But I think you would be quite happy living in an up and coming neighborhood in Hollywood. And I don't know if you care much about crime but Los Angeles is much safer than Minneapolis.

[Franzl]

Southern California, on paper, does look pretty bad.....but there's something attractive about it. Dunno why but I do have a rather positive opinion.

[Torie]

Pretty much, yeah. It's kind of similar to Florida in reasons why I don't like it, even if all the olds takes Florida down a further notch.

Florida is flat. Florida is hot and humid in the summer. Florida's architecture sucks. Florida does not have the creative industries SoCal has.

[Tender Branson]

There was a TV show named after the county that was pretty "hip" among the girls in my class when I went to highschool between 2003 and 2005:



Don't know if the actual county is anything close to how it was portrayed in the series. I only remember that most of the shows characters seemed to be Democrats, while the county is heavily Republican.

Because I've never been there, I abstain.

[Sbane]

Don't know if the actual county is anything close to how it was portrayed in the series. I only remember that most of the shows characters seemed to be Democrats, while the county is heavily Republican.

HELL NO!!!!!!!!! That show is crap and so is that related show on MTV with Laguna Beach. In that area Laguna Beach is actually quite Democratic. It's 80% white (very white by Socal standards) and voted about 65% for Obama. But other than that the coast tends to be Republican but socially moderate. And there aren't as many fundies/racists as you will find in inland OC or the IE (Riverside, San Bernardino).

[minionofmidas]

Horrible county, freedom skapunk tradition.

[Tender Branson]

Don't know if the actual county is anything close to how it was portrayed in the series. I only remember that most of the shows characters seemed to be Democrats, while the county is heavily Republican.

HELL NO!!!!!!!!! That show is crap and so is that related show on MTV with Laguna Beach. In that area Laguna Beach is actually quite Democratic. It's 80% white (very white by Socal standards) and voted about 65% for Obama. But other than that the coast tends to be Republican but socially moderate. And there aren't as many fundies/racists as you will find in inland OC or the IE (Riverside, San Bernardino).

Wiki helps. The show plays in Newport City. It's quite rich, like in the TV series. How about voting trends ?

[Sbane]

Don't know if the actual county is anything close to how it was portrayed in the series. I only remember that most of the shows characters seemed to be Democrats, while the county is heavily Republican.

HELL NO!!!!!!!!! That show is crap and so is that related show on MTV with Laguna Beach. In that area Laguna Beach is actually quite Democratic. It's 80% white (very white by Socal standards) and voted about 65% for Obama. But other than that the coast tends to be Republican but socially moderate. And there aren't as many fundies/racists as you will find in inland OC or the IE (Riverside, San Bernardino).

Wiki helps. The show plays in Newport City. It's quite rich, like in the TV series. How about voting trends ?

Newport swung quite heavily to Obama. And it swung back hard in 2010. It's that sort of a place. Balboa peninsula have smaller houses and more rentals and has a quite large student population from UC Irvine. It barely voted for Obama, I believe. The rest of the place is rich suburbia but again, pretty socially moderate. If California votes on Gay Marriage again this year, that sort of a place will swing the hardest towards the equality side. It also voted against legalizing Marijuana by only a slightly larger margin than the state. Nearby Huntington Beach was right at the state average and Costa Mesa actually voted for it IIRC.

[Torie]

Don't know if the actual county is anything close to how it was portrayed in the series. I only remember that most of the shows characters seemed to be Democrats, while the county is heavily Republican.

HELL NO!!!!!!!!! That show is crap and so is that related show on MTV with Laguna Beach. In that area Laguna Beach is actually quite Democratic. It's 80% white (very white by Socal standards) and voted about 65% for Obama. But other than that the coast tends to be Republican but socially moderate. And there aren't as many fundies/racists as you will find in inland OC or the IE (Riverside, San Bernardino).

Wiki helps. The show plays in Newport City. It's quite rich, like in the TV series. How about voting trends ?

Newport Beach?

[Tender Branson]

Don't know if the actual county is anything close to how it was portrayed in the series. I only remember that most of the shows characters seemed to be Democrats, while the county is heavily Republican.

HELL NO!!!!!!!!! That show is crap and so is that related show on MTV with Laguna Beach. In that area Laguna Beach is actually quite Democratic. It's 80% white (very white by Socal standards) and voted about 65% for Obama. But other than that the coast tends to be Republican but socially moderate. And there aren't as many fundies/racists as you will find in inland OC or the IE (Riverside, San Bernardino).

Wiki helps. The show plays in Newport City. It's quite rich, like in the TV series. How about voting trends ?

Newport Beach?

I think so, yeah.

[Torie]

Don't know if the actual county is anything close to how it was portrayed in the series. I only remember that most of the shows characters seemed to be Democrats, while the county is heavily Republican.

HELL NO!!!!!!!!! That show is crap and so is that related show on MTV with Laguna Beach. In that area Laguna Beach is actually quite Democratic. It's 80% white (very white by Socal standards) and voted about 65% for Obama. But other than that the coast tends to be Republican but socially moderate. And there aren't as many fundies/racists as you will find in inland OC or the IE (Riverside, San Bernardino).

Wiki helps. The show plays in Newport City. It's quite rich, like in the TV series. How about voting trends ?

Newport swung quite heavily to Obama. And it swung back hard in 2010. It's that sort of a place. Balboa peninsula have smaller houses and more rentals and has a quite large student population from UC Irvine. It barely voted for Obama, I believe. The rest of the place is rich suburbia but again, pretty socially moderate. If California votes on Gay Marriage again this year, that sort of a place will swing the hardest towards the equality side. It also voted against legalizing Marijuana by only a slightly larger margin than the state. Nearby Huntington Beach was right at the state average and Costa Mesa actually voted for it IIRC.

Because I am such a cool guy and estimable human being, I made an OC muni mappie of the Prop 8 results.

[Negusa Nagast 🚀]

I've never seen I-35W look anything like that unless there's an accident or something else holding up traffic. That pic is awful and indeed representative of why I'd never want to even visit there.

Like I said, most people hating on OC have never even been there...

That picture would the 405 in LA County on it's worst day. The OC comes no where close. Freeway traffic isn't really a problem if you're smart about it.

But if you want to stay in the ubiquitous wasteland that is Minnesota, be my guest. It's beach weather on the coast today, and the ski slopes are open in the Mountains.

West Coast, Best Coast.

[Hatman 🍁]

Worst county in the worst state.

[Franzl]

Worst county in the worst state.

Oh please.

[Torie]

Worst county in the worst state.

Oh please.

Hey, if that is true, given what I am savoring at this very second (beautiful day (77 degrees), with the view at its most stunning - the hills are green, the ocean blue, the Orchid Trees behind my gazebo beginning to bloom with their luscious fuchsia colored flowers, the purple leaves of the flowering plum trees at their most magnificent, the iceburg white roses so heavy with their bloom that their branches are drooping,  it being  so clear that you can see San Clemente Island, 40 miles offshore), then the United States is a Garden of Eden, and the Jubilee has already occurred, the Messiah returned, and the US is indeed a Shining City on a Hill.

Here is a snap which I just took 5 minutes ago.

[Napoleon]

Torie let's kick it.

[Nhoj]

Worst county in the worst state.

Kern strikes me as a bit worse.

[All Along The Watchtower]

Worst county in the worst state.

Kern strikes me as a bit worse.

Nah, Placer is the worst.

[Napoleon]

Imperial is probably the worst.

[Хahar 🤔]

Worst county in the worst state.

Kern strikes me as a bit worse.

Nah, Placer is the worst.

Auburn's no Placerville (which, confusingly, is in El Dorado County and not Placer County), but it has an interesting history.

[Torie]

Horrible county, freedom skapunk tradition.

Skapunk?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

LOL Torie is an old. He just really proved that right now.

[memphis]

The consensus seems to be that it's crowded, expensive, and relentlessly sunny. I'll pass

[LastVoter]

I've never seen I-35W look anything like that unless there's an accident or something else holding up traffic. That pic is awful and indeed representative of why I'd never want to even visit there.

Like I said, most people hating on OC have never even been there...

That picture would the 405 in LA County on it's worst day. The OC comes no where close. Freeway traffic isn't really a problem if you're smart about it.

But if you want to stay in the ubiquitous wasteland that is Minnesota, be my guest. It's beach weather on the coast today, and the ski slopes are open in the Mountains.

West Coast, Best Coast.

Southern California should be excluded from the definition of West Coast.

[tallguy23]

My grandparents live in OC. I think it's beautiful and has lots to do but the people can be quite conservative at times. It's also not a super white area. Parts of it are but the overall county is minority-majority I believe.

Overall, I'm neutral. I think they have better freeways, malls, and beaches. Just wish the people weren't so conservative and materialistic.