Originally Posted By fkurucz >>But my point is this- your statement generalized about all of Orange County. While it obviously has some affluent parts, overall it isn't as you describe it.<< So what is the median price these days?
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Depends on where you want to buy. Because of the disparate demographics, you can assign Orange County a median price and say it's representative of the area. Santa Ana is different than Newport Beach than Mission Viejo than Anaheim than Huntington Beach than Lake Forest than Costa Mesa than Yorba Linda than Westminster. Prices are all over the map.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Here's one answer. <a href="http://www.housingtracker.net/asking-prices/orange-county-california/" target="_blank">http://www.housingtracker.net/...ifornia/</a>
Originally Posted By SFH We rent out our two-bedroom, one-bath condo for $1,200 per month. It is in Anaheim. The neighborhood isn't the best, but it isn't bad. It is gated carport parking and the place has a decent pool. Two single people could live there and pay $600 per month each. Our, even two couples. That would be $300 per person. I feel bad for the "motel kids" - most of their parents have made some bad choices along the way.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>Two single people could live there and pay $600 per month each. Our, even two couples. That would be $300 per person.<< So its like I guessed earlier: roommates in a cramped apartment. I suppose its all relative.
Originally Posted By fkurucz FWIW, we have our share of "motel families" in my neck of the woods, even thought you can rent an apartment here for $600 a month. A lot of the families are simply migrants. They come into town looking for work and end up moving on when they found out that just because we make all those "best places to live" lists it doesn't mean that good paying jobs are easy to find.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder ">>Two single people could live there and pay $600 per month each. Our, even two couples. That would be $300 per person.<< So its like I guessed earlier: roommates in a cramped apartment. I suppose its all relative." Um, no. You said $3000 a month to rent and he's paying $1,200. And where do you get "cramped apartment" from what he wrote, when he mentions "even two couples" could live there?
Originally Posted By fkurucz ^^^^ Re: Post 9 "I always wonder how DL's $10/hr employees survive in OC? Do they also receive welfare? Do they share a 2 bedroom apt with 6 roommates?" I said $3000 to rent a house, not a 2 bedroom apartment. Yeah, I was wrong about the house rental cost. <<And where do you get "cramped apartment" from what he wrote, when he mentions "even two couples" could live there?>> A 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment is "cramped" by my book, especially for two couples. I guess you SoCal folk just accept this as normal.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder I'm not going to turn this into a WE thread, so I'll just say goodbye here.
Originally Posted By SFH Just to be clear... we own the condo and we're renting it out to other people. We live in a house we own (well, in both cases we have mortgages... so "own" is dependent on that).
Originally Posted By quincytoo I just watched this today and thought some of the parents shown were pieces of work. Where were Children services?? I felt bad for their children filmed and wonder if the parents got a kick back for being in the show and if so, it clearly wasn't enough for the emotional scars that the children received. Where was that motel?? I don't think it was on Harbour BLVD
Originally Posted By LPFan22 I'm pretty sure it's on Katella... just another block or so from Garden Walk.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones "Part of the problem is the cost of living in Orange County, where an entry level house costs $600,000 to buy and $3000 a month to rent." I live 8 minutes away from Disneyland in Garden Grove and my rent is $1,200 for a 1 bedroom apartment. I notice that some Disneyland cast members live here. They are students with roommates and I suspect they get some help from their parents as well.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones Are they talking about the place at Katella/Anaheim Blvd? That's right near the Katella lot. The neighborhood further down Haster St. isn't so bad. I ride the bus through there and people seem okay and there's a nice park. I live near Haster and Chapman and I'm not afraid to walk around here.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>I live 8 minutes away from Disneyland in Garden Grove and my rent is $1,200 for a 1 bedroom apartment.<< WOW! How much to rent a 4 bedroom house?
Originally Posted By alexbook It's also worth remembering that the barrier to an apartment isn't always the rent. It's often the case that people in long-term motels could save money by moving to apartments, but are unable to save or borrow enough money to put down the deposit on an apartment. Of course, the worse your credit score, the larger the deposit you'll be asked for. As so often happens, life is actually more expensive if you're poor. ----- >>>>I live 8 minutes away from Disneyland in Garden Grove and my rent is $1,200 for a 1 bedroom apartment.<< WOW! How much to rent a 4 bedroom house?<< "If you have to ask, you can't afford it." padmapper.com reports that the median 4-bedroom rental unit in the Anaheim area goes for $2200/month.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 "A 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment is "cramped" by my book, especially for two couples. I guess you SoCal folk just accept this as normal." Then you should come to NYC and see what kind of apartments we have here! Just the other day I was visiting a friend who lives with his mom, brother, & grandma, all in a one bedroom. Each "room" has a bed. Grandma's is in the kitchen, and the others are spread out between the living room, and the actual bedroom. This is kind of normal for the area too.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 ^^^^^^^^^^ we truly are becoming a 3rd world society while we send our jobs to some actual former 3rd world areas... insane.
Originally Posted By Labuda ^^^ just yesterday I found out that a co-worker who is the homeowner in his family used to have TWENTY TWO relatives in his house (a 4 or 5 bedroom that's a mere 2200 sq feet) but recently dropped down to 17 and is now dropping down to "only" 12 members of the family, and soon will be down to just himself, his wife, their two sons, his parents, and his sister. Oy!
