Irvine Housing Blog

Irvine Renter, you sound like a great parent.  It’s great to hear you understand what is important: spending time with your son and enjoying and appreciating what he brings to the world and your life.

Irvine is the result of class warfare as the top 30% continue to thrive.  The rat race of Irvine was invented by panic for security for ones family as capitalism continues to create disparity.  There’s a tipping point where people finally understand what is really imprortant.  I’m not sure this will happen in our lifetimes (I doubt it) but it will happen, the signs are evident.

I can think of another thing which would help our young children and build a bright future, both for them and for responsible, patriotic renting families: home prices which require only modest mortgages and a light debt load.

Elimination of non-productive debt-addled atheist squatters from our housing stock would create safer and more affordable neighborhoods for our Christian families. Good solid affordable family neighborhoods create a humble, patriotic, and Christian environment for our families and children, which are our most important resources.

You relate, Good schools are largely a product of involved parents and motivated students … this is true.

My conviction from life experience, that interest shown by the parents in education and motivation on the part of the student is only part of school performance; the other parts are inherent capability to learn, which is a genetic factor, and a God given gift to learn. There are some who simply because of their culture, and because of their genetic code and absence of a God given gift to learn, can not be educated. The best hope society has for the latter group of individuals is provide life skills training, encouragement to bridle sex and other drives, to provide free schizophrenia medication as needed, mandate STD vaccines for all girls, as well as to stop public education efforts after the sixth grade, and make households pay for education at the junior high and high school level. Education at the higher levels is not an entitlement. Society has no responsibility to help to people beyond providing basic math and reading skills.

CBS Detroit reports that nearly half of all the people living in Detroit can’t read. And The Economic Collapse Blog reports that in Detroit today, there are over 33,000 abandoned houses, 70 schools are being permanently closed down, the mayor wants to bulldoze one-fourth of the city and you can literally buy a house for one dollar in the worst areas. This cultural wasteland is not the result of jobs being located out of the US; but, rather it is the case of the people that live there cannot be educated. Not all are edcateable, they simply do not have the genetic code to be educated. Yes they can be instructed and taught some things, with a lot of one-on-one teaching. But they simply can not be educated, it is not their fault, the issue stems from a genetic disadvantage. I am not a racist, I am simply relating my life experience and convictions thereof.

There are many non-minority people I know who have no interest in learning. They are the Joe six packs, and the Jane mothers, the women who simply want to get pregnant and have children. I know one such woman who got pregnant out of wedlock immediately before menopause, just for the experience of getting pregnant one last time; she gave the child up for adoption. These people have no interest in reading, they use what little is left over from alcohol money, or shopping money, to buy television service. And they are largely incapable of learning on the computer, believe me I have tried teaching these people emailing and internet skills, but they are overwhelmed and simply cannot remember how to use the browser, mouse and keypad.  Many minorities are schizophrenic by nature, and need to be on medication to restrain their violent tendencies.

The fact of the matter is that many are culturally disposed to learning as they grow up in an upper middle class area such as Irvine, or Mercer Island, and they have the genetic code to learn. I came from what I call a mixed genetic code, might say mongrel code, as my dad was an educator, but my mother was an alcoholic; there was no household emphasis on learning; the family ethic was simply to enjoy life. There was no philosophical or religious ethic.

My education began while living in a bed and breakfast inn, during the off-season in Sitka Alaska, where I encountered an English professor, who I enjoyed having a discussion about English words and their prefixes and suffixes. I then developed Questioning and Critical Thinking. Then, I stumbled across a couple who gifted me a James McArthur Study Bible, and I came to study scripture daily and participate in a weekly bible study, where people would share their week’s reflections on a passage of study. Thus it was only recently that I received an education. And, from that education I’ve come to believe that not all are edcateable, God planned it that way. He is sovereign, he rules all, everywhere. He gives gifts to all; but he retains the right to determine, who gets an education. 

Like your son, I have an autistic spectrum disorder. Do I have any complaints? None at all, God is and does as he wills. He determines the times and exact places where an individual lives Acts 17:26.

Perhaps one might enjoy my blog, where I share my thoughts on the sovereignty of God: one can use the link provided to EconomicReview Journal.  And yes, Irvine Renter, I even got an education from you on Heloc Dependency; I was too callow, to figure it out on my own.

Religion is for those who don’t understand Science.

Whoa, where’s all this god talk coming from today?

I moved to Irvine from the Milwaukee area 8 years ago. Why? 3 reasons.
1. A descent Job.
2. The schools
3. The weather.
Well, the descent job (in a construction related field) is gone, but the schools and the weather are still here.
I am so tired of hearing people bash this city. Yes it is boring, the kids are sheltered, it is expensive, blah, blah, blah…. So what! It is expensive everywhere worth living! I am glad my kid is sheltered from much of the degenrate bullshit that most other metro areas have to offer! My family is lucky to live here. Especially after being on unemployment for over a year!  I could have moved back home to WI. got a crappy job and payed cheap rent to live in a run down ghetto fabulous city. But instead, I struggle to pay my ridiculous rent and keep the fridge full. I drive an old car, dont take lavish vacations, and save every dime I can. But you know what? My child gets straight A’S in high school. Not just any School. One of the best in the entire country!! Do I wish I could spend less for housing? Who doesnt? But to me the safety and happiness of my family and the future opportunites for myself and my child are worth every dollar per square foot.

I don’t think anyone is bashing Irvine, but there are real problems with the affordability of this city.

You said you have a “decent job” yet struggle to pay rent, and put food on the table.

You don’t find anything wrong with that statement?

I too am a parent of a special needs child who attends Irvine pre-school. I’ve considered moving out due to housing costs but the special needs program here seem to be adequate and am concerned about neighboring districts like Tustin and Fountain Valley. I will be buying a house in Irvine soon, paying through the nose but it is such a great area to raise a young family.

Now that we’re talking about Irvine schools, what areas would you consider to be some of the best (in terms of schools) in Irvine?

I was thinking of buying a house either at Oak Creek or Westpark in the near future.

I’ve read ALL these posts and I keep coming back to the core.  Everyone seems convinced that “Irvine schools, and ONLY Irvine schools can meet the needs of everyone’s children”.  I submit you all are victims of marketing hype, if not downright brainwashing.  TIC’s marketing thrust for the school situation really only took hold when they began to sell homes in Tustin Ranch.  That was in the mid-late 1980’s.  Sales there were slower than in other areas.  “Secret shoppers” were dispatched to sales offices to see if sales staff were touting school performance.  Prices were adjusted to increase sales volume.  ARE YOU GETTING THE PICTURE YET?  Early 1980’s was the run-up to 17% interest rates!  Another recession followed.  The “market” didn’t return until the early 1990’s.  So, they needed a HOOK.  And they happened on to a self-perpetuating marketing ploy.  By that time Wong and all his Chinese brothers had taken up the notion, the ethnic newspapers and ethnic social groupsembraced the notion.  And the demographics began to change.  I’m not saying that was bad.  But it was ‘social engineering’ on a scale not considered as part of sales/marketing for residential housing.  Homes suddenly boasted “wok rooms”, instead of trash compactors there were “rice bins”, fortune cookies were served in sales offices.  If you feel the Irvine Schools are SO superior, have any of you taken the time to research private education outside public education?  How about Harbor Day?  You could live anywhere and send your kids to Harbor Day.  San Clemente, perhaps, where ocean close homes were 45% less money.

So it’s okay when IrvineRenter does things for the children but not okay when others do?

Let’s be fair here folks.

Does Irvine have good schools or not? I’ve read many comments over there years herre where it’s just a fallacy or a marketing ploy (heck… there’s one just above me). But facts and numbers don’t lie. You can’t “secret shop” API scores. Irvine schools are always at the top of the lists, usually getting beat out by charter schools which is effectively the same type of enrollment.

As for private vs. IUSD public… I can make that comparison. And while both have their pros/cons…  almost every parent I know who has been in the same private school our kids were in have found IUSD to be just as good if not better.

I think any parent here would consider paying a premium to live in a safer city with a better school system. It’s for the children right?

Irvine schools have better test scores than neighboring districts because of demographics, namely a much higher Asian fraction.  If you compare apples to apples, e.g. within ethnic categories, Irvine school test scores are no better than the other South County districts.