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| Watching a City Grow - 8/15/2012
WE moved to Laguna Niguel in 1976, returning to California from a three year assignment in New York City. With 3 young children we were seeking a family friendly community with access to commuting routes to Los Angeles and San Diego. The initial appeal to me was the seaside developments along the coastal hills, which reminded my of the communities of southern France.
I watched my kids grow up enjoying the amenities of the area. The beautiful beaches and desert and mountain destinations close by. I'd recommend the community to anyone looking for the best in California lifestyle. Often we've commented that living here is like being on vacation twelve months a year. Now I'm proud that our kids and grand kids are living close by and enjoying this beautiful area.[read more...]
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| LN - 5/26/2011
Living in Laguna Niguel is a great experience at all times!
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| Outdoor life - 8/22/2010
The weather is generally beautiful and the beach and hills encourage lots of outside fun.[read more...]
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| Laguna Niguel - 8/12/2010
Laguna Niguel is situated on hills over the Laguna & Dana Point coast.
It has a continual slight ocean breeze which keeps it under 80 degrees in the summer:) [read more...]
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| Very Expensive Area - 4/7/2010
Laguna Niguel is a very pleasant city of about 60,000 people in Orange County California. The weather is beautiful in the winter and rather warm in the summer since our home does not face the west. A large number of trails are located in the city which I make use of when I run. The City is well run and quite responsive to citizen needs it is a little to large. Traffic can be heavy at various times of the day but you live with that. Overall a very good bedroom community but I am looking for something out of California since this state has become tax crazy. An area were the taxes fit the citizens and not for the state to supplement their uncontrolled spending.[read more...]
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| Laguna - 2/10/2010
Great restaurants, weather, and insane house prices.[read more...]
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| Laguna Niguel -- Boring and Pricey - 7/13/2008
Many people choose to live in Laguna Niguel because it is a safe place to raise their children. I was raised here, I grew up here, and let me be the first to tell you that Laguna Niguel, CA is NOT the place to go.
Republican suburbia's definition of 'safe' is to make everything extremely boring and expensive -- more expensive than drugs or alcohol. And these days it's all-too common for kids (14+) in the area to throw parties with exorbitantly high levels of alcohol, to smoke a LOT of marijuana to pass the time, or to go to raves and take extacy. I'm no prude, but I've seen things get extremely out-of-hand.
Also, without a car, you can't get anywhere, and the gas prices here recently hit &4.77 for regular. Some people here are multi-millionaires who care very little about the $65-80-dollar ding on a weekly basis, but not everyone. Kids here with little-to-no money suffer the most. The transit system is virtually nonexistent.
There is no public high school in Laguna Niguel. Kids must splinter off to Mission Viejo, Dana Point, or Aliso Viejo. And all of these schools are over-crowded and underfunded. Most of my classes had over 30 students per teacher.[read more...]
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| Quality of life - 1/20/2008
laguan Niguel is a superior place to live. Within blocks or miles to the Pacific Ocean, there is a significant ampount of options for all facets of everyday living. The weather is exceptionally nice with over 270 days of sun per year.[read more...]
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| Great Neighborhood Commentary - 9/17/2007
Laguna Niguel is a beautiful city, located about 10 min from oceanfronts. The city is clean (although it used to be immaculate, as population grows, newcomers seem less caring about their environment) and there is plenty of everything you need to avoid a big commute into the greater ORange County or Los Angeles areas. People are nicer than in the big cities... One thing I am most proud of is that there are no billboards down here![read more...]
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| Laguna Niguel is hard to beat.. as long as you mak - 5/6/2007
Laguna Niguel is a lovely town/City. At 64,000 people in 16 square miles, and only 3 miles from the beach, it has a lot to offer. It has rolling hills, and phenomenal climate - ocean cooled, but warm. People are generally nice, if preoccupied with their own busy lives. But once you settle in, and if you have kids ,you will make friends quickly. AYSO Soccer is huge , as is Baseball and Little League. A wealthy community, it is not for the poor.. homes are expensive, and you are surrounded by gleaming new cars.. We have lived here 11 years, hail from the UK originally, and did 5 years in Silicon Valley . This place is wonderful for raising kids, as long as you inculcate good values before they see all their school friends dropped off in Mercedes every morning..[read more...]
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| Retirement Living - 4/29/2007
I am looking for a small city (less than 50,000)with a low crime rate, low housing costs (compared to california) , hiking and running trails, good shopping areas (like walmart,costco,target, etc.), mild temperatures but not extreme heat.[read more...]
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| beautiful, expensive and crowded - 8/28/2006
Laguna Niguel has beautiful rolling hills, a mild climate, lots of great restaurant and has wonderful beaches within 10 minutes. It also is very expensive, the people can be rude and homes are close together; lots of traffic and lots of people.
Definitely a pretty nice place to live if you enjoy the Southern California lifestyle.[read more...]
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| Laguna Niguel, CA - 6/11/2006
Nice climate. Homes too close together.[read more...]
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