topic Re: Brea, California in Community Chat

Brea, California

truffle — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 01:54:49 GMT

Anyone ever been there? What's it like?

Re: Brea, California

missy1 — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 02:15:09 GMT

Nothing exciting. I like the mall.

Re: Brea, California

tansy — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 02:18:01 GMT

I remember going to the mall there when my sons were young to cool off in the a/c, buy them an Orange Julius and watch the ice skaters.

Re: Brea, California

Moonchilde — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 02:23:26 GMT

It's a largely upscale foothill community at the far side of northeast Orange County, far from the ocean breezes. It's hot and smoggy in the summer. Nice houses. As others have said, huge indoor air-conditioned mall - which you'll need in summer if your house has no a/c. It's neither particularly wonderful nor undesirable.

Re: Brea, California

truffle — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 02:43:17 GMT

@Moonchilde wrote:
It's a largely upscale foothill community at the far side of northeast Orange County, far from the ocean breezes. It's hot and smoggy in the summer. Nice houses. As others have said, huge indoor air-conditioned mall - which you'll need in summer if your house has no a/c. It's neither particularly wonderful nor undesirable.

I award you Best Answer and if I knew how do it here by some special elite functionality which obviously is not mine to utilize, I would.

Re: Brea, California

missy1 — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 02:46:32 GMT

Yorba Linda is next door, and you can visit the Nixon library.

Re: Brea, California

Moonchilde — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 05:13:36 GMT

@truffle wrote:
@Moonchilde wrote:
It's a largely upscale foothill community at the far side of northeast Orange County, far from the ocean breezes. It's hot and smoggy in the summer. Nice houses. As others have said, huge indoor air-conditioned mall - which you'll need in summer if your house has no a/c. It's neither particularly wonderful nor undesirable.
I award you Best Answer and if I knew how do it here by some special elite functionality which obviously is not mine to utilize, I would.

LOL - thanks ;-)

There's nothing "wrong" with Brea - not high crime, good schools, nice housing - just nothing special about it either. There are lots worse places to live.

Re: Brea, California

Tinkrbl44 — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:00:44 GMT

@truffle wrote:
Anyone ever been there? What's it like?

@truffle

Are you moving there? What an area "is like" will depend on your needs .... i.e., do you have a family with small children who will be attending school, or a retired couple looking for leisure activities nearby. It depends on what you want.

Re: Brea, California

missy1 — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:02:39 GMT

http://www.trulia.com/real_estate/Brea-California/

It's expenisve.

Re: Brea, California

Q4u — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:09:11 GMT

Brea = Orange County = Los Angeles as all the communities more or less run into one another. And yessiree.... EXPENSIVE.....

But if you can afford it.... it's no worse/better than other So Ca communities....

Re: Brea, California

Moonchilde — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:39:21 GMT

@missy1 wrote:
http://www.trulia.com/real_estate/Brea-California/

It's expenisve.

Not any more than most areas, and a lot less than many.

Re: Brea, California

DiAnne — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:47:23 GMT

@Moonchilde wrote:
@missy1 wrote:
http://www.trulia.com/real_estate/Brea-California/

It's expenisve.

Not any more than most areas, and a lot less than many.

Everything goes by location. It is not one of the more desirable areas in the Orange County (think Newport Beach, Laguna, Tustin, etc) so it is not expensive by comparison.

Re: Brea, California

missy1 — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 16:39:26 GMT

@DiAnne wrote:
@Moonchilde wrote:
@missy1 wrote:
http://www.trulia.com/real_estate/Brea-California/

It's expenisve.

Not any more than most areas, and a lot less than many.
Everything goes by location. It is not one of the more desirable areas in the Orange County (think Newport Beach, Laguna, Tustin, etc) so it is not expensive by comparison.

South OC, is more desirable and more $. (The ones you mentioned, and a few more)