Location: Free and nearly 53 in San Diego and Lake Forest, CA
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Newbie,
Irvine is OK; I split my time between there and my mom's place in San Diego. Laid-back is correct and it's quite suburban.
Lots of families with kids. Good public school system -- the SAT scores are supposedly highest in the state of California.
Students are more common, of course, near the UCI campus. I'm 15 years out of college (USC) myself, so I can't exactly speak for kids today (smile).
Good luck in pursuing your college.
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