Looking to move (back) to SoCal but not home to LA

[Gaylord_Focker]

Originally Posted by saibot

I have never been much of a shopper, so nothing's changed with me, but my daughters (ages 20 and 23) go shopping all the time. They like Irvine Spectrum and South Coast Plaza...and whenever I go by either place, the parking lots are full, so it's not just them going there.

Pass on SCP but love the Spectrum. Gotta enjoy the weather.

Originally Posted by Guerrilla Poster

I have daughters the same ages....I think the lure of those places is people watching more than it is actually shopping. And, when I was at the Irvine Spectrum and it didn't feel like the US. I think we were the only people there whose ancestors were not from east of the Mediterranean.

Plenty of white people go there.

[saibot]

Originally Posted by Gaylord_Focker

Pass on SCP but love the Spectrum. Gotta enjoy the weather.

I dislike malls and shopping in general, but have to agree that an outdoor mall is better than an indoor one.

Plenty of white people go there.

Yes, they do. Of course the visitors to a mall generally reflect the local population...and there is a very large Asian population in Irvine. Still, I see more people who seem to be "Asian tourists" at South Coast (and Fashion Island) than at the Spectrum. Several years ago, I recall noticing that every tenth person at SCP was a heavily pregnant Chinese woman. But they've cracked down on birth tourism, I understand.

[Gaylord_Focker]

Originally Posted by saibot

I dislike malls and shopping in general, but have to agree that an outdoor mall is better than an indoor one.



Yes, they do. Of course the visitors to a mall generally reflect the local population...and there is a very large Asian population in Irvine. Still, I see more people who seem to be "Asian tourists" at South Coast (and Fashion Island) than at the Spectrum. Several years ago, I recall noticing that every tenth person at SCP was a heavily pregnant Chinese woman. But they've cracked down on birth tourism, I understand.

Yea, I think I've seen a couple of birth tourists in my hood. I have mixed feelings about it.

SCP attracts the tourists because it has super high end stores, well beyond the Spectrum's roster.