Canyonites Gear Up for Legal Fight Over Board of Supervisors' Approval of 65 New Homes

 @Mitchell_Young Actually, even here in OC you can see how people are opting out on suburbia, wanting more access at cheaper costs. Costs in time getting through the suburban maze, costs in fuel transporting yourself and 2000lbs of steel from point A to B, and to add insult to injury, many times, it takes twice as long going half the distance because suburbia is clustered into units of neighborhood without easy entry or exits. No stop signs- or blocks where you can at least head in the right direction from the get go. These suburban neighborhoods are units of isolation, and you can see a trend in white middle-class moving away from their parents passe traditions into more suitable and functional developments, like those in old down-town districts like Orange, Tustin, Santa Ana, and Fullerton. Places with culture and more community participation. Thats what people want. And I believe Irvine is seeing a trend of white middle-class professionals seeking high density housing because its reasonably priced and near the places in which they work and play. 

Out here in the canyon in which I live, we sacrifice some of the conveniences of the city to live a little more hand-mouth, enjoying each-others company, trying to sustain older traditions of "community", and the issues at hand, speaking about development and urban sprawl, is seen by myself and many others as a direct threat to our efforts. 

Issue one- Natural resource. Most people who move here do so to embrace the Canyons natural setting and serenity, as do the visitors who call the canyon their second home. Look around. Where else is their a patch of ancient forest in Socal? Are humans separate from nature? 

Issue two- community. The developers has directly insulted our community by their slash and burn mentality of how to "get 'R' dun". It is rude to move into a community and through the use of dumping loads of cash into the pockets of governmental officials, change the customs to fit your agenda. Period. Rudder Homes spit on our community. It disrespected its new neighbors.

Issue three- Intelligent design. The Rutter homes plan is unintelligent. It is an out-dated design for housing. Suburbia is on its way out! People are moving to larger metropolis' which have better parks, intelligent mass-transit, lively culture, and more pleasant and relevant-aesthetics. The next generation wants to live in a community with substance and purpose. 

Rutter Homes:  Form≠Function.

 @BillxT That's for damn sure, BillxT. Try getting a city to do something about the 3 immigrant families in Costa Mesa sharing houses zoned for single family dwellings,  with all the obvious signs (cars parked on lawns, etc) and the ACLU will have your ass in court. But you, who have paid property taxes for 15 years, want to put up a HAM radio antenna, and the full force of the police will come down on you.