Newport Beach
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- shellie0
theres costa mesa.. you can shoot for the edge of costa mesa/newport and be like 15-20 blocks from the beach (nice bike ride)... and rent would be up to 500 dollars cheaper a month.
you could go for the edge of costa mesa and corona del mar (better than newport but actually part of the city but w/ a different name) and be close to the bluffs type area.
you could look at a little older but bigger apartments in costa mesa near orange coast college where it is really affordable and cute.. and you could basically afford to rent a house for what youre paying in newport and be a 3 minute drive from the city line and a 5 minute drive from south coast plaza. you could live near south coast plaza.. kinda pitzy, also in the city of costa mesa. (costa mesa really has it all.)
you might wanna take a drive to south county. some people like the planned community and its an attractive place to live. so, then irvine, mission vejo wouldnt be so bad of a place to live. i personally think those cities are beautiful and you could rent an apartment that maybe one person has ever lived in before you.
also.. the next beach over from newport/corona del mar is laguna.. which i think has way more character than newport but is no less expensive. it has really great cliffs too and more cute little art studios and galleries (and the best vegan friendly resurant in OC, toco loco).
another beach bordering newport is huntington beach.. you could live near that city line too. it used to be the ghettoest of the OC beaches (which really cant be considered ghetto really.. not compared to LA) but they tore down and are still tearing down anything remotely close to the beach and building new apartments and beach resorts... so living near that cities edge is now desireable.
in the end.. you could end up paying 1500 -2800 a month depending on how you want to live in newport for an apartment unless youre living near another city border or a hop skip away from the city line. you wont find much of a better deal unless you have someone who will sublet to you or you have time to really hunt down a killer deal. who knows.. theyre around sometimes.
or you can go inland a bit.. and take a 10 minute drive down the 55 freeway (which dead ends in newport beach so you'll get familiar with that one)... and try out tustin which has some very cool areas.. everything from brand new to older apartments and rental homes with character. theres also anahiem.. and some parts of santa ana are actually bitchin.
hope that helps.