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Needs more detail on bankruptcy/default

Only small reference to default of GO bonds in 1994 due to bad interest rate swaps, which is perhaps the OC's most enduring historical legacy. At the time the default was the largest in US history ($110B).

Added Tallest Buildings in Orange County Section

I added a tallest buildings in Orange County section, I am not sure why it was deleted...but I re-added it.

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Politics

Changing demographics is not the only factor. Another explanation is the Republican Party moved away from local voters. I hosted the local polling place in south Orange County from 1998 to 2008. The elections in 2008 were different. Voters at my polling place were very upset with the Republican Party. Had folk asking if they could vote other than Republican, as they never had before. Folk outside the polling place in animated conversation, as they were upset with the elected Republicans.

What I wrote at the time: https://bannister.us/weblog/2008/the-republicans-are-in-deep-trouble

I think you could argue the Republican Party moved away from local voters. pbannister (talk) 16:38, 18 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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It [Orange County] is also known for its political conservatism

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Is it perhaps time to retire this phrase from the lead, given the latest midterm results? Or at least rephrase it? ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Knyzna1 (talk) 07:38, 11 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, certainly a part of the history but the contemporary situation has changed.Fettlemap (talk) 21:32, 15 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Kheel, Rebecca (7 November 2018). "Dem Mike Levin wins Issa's open House seat in southern California". The Hill. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Wildermuth, John (9 November 2018). "CA House race turnaround: Democrat Josh Harder leads GOP Rep. Jeff Denham". San Francisco Chronicle. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Thornton, Paul (10 November 2018). "RIP Republican Orange County". Los Angeles Times. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Nagourney, Adam (10 November 2018). "Dana Rohrabacher Loses, Eroding Republican Foothold in California". The New York Times. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

North and South citation

The section on "North/South" OC is interesting, but the first, explanatory paragraph lacks any citation whatsoever. They shouldn't be too difficult to find; I'll look.--JackBNimble43 (talk) 15:31, 3 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

JackBNimble43, I just did it. It was from the same UCI study. I just broke that paragraph into two for stylistic reasons, to make it more readable. Keizers (talk) 16:07, 3 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

List of religious centers

Added the Orange County Buddhist Center to the list.--JackBNimble43 (talk) 15:50, 3 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Regions of Orange County

I find the existing section somewhat inaccurate. The primary factor you want to map is the age of development. Most everything else is secondary. Keep in mind that much of present Orange County simply did not exist, not so long ago.

I also find this section inaccurate. North Orange County usually refers to Brea-Placentia-Yorba Linda. I don't think anyone who lives in O.C. would consider Santa Ana part of North Orange County.

Orange County was defined by waves of development, as agricultural land was transformed into bedroom communities. Newly developed areas tended to be younger and more affluent. If you had money you preferred the newer, nicer areas. Waves of development defined economic and demographic maps.

Early waves of folk moving into the county came from everywhere else in the country (40-70s roughly). Mostly white as the country was then mostly white. More so the economically mobile.

The Orange County of the 1960s and 70s was defined by large Cold War era aerospace plants. Employment at the plants sparked a wave to development of bedroom communities, mostly in north Orange County.

Older communities had and have a larger Hispanic portion with older Santa Ana as largest but not only example.

Neighborhoods developed later (70s-present) got waves of folk from everywhere in the world. As the newly developed areas in south county were developed, the folk moving in were more culturally (if not economically) diverse.

In the 1970s the area around Westminister received a large group of refugees from Vietnam. Ever since, that general central/east area of the county as tended to be more Asian.

Irvine (in south county) was and is a center of development (roughly 80s-present). Employment offered in the large "Irvine Industrial" areas drove development of bedroom commuities in south county.

There are more recent secondary waves.

Doing the research to "prove" all this is more than I want to do. :)

Point is you want to map the county by age of development, more than north/south. pbannister (talk) 17:26, 18 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Very interesting summary. With existing and additional reliable sources, the content can be slowly updated one sentence at a time. Cheers, Fettlemap (talk) 17:36, 18 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Kheel, Rebecca (7 November 2018). "Dem Mike Levin wins Issa's open House seat in southern California". The Hill. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[2] Wildermuth, John (9 November 2018). "CA House race turnaround: Democrat Josh Harder leads GOP Rep. Jeff Denham". San Francisco Chronicle. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[3] Thornton, Paul (10 November 2018). "RIP Republican Orange County". Los Angeles Times. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[4] Nagourney, Adam (10 November 2018). "Dana Rohrabacher Loses, Eroding Republican Foothold in California". The New York Times. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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