Orange County is a region of Southern California. It is known for Anaheim's Disneyland Resort, a huge complex of attractions, restaurants and shops. Nearby, in Buena Park, is Knott's Berry Farm, a large theme park. Cities with surfing beaches include Huntington Beach, with its surf museum.
The boat-filled port of Newport Beach is located off the Balboa Peninsula. Laguna Beach has tidal pools and the beachfront Crystal Cove State Park. Known as The OC, Orange County is located in the heart of Southern California, the geographical center of beautiful and abundant places. Known as “The OC,” Orange County is not Los Angeles a major distinction for us locals, although we live just below the city larger than life.
Orange County encompasses Huntington Beach, Anaheim (also known as Disneyland), Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, San Juan Capistrano, Costa Mesa, Buena Park, Irvine and Santa Ana. Although Barbara Boxer won statewide, and did better in Orange County than in 1998, Republican Bill Jones defeated her in the county, 51% to 43%. Orange County has a great niche for award-winning restaurants, California signature cuisine, and ethnic specialties. The lines include Orange County, 91 and Inland Empire-Orange County, and total about 40 trains per day.
Retail complexes include Anaheim GardenWalk, Anaheim Marketplace (which claims to be the largest indoor exchange meeting in Orange County with more than 200 vendors), MainPlace Mall, Orange Town & Country and The Outlets at Orange, originally a mall called The City that was the centerpiece of a planned 1970s mixed-use development with the same name. Orange County is bordered on the southwest by the Pacific Ocean, on the north by Los Angeles County, on the northeast by San Bernardino County, on the east by Riverside County, and on the southeast by San Diego County. The completion of Interstate 5 in 1954 helped make Orange County a bedroom community for many of those who moved to Southern California to work in aerospace and manufacturing. Smog is common throughout much of Orange County, although the coast generally has cleaner air due to the winds of ocean.
When you visit us in Orange County, you can enjoy the entire Southern California region, from Los Angeles to San Diego. Orange County SC is a United Soccer League team and is the only professional football club in Orange County. Other ranches in Orange County were granted by the Mexican government during the Mexican period in Alta California. Orange County has a reputation for being more conservative than the rest of California, with conservative fiscal attitudes dominating affluent cities and some social conservative attitudes prevalent in some of Orange County's thriving ethnic subcommunities.
Northern Orange County, which includes Anaheim, Fullerton and Santa Ana, was the first part of the county to develop and is culturally closer to neighboring Los Angeles county. Although single-family homes constitute the dominant landscape for most of the county, northern and central Orange County are relatively more urbanized and dense compared to areas beyond Irvine, which are less dense, though still contiguous and mostly suburban rather than exurban. In North Orange County, many businesses will have someone who speaks Spanish on staff; however, the further south you travel, the less common Spanish-speaking staff may be, although it is likely that someone close to you will speak Spanish and will usually help translate if asked. With home games played at the Championship Soccer Stadium in the Great Park of Orange County, the team seeks to grow in the Orange County community and achieve continued success.
Another region of Orange County is the Orange Coast, which includes the six cities bordering the Pacific Ocean. .
