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Surprised no one mentioned Irvine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irvine,_California

New neighborhoods are quite nice, e.g. https://www.irvinepacific.com/homes/eastwood-village

I love the idea of a car free neighborhood, and Irvine is the exact opposite of what I want. My in laws are there and my partner unfortunately loves it but the urban planning makes me viscerally uncomfortable. Sure you can walk from the million+ dollar homes to the gated communities admittedly nice pool, but I felt like most of what I was doing was driving long distances on wide roads through depressing big box stores and strip malls.

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