Mission Viejo - Aurora

[Madeinhb]

Does anyone know what the Mission Viejo community is like? I've been told that the southern part of Aurora is nicer than the rest and safer, but not sure how far south is the "better" part.

[Irving]

I used to live at Tower and Hampden, and my dad has a rental right in Mission Viejo. I'd say that is a pretty nice part of Aurora.

[Dryfli]

I live across the street from mission viejo and it's ok, I wouldn't want to live any further north and it gets better south of here. It's the north end of cherry creek schools of that helps at all

[lex137]

I live on Quincy and Piccadilly I like it there. I grew up on Argonne and Quincy east of the water treatment plant, parents still live there. I think it's nicer by southlands more of the centennial area.

[ChunkyMonkey]

Anything south of Hampden is pretty nice. I do many houses in Mission Viejo, Meadow Hills etc. Mission Viejo is older, smaller houses in the most part. You go west or east one major street over, you'll see larger homes.

[kwando]

Not bad at all... If you move let's have a welcoming party!

[Madeinhb]

Thinking about it, there are a few houses down there under 200k. Haven't seen them yet, but they look like something to look at

[Madeinhb]

Here is one of them

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/24/4y4ujedu.jpg

[Teufelhund]

I live at Tower and Hampden. I like the neighborhood; built in the '80s with big trees, very quiet (except everyone owns a dog or two), lots of kids playing football in the street - typical American suburbia. We know and like all our neighbors, and I've left my truck in the driveway several times with the windows down and the key in the ignition and it was still there in the morning.

All that said, I'm sick of suburbia. This was our starter home and as soon as my oldest boy graduates HS in 2016, I'm buying a big enough piece of land in Bailey or Conifer that people can't live next to me.

[Dave]

I'm at Tower and Hampden as well, and it's not a bad place to live. Though Aurora politics are on the liberal free stuff army side. Wouldn't live north of Hampden out here again.

[SideShow Bob]

I'm at Tower and Hampden as well, and it's not a bad place to live. Though Aurora politics are on the liberal free stuff army side. Wouldn't live north of Hampden out here again.

Damn Dave, we could have carpooled to see Bert yesterday......... Nice meeting you there.

[Mtn.man]

So your say'n Aurora has a good side?

[ben4372]

So your say'n Aurora has a good side?
I'm not buying it either.

[yz9890]

I was at Quincy Ridge apartments at Quincy and Chambers just a little south of there for about 8 months until I found a house in January and I never noticed any criminal activity.

[BigDee]

Here is one of them

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/24/4y4ujedu.jpg

That house is a dump and shouldn't go for more than 170K in its current condition.

Mission Viejo was really hard hit during the recession and has declined quite a bit but appears to be making a steady come back. You'll get a lot of sqft for the money and despite the appearance of some of the homes it's a very safe community.

[Hound]

I am over by Quincy and Picadilly. Nice place, good people. Except for the HOA... No real complaints.

[Madeinhb]

Well if it's on the up swing - wouldn't it be worth getting cheap, fixing up so I could possibly get more out of it? Yea I'm not saying its worth the asking price - but if cheaper than 170k - may be worth it

[Irving]

I was at Quincy Ridge apartments at Quincy and Chambers just a little south of there for about 8 months until I found a house in January and I never noticed any criminal activity.

Someone tried to sell me weed at the community mail boxes once.

[Mtn.man]

Someone tried to sell me weed at the community mail boxes once.

Tons of weeds in Aurora what would you want to buy/sell it for?

[Irving]

This was 7ish years ago.

[mutt]

Mission Viejo is right on the outside edge of what I call the Aurora Scum Bubble. As this bubble expands it pushes the so called nicer parts of Aurora farther SE and NE.

When I moved into the Tower/Hampden area 15 years ago it is was a nice middle class neighborhood. Now I see the signs of scum encroachment and quite frankly I can't wait to leave here. If my kids weren't doing so well in school, this area is in the Cherry Creek School District, I'd be gone already. The neighborhoods around here are slowly turning into lower middle class rentals and that is starting to attract more and more of the FSA crowd from the crappier parts of Aurora. The 2008 recession helped accelerate this decline as houses went into foreclosure. I can't imagine what it'll be like in another 15 years and I don't plan to find out. Once my kids graduate HS, we are gone. Hopefully the property values will hold out that long. For now it is still a relatively decent area but I wouldn't count on it staying that way.

If it were me, I wouldn't move to Aurora.

[Irving]

The neighborhoods around here are slowly turning into lower middle class rentals and that is starting to attract more and more of the FSA crowd from the crappier parts of Aurora. The 2008 recession helped accelerate this decline as houses went into foreclosure.

We got our rental from a foreclosure and recently had to evict someone from the FSA. She decided to "landscape" the backyard instead of paying her rent. We couldn't tell what was done to the yard when we saw it.

[Madeinhb]

Mission Viejo is right on the outside edge of what I call the Aurora Scum Bubble. As this bubble expands it pushes the so called nicer parts of Aurora farther SE and NE.

When I moved into the Tower/Hampden area 15 years ago it is was a nice middle class neighborhood. Now I see the signs of scum encroachment and quite frankly I can't wait to leave here. If my kids weren't doing so well in school, this area is in the Cherry Creek School District, I'd be gone already. The neighborhoods around here are slowly turning into lower middle class rentals and that is starting to attract more and more of the FSA crowd from the crappier parts of Aurora. The 2008 recession helped accelerate this decline as houses went into foreclosure. I can't imagine what it'll be like in another 15 years and I don't plan to find out. Once my kids graduate HS, we are gone. Hopefully the property values will hold out that long. For now it is still a relatively decent area but I wouldn't count on it staying that way.

If it were me, I wouldn't move to Aurora.

Thanks for this. I will continue to keep looking up north

[BigDee]

Thanks for this. I will continue to keep looking up north

I don't think it really matters what city you are in.

In the $200K price range you're going to struggle to find anything that isn't in a lower middle class neighborhood with a lot of rentals. $300K is the new $200K and if you're not in the $300K range I don't think it matters where you are, your options are going to be very limited.

I currently own a condo off of Chamber and Hampden, it is directly across the street from Mission Viejo. I have owned the condo 6 years and I lived in it for 3 of those years. During the time I lived there I never had a single issue and my renters never had a single issue either.

I currently own a house in Saddle Rock Ridge which is worth nearly 10X my condo, I've seen fights at the gas station down the street from here and one of my neighbors had a break in a month ago. The homes in my neighborhood are half million dollar homes...

I'm going through a divorce at the moment and have to sell my current home. I need something in the same price range as you while I'm on the hook for spousal support and looked up north as well as Mission Viejo and other SE Aurora neighborhoods. I'm staying in the SE area because I didn't find the neighborhoods to be any better and cherry creek schools are ranked much higher than Adams county.

If you want to go somewhere where there's not a "scum bubble" you need to be looking in Lone Tree and Highlands Ranch which means 3 bedroom 2 bath 1300 sqft homes start at $290K.

[Drilldov2.0]

Aurora isn't as bad as some think. I live there and work there. Mission Viejo is an older neighborhood and on the cusp now. I live in Murphy Creek, in "gasp" Aurora!

[ChunkyMonkey]

Thanks for this. I will continue to keep looking up north

That appllies to every single city in the good ol USA.

[Madeinhb]

How's the Centennial area just south of aurora?

[ben4372]

Aurora isn't as bad as some think. I live there and work there. Mission Viejo is an older neighborhood and on the cusp now. I live in Murphy Creek, in "gasp" Aurora!
Give it 15 years. My brother has a rental out there. I'd live out there if the commute was better. I think the biggest thing about Aurora is the gubment. They are flat sucky.

[tmleadr03]

Damn do we have a lot of us right around tower and hampdon.


Me too.

[MrPrena]

I was living in CC school district when I was in HS. As people said, it was a good neighborhood back then.
Mission Viejo area has few apartment which attract few weirdos into good neighborhood. I think South of Smoky Hill area is nice, but I think they are Centennial now. Before I moved to Thornton area, I was looking at a Murphy Creek part of Aurora. It is very quiet neighborhood, but there are only few roads (mainly Gun Club rd, Jewell, maybe 6th) to get into main City of Aurora. I thought it will probably create traffic in few years.

Lastly, there are very few small section even on Middle and North of Aurora area. They are very remote and very few.

If I can remember:
-Very few areas in Parker and Hempden
-Very few areas near East of Jewell and Havana
-North East of Chamber and Alameda (near court house. Few new housings)
-Maybe few miles radius of Tower area near Eaglecrest HS
-Maybe near Buckley and Iliff near Rangeview HS

[spongejosh]

How's the Centennial area just south of aurora?

I live just south of Smoky Hill and Tower rd. It's technically Centennial and it's pretty nice. Plenty of houses in the Smoky Hill neighborhood around $200k.

[Madeinhb]

I was living in CC school district when I was in HS. As people said, it was a good neighborhood back then.
Mission Viejo area has few apartment which attract few weirdos into good neighborhood. I think South of Smoky Hill area is nice, but I think they are Centennial now. Before I moved to Thornton area, I was looking at a Murphy Creek part of Aurora. It is very quiet neighborhood, but there are only few roads (mainly Gun Club rd, Jewell, maybe 6th) to get into main City of Aurora. I thought it will probably create traffic in few years.

Lastly, there are very few small section even on Middle and North of Aurora area. They are very remote and very few.

If I can remember:
-Very few areas in Parker and Hempden
-Very few areas near East of Jewell and Havana
-North East of Chamber and Alameda (near court house. Few new housings)
-Maybe few miles radius of Tower area near Eaglecrest HS
-Maybe near Buckley and Iliff near Rangeview HS

Yea we live in Broomfield now but the housing market is a frenzy up here. Too many buyers and not enough sellers. So prices are being driven very high. Hence why I'm looking for alternatives.

[rockhound]

my financial advisor used to live in Mission Viejo, they moved after they had a random drive by shooter blast up their home. this was a few years back.

at one time i lived at illif and buckley seemed ok at the time, but that was 12 years ago.

[MrPrena]

Yea we live in Broomfield now but the housing market is a frenzy up here. Too many buyers and not enough sellers. So prices are being driven very high. Hence why I'm looking for alternatives.

If it is not work related or commute related, how about 80602 area of Thornton? That is where I live right now. Price is lower than North side of Broomfield/Westminster area.
Price might be slightly higher than Mission Viejo, but newer and quieter.

I go to Aurora at least twice a mo. to see my mother. She lives East of I-225 and Iliff. Traffic in Aurora is 3x crazier than 120th stretch from Broomfield to East of Thornton

[Madeinhb]

If it is not work related or commute related, how about 80602 area of Thornton? That is where I live right now. Price is lower than North side of Broomfield/Westminster area.
Price might be slightly higher than Mission Viejo, but newer and quieter.

I go to Aurora at least twice a mo. to see my mother. She lives East of I-225 and Iliff. Traffic in Aurora is 3x crazier than 120th stretch from Broomfield to East of Thornton

We have been looking in this zip code as well. Coming from California- driving doesn't bother me. So we are just looking for a nice area with a nice home. Just not much on market right now.