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Place characteristics 1: located on the
southern
edge of .....
Los Angeles
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Place characteristics 2: about ........ ........ of Newport Beach
10km east
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Place characteristics 3: population size
21,000
spread over
2000
households
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Place characteristics 4: built on .....
the former
Irvine Ranch
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Place characteristics 5: to the east are ..........
the low
Santa Ana
mountains
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Housing conditions 1: characterised by ......
single-family houses on relatively
large
'lots
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Housing conditions 2: most households own their own home and .......
2/3
of these have lived in Northwood for more than 10 years (
91
% own a home)
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Housing conditions 3: average household size
2.8
persons
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Housing conditions 4: many of the streets are .........
lined with trees, mostly
eucalyptus
, which are a legacy of the
windbreaks
established when the area was farmland
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Environmental quality 1: air pollution is .........
relatively
low
because it's on the edge of
LA
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Environmental quality 2: streets ......
lined with trees
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Environmental quality 3: crime rates .....
70%
lower than
national
average
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Environmental quality 4: close to .......
2
beaches
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Access to resources 1: the city's largest employer
University of California
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Access to resources 2: well established companies e.g ......
Blizzard Entertainment
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Access to resources 3: several ....
TNCs
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Access to resources 4: lots of opportunities for ......
start-up companies
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Income 1: well off- ........
$
86,500/yr
compared to national average of $
52,250
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Income 2: ........ jobs
high paid
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Income 3: most people have .......
a
degree
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Health 1: very good .......
healthcare services
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Health 2: because air pollution is low, less .......
respiratory
problems for
residents
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Education 1: schools are regularly assessed as being .......
some of the best achieving in the
UK
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Education 2: ..... high schools
5
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Education 3: percentage of residents 25+ with 1st degrees and percentage possessing masters or doctorates
68.5
% of those aged 25+ have first degrees
20.5
% posses masters or doctorates
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Age/gender/ethnicity/personal mobility 1: proportion of families with school aged children
1/3
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Age/gender/ethnicity/personal mobility 2: proportion of residents who are white
1/2
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Age/gender/ethnicity/personal mobility 3: 2nd largest group are ......
Asian
, migrants from
Vietnam
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Age/gender/ethnicity/personal mobility 4: high .....
personal mobility (
wages
,
car ownership
)
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Future 1: often wins .......
'best place to live
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Future 2: high levels of ........
safety
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Future 3: may experience .......
urban
sprawl due to proximity to
LA
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