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Redefining Property Values
Ladera Ranch, a California planned community, is divided into myriad neighborhoods, including Surrey Farm, which features numerous small parks.
(By Mark Avery -- Orange County Register)
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People are constantly organizing activities: Last Fourth of July, thousands came out for fireworks, he said.
"Neighboring is one of the biggest concepts in America," Warrick said. "People want connections. And as good community developers, we should recognize what it means to create community."
Recently, Lynn Gottschalk moved from Reston to Covenant Hills with her daughter and son-in-law and their two young children. She enjoys it there -- swimming in the heated pools and seeing the snow-topped mountains in the distance.
"Everyone is very friendly," she said. "Everyone looks out for each other."
But although her neighbors on one side are Iranian and on the other Korean, Gottshalk said that in general, there is a sameness to people in Covenant Hills.
"I see lots of blond women," she said. "I know there's a very high number of Christian-based families, and . . . How do I say this nicely? I think if I were gay, I'd never live here."
She did not know about the extensive market research, but when she found out, she noted that she does get a very different feeling in Terramor. A friend there has a master's in ecological engineering, and another is a social worker who works in inner-city Los Angeles.
Even Warrick jokes sometimes that Terramor is the liberal enclave and Covenant Hills is the conservative one.
"In one sense we're doing social engineering," he said. "In another sense we're trying to break down walls between people. They're all in Ladera Ranch. They might live in different neighborhoods, but they're all there for sure."
