Even with Irvine's diverse mix of cultures, some residents feel they don't 'fit'
- May 29, 2017
- 1 min read
BY AHN DO | Los Angeles Times
The master-planned city has become synonymous with a certain kind of lifestyle, a magnet for high-achieving families of all races and backgrounds looking for the best public schools for their children and safe, immaculate neighborhoods for themselves.
But even in this haven that residents call “a mini-United Nations,” diversity sometimes brings strain.
For recent immigrants, it can be hard to fit into the Irvine ideal. Some feel self-conscious about their heavy accents, while others talk about encounters with the occasional longtime resident who resents the influx of Asians and other immigrants.
For white residents of Irvine, the boom has brought much to like — rising home values, stellar test scores and an explosion of ethnic restaurants, cultural celebrations and retail spaces that have brought international sophistication to a place once known as cookie-cutter suburbia.
Some also think it might all be too much, too fast.
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