[ElDiabloJoe]

Originally Posted by MandoMan

Well, I lived in a little house on a lake for years. It was beautiful there. I loved it. I could lie in bed and watch cardinals and four kinds of woodpeckers at a feeder ten feet from my head. I love living in a really lovely place with no neighbors. My ex-wife’s grandmother lived in a crummy little single-wide trailer in a mobile home park. But the mobile home park was on a cliff a mile south of Laguna Beach, and the porch on the trailer actually overhang the cliff, on a cove, a hundred feet above the water. Spectacular view, awful trailer. But worth it. I grew up in the mountains of Northern California surrounded by miles of pines and firs and golden grass. It looked a lot like Walt Longmire’s view at his cabin in “Longmire.”

I moved here for the activities, and it’s been even better than I’d hoped, although different from what I expected. My Courtyard Villa cost far less than a million, and it’s not luxurious compared to some homes here, but it’s also much more private than most of the fancier homes my friends have. I hardly hear a sound all day and hardly see a soul. It’s just as quiet as my ex-home on a lake, but so much closer to things I love to do. I’m a frog—here ‘til I croak. I made a great choice.

I'm pretty sure I know that place. It's either a mile south of Newport Beach (El Morro cove/beach now used as a State of CA vacation. spot. Also the place they filmed that Bette Midler movie), or it's actually in south Laguna directly across Coast Hwy from the Montage (Treasure Island) and over the Ruby's Diner restaurant. Shares a parking lot with Gelson's grocery store. Gorgeous location, amazing value. I know a gazillion people that would jump at the chance to own a single wide in that location.