Located in the heart of Orange County, which is home to numerous communities and over 3 million people, is the community of Garden Grove California. Ringed by freeways but only a short drive to the beach, Garden Grove is a little known but diverse and fascinating community amidst the metropolis of Southern California about a half hour drive south from the main part of the city of Los Angeles, California. Because of it’s location, homes in Garden Grove are much more affordable than those in Los Angeles proper, making it an ideal place for people who want to settle down and live the California Dream in Southern California without breaking the bank on a house.
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There are a myriad of mid-sized corporations located in Garden Grove, though most of the 170,000 plus population within the city itself commutes to surrounding communities for work. Those who stay local and those businesses that draw employees from other areas, include airplane manufacturers Air Industries Corporation, GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems and Driessen Aircraft Interior Systems, who employ over 1,000 people total. The Crystal Cathedral Ministries are also located in Garden Grove, which has weekly Christian programming and daily worship services, employing nearly 300 people locally.
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Despite the major industries in Garden Grove being corporations for aeronautics, Garden Grove began as a rural crossroads in Southern California, known for it’s large production of chili peppers, oranges, walnuts and, perhaps most notably, strawberries. This gives some insight into how the community got it’s name in the first place. After an earthquake destroyed the center of the town in 1933 and the city boomed after World War II, Garden Grove became incorporated by the mid-1950's as a suburb of Los Angeles. After the Vietnam War and fall of Saigon, Garden Grove became home to a large number of Vietnamese-American immigrants, who are still the majority of the area’s Asian population today.
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Most of the homes in Garden Grove are the standard suburban California ranch style homes, with front and back yards and large garages. Most also have three to four bedrooms and two to three bathrooms and are usually, at a minimum, 1400 square feet. However, due to the overall boom in the real estate in the Southern California area, some homes in Garden Grove are getting a real makeover and modernizing, since they can be purchased and transformed inexpensively. In short, Garden Grove is the ideal place for someone to buy an inexpensive home in a great location in relation to the rest of Orange County and remodel it into their dream home.
Like much of the rest of Southern California, those in Garden Grove appreciate eating healthy and their ability to eat what has been grown in the great state of California. It harks back to the area’s history as a place where vegetables were grown and sold around the Southland a century prior, before Los Angeles exploded in population. Because of this, there are a number of healthy eating options in and around the Garden Grove area, as well as the annual Garden Grove strawberry festival, which held every year over Memorial Day weekend. It is one of the largest community festivals in the Western United States, regularly drawing over 250,000 visitors complete with carnival rides, excellent fresh produce (namely strawberries) and the world’s largest strawberry shortcake, and a parade with numerous celebrities from the local area.
If there is one thing Garden Grove has no shortage of, it’s nearby entertainment. Along the edge of the city limits is Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Park, meaning most locals can get to the park in just five to ten minutes no matter what part of Garden Grove they may live in. Just a few minutes beyond the amusement parks are numerous professional sports stadiums, like the Los Angeles Angels baseball park and the Anaheim might Ducks hockey stadium. These also often double as venues for some of the biggest music and comedy acts as they tour the West Coast of America every year. Ten minutes to the West of Garden Grove is the beach, namely Seal Beach and slightly to the south the picturesque Newport Beach.
Beyond those things, a whole slew of celebrities that known around the world have come from Garden Grove, as if talented people have replaced the agriculture Garden Grove was first named for. The likes of the band Sublime and The Offspring, the comedian Steve Martin, baseball player Lenny Dykstra and football player Troy Palomalu, to name just a few.
Nearby ample amounts of entertainment and the beach, Garden Grove is a suburban community in Orange County that has numerous inexpensive homes just waiting to be revived into someone’s California dream home.
