location wise, the area is great. close to everything, easy access via 4 freeways, not the center of the action so you dont have the constant college parties or beach bums or downtown cruisers, but you’re not stuck out in the boonies in some sterile suburb. the people that were moving in were getting hip to the basics; location, cost, commute time.
it’s funny how you can go one block and be in the ghetto, next block is old folks, next is a quiet cul de sac, next is bar hopping… like kensington, it’s only some 4 blocks of really nice, really expensive homes, but just south as you get closer and closer to mead, you transition through a socio-economic vortex and end up in south central…