Orange County, CA, Part 1: Orange & Fullerton
 

This is the first of three threads I'm going to be doing on cities in Orange County, though they won't be all inclusive. The most notable omission will be Santa Ana, the OC's most populous city, as I did a thread including that city here.

Given it's reputation as a suburban wasteland, I was quite impressed with some of the hidden gems amongst the sprawl.

Fullerton (pop 131,868, incorporated 1904)

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Fullerton College

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Fullerton High School

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I love this building

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This theatre is being restored/repurposed

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Orange (pop 136,392, incorporated 1888)

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In the distance is the Crystal Cathedral, more photos of that can be found here.

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Tour of California
1: Los Angeles, 2: Hollywood, Glendale, Pasadena, Beverly Hills, 3: Riverside, Santa Ana, Long Beach, 4: San Jose, 5: San Diego, 6: Fresno, 7: Stockton, Modesto, 8: Gold Country, 9: Eureka, Arcata, 10: Monterey, Carmel, 11: Santa Cruz, 12: Sacramento Pt One, 13: Sacramento Pt Two, 14: Roseville & Folsom, 15: Concord & Walnut Creek, 16: Tri-Valley, 17: Berkeley, Emeryville, 18: Fremont, 19: Santa Clara, Mountain View, Palo Alto, 20: Redwood City, Foster City, San Mateo, 21: Oakland, 22: Benicia, Vallejo, 23: Napa, St. Helena, 24: Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Sonoma, 25: San Rafael, 26: Larkspur, Mill Valley, 27: Sausalito, Tiburon, 28: Hollister, San Juan Bautista, 29: Long Beach 2008, 30: Venice, 31: Santa Monica, 32: Sacramento Pt 3, 33: Solvang, 34: Alameda, 35: Knights Ferry, 36: California Zephyr, 37: Colfax, 38: Davis, 39: Oakdale, 40: San Francisco Pt 1, San Francisco Pt 2, 41: Chico, Redding, 42: Kings Beach, 43: Merced, 44: Gold Country pt 2, 45: Gold Country pt 3, 46: Sonora, 47: Vacaville, Fairfield, Suisun City

Two quietly attractive towns. They remind me a bit of the New Jersey suburbs I grew up in - not so much the architecture style but the downtown scale.

Surprisingly nice towns, especially for suburbs.

nice! Thanks for sharing.

Very quaint and pleasant. I like it.

I haven't been in years, but Old Town Orange was one of the better parts of Orange County.

They were towns before they were suburbs--the suburbs just surrounded them.

Waiting for the "real OC": South Coast Plaza Mall. ;)

Nice pictures. Both look like nice little central cores.

Looks so much better than the snow & cold we have here in Ohio at the moment.

I did the exact same day trip a couple of months ago! Both are fun little towns to visit. Fullerton is more of a nighlife town, while Orange is nice during the day.