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Orange County (California), United States
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Orange County's inland region is densely populated. Most of the cities here are suburban communities with light industry and commercial offices and services.
John Wayne Airport (SNA) is the best and closest plane connection into the area and to avoid the traffic congestion from LAX. Long Beach AIrport (LGB) is also worth considering if connections are available.
Read in the guideAlthough the OCTA provide a good coverage of the area with buses this is a car metropolitan. People drive everywhere, it is rare to see people walking outside of the malls and a couple of cities that have retail streets.
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Santa Ana · International · SNA
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The most populous city in Orange County, home of the famous Disneyland theme park and two major sports teams: the Anaheim Ducks hockey team and the Los Angeles Angels baseball franchise.
Anaheim Hills is a community in Orange County in Southern California and is directly south of the city of Yorba Linda. Anaheim Hills is part of the city of Anaheim but because it does not border central Anaheim and is geographically separated from that part of the city, the name Anaheim Hills is used to distinguish it from Anaheim.
Brea is a city in Orange County.
Best known as the home of the popular Knott's Berry Farm amusement park.
Home to the Orange County Fairgrounds, a large performing arts center, and the large South Coast Plaza shopping mall.
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Home to Cal State Fullerton, the Fullerton Arboretum, and Downtown Fullerton.
Home to the Crystal Cathedral, a stunningly huge structure of glass used as the cathedral of the local Roman Catholic Diocese.
A somewhat gentrified community with a significant Asian-American heritage, this is one of youngest and largest cities in Orange County.
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Placentia is a city in Orange County in Southern California.
A small and charming historic town that's home to a beautiful Spanish mission.
The seat of Orange County, home to a number of museums and a small historic downtown.
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Tustin is a suburban city in Orange County, California. It is located on I-5 3 miles southeast of Santa Ana, 9 miles southeast of Disneyland, 6 miles north of John Wayne Airport.
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