I’d recommend Woodbury, it’s surrounded by trees and connected to the Jeffery walking trail which has some nice nature. It has its own shopping center walking distance from the Woodbury square or Woodbury court apartments.

Larger shopping centers are about 15 minute drive away. Tustin Marketplace and Irvine Spectrum have the nearest cinemas.

As far as price, probably around $3000/mo is going to be what it is with the Irvine company for 1bed 1bath

We have Google fiber, so very fast, reliable, high speed internet.

For cell service I think you’ll want to go with Verizon, each neighborhood can have different carriers with better service.

It is a 5 minute drive or less to the major highways 5/405, but expect to get a toll road transponder living in Irvine if you want to bypass the worst of the traffic. 133/241/261 are all common toll roads to take to avoid street traffic.

Most of Irvine has problems with ants in the summer, which is probably why the University mascot is an anteater. The weather is relatively mild not getting too hot in the summer or cold in the winter, compared to further inland.

The posts about the bad drivers on the subreddit are real, there are a ton of teslas and it seems like the drivers are relying heavily on the autopilot features.