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Rancho Santa Margarita Real Estate, Live Well and Work Near Home
Rancho Santa Margarita Real Estate, Live Well and Work Near Home
Rancho Santa Margarita was one of the first "mixed use" communities in Southern Orange County. This bedroom community was designed to allow businesses to co-exist with the residential neighborhoods which will supply the labor force. The planning was carefully done to allow for a variety of industry as well as shopping and support businesses to really make Rancho Santa Margarita a self-sustaining community.
One of the things that was unusual about Rancho Santa Margarita when first developed was the great variety of living options.  Unlike Mission Viejo which is comprised of mostly single family homes, Rancho Santa Margarita embraced the growing appeal of townhouses and condos. This concept was so much encouraged that it's own lovely man-made lake is surrounded by these condos....whereas the Mission Viejo Lake has multi-million dollar custom homes on it's shore. The Rancho Santa Margarita Lake was also created as a public amenity and allows the general public to enjoy a leisurely walk completely around it's length. All neighborhoods also have access to the many community centers/pools/tennis courts.
But this use of townhouse communities does not mean that the need for family or executive housing was ignored. On ... more

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