Irvine is located in the center of Orange County, with 40% Asian population, most of whom are Koreans and China. Recently, two consecutive mayors have been Koreans. Most of the real estate in Irvine belongs to Irvine Company and Irvine Family Company. In the early days, it was just a barren land. Old Owen, the founder of Owen Company, made a wise move, which greatly changed the fate of the city. He sold a large piece of land to the University of California for 1 dollar.
After the establishment of Owen Campus here, a large number of students and related employees have settled in. 197 1 65438+February 28th, Irving was founded. After decades of development, Irvine has become a frequent visitor to the list of the most livable cities in the United States. According to the statistics of the number of reported cases per100000 people, the FBI has rated Irvine as the safest city in the United States for nine consecutive years. Reasonable planning and excellent environment have won many world-renowned enterprises to settle in Irvine, among which the headquarters of Blizzard Entertainment Company, which is familiar to boys born in 1980s, is located in Irvine.
Irvine Bay has beautiful scenery, lush green grass and is close to the sea. The residential area developed by Owen Company has scientific planning and complete facilities, attracting the attention of a large number of mothers who gave birth to children in the United States.
Today, Wei will take you to take stock of what brilliant achievements the model city Irvine has made on 20 17.
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65438 +0? The most powerful financial city in America
Financial Times is a digital news service organization focusing on financial policy reports. In its 20 17 ranking of financial health index, Owen stands out from 1 16 American cities with a population of more than 200,000, and takes the lead with a score of 100.
The FBI has counted the safest American cities.
Among the cities with a population of more than 250,000 in the United States, Irving has the lowest violent crime rate, and Irving has been awarded the title of the safest city by the FBI for 12 years in a row.
The third safest city in America.
Niche chose Irvine as the second safest big city in America. In addition to the violent crime rate of the FBI, Niche also used indicators such as burglary, vehicle theft and user rating. Among the top ten cities, Irvine has the largest population, while other cities have a population of less than 200,000, and Illinois ranks first? The population of Naperville, Illinois is 144000.
Fourth place: the most prosperous city
Economic Innovation Group, a public policy think tank, integrated the basic economic and demographic data of the federal government and the US Census Bureau during the period of 20 1 1-20 15, and evaluated the economic development of American big cities. Irvine was selected as the third most prosperous city in the United States, followed by Gilbert in Arizona and Plenot in Texas.
The fifth happiest resident.
WalletHub, a personal finance website, evaluates the emotional and physical health, income and employment, community and environment of the residents in the former 150 big cities in the United States through 30 sub-indicators, and the happiness index of Owen residents ranks third among the 150 cities.
The sixth most livable city
According to the cost of living, financial index, safety, work and other factors, SmartAsset selected the list of the most livable cities in the United States, and Owen ranked fifth on this list.
The seventh largest city with the least pressure.
Analysts at WalletHub, a personal finance website, use four key indicators, namely, work pressure, economic pressure, family pressure, health and safety pressure, and use job security and unemployment rate. , income growth, divorce rate and other standards, and score the most populous 150 cities in the United States. Owen won the sixth place in the least stressful city.
Eighth best park system
ParkScore of Trust for Public Land, a non-profit organization, comprehensively evaluates the total area of parks in cities, the financial investment in parks, the accessibility of park facilities and parks, that is, the percentage of residents who can reach public parks within walking 10 minutes, and ranks the public parks in the top 65,438+000 cities in the United States. Owen and new york City ranked seventh.
No.9 is the most suitable city for having children.
Niche selected the most suitable cities for having children in the United States according to public schools, crime rate, cost of living, housing, higher education and other factors. Owen ranks eighth on this list and is the only California city to enter the top ten.
No. 10 the healthiest city to live in
According to smoking, alcoholism, obesity, medical care, mental health and fitness centers, Xiaosheng selected the healthiest living city in California and even the whole country. Owen ranks 10 in California and 16 in the United States.
Great park progress
The brand-new 65,438+02,000 amphitheater was completed and opened, and Owen's own independent rock band "Young Giant" was the guest of honor.
The largest skating rink in the west broke ground.
The first phase of the 53-acre sports park has been completed, including a 5,000-seat football field and many other sports venues and facilities. When completed, the sports park will cover an area of 65,438+094 acres, which is bigger than Disneyland and Disney Adventure Park combined.
The Grand Park Champion Stadium has become the home of Orange County Football Club, the only professional football team in Orange County, and the official affiliated partner of Major League Soccer Los Angeles Football Club.
Owen has reached an agreement with Wild Rivers to build a new 30-acre water park in the Grand Park.
Jiaoerwan City Council did not approve any housing and office building permits in 20 17.
Owen, the transportation Committee has been restored.
Mark Linsenmeyer was appointed as Owen's traffic director.
Eased the traffic in and out of Concordia University.
A budget of190,000 USD was adopted to solve the traffic congestion problem in Irvine.
MacArthur approved university doctor? And the road widening scheme from Beijing to campus, adding a lane in each direction and upgrading traffic lights.
Cooperate with CalTrans to upgrade and optimize 40 traffic lights near the expressway ramp.
Build a Michelson footbridge on Jamboree Road.
In order to avoid aggravating traffic congestion, the plan to build 1 960 apartments at the junction of No.5 and Shagu was rejected.
The environment has been restored. Owen Environmental Committee Owen Green Belt Environmental Committee.
Irvine was awarded the Organic Landscape Leadership Award by Pepperdine Center for Sustainable Development for its use of organic non-toxic materials in parks and gardening.
Irvine was awarded the 20 17 government sustainable development award by Sustain OC for her efforts in recycling and reducing waste.
Get? 20 17 ecological award 20 17 ecological award awarded by the American green building Council.
Continue to cooperate with the non-toxic Irvine to ensure that all Irvine cities use organic pesticides completely, and public gardens and fields are not only beautiful, but also safe.
Cooperate with Owen Willand Foundation to provide education on water and marine protection.
The municipal, educational and cultural departments have expanded the memorial to the fallen soldiers, namely the Northwood Monument and the Honor Monument.
Submitted a bid for Amazon's second headquarters.
Charlie and Zhang Ling Music and Art Education Center opened, where the administrative headquarters of Orange County Music and Dance, Art OC and Pacific Symphony Orchestra are located.
All high schools in Owen have entered the top of the national high school rankings 10%.
Cadence Park School, a K-8 school located in the Great Park Community, was officially built and opened.
Donate 125 mu of land as a veterans cemetery.
Quail Mountain Community Center was completed and opened.
UC？ The number of undergraduate applicants reached a record 1 16, 192.
Successfully held 16 global village cultural festival.
Successfully held the 8th Korea Culture Festival.
Successfully held the fourth Diwali Festival.
Successfully held the fourth Persian New Year celebration.
Successfully held the third Winter Wonderland.
Successfully held the third Owen Police Open Day.
April 23rd to 30th was designated as "Memorial Day" to commemorate the victims of the Nazi anti-Semitic Holocaust.
The first mounted police force was established in Irvine.
Owen Animal Care Center successfully held 12 pet adoption activity.
The fourth Halloween celebration was held in the big park? Strange and interesting days.
Therefore, it is still good to choose Irvine! ! !