When my husband, Brian, first told me he’s from Laguna Beach, in the US, it took everything in me to play it cool. “Oh, is that near Los Angeles?” I asked. Like most elder millennials, I knew exactly where Laguna Beach was — I’d seen every episode of the reality show (I was an LC with a Kristin haircut) and was a superfan of The OC to boot.
Seth and Summer forever! Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today I don’t know why I pretended. Turns out, Brian’s a Seth-and-Summer fan, too. I never imagined we’d end up living in the land of beachside cottages and sun-drenched ocean coves I’d seen on TV.
But in 2021, we decided to leave the Bay Area and spend a couple of months in Brian’s hometown. We both work remotely — I’m a writer , and he’s in tech sales — so why not? We’ve been here ever since. Today, we live in an old-school, 87sqm aluminium-sided trailer across the street from the beach.
Deciding we wanted to stay in Laguna Beach wasn’t hard — I mean, it’s beautiful, sunny, laid-back, and has a thriving art scene. But figuring out a long-term living situation in such a pricey area required us to get creative. The median home price in Laguna Beach hovers around $3 million ($A4.
5 million) and the median monthly rent is more than $8,000 ($A12,000). Brian and I were paying $6,200 ($A9,290) a month for our short-term rental — a steep price we could stomach for a couple of months but not something we could sustain. Luckily, we discovered a.
