What, condos? LOL
My wife just back from a biz trip in Honolulu. Some guy from her OC office just got transfered there. Even though Hawaii has a rep for being expensive, it's a lot cheaper than LA/OC. The guy sold his ok house in Mission Viejo and bought a really beauty outside Waikiki.
While she was there, she had a morning off to check out some sights with a small tour group. When asked where she was from, all she got was uhs and ohs from the other curious midwesterners. She said the kids couldn't believe she was really from the "OC" (LOL).
Anyway, the LA/OC coastal areas, along with Manhattan/CT, have the wealthiest people in the world. When you live here, you sort of get inured to that fact. You need to visit other places that are typically thought of as 'nice' to realize they're chump change when compared to home.
I live in Mission Viejo. Bought my house (not a condo) in 1987 for $145,000. It's now worth about $550,000!