San Diego is not a good place to live anymore (Chula Vista: foreclosures, mortgages)

[vdy1985]

SD is an amazing place to live. Every place has it's downs.

[mattpresley]

Originally Posted by mantaray

are you saying that cv crime is getting a lot worse? Are people not taking care of their home? The portion of cv i've been scoping out is the otay ranch/eastlake eastern part of cv. Are all those new homes and beautiful new parks really deteriorating and becoming crime-ridden? Or does she live closer to downtown cv? This sort of information is really important for me.

I can't find anywhere else in metro sd that has the number of new homes with parks intersperced and outdoor shopping/town center and extensive bike trails. Is there somewhere else in the metro that i've missed that has all that? There's no way i could afford to live in a condo near westfield horton plaza and the bay downtown or in the (balboa) park west area where i could walk to horton or bike along the bay. I'm assuming prices there are much higher than eastern cv.

Where are the town centers in north county? Carmel mountain ranch town center? No bike trails around the homes in that area that i can tell. Maybe a condo in university city where i could walk to university town center. But if i hopped on my bike in that area, would i get creamed by traffic? If i could even get a 2 or 3 br condo between $350k and $550k. I don't know. I do know that wherever i move in the us, i'm not sacrificing quality of life. I'm going to have to have some kind of town center within a 2 mile or so walk and ample bike trails which i can easily access from where i live without getting in a car. If somebody has other recommendations in metro sd, i'm all ears.

santee

[sav858]

Originally Posted by FunkyMonk

There is one thing I have to say about San Diego.

Something that really used to bug me about the city was the competetive flashing of wealth everywhere. The people driving Hummers that they would never take off road. The way most people tried to have the absolute perfect haircut and outfit all the time. The fixation on money and status.

I do like a cosmopolitan city. But in San Diego it was going a little too far, to the point of total arrogance and blatent rudeness.

A long time ago I wrote some posts talking about how much that aspect of San Diego bothered me. I could tell it was unsustainable. It was like a bunch of pigs eating all they could before the food gets taken away. But instead of food, it was cars, houses, boats, etc.

But now, with the economic slowdown, i'm starting to see a change. It seems like San Diego is shifting back to being more laid back. The flashing of wealth, and the attitude that goes along with it is starting to mellow out a little. I sense that competetive energy slowing down.

So in this way, this economic crisis is having some good effect here.

The funny thing is. A lot of those people who used to drive Hummers and BMW's, and live in huge houses, were living way being their means. And now, their over-indulgent lifestyle has contributed to this worldwide financial crisis. Southern California is one of the biggest culprits in this thing.

I'm glad I just rode a cheap motorcycle and stayed in a tiny place while I lived n SD and didn't get sucked into the over-indulgence. I don't have very much debt at all

Hopefully we can all learn a lesson from this.

you say this about pretty much every place you live, your past posts speak for themselves.

[MantaRay]

Originally Posted by mattpresley

santee

WOW! Good looking out! I totally missed that. Trolley Square at Santee Town Center, the trails around there and the new park, Santee Lakes, on the trolley line. That's EXCELLENT!

[EnjoyEP]

Originally Posted by Alabaster12

The winters are extremely cold, which I find strange,

Wow, if you participate in the CD Forums long enough, I guess you'll find any opinion. That one takes the cake though.

"The winters are extremely cold"....compared to where? Bangkok maybe? Hell?

I am sure there are complaints about San Diego and I am not terribly familiar with the city myself, however, hearing "extremely cold" and far-SoCal in the same sentence is a head scratcher to me.

[JakeDog]

I don't get the complaining- of course i have lived in a lot of other places- so SD measures up very well. If you don't have a good paying job, you probably won't "like" most of the desirable parts of the country, they are all "relatively" expensive. You can still get a nice home in SD under $650. Try that in the Bay Area, Santa Barbara, New York, D.C., etc. It is all relative.

[mattpresley]

Originally Posted by MantaRay

WOW! Good looking out! I totally missed that. Trolley Square at Santee Town Center, the trails around there and the new park, Santee Lakes, on the trolley line. That's EXCELLENT!

No prob i cant forget my home town. but now im in mississippi

[FunkyMonk]

Originally Posted by sav858

you say this about pretty much every place you live, your past posts speak for themselves.

Actually you are lying.

I said this about Orange County a long time ago. And I said this about one certain neighborhood in Denver. I don't recall saying it about any other place. I've lived in a lot of other places that were not like this though.

[Oerdin]

I'm not going any where and neither is my family. We were here long before you carpetbaggers got here and we'll be here long after you've all left.

[MantaRay]

Originally Posted by mattpresley

No prob i cant forget my home town. but now im in mississippi

Ooooh, my sympathies.

But it must have been nice growing up right next door to Mission Trails Park.