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re: Why is San Diego such a nice "big" city?
Posted on 7/30/22 at 2:29 pm to IAmNERD
Posted on 7/30/22 at 2:29 pm to IAmNERD
SD is a great place to visit, but if quality of life means more to you than the weather, enjoy your visit.
I have lived here for over 20 years and watched the growth for this period continue from either weather seekers or that border below. This place is filled with people not from here, including myself. The population of born and raised is far outweighed by those who come here for a week, lose their shite over the weather and pack their trash for little need of an A/C. The weather is legit, but there are other places in this world that share the same distinction for far more quality of life.
If you got bank, come on over. If you are willing to pay 1.5 mil for a property you can get anywhere else for 450K...for the weather, have at it. Highest gas prices in the country, grocery cost that will make you shake your head and out of control rent. Fire season and no rain. That weather tho. Drive 30 minutes east and add 15 degrees. Another hour and some of the hottest deserts on earth are waiting. Pretty in the spring tho.
No denying that there is plenty to do here, but the schools are questionable, your kid will likely wear a mask and remember, no one is from here. There is zero sense of community, some of the worse HOA's on the planet ran by libs. I wouldn't blame the person who came here with a short-term plan to live for a minute, but do yourself a solid by spending 10-20 here before declaring retirement in SD. You will however, have access to the largest crawfish boil on earth, so there's that. Pretty decent size of alumni here, but half are assholes just like anywhere else.
Give and take, but this place is more take than give. I have hit my time here and moving to NE Georgia in a couple of weeks. I will remember the good times on the way out, but I really look forward to what is to come. Perks of the job, I get to come back to visit.
I have lived here for over 20 years and watched the growth for this period continue from either weather seekers or that border below. This place is filled with people not from here, including myself. The population of born and raised is far outweighed by those who come here for a week, lose their shite over the weather and pack their trash for little need of an A/C. The weather is legit, but there are other places in this world that share the same distinction for far more quality of life.
If you got bank, come on over. If you are willing to pay 1.5 mil for a property you can get anywhere else for 450K...for the weather, have at it. Highest gas prices in the country, grocery cost that will make you shake your head and out of control rent. Fire season and no rain. That weather tho. Drive 30 minutes east and add 15 degrees. Another hour and some of the hottest deserts on earth are waiting. Pretty in the spring tho.
No denying that there is plenty to do here, but the schools are questionable, your kid will likely wear a mask and remember, no one is from here. There is zero sense of community, some of the worse HOA's on the planet ran by libs. I wouldn't blame the person who came here with a short-term plan to live for a minute, but do yourself a solid by spending 10-20 here before declaring retirement in SD. You will however, have access to the largest crawfish boil on earth, so there's that. Pretty decent size of alumni here, but half are assholes just like anywhere else.
Give and take, but this place is more take than give. I have hit my time here and moving to NE Georgia in a couple of weeks. I will remember the good times on the way out, but I really look forward to what is to come. Perks of the job, I get to come back to visit.
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Posted on 7/30/22 at 2:52 pm to Cajunlostincali
Agreed. Don’t come here!
Cajun (our plan is working)
Cajun (our plan is working)
Posted on 7/30/22 at 2:54 pm to Alyosha
quote:
Driving in the south is irrationally maddening to us.
Who's us?
Posted on 7/30/22 at 3:04 pm to Reservoir dawg
Those who don’t live there…?
Not difficult to figure out.
Not difficult to figure out.
Posted on 7/30/22 at 3:11 pm to Alyosha
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Those who don’t live there…?
Not difficult to figure out.
You mean those who have never been. Got it.
Posted on 7/30/22 at 3:26 pm to Reservoir dawg
Are you implying I’ve never been to the south?
Posted on 7/30/22 at 3:27 pm to GumboPot
If the only thing you'll see is the Hotel Del Coronado (aka: "Hotel Del"), it's worth the trip. Opened in 1888.
Posted on 7/30/22 at 4:38 pm to Alyosha
quote:
Are you implying I’ve never been to the south?
No man, I'm talking about we.
Posted on 7/30/22 at 5:12 pm to TejasHorn
quote:If you can afford the cost of living and the taxes.
San Diego, close to the water like La Jolla, is probably the best place in the country to live.
Posted on 7/30/22 at 5:16 pm to Cajunlostincali
quote:
If you are willing to pay 1.5 mil for a property you can get anywhere else for 450K...for the weather, have at it.
Yep, that is a no for me but it is like that all over SoCal. My little brother was in the Navy and was stationed there and in Coronado for a while. Great place but the only way I could make it a home was if the military gave me orders to be there. A little more familiar with the Camp Pendleton area. Oceanside is very nice and by and large all your neighbors are fellow Devils.
Posted on 7/30/22 at 5:19 pm to GumboPot
San Diego is pretty awesome. Lots of other blue shitholes to pick on, but SD is a better city than pretty much anything in a red state outside of Florida
Posted on 7/30/22 at 5:19 pm to GumboPot
quote:Wardrobe has to be a part of it. It so chill. Granted I go to La Jolla every year but I find myself emulating the San Diego style on wardrobe.
It really is a nice city. It's a city of 1.5 million people and they only had 50 murders last year. Compare that murder rate to NOLA, St. Louis, Baltimore, Detroit, Philly, Jackson, etc. and it's laughable.
Posted on 7/30/22 at 5:37 pm to GumboPot
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It really is a nice city. It's a city of 1.5 million people and they only had 50 murders last year. Compare that murder rate to NOLA, St. Louis, Baltimore, Detroit, Philly, Jackson, etc. and it's laughable.
Demographics plus they take pride in the city. If you noticed, they don’t have alleys…the stores are flush with each other. I think that’s a big thing.
Posted on 7/30/22 at 7:15 pm to Retrograde
It’s a military destination city. Lots of navy and marine career members retire there in addition to the large active duty cox to gent stationed there. They are a stable group and the higher percentage is f people like this you have, the fewer problems you will have on your city.
Posted on 7/31/22 at 11:45 am to OweO
I didn’t say white trash, did I ?
Posted on 7/31/22 at 11:50 am to LordSaintly
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This is misleading. They count Latinos in this number
Huge gang issues in San Diego but basically segregated to certain hoods and very little spillover.
Posted on 7/31/22 at 11:54 am to GumboPot
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Or like New Orleans were you get asked, "I bet I know where you got dem shoes?"
On the OT Baw.
Posted on 7/31/22 at 11:58 am to tigerpawl
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If the only thing you'll see is the Hotel Del Coronado (aka: "Hotel Del"), it's worth the trip. Opened in 1888.
My girlfriend worked in sales there for years. When we went back we got an ocean view one bedroom suite for $100 a night
This post was edited on 7/31/22 at 11:58 am
Posted on 7/31/22 at 12:14 pm to LordSaintly
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This is misleading. They count Latinos in this number and most of them are darker than George Lopez
That means a lot of hot chicks
Posted on 8/1/22 at 1:49 pm to GumboPot
quote:Really bad elevator etiquette. People getting on should always wait for people getting off the elevator to exit.
not Chicago where people in the elevator are yelling at you to hurry up while you are being polite and allowing other people to enter first
It's the same with any kind of public transportation. Subways, even buses always exit first and then take on new riders.
Anyone who's lived in a city knows this.
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