Sacramento also made the top ten. That tells me people have little idea what they are talking about. It is a 'grass is greener' mentality that doesnt translate into action as SD has been loosing people rather than gaining people for years.
Submitted by CONCHO on January 29, 2009 - 12:58pm.
Even in spite of its problems, this is a great place to live. Those who grew up here may never really appreciate it as well as those of use who uprooted ourselves and made the effort to move here. It is more expensive, it can be a pain, but IMO it's worth it. RE will always command a premium here compared to other parts of the country. That said though, the nice parts of town here are still way overpriced. The pain train's a coming. You'll see the headlight come around the bend in 2009 and it's gonna steamroll over the Option ARMy and the Alt-Apes starting in 2010.
In other news, I just got my lease renewal. The landlord didn't even try to raise my rent this year. Heh heh. I'll hunker down in my bunker for another year and pop my head out next year on Groundhog Day. If North Park crapbox 2/1s are still selling for $500K, back in my hidey-hole I'll go for another year...
Submitted by Username on January 29, 2009 - 1:12pm.
DWCAP wrote:
Sacramento also made the top ten.
I wonder what draws people to Sacraghetto? Is it the allergies, the fact that it's 2 hours from anywhere fun (Tahoe, the Yay Area), the ghetto that consumes the majority of the city, the hot summers, the cold winters?
I wonder what draws people to Sacraghetto? Is it the allergies, the fact that it's 2 hours from anywhere fun (Tahoe, the Yay Area), the ghetto that consumes the majority of the city, the hot summers, the cold winters?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, (take a breath) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Breath, Breath. Dont reread the post, obviously they have lived there. Other people still do and they are good people and don't diserve me laughting at them.
Submitted by Mama4obama on January 29, 2009 - 7:40pm.
CONCHO wrote:
Even in spite of its problems, this is a great place to live. Those who grew up here may never really appreciate it as well as those of use who uprooted ourselves and made the effort to move here. ...
I very much agree but,I lived here most of my life, I am VERY appreciative of it. It was a great place to grow up and still is inspite of its obvious flaws. Couldn't live anywhere else.
San Diego actually showed a marginal increase in population this year.
I've seen some pretty ghetto parts of SD, as well as some really nice parts.
When you sort that out, all this really says is people want warm weather, sunshine, and a beach.
Who doesn't that?
San Diego just happens to conjure up more of those thoughts than Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Monterey or San Luis Obispo. Counties which all have more coastline than SD.
Submitted by LesBaer45 on January 30, 2009 - 7:18pm.
sdrealtor wrote:
Funny
I didnt see beach towns in So carolina, Georgia and FLA on that list. All have warm weather, susnhine and a beach.
So the plan IS working.
Fla is a lost cause, it doesn't count. The other two and slightly north have been trying to stay under the radar. We've been overwhelmed/overbuilt/oversold enough as it is. Don't blow it for us. ;-)
Submitted by Mama4obama on January 30, 2009 - 7:37pm.
San Diego may be expensive in comparison to the south eastern states coastal communities. But it has never been exactly the over inflated realestate market that the north eastern coastal states are, and they don't even have good weather.
The property taxes out there trump mello roos. I asked my father in law how they figure the tax base out there, he said "nobody knows". His home was 150k when he bought in the "80's" and his taxes were somewhere around $6000 a year. I don't think they are much different now though.
Growing up, and still now, I have never understood why we weren't more expensive than the north east and the San Fran bay area.
wanting to live here (which was what the survey was about) and being able to afford to live here are 2 different things.
Sacramento also made the top ten. That tells me people have little idea what they are talking about. It is a 'grass is greener' mentality that doesnt translate into action as SD has been loosing people rather than gaining people for years.
Even in spite of its problems, this is a great place to live. Those who grew up here may never really appreciate it as well as those of use who uprooted ourselves and made the effort to move here. It is more expensive, it can be a pain, but IMO it's worth it. RE will always command a premium here compared to other parts of the country. That said though, the nice parts of town here are still way overpriced. The pain train's a coming. You'll see the headlight come around the bend in 2009 and it's gonna steamroll over the Option ARMy and the Alt-Apes starting in 2010.
In other news, I just got my lease renewal. The landlord didn't even try to raise my rent this year. Heh heh. I'll hunker down in my bunker for another year and pop my head out next year on Groundhog Day. If North Park crapbox 2/1s are still selling for $500K, back in my hidey-hole I'll go for another year...
Got jobs?
Actually, san diego is doing better than L.A. i thought.
I wonder what draws people to Sacraghetto? Is it the allergies, the fact that it's 2 hours from anywhere fun (Tahoe, the Yay Area), the ghetto that consumes the majority of the city, the hot summers, the cold winters?
Selling higher education to the children of wealthy Asians.
So yeah, Got jobs.
Is there any way we can make the deadbeats leave faster?
Sure, raise taxes.
I wonder what draws people to Sacraghetto? Is it the allergies, the fact that it's 2 hours from anywhere fun (Tahoe, the Yay Area), the ghetto that consumes the majority of the city, the hot summers, the cold winters?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, (take a breath) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Breath, Breath. Dont reread the post, obviously they have lived there. Other people still do and they are good people and don't diserve me laughting at them.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
I very much agree but,I lived here most of my life, I am VERY appreciative of it. It was a great place to grow up and still is inspite of its obvious flaws. Couldn't live anywhere else.
San Diego actually showed a marginal increase in population this year.
Net migration out of CA happens in most recessions. This one is probably no different.
Neighbor=Mexico
Define "here".
I've seen some pretty ghetto parts of SD, as well as some really nice parts.
When you sort that out, all this really says is people want warm weather, sunshine, and a beach.
Who doesn't that?
San Diego just happens to conjure up more of those thoughts than Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Monterey or San Luis Obispo. Counties which all have more coastline than SD.
Funny
I didnt see beach towns in So carolina, Georgia and FLA on that list. All have warm weather, susnhine and a beach.
I didnt see beach towns in So carolina, Georgia and FLA on that list. All have warm weather, susnhine and a beach.
So the plan IS working.
Fla is a lost cause, it doesn't count. The other two and slightly north have been trying to stay under the radar. We've been overwhelmed/overbuilt/oversold enough as it is. Don't blow it for us. ;-)
Disclaimer:
I'd live in SD if I had the money. Lots of it.
San Diego may be expensive in comparison to the south eastern states coastal communities. But it has never been exactly the over inflated realestate market that the north eastern coastal states are, and they don't even have good weather.
The property taxes out there trump mello roos. I asked my father in law how they figure the tax base out there, he said "nobody knows". His home was 150k when he bought in the "80's" and his taxes were somewhere around $6000 a year. I don't think they are much different now though.
Growing up, and still now, I have never understood why we weren't more expensive than the north east and the San Fran bay area.