SeekerX: If you consider your current commute brutal, then Temecula is a bad choice as you suggest.

The trip from Temecula to Escondido is easy, it’s south of Escondido where the problems start.

Going home in the evening is the easy part.

My neighborhood has declined as well. When the prices went up, people in my hood generally moved to bigger houses and rented their previous house out.

As that trend accelerated our street really declined – houses not taken care of, dorm houses, more crime, etc…

The bubble really took it’s toll.