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  • October 27, 2008 at 4:09 PM #14307
    fredo4
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    My family and I sold our home and moved to S.D. from L.A. one and a half years ago. We are now renting a house in a perfectly fine (although a bit too cookie cutter)neighborhood close to the the Oceanside airport. We’re waiting for the market to bottom out and then plan on buying a house somewhere in the N. county coastal area. I keep hearing all of these horrible things about ghettos and crime in Oceanside and I’m trying to figure out what people are talking about.
    All I see is a nice little beach community with a cute downtown area and a lovely harbor– and the beaches are some of the best that I’ve seen anywhere. There are some seedy areas and a lot of sketchy characters close to the beach but it’s that way everywhere (try hanging out at the funzone in Newport Beach on a Friday night).
    In L.A. it’s just a given that you are going to be surrounded by crummy areas so that’s nothing new to me, and crime and gangs are everywhere. My kids are all in Catholic school so that’s not an issue. So why should I pay 100-300k more for the same tract house to live in Carlsbad, Encinitas or Del Mar? I’ve seen some seedy areas in those cities too. Just wondering.

    October 27, 2008 at 6:44 PM #293823
    TuVu
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    My best friend lived in Oceanside in a lovely gated community on a hilltop with great views and easy access to the big box stores, Trader Joe’s, etc. It was just a pain in the ass for me and my husband, who live in metro San Diego, to drive up there to have dinner on Friday nights. My best friend and her husband are gourmet cooks. Of course, we would have the same complaint if they moved to Carlsbad. When they moved, they moved to Solana Beach, which is a little bit easier.

    I think this board is heavily slanted toward the North County Coast, but I’m just giving you my two cents from a close-to (but not quite) San Diegan.

    October 27, 2008 at 6:44 PM #294155
    TuVu
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    My best friend lived in Oceanside in a lovely gated community on a hilltop with great views and easy access to the big box stores, Trader Joe’s, etc. It was just a pain in the ass for me and my husband, who live in metro San Diego, to drive up there to have dinner on Friday nights. My best friend and her husband are gourmet cooks. Of course, we would have the same complaint if they moved to Carlsbad. When they moved, they moved to Solana Beach, which is a little bit easier.

    I think this board is heavily slanted toward the North County Coast, but I’m just giving you my two cents from a close-to (but not quite) San Diegan.

    October 27, 2008 at 6:44 PM #294178
    TuVu
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    My best friend lived in Oceanside in a lovely gated community on a hilltop with great views and easy access to the big box stores, Trader Joe’s, etc. It was just a pain in the ass for me and my husband, who live in metro San Diego, to drive up there to have dinner on Friday nights. My best friend and her husband are gourmet cooks. Of course, we would have the same complaint if they moved to Carlsbad. When they moved, they moved to Solana Beach, which is a little bit easier.

    I think this board is heavily slanted toward the North County Coast, but I’m just giving you my two cents from a close-to (but not quite) San Diegan.

    October 27, 2008 at 6:44 PM #294191
    TuVu
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    My best friend lived in Oceanside in a lovely gated community on a hilltop with great views and easy access to the big box stores, Trader Joe’s, etc. It was just a pain in the ass for me and my husband, who live in metro San Diego, to drive up there to have dinner on Friday nights. My best friend and her husband are gourmet cooks. Of course, we would have the same complaint if they moved to Carlsbad. When they moved, they moved to Solana Beach, which is a little bit easier.

    I think this board is heavily slanted toward the North County Coast, but I’m just giving you my two cents from a close-to (but not quite) San Diegan.

    October 27, 2008 at 6:44 PM #294227
    TuVu
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    My best friend lived in Oceanside in a lovely gated community on a hilltop with great views and easy access to the big box stores, Trader Joe’s, etc. It was just a pain in the ass for me and my husband, who live in metro San Diego, to drive up there to have dinner on Friday nights. My best friend and her husband are gourmet cooks. Of course, we would have the same complaint if they moved to Carlsbad. When they moved, they moved to Solana Beach, which is a little bit easier.

    I think this board is heavily slanted toward the North County Coast, but I’m just giving you my two cents from a close-to (but not quite) San Diegan.

    October 27, 2008 at 7:37 PM #293848
    Enorah
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    I am happy to hear that you like living in Oceanside. We rent in Encinitas, but we are not able to buy here at this time (not that we are buying yet). Oceanside may well be an affordable and doable option for us as well.

    October 27, 2008 at 7:37 PM #294180
    Enorah
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    I am happy to hear that you like living in Oceanside. We rent in Encinitas, but we are not able to buy here at this time (not that we are buying yet). Oceanside may well be an affordable and doable option for us as well.

    October 27, 2008 at 7:37 PM #294203
    Enorah
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    I am happy to hear that you like living in Oceanside. We rent in Encinitas, but we are not able to buy here at this time (not that we are buying yet). Oceanside may well be an affordable and doable option for us as well.

    October 27, 2008 at 7:37 PM #294216
    Enorah
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    I am happy to hear that you like living in Oceanside. We rent in Encinitas, but we are not able to buy here at this time (not that we are buying yet). Oceanside may well be an affordable and doable option for us as well.

    October 27, 2008 at 7:37 PM #294252
    Enorah
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    I am happy to hear that you like living in Oceanside. We rent in Encinitas, but we are not able to buy here at this time (not that we are buying yet). Oceanside may well be an affordable and doable option for us as well.

    October 27, 2008 at 8:11 PM #293878
    Aecetia
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    Even the Coast has its less desirable areas and surprisingly, Del Mar has high crime statistics due to the track and the fair. Most of the time, crime is low, but the influx of low lifes jacks up the crime rate due to the crime in relationship to the population. Stats are deceptive. Pick a micro community that fits your family and try renting there and see if you like living there.

    October 27, 2008 at 8:11 PM #294210
    Aecetia
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    Even the Coast has its less desirable areas and surprisingly, Del Mar has high crime statistics due to the track and the fair. Most of the time, crime is low, but the influx of low lifes jacks up the crime rate due to the crime in relationship to the population. Stats are deceptive. Pick a micro community that fits your family and try renting there and see if you like living there.

    October 27, 2008 at 8:11 PM #294233
    Aecetia
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    Even the Coast has its less desirable areas and surprisingly, Del Mar has high crime statistics due to the track and the fair. Most of the time, crime is low, but the influx of low lifes jacks up the crime rate due to the crime in relationship to the population. Stats are deceptive. Pick a micro community that fits your family and try renting there and see if you like living there.

    October 27, 2008 at 8:11 PM #294246
    Aecetia
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    Even the Coast has its less desirable areas and surprisingly, Del Mar has high crime statistics due to the track and the fair. Most of the time, crime is low, but the influx of low lifes jacks up the crime rate due to the crime in relationship to the population. Stats are deceptive. Pick a micro community that fits your family and try renting there and see if you like living there.

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