I’ve been a Temecula resident for 5 months now, currently working a contract job in Carlsbad near the airport. The commute isn’t as bad as I thought it would be, 50 minutes in the morning and 45-55 at night. That’s almost comparable to my San Marcos->RB commute just before the 15 improvements, but a good fraction of that was a parking lot in the morning, and I’m rarely in stop and go traffic now, which makes it much more livable. The drive isn’t bad, but the extra time away from family is.
There are a lot of redneck-types up here, I knew that going in, but my God, I’ve never seen so many lifted trucks in my life, most with a big white logo sticker on the back window to state “I identify with this brand.”
One thing I have noticed is that in general, people here are FAR nicer and more sociable than any I encountered in my previous cities of work/residence, which includes Escondido, San Marcos, RB, Carlsbad, Del Mar, and Carmel Mountain. If I was to keep a tally, the number of TV total strangers that smile and say hi would outnumber those in SD by 10 to 1, easily. In all my moves (maybe 12) I’ve never had a neighbor come over and introduce themselves, until I moved here.
