I could provide a list of fifty points why the community is not for us. No need. If you feel Santee is ‘nicer’ than surrounding areas, than by all means feel such way.

800k will buy much more in Ramona though. Santee is experiencing an identity crisis. People live in Ramona to be secluded and have privacy/freedom. Santee is a country town trying to phase out old, without the sheer space Ramona has. This process will take decades. Just as others who have voiced opinions in ‘negative’ light regarding the area and development, even should the modernization be personally ideal(and it wont), decades down the road we would have lived in a presently undesirable area for what we are looking for. Life is not long enough to sacrifice so much.

For us, 800K to live there is laughable. Just as, paying 800K to live in Ramona would be. I have experience in both areas, and feel comfortable in knowing what we are looking for in a home, area, and community.