It is possible of course that some people in Santee would have been better off spending that money elsewhere. I think it probably doesn’t work to apply that across the board.
Even in Santee, the proportion of houses at a certain price relative to the rest, in conjunction with the number of people who make or have pretty good money locally matters too….or do all people who can afford an 800k house work where CV ,let alone San Marcos or Escondido, would be a better commute? A friend of mine takes the 125 to the 94 downtown and it isn’t such a bad deal. Is Santee in a very different Southern California than Del Cerro? The value of lot size/distance from your neighbor and separation from other high density areas is completely in the eye of the beholder.[/quote]
I’m still confused here.
In your example; all other things being equal(impossible, but for sake of game)the difference between living in Del Cerro vs. SkyRanch and commuting to work downtown could be 15 minutes + one way. If commute to work is THE driving factor in residence location, say, one more important than all others, than said individual would live in Del Cerro given the choice between the 2.
No one is disputing the fact that people live in and around San Diego county and commute far and wide for work, for an incalculable list of reasons. Nor is anyone disputing the ‘right’ of a developer to build and price homes for sale in Santee for $800k.
Some of us, myself included, are simply not interested in Skyranch at that cost, for a need to not fully explain-long list of reasons. If a Santee resident feels that makes the area less desirable in my eyes than others, assumption is correct.
