Micheloff’s words are more biting than I’d ever want to use, but I think his main point is that Santee has a lot of older homes/neighborhoods (like the trailer park next to the 52) where unlike all the new Sky Ranch residents, are probably not folks you’d want to hang out with or see/be around. These folks still go to your restaurants, stores, etc…Maybe it was just me, but I remember dining out in a simple place like Denny’s in East county vs. the coast and the demographics between the two were night and day.

This is not a knock on Sky Ranch, but since some residents of Santee have been there for a while and live in lower cost housing available there, you get the idea of how the community is. Again, some folks hate living in a robo-stepford wife environment too, but in our visits (in 2007-2008) to Santee, we certainly didn’t feel like we felt comfortable or safe there. I’m sure it’s not as bad if you grew up/lived there.

This type of thing is everywhere, but some folks would prefer to avoid it if they could afford to.

This was another reason we decided against the Riverwalk community. I’m sure the piggington buyer folks are great, but on my tours of that development, the barefoot kid which his wife-beater tank-top tattooed dad also looking at the homes were a major turnoff (I’m sure he’s a nice guy actually).

Like an HOA is good if you don’t want to live next to some redneck who parks his 3 broken trucks on his front lawn, some economic segregation is a good thing for housing.