[quote=SD Realtor]I have had clients in San Carlos before. The neighborhoods vary over there CAR. I am not saying they are bad neighborhoods at all. However they did not have the same feel as mine in Scripps. Our cul de sac had friendly neighbors, bbqs, there would be alot going on at either park near my home. There was alot of community feel to it. I didn’t get that in San Carlos. Some other clients of mine bought a place in 92128 and when we drove to it to see it on a Monday in May at about 5:30 pm there were so many kids it was ridiculous. My clients were sold on the home before we walked in to see it. On the flip side when we lived off of Calle Cristobal in a cul de sac, it was not like that at all. The neighbors were nice enough but there was not as much…. neighborliness… We would walk the kids, (they were in strollers then) to the park at the end of calle cristobal and they would play there but again, it was not even close to the same as what goes on at cypress canyon or jerabak. It is just different. I don’t even really care about API scores because learning and teaching are all based on how you as parents work with your children. Looking at this thread you see people pushing neighborhoods and homes on Scarlett when in reality all they are doing is looking at API scores and home prices.
In the end that is not really the way the best way to evaluate your purchase.[/quote]
I got the same vibe you are describing here about Scripps Ranch when we visited our kids friends who live there. Same was true for some areas in RB and Sabre Springs and Carlsbad. Again, we got that impression talking with people who lived there. I wish we could find a decent large enough SFR in SR in low 500s – I liked SR a lot and feel it would be a great match for us. In PQ I have the gut feeling that this neigbhorliness varies from block to block due perhaps to more diverse people moving in and out. My boss for example, is very happy with his PQ neigborhood (S of 56).
I agree with you that as long as the schools are decent enough (above a certain level, e.g. 7) then other things like neighborhood matter a lot. (This of course after hard limits in terms of price, size/# of bdr and softer limit on commute). But this neigborhliness/neighborhood feel is so ellusive, how do you quantify it or evaluate it? Hearing from other people who live there is a good indicator, but those people may have different standards/definitions, no? and neighbors could change/move in/out…
