[quote=ocrenter][quote=Eugene][quote=AN]
But that still prove flu’s point that $1M, although we all would be grateful, doesn’t go very far today in SD.[/quote]

I’m not sure exactly what his point is.

Is it that $1M does not buy the ultimate house in San Diego with all the amenities that people might want? I’d expect that to be self-evident.

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I did mention the limitation of $ 1million earlier as well. my original point is that if you want the perfect coastal location at $1 million, there are a lot of sacrifices in amenities.

whereas for $ 1 million, one can get a place with good schools in north county inland with all of the usual amenities one would desire.

using $1 million as baseline, to move from locations in north county inland like Poway/Scripps/RB/4S to coastal areas, depending on location, we could be looking at reduction in 1000-2000 sqft, a near fixer instead of fully updated, a pool vs not, or a good 1/2 acre vs small typical 10k lots.

for a lot of folks, that means the 20-30 minutes drive to the beach is a decent trade off to get all of the amenities mentioned above.[/quote]

Yep.

I also mentioned that $1MM probably wouldn’t get us the house/lot we would want in La Jolla. We’d much rather take that money and buy something nicer further inland as well.

We live ~10 minutes from the beach in our current house. We go to the beach even less than when we lived 30-40 minutes from the beach in L.A. Different stages in life, etc.

The marine layer along the coast would be a bummer to deal with as well; and we *like* cool weather. Some years, you can get 7-8 months a year with almost no sun. That gets old pretty quickly.