I am a baby boomer who just listed his home near Beverly Hills 2 weeks ago with the intention of buying a condo in downtown San Diego for my retirement residence. After reading all these posts this morning from people who seem to know whats happening in your downtown, I am wondering if I am making a mistake in wanting to live in downtown San Diego. We visited downtown for the first time in about 10 years last summer and came away thinking we could retire here-walk to shops and restaurants and enjoy the best weather in America! My impression of downtown overall was that it eventually in 10 years or so it could potentially be a mini Manhattan-with all the new construction bringing in businesses to serve a large affluent population. After reading most of these posts on this blog one would think if I buy an 800k new or used condo and don’t like it I would be stuck with a lemon.