Thanks for your post, SoCal79. It’s refreshing to see a critique here of South County from someone who lives here. The vast majority on this board are biased to North County, for whatever reason and talk nonsense about South County when most have never even exited a fwy ramp in South County, lol …

I wanted to add that you are correct in that there has been a lot of price reduction of late in those parts of Chula Vista which were first sold as new construction during the “millenium boom” (2003 thru 2007). This is not only the case with South County newer developments but those in “North City” and North County as well.

I also wanted to add that there are several very nice neighborhoods (even exclusive) in much older areas of South County such as Bonita (91902) and Chula Vista 91910/91911 (located west of I-805). Unlike Eastlake, most of these properties have very ample lots. The crime rate is NOT higher than “Eastlake” in these areas. In fact, the Eastlake area has had issues with robbery of ATM users in recent years. Otay Ranch has had several REO’s broken into, thrashed and occupied by squatters in recent years. NO AREA is immune from crime (including the most expensive areas).

The elementary schools in the older areas mentioned above are excellent! The middle and high schools are good as well. Bonita Vista High School (roughly 40 yrs old) is the top-scoring HS in the SUHSD on standardized tests and made the top 12 HS list in the county for the 10/11 school year, surpassing many of the (North City/County) HS’s whose attendance areas are routinely coveted on this forum!