I completely disagree with some of your statements. I think any buyer with children should be concerned with teacher pensions. Currently CA ranks 47th in spending per student and this coincidentally strongly relates to achievement levels. Do you think the schools here are going to get better or worse? I have lived away from the beach and I did miss it, but that being said I also found many things to do that were just as fun. I have surfed for the last 25 years and I know i am not going pro anytime soon, its just another hobby I have lots of them. currently financial stabilty and my children are more important. I have no desire to sit in traffic for multiple hours a day commuting back and forth from Rancho Bernardo. I am curious as to where these top notch schools are where one can find a Single family home for $350k in San Diego County? I am also curious for someone who has never lived somewhere how do you know the traffic is horrendous? Lastly in regards to wages there are far more companies leaving California than there are coming here to setup shop. How do you think that is going to effect the market longterm?