[quote=bearishgurl]I understand all the reasons why Poway is cheaper, SK. Do the Valle Verde and Green Valley area have “lush greenery with lots of trees?”
The reason I mentioned the Big Toys is because the OP posted this earlier in the thread:
[quote=NYMom]We’ve actually stayed in Carlsbad for a week at a rental house and I wasn’t thrilled with the area. It seemed very barren to me in the housing developments. I like lush, greenery and lots of trees and there were LOTS of mobile homes parked in driveways! LOL. The owner of the house said they moved because they’re kids were getting older and the schools there aren’t good. Now they live in RSF, but keep that house as a vacation rental.[/quote]
I haven’t been to the areas of Poway you describe SK, but you have to be honest here, many buyers like the bigger lots precisely because they CAN park all their toys on it and can’t leave them on the street due to the 72-hour limit ordinance for street parking for RV’s and trailered vehicles. Areas with big lots are a draw to this subset of buyers because commercial off-site storage by the month can be expensive. The residential areas I HAVE been to in Poway had a lot of RVs and boats, etc, both parked and stored.
If NYMom ends up putting Poway on her short list, that’s perfectly fine by me … but you must admit that it is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING like the place she described here that she wanted to live in. All it can offer her is her house and lot size (likely along with lengthy Mello Roos payments if the areas she is shopping in online and those recommended to her here are on the outskirts and “newer” construction). Oh yes . . . and it can offer her an exorbitant utility bill almost half the year and a school district that may very likely be forced into bankruptcy in the coming months/years.
Why did your kids have such a horrible experience in the Poway schools, SK? And were they in Elem, Middle or HS at the time?[/quote]
Yes, lots of greenery. In the area that I’m talking about, the homes are over 40, some more than 50 years old. Almost every one of them has been remodeled in the last 20. No MR. Where I lived in Green Valley, the HOA attempted to collect $50 a year. 80% of it was used for a neighborhood block party once a year. I never paid it. Utility bills were high during the summer, but at $300K to $600K below her target price, there will still be a pretty good trade-off.
Other than the village like feel, it has everything on her list.
My kids were there elementary through my son’s freshman year in HS. They didn’t fit in. CV was much more accepting of kids that were a little bit different.
