So the reply wasn’t necessarily directed at BG above, but it just seems like there’s a common theme when someone brings up Carmel Valley…

A typical thread about Carmel Valley beings like

1. New buyer to be….. posts/complains about affordability of Carmel Valley

2. New buyer starts to rant about the crappiness of Carmel Valley

3. New buyer asks others for other comparable places to live

4. Someone always brings up the stucco box, overpriced, crap, snobbery aspects (I call this the sour grapes syndrome)

5. Then, usually Santee, El Cajon, Chula Vista cheerleaders jump in and say how much a better value homes in these areas are and what quality craftmanship homes built in these areas are. Citing that Carmel Valley homes have too many lizards, walls, and stucco on the houses.

6. Would be buyer says something like “are you fvvcking serious. I might think CarmelV is a douchery, but comparing it to Chula Vista or El Cajon, you’re nuts”. (which, is somewhat true)… Of course if someone that lives in Carmel Valley were to say this, that person would be considered a snob… But of course a person that is looking to buy in Carmel Valley says the same thing, that’s not being a snob.

7. Then there’s bitch and moan session about Carlsbad and Encinitas too far away, La Jolla is a much better place and should be priced where Carmel Valley is current priced, Rancho Bernardo/4S having way too high MR, some smacktalk about Stonebridge (which currently escapes my mind), and some aspect of Santa Luz being expensive and not really RSF. Oh, and anything along the 15 is one big fire hazard that will go up in flames any day now…

8. Then the would be carmel valley buyer goes away and doesn’t post again. The house that was shown on piggington that he/said was a rip off at a given price ends up closing 2-3 month later, if not at asking price, close to it, or even above it.

9. And we never here from the OP again for a long time…… Kinda like the past couple of other threads too…