[quote=deadzone]I curious why everyone is cheerleading so much growth in San Diego. Is more traffic and congestion really so desirable? Sounds like many on here (definitely sdr) want San Diego to be LA and Bay Area. The reason San Diego is (or was) so desirable is it is NOT LA or Bay Area.

Is it just so your real estate holdings go up in value? I can’t think of any other benefit to all the growth.

And in the end, San Diego will ALWAYS be second or third fiddle to those cities, from a prestige point of view. You really want to compare UCSD and USD to UCLA and USC? And Sports and entertainment of LA compared to what little San Diego has?[/quote]

What is wrong with having better jobs , better pay, better schools, and seeing having home prices increase?

You’re wrong about UCSD at least in terms of engineering. Pretty high up there now. Irwin Jacobs helped transform that early on. Also the medical capabilities at UCSD is very good.