[quote=svelte][quote=sdrealtor] I dont live in Mira Mesa but I follow it and promote it because I see a great future for it. Ive never lived there and never will. I dont live in San Marcos and never will but it is on a market beating trajectory also. [/quote]
I get it. Some may dismiss you as snooty but I don’t. I understand where you’re coming from. You’re coastal and will take the plusses and minuses that come with it. Me, I’d prefer to hang back a bit from the coast and rub elbows with more of the middle class. I have to tell you that has bit me in the ass a bit too…big dust-ups with a neighbor. But I’m a scrapper and can hold my own. Came out on top.
20 years ago I could see my trajectory and where we’d end up financially. I could have moved to the coast and been lower-middle class there – and have my kids feel sub-par. Or move to San Marcos and be upper-middle class or better and have my kids feel at least as good as the others, and probably better than that. I chose the latter.
Do I regret it? Nah. My kids are on trajectories to beat mine. When I’ve expressed regrets on my life, they’ve told me that the values and opportunities I’ve given them far outweigh any regrets I may have. That has made me a happy camper.
I don’t think you are wrong, I don’t think I’m wrong. Just different perspectives. That’s what makes the world fun.[/quote]
Absolutely and IRL I’m anything but snooty. For me if I’m gonna live in CA I’m gonna live close to the ocean. When i moved here i first lived in RB. I spent every weekend driving to the coast. I grew up spending summers at the Jersey Shore and whether i get to the beach or not being close gives me a good feeling inside. I said if I’m gonna live in RB i might as well move to Phoenix. But that’s just me, i like to be coastal and near beautiful open spaces which is why NCC works for me. Others like different settings and that’s fine. I have no bias against any area and just follow what’s going on in as much of SD as I’m able to.
And My family and i have experienced some of what you sought to avoid. I was and still am willing to put up with that to be here. When I’m gone i hope my kids feel the same about this place as i do but if not so be it. Good post svelte.
And i had an awful neighbor for 17 years who surprised me and moved to Idaho last year thinking he was cashing out on top. It’s changed my life for him to be gone. Out with racist, self centered bigot, in with wonderful young couple (Asian and Eastern European) from Bay Area who are a joy to have next door. And i texted him a Zillow screenshot so he could see he left over $600k on the table in less than a year 🙂
