I am pretty close to a deal in RSD. We’re 1.3% apart now on price.

I never looked at LJ proper, too expensive.

4S looks great online but I am looking for bigger lots and lower prices so never seriously looked. My search was generally in the 1.3-1.8 range. Even 2.0 doesn’t go very far in 4S right now. 4S there’s a premium price for location, new construction, and school district that I value less than others.

I did look at a lot of listings at University City canyon fronting homes, PL and Clairemont. I probably would have stretched my budget up to 2.2 if I had found a perfect place in UC or PL, but I didn’t.

Another thing is I find older suburban areas more cozy. Prior to moving to SD I grew up in 60s and 70s suburbs. So PL/UC/Clairemont feel somewhat like my midwestern burb hometowns, but with palm trees.

Other homes I was interested enough to go to showings included Ramona, 2x La Mesa, Spring Valley, and El Cajon.

This week I also had my first visit to Poway, it reminded me of Pasadena where I have spent a lot of time for work. I had a lot of Poway places bookmarked to view, but the RSD place just won my heart first.

I do have many refined and pretentious tastes, but in physical buildings to spend my time in my tastes are very middle class Midwest. The two story huge entry room thing in so many post-2000 lux homes I just don’t like.