Next door? Are you kidding? That place is a joke and a cesspool.
The people leaving encinitas are leaving because they can no longer afford it or it’s no longer the small blue-collar hippie beach town at once was. The biggest complaint they have around here is they are actually trying to build some density and more of the entry level category of homes. I’ve lived in this area 30 years and it’s grown in change dramatically. It is quickly becoming the Newport Beach San Diego county for better or worse.
Utility rates this year are well below what they were last year. Gas prices have come down also over the last several months. People are always complaining about schools and politicizing them. The reality is class sizes are down and the people complaining should be happy about that. They are down because we are at the point in the cycle were young families, move out and old families move in or age in place. We went through this before and it will pass until we go through it again. It’s all part of the cycle that I’ve seen here over the last three decades. Crime statistics show that crime is down, but people want to politicize it so they question the data. What is up is the reporting of crimes on places like next door along with coyote, sightings and people putting their dogs, poop bags in others trash cans.
politicians all do the same thing which is whatever they have to do to stay in power or get in power. Then they give their friends jobs. Both parties do it.
Life around here has definitely changed over the decades. I’ve been here. Some people lament it is for the worst and others think it’s for the better and others think it’s just different. So goes life.
