92104 is one of those funny San Diego neighborhoods that has a lot less economic segregation than we’re used to the US. I live at 30th and Juniper — on my lot and the ones right around me, we’ve got 30+ small cheap rental units. They’re terribly maintained, there’s huge tenant turnover, and the cops are here a lot. Across the alley, though, is Burlingame, with pink sidewalks and $million-plus houses. Fifty feet away and it’s another world.
People drive through here and can’t figure out whether it’s Mission Hills or City Heights… actually, it’s both. It works out great for me and my kids, but that’s because we’re poor. I can see why the rich might prefer to have a little more homogeneity in their neighbors, but I guess the area has compensating charms.
