A friend of mine is an SAP project manager and got transferred, kicking and screaming to Dallas (Frisco, i think). He was living a 1 bd in Mission Valley. Now he still has a 1 bd in Dallas but twice the size and with an attached 2-car garage. He got a big salary increase and a bonus to make it worth his while. Now he’s OK with it and likes it. He says that Dallas is liveable but not as scenic as San Diego.
I like San Diego because I like never having to worry about the weather and what to wear. I also like the diversity of population here.
Never having been to Texas, I imagine it to be like El Cajon or Lakeside, or Campo but flat. I’m sure that it’s better than that.
The church thing happens here also. My dad retired in San Diego because us kids are here. The parents and kids in the neighborhood sometimes ask him to join them in church. I think they mean well, but if you don’t believe in organized religion, then church is the last place you’d want to be.
Overall, I find that San Diego has the best weather in the whole Continental USA. The city is cosmopolitan enough (but still on the redneck side). Culturally, I’d rather live in NYC or Europe, but San Diego has good combination of everything. San Diego is not the most exiting place, but it’s a physically comfortable place to live. I can vacation in the more exciting places.
I applaud your decision to buy a mid-century modern house. I plan to find and rehab one in Point Loma, if I’m lucky. I’m so done with the Spanish/Tuscan style stucco boxes. San Diego would be great with better urban planning, more density and better public transport. I’d like to see a bi-national San Diego/Tijuana metropolitan area develop.
