[quote=AN][quote=bearishgurl]I looked on the map and Calle Cristobal in this area appears to be part of the portion which was annexed to MM in recent years. I also noticed that the neither of the listings (sale and rental) for both of your suggestions (in the same complex?) have garages. The rental listing states two parking spaces (uncovered?). $1800 month is a LOT TO PAY to live in a traincar apt. I’m curious what the average length of tenancy is there at that rental price point.[/quote]Seriously BG, you should stop spouting opinion as fact. Mira Mesa did not annex Calle Cristobal. Mira Mesa community since its inception has the boundary of 805 to the West, 15 to the East, Lopez Canyon to the North, and Miramar to the South. You can do your own research if you don’t believe me. BTW, looking on the map is not research.
BTW, what’s the point of bringing up the fact that a condo doesn’t have garage? Majority of the condos out there doesn’t have a garage. What’s your point? Some people rather to live in a traincar near work than in a house in the boonies far away from work.[/quote]
I digress. There was little or nothing built on the land from I-805 to the west, which was part of MM, until the last few years. The area IS part of the City (MM) but has only recently been developed.
Here in South County, the vast majority of condos have at least a std one-car garage and most have a two-car garage. I guess that’s the difference in congestion levels due to zoning differences between MM and Chula Vista (and surrounds). Garages and storage space (which they would have to pay dearly for at a self-storage biz) are very important to tenants. Especially if they have a pricey vehicle which could easily get hit, scratched or vandalized while parked in a condo parking lot.
Although some seem to do it, I agree that South County is too far for most workers to drive RT daily to Sorrento Valley/Mesa to work. That is the ONLY REASON why Chula V’s asking prices for starter SFRs seem to be lower than those in other, closer areas to major job centers. They are NOT lesser houses, lesser neighborhoods or somehow have lesser-intelligent or poorer residents living there than do rentals in other parts of the county. When one looks at the price of mid-level, executive and luxury housing in South County, most of it is every bit as expensive as that in other parts of the county. This is because this type of housing isn’t usually used as a rental.
