[quote=AN]Yes all of north county can be considered as bedroom community. I’m not denying that they are bedroom communities. What I was trying to say is that PQ is not a lower middle class area. I guess they were 30 years ago, but they no longer are. You might go to dt a lot, I rarely do. However, I do go to the beach a lot. Also, in my profession, there are not that many jobs down there. So, Chula is way too far for most who work up here.
SD is not like your typical east coast cities where most of the jobs are in downtown. Most of the high paying jobs are up here. I see Chula Vista diversity in housing stock is like Escondido. I would have loved to get a house with 1/2 acre lot, however, I won’t sacrifice commute time for it. I’m a commute snob, so the furthest I’ll tolerate is 15 minutes door to door, regardless of traffic. I used to live 3 blocks away from work.[/quote]
AN, with the advent of the MR bonds, PQ went from “no-man’s land” to a very respectable ‘burb. I wouldn’t, by any stretch call it, “upper middle-class” but it is solidly middle-class today (exc. for the 4 sq. bl. of “Section 8.”) I don’t know much about the demographics, but I would venture it is probably quite a younger demographic than 91910. I have NO IDEA why some of these flimisily-built ’70’s or early ’80’s houses are fetching in the 400’s in PQ today, though. They are SO NOT WORTH IT!!
Yes, AN, I too, am a “commute snob” and have lived from 1 block to 16 miles from work. I am currently located exactly 10 miles from dtn. SD which is 18-23 minutes on wkdays and 11-15 mins. on wknds. I have never lived ANYWHERE in SD that was freeway dependent and never will. I agree about the commute from CV. I have neighbors on my street who attend UCSD. It takes them almost an hour to get up there and get parked in the morning rush. We also have bus lines (1/2 bl. either way) every 15 mins., headed for the trolley, which is one mile. This is another benefit that residents in the north inland areas don’t have access to. Even though I typically drive, it increases my options.
