[quote=briansd1][quote=outtamojo]AN, is it just me or does it seem like these ” San Diego ain’t Paradise” threads all seem to evolve the same way, with the same characters, the same complaints?[/quote]
And the people defending SD are the same characters too.
I think that SD lacks maturity as a city. Mature cities are confident and can see their short comings.
As a San Diegan, I don’t care if people criticize my city. We are not the best. We could use improvements. . . [/quote]
brian, do you have relatives in SD County or other reasons to be compelled to stay? Doooh states he/she grew up here and has relatives currently residing here.
Believe me, I’d be the first to tell you what I know about a the shortcomings of a particular property or immediate area if they are known to me. Conversely, I will always attempt to dispel unfounded “perceptions” about particular areas which stem from ignorance.
We’re having this conversation with Doooh because he states he grew up in San Diego County and is considering leaving because he believes the “grass is greener” for him and his family in other locales and/or his life would be easier living elsewhere.
That’s what this thread is about. There are a lot more Dooohs out there and we want to know why he believes this to be true.
Doooh, I understand your sentiments about 47th street, even if you have never exited that fwy ramp. Did it ever occur to you that it wasn’t always the same in that area and that the worst time for that area (crime/wise) was from 1986 to 1992. Due to SDPD’s “neighborhood policing” program, which kept the same resident officers patrolling their “home turf” for many years, many areas of SD which used to be known as having a “higher crime rate,” have now been cleaned up.
Do Piggs understand that the student populations of San Diego, Hoover, Crawford, Kearny, Clairemont, Helix, Sweetwater, Chula Vista, Hilltop and Castle Park High Schools were predominately “white” prior to the mid-seventies?? And that many of those ex-students still live in their “home turf?” Why would they feel uncomfortable in their own “home turf” even if the demographics have changed? What’s to be afraid of??
btw, Doooh, I’ve traveled by car thru at least 17 states, flown to a couple more + HI and Asia, and hail from Alameda County (CA). I have lived in SD County over 35 years.
