burnsr77 – Having lived in NYC, I feel your frustration. Things you are looking for can be found in San Diego, but you have to go out of your way. It’s not everywhere like in San Francisco or NYC. You will have to be content w/the few things we have and appreciate it.
I can relate to most of what you’ve said, but out of the long list of things you hate, I remind myself of one thing I hate the most – COLD.
San Diego has great weather and is a beautiful place, despite its shortcomings.
We have KPBS. You can seek out KPBS listeners for intellectual conversation, art, etc. KPBS is great and keeps me in touch. You have the internet. There are substitutes for what is lacking. You can live in the city and travel.
Sadly, mass transit is not effective here as in SF, NYC or Europe. We are slaves to cars here and it is demoralizing and only truly recognized by people who have lived in cities that have the ease of real and efficient mass transit.
I’ll say for those car lovers (I have a love/hate w/cars) they would scorn mass transit at all costs. I would have to agree that the 4×4 and Hummers are just excessive and ironic that the money to gas them goes to the Middle East where the soldier owners are deployed.
Everyone has different values and it doesn’t sound like San Diego is for you. Make the best of it and don’t focus on the negative.
