[quote=deadzone]Because we all know that SD was already more desirable than the rest of the country than in 1995.
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That may be the case but the data does not support your position. In fact, the rental index value for the US in 1981 was 87.6 vs. San Diego’s at 84.3. The rental index value for the US in 1995 was 157.6 vs. San Diego’s at 153.9.
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Did something really change since then? [/quote]
Apparently something did.
This exchange reminds me of Mark Twain’s quote: “It isn’t the the things you don’t know that get you in trouble, it’s the things you know for sure that just ain’t so.”