[quote=deadzone][quote=Coronita][quote=deadzone]I curious why everyone is cheerleading so much growth in San Diego. Is more traffic and congestion really so desirable? Sounds like many on here (definitely sdr) want San Diego to be LA and Bay Area. The reason San Diego is (or was) so desirable is it is NOT LA or Bay Area.
Is it just so your real estate holdings go up in value? I can’t think of any other benefit to all the growth.
And in the end, San Diego will ALWAYS be second or third fiddle to those cities, from a prestige point of view. You really want to compare UCSD and USD to UCLA and USC? And Sports and entertainment of LA compared to what little San Diego has?[/quote]
What is wrong with having better jobs , better pay, better schools, and seeing having home prices increase?
You’re wrong about UCSD at least in terms of engineering. Pretty high up there now. Irwin Jacobs helped transform that early on. Also the medical capabilities at UCSD is very good.[/quote]
But you already have those things in LA and Bay Area. If that is what you want, move to those places. Why would you want that here? Is San Diego really lacking for anything at this point?
Again, as good a school as USCD is, it is not particularly prestigious on a National or International level. Never will be compared with UCLA or Cal. Can you name one famous alumni? Mike Judge, is the only one I can think of, he is brilliant![/quote]
You don’t have a clue. That was then and this is now. Your living in the past albeit renting in the past. It is now World renowned and academically on its way to passing UCLA some day
