[quote=flu][quote=spdrun]Do more people necessarily want to live closer to the core? This is San Diego, not Manhattan or Capitol Hill/DC. Given unlimited money, I’d probably take La Jolla or PB over the immediate downtown area/Little Italy.[/quote]
San Diego works differently from say NYC or SF…
SD downtown is much more dead than the burbs I think.
Assuming infinite amount of money, downtown never crossed my mind personally. Folks wanting “city life” probably shouldn’t live in San Diego.
You should also note a LOT of downtown development was recent, overpriced, underwater, and with huge hoa fees.[/quote]
I don’t think dtn SD is dead. I was just down there today (a weekend) and it was hopping. There are a lot of tourists down there and the Gaslamp/Horton Plaza was busy. However, SD’s “city life” doesn’t compare to SF and I’m sure it doesn’t compare to NYC (never been there).
Agree about overbuilding of condos which were/are underwater but I think this area is slowly recovering as some of the complexes originally built to sell are being converted to rentals. The HOAs there DO tend to have high dues because many are full-service with 24-hr staff and amenities such as gyms. However, the sound levels when opening windows or standing on a balcony are very high there, day and night, especially those complexes directly over the nightlife at the Gaslamp, within earshot of Petco Park and the ones up on Bankers Hill (with noise from airport landings and I-5).
