[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=bearishgurl] not everyone wants to live tightly packed like MM has become with all its *new* giant apt complexes. Again, MM is nothing special but it just so happened to be already situated in the “right place” when high tech and biotech employers decided to set up shop in SD. Good for them.[/quote]
You can say Silicon Valley was “nothing special” decades ago. One my friends bought a house in San Jose for $120,000 in the early 90s, same as San Diego back in the day, haha…[/quote]
I have “extended family” who bought an architect-designed 2600+ sf home situated on a little more than 1 AC with a wide staircase, floor to ceiling rock FP and curved-glass windows in the LR overlooking all of SJ for $66K in 1965 (a LOT of $$ back then). Of course, when we used to visit them 2x year on holidays, they were overlooking mostly avocado groves in the early years, NOT the huge urban sprawl which now comprises the floor of SJ.
My kids tell me that the owners have since moved into an over-55 complex and “sold” the property to their only child and her spouse. Of course, it now needs a lot of rehab which they are in the process of doing.
I remember when their daughter was born. As a borderline-millenial, she is very, very fortunate to be able to “purchase” this property from her parents as it is a one-of-a-kind jewel, regardless of its current condition. They will also get to take advantage of her parents’ tax assessment. Good for them!
