[quote=FlyerInHi]BG, haha.. you call Costa Mesa/Irvine a megalopolis! That’s a sleepy suburb outside of Seoul, Korea.[/quote]
Compared to what this area was in the ’70’s, yeah, it is a “megalopolis” today. It was a bit shocking to me as I hadn’t been down there since about 1980. Their (expensive) toll roads are what actually put this remotish section of the OC on the map, IMO.
[quote=FlyerInHi]And you don’t want that in San Diego so local kids can find jobs when they grow up? You want to limit growth so young adults have to move away. Way to go.[/quote]
SD County already has enough growth and 3 out of 4 corners of it are absolutely infiltrated with subdivisions, as well as any empty swaths of land in between (excepting that which belongs to the Federal Government). We already HAVE enough housing for everyone and then some for years down the road. SD County DOESN’T have enough living wage jobs and those which are ARE present here (non-govm’t) tend to be mostly situated in North City or North County, an arduous daily commute from South County. South County has had plenty of acreage/parcels (with utilities brought in) in Otay Mesa for companies to move into for at least 25 years yet none seem to be doing so (unless they are a wrecking yard or other heavy industrial-type biz). Ask yourselves why. And longtime employer Goodrich (fka Rohr and Rohr Industries) moved out of here in 2012 after they got bought out. And as we all know, the Dynergy Power Plant on SD Bay in Chula Vista (which employed hundreds of union workers for decades) was blown up back in 2013.
South County is NOT the place for millenials to settle down and start families in unless they work no further than Kearny Mesa and their job is very, very secure. And KM might be challenging to get to some/most mornings in less than 45 minutes. If a south county dwelling worker-bee works further than that and commutes four or more days/week during regular rush hours, their daily lifestyle is going to be seriously adversely affected, IMO.
It didn’t used to be nearly this bad. The South County commute really took a turn for the worse after 91915 was annexed into CV and the first phases of new subdivisions down there were built out and sold (~2003).
I really feel that South County is going to find a way to bill itself as a tourist destination. But that isn’t going to bring any “living wage” jobs down here to any significant degree.
