I agree that protorio’s post is excellent. The improvements, both in property value and quality life style options, are sticking to some degree in Normal Heights and North and South Park, especially for detached homes.
Some people defend places like Carmel Valley as diverse but they really don’t pass as that compared to other places in San Diego. We have more diversity in the “redneck” east county by many standards. I agree that it is wholesome for kids to see it and live with it, with proper guidance around the pitfalls. How do you guide them around one homogeneous, but as imperfect as any, “value” system? I have known too many adults who have had that “appearances and success” standard shoved down their throats as children, who were also hurt by it badly.
