I moved to San Diego from Milwaukee, WI. Milwaukee is a good place to live, and people generally don’t have too many bad things to say about it. Good schools, old traditions, and decent lifestyle.
We had a patio set, probably used it 5 times in two years. In the winter, can’t use it. Fall.. too cold.. rainy. Spring.. chilly.. rainy. Summer, hot, humid, buggy.
I could buy a nice house, and spend most of my time in it. To get people to go out is a pain, because no one wants to leave their house. Who wants to venture in the rain, or hang out when you are getting bitten by bugs, or have wet clothes from sweating from the humidity. Or pile on the clothes to sit on frozen car seats to venture to someones elses house because they didn’t want to go out either.
If you do go out, it’s to the mall or to the movies. Boating and bike riding and summer event, pack em in as much as possible. It’s May, but winter is around the corner. I rode a motorcycle, and I was like a weatherman in the summers I paid attention to the weather so much.
Can I get some Thai spicy noodles or pad thai? Can I try 10 versions of sushi and find the one I like best? Nope.. I never even met an asian person that spoke perfect english till my 1st job interview in SD!
The weather is a given, SD has great weather. I love it. The culture is great. We have that same patio set but never use it here also, because we are never home.
I participate in these forums because I would love to own someday, but it doesn’t define me. I suppose when the time comes maybe I’ll move to a place like Austin. My wife and I are going to vacation there to check it out, I’m in IT also. Maybe I won’t be able to leave the great things here and keep renting and just invest in rentals in Austin. We’ve been thinking about that too.
San Diego is a great place regardless. If we are having this discussion, then that means that something has to happen. If people just want to move because they can’t own. That means some serious change has to happen. I’m willing to wait it out. Owning a home isn’t everything.
