I worked in Mission Valley for 6 years and wouldn’t want to ever live there. Everything is cookie cutter and there is nothing original about any part of it. Also, unless you go to the mall area there isn’t much around. So every time you want a snack or gas you aren’t fighting the neighborhood crowd, you are fighting the mall crowd. Not a great place to live during football games or the holidays either.
I lived for 14 years in a townhome in a very nice zip code. I wouldn’t trade living there again vs our home in Lakeside for anything. We have complete privacy and just our own space. No one bothers us and we don’t bother anyone. Do I want a red door? Do I want to have to go through the HOA to have it? I have paid $400k, plus $350 a month for HOA fees and I can’t have a red door? No thanks. My Christmas lights can only be white? I worked for State Farm in the Commercial Prop Dept in my early 20s and know all the bs and bickering that goes on.
Instead of being stacked between other condos, I have my own home, the neighbors are a good space away, have half an acre, gorgeous views and don’t plan on leaving until I am wheeled out on a stretcher.
My fiancé smokes cigars and I don’t want to bother anyone and I have fought a whole lot in life to get where I am at and I don’t want anyone to tell me how to live.
No to the condo. We looked at a lot and many were nice, but we are happier with our choice.
