I would just like a house.. I’ll even take a townhome with a garage.. my wife and I make a little under $150 and can’t buy a house. What a joke. I’ll live in Clairemont, Linda Vista even.. something with a garage and you can maybe raise a kid in to where he has his own room and the computer isn’t in the living room. Pass the pipe, I must be smoking something. When I moved here with my wife we accepted the fact that any place we look at is going to be smaller and more expensive than anything we could get at home. Little did we know we would have to remove 2 bedrooms off of what we would like to buy in order to afford it.
BTW: I grew up in Milwaukee, WI. I hated Chicago. Urban sprawl, they use space to it’s fullest. Now people are moving out so they can have bigger places, facing huge commutes and traffic. No thanks.
And yes, you can get whatever fruit and other stuff you like. You may not have the “Organic” selection that you have here but you can get most fruits there. Things like Avocado and Pomegranate maybe not so easy.
One thing about SD that I notice is that since it’s full of relocatees that people ARE generally more open to acceptance. They may seem more well travelled because they came from the east coast or midwest to get here. Where in the Midwest not many are moving there, so many have been there all their lives.
I do notice that a trip to Mexico, Phoenix and Las Vegas is very normal here. Back at home a trip to Chicago was a big trip, even though it’s 1.5 hours away. Where else you going to go? MN? Go to mall of america?
Another huge thing SD has over Midwestern cities is culture. I tell you what, my wife is a sushi fanatic now. Never had it till we moved out here. I eat avocado on everything and even want my own tree/bush? so I can pick them. I eat pad thai and drunken noodles on a regular basis and can’t get enough. Being a people that love culture we were missing out on so much.
Sometimes I get down on the thought of being a renter, then I step outside, ride my bike to the beach, or think of the summers back home when you try to maximize your summer because it’s going to be over soon, and I remember why I came here.
I’ll stay a renter, I think things will work out in the end. Once things change in the financing industry for housing loans and the dust settles I think I’ll have a place I never thought I’d be able to get when I initially moved out here.
