[quote=jstoesz]But the cost of living is prohibitive to a family oriented, single income earning, private school provided life style that I badly want to provide. [/quote]
This is exactly me. After 10 long years of being perplexed, angry, and confounded by the international housing bubble, I’ve found houses in family neighborhoods that I can afford.
San Diego has always had a “sunshine discount,” and I remember people talking about it even when I was a kid in the 70s. That’s BS. The reason I like it here goes beyond it being my hometown: epic fishing, surfing, hiking, cycling; the diverse community, “city of villages,” and a rather stunning downtown; the natural beauty of the chaparral, pine forests in mountains and the sublime beauty of the desert; the excellent and rather cheap food, produce, and emergent farm-to-table food economy; the “small town feel” of the place (maybe not so much in the exurbs) and relaxed attitude of locals, etc etc. Torrey Pines is mine whenever I want, as is Coronado and La Jolla. Santa Monica and Malibu to the north, Ensenada and the Mexican surfing towns to the south (where we all hope the situation improves for folks down there). Its our town.
This is a place where people vacation, and it offers a high standard of living. Housing is expensive. Too expensive. But its becoming more “affordable.” Still very be skewed compared to MN, Montana, Iowa, or Utah. But goodness, sure is better than the cheaper dystopic bubble cities in NV, AZ, and FL. I’d go for CO and OR, for what its worth. But again, family’s here. High school friends are here. Job’s here. And I think things have gotten more affordable and that’s where its headed.
