[quote=livinincali]Schools in this area are below average. Tons of ESL students that close to the border which will tend to bring the numbers down. Based on your lack of knowledge about San Diego I’d recommend renting somewhere at least a year to get a feel for where you might want to be. Most of the IT work is around sorrento valley and rancho bernardo so you’d probably be better off with something a little closer to those job centers, 92126 or 92071 will have stuff in your price range with a shorter commute and better schools.[/quote]
livinincali, not only are you misinformed, you’re jumping the gun a little, don’t you think? kev isn’t even married yet and doesn’t have any kids. In any case, it will likely be at least six years before he has to think about schools.
kev, I think you would do well to look at the API scores of South County schools.
Unlike other county districts, South County teachers don’t cater to one race or nationality of student at the expense of the others. Thus, ALL of the students show better performance. Many of the South County school scores rival and exceed the scores of Mira Mesa and Santee schools. “ESL students” are present in EVERY county school and they aren’t all “border crossers” or even Mexican. You will likely overpay for a dump in MM because of its current “hot market” status. It isn’t necessarily families who are currently flocking there. It’s a lot of singles as well who want to be close to tech centers without having to use the freeway. MM has doubled in population in the last ten years and is EXTREMELY congested now and still growing! A couple of large multifamily projects are in the pipeline and/or being constructed there NOW. MM makes Fullerton and Brea look like towns straight out of the Stepford Wives.
Yes, you can get more for your money in South County because it is further from North City job centers. But all things being equal, that is the only drawback. Beginning with Chula Vista, it is 9-22 miles to downtown SD, which can be reached by surface street and Eastlake in Chula Vista also has a pretty large commercial/industrial complex housing a few companies. Mello Roos is prevalent in 91913 (partial) 91914 (most) and 91915 (entirely made up of CFDs).
Your link is just east of Ocean View Hills and that entire area lies within 3 CFD’s. It is also downwind from the county dump and situated RIGHT OVER Cricket Ampitheatre and the water park. If you don’t mind listening to concerts for free 🙂 and people cheering and filing in and out below you thru lengthy traffic jams lasting into the middle of the night 2x per week or more, it would be perfect for you as it’s like living over a stadium. Between its two listings, Fannie has lowered its price by $154,900 and omitted the comment section. This is a red flag because they are not that ignorant when it comes to pricing and neither is their broker. Ask yourself why this happened. This is the elem school district serving this listing:
Chula Vista would be far preferable to Otay Mesa, IMO.
Santee is much more peaceful than MM and you might find something there in your price range. However, it can be very, very hot and several of its neighborhoods suffer from high power lines. As a plus, it has good schools and is located on SR-52, which will get you to North City tech centers in 10-15 mins (for reals, folks) :=]
kev, let me know if you have any other questions about South County RE.
