O.K. hawk, those are fair rules. I need to research the murrieta zips before placing my bet but I will place a side wager of a shot of choice at the pub that 92592 falls last. I will gladly buy you a shot if you find me a 92592 down 50% because I'll buy the shot and the house. To answer the question the other poster said of why would anyone pay 500-700 for a home out here despite being far from San Diego, good question. The answer is that it is overpriced and with gas rising it will go down first but that doesn't mean San Diego isn't overpriced as well. The reality is that not everyone works in the city. I have mostly worked in North San Diego County for the last fifteen years and a 25 minute drive isn't that big of a deal to me. The schools, crime rate and people are directly in comparison to Carlsbad, 4-s or Poway, well above any other reamaining N. County city and probably half the price of those three communities. They either don't want to live in the places they can afford or they don't actually drive to Downtown S.D. You may be suprised at the amount of jobs in North County San Diego and how expensive the housing is or how rotten the schools and neighborhoods are in the 400-500k areas of N. County. When I got out of college I got a job in Vista and the drive from San Diego took longer than the drive to work from Temecula, it was cheaper, nicer and safer than my options at the time so I moved. I can only guess that other have come over the years for similar reasons.
I'm just trying to understand the rationale to buying in temecula at a high price. Because at $700k, you could buy something inland (albeit smaller yard possibly). I'm just trying to understand the rationale of why a $700k home in say temecula would make sense, but a $700k home in say 4s ranch or rancho penisquito wouldn't. I always thought that more jobs/opportunities are inland and the schools would be better, but I guess I'm wrong.
