I’m not the only one opposed to any more growth. [/quote]
Many of your comments smack of elitism and a “screw you, I’ve got mine” mentality.
And now you want to attack hard working families already struggling and working hard to stay afloat and keep food on the table while raising a family.
All because you believe we should all follow your life philosophy of not living in “exurb hell”. And if not, we’ll take you to the cleaners…again and again.
Isn’t it also because of a level of disdain for the guys who load up their F150’s and Silverado’s and get on the road at 5AM and WORK all day. No glorious pensions or medical benefits or golden parachute. But then these guys aren’t whiney govt workers either.
Just a life of hard work and struggle. It’s true; for the most part these guys didn’t go to a UC. Or even a lowly CSU.
Do they even deserve to live here? I mean if you can’t live near ‘desirable’ coastal california, do you even have a life worth living? How could you?
And now elitists and environmental radicals want to punish these families by making it even harder to keep gas in their tanks.
I think that’s one of the reasons I’d much rather live in Temecula: the trendy/hipster elitist attitude so prevelant in San Diego. At least up here in the valley of the dirt people we keep it real.[/quote]
Gosh, paramount, I’m sorry you feel this way!
None of us has any control over how our gubment decides to run things or over what kind of deals they make with developers. Did it ever occur to you that CA local gubments have allowed themselves to be screwed royally by developers in the past and may now have had enough time to actually learn from their mistakes (and their fellow cities’ and counties’ mistakes) and figure things out before they decide to roll around in the sheets with them?
I don’t live in an “elitest coastal” community and never have, nor do I think Temecula (do you still live there?) is full of “dirt people.” My community is only “coastal” because it is bayfront (so it has near-coastal weather). There is still another mile and a half (as the crow flies or the boat sails) across the bay to the ocean. If I want to DRIVE to Strand State Beach (<3 mi as the "crow flies") it would be 15-16 miles. I've been a very hard "worker bee" almost all of my adult life and have also represented quite a number of "worker bees" in their work-related disputes in my day.
I don't "have mine." The house I have was never my first (or even second) choice but served its purpose for what I needed it for when I purchased it. Sure, I once had a dream that I'd stay in SD if I could be in Pt Loma (where YOU were raised) for the rest of my life but I've been priced out of it. That's life, so I'm looking at other options.
Yes, I feel that most of urban and suburban CA is way too populated and I should not have to wait in line with 45 people just to do one simple thing at the post office. It's ridiculous.
And I also feel that "hardworking people" trying to raise families should not be fleeced with an average of $500 to $1000 per month in MR/HOA expenses when it is totally unnecessary. But you or I can't stop anyone from signing up for this. It's a free country.
Take your complaints to CA cities and counties which have prohibited new subdivisions for decades causing housing prices to escalate into the stratosphere. Riverside County (yours?) and its cities and SD County (mine) seem to still be considering new subdivisions (albeit there really is very, very little room left in SD County, the remaining land has all been purchased up and the land now being considered for subdivisons is very remote and very marginal for residential development purposes, imho.
