patientlywaiting hit the nail on the head – affordability.
In Pasadena we have a retail center called Paseo Colorado, which is very upscale. They built five or six stories of apts. above the two-level retail complex. The apartments are sky high in price. I asked someone who lived there what it was like to live there and he said, “A lot of times it’s very noisy.” That is what I would not want – lot’s noise, especially into the night.
If I were a student in San Diego, I’d much rather live on the UCSD campus! Imagine being in Torrey Pines – the smell and the sight of the ocean so close to you. I love riding my bike up from the Village in La Jolla and going right by the University. The Mall is east of the freeway, much farther (further?) from the ocean