[quote=PKMAN][quote=briansd1]I believe that people were not dissing Santee as much as saying that the dollar doesn’t really stretch further at Sky Ranch, especially if you include the commute and the HOA.[/quote]Not defending or justifying Sky Ranch….but if San Marcos and Chula Vista can have $800K+ homes with high HOA, long commute to central SD and often with crippling Mello Roos, why not Sky Ranch?
So I think it’s still comes down to the fact that many people don’t view Santee as desirable as these other cities.[/quote]
I agree.
It is possible of course that some people in Santee would have been better off spending that money elsewhere. I think it probably doesn’t work to apply that across the board.
Even in Santee, the proportion of houses at a certain price relative to the rest, in conjunction with the number of people who make or have pretty good money locally matters too….or do all people who can afford an 800k house work where CV ,let alone San Marcos or Escondido, would be a better commute? A friend of mine takes the 125 to the 94 downtown and it isn’t such a bad deal. Is Santee in a very different Southern California than Del Cerro? The value of lot size/distance from your neighbor and separation from other high density areas is completely in the eye of the beholder.
