Point taken, even within a local area like san diego, real estate is still local, LOL. Just trying to zoom in on a general range.
I plan on buying something about 3 miles from the coast, dont want to pay too much premium. Something like west clairemont, or north park/south park, up to about carmel valley. Kinda in the middle and slightly east of the coast. Somewhere in that band, while avoiding too much air traffic noise.
Its surprisingly difficult. The san diego lay out is really quite a mess LOL