[quote=SD Realtor]My suggestion would be to come and rent for awhile and get to know the city. Taking a description from an internet blog can be helpful but I would not limit myself to it. I also know plenty of transplants that wanted one thing when they came out and when they spent time here, they ended up locating in parts of the county that they never even thought about. You may find that you are enchanted with a north county coastal area or want the Poway schools after you spend time here. Nothing wrong with taking walks on the beach every day or two.
Spend some time, check it out, then decide.[/quote]
agree, we were from OC originally and we rented for several years when we moved to SD (a little more than planned due to the bubble). We logged a lot of miles and drove all over town. We would drive to a potential neighborhood, get out the jogging stroller, and just walk the neighborhood for an hour to really get the feel of the neighborhood. Just renting for 6 month to a year would be quite enough to give you a chance to to really understand the various neighborhoods and get a much better feel for where you ultimately would like to be.
you’ll get a better sense of traffic flow as well. that’s huge if you will be commuting.
lastly, use http://www.wunderground.com, they actually break down the local weather down to the local weather stations. it is amazing that some locations are always 5 degree hotter on hot days and also 5 degree colder on cold days compared to locations just minutes away. Sabre Springs in north county/RB area is one of these examples.
