I moved here in 1998 from Atlanta and moved back to Atlanta in August 2006 only to move back here in August 2007.
I moved away to go back to what I was doing which was placing Accounting and Finance professionals. Atlanta has been a boom city for 40 years and I doubt if you could find a better combination of high paying jobs and low housing prices.
The problem was I had no idea how much San Diego had endeared itself to me and decided that I rather try my luck out here then live in a big, busy, hot Southern Town with all of its issues, crime, lousy weather, traffic etc.
If I had any sense I would probably move back and buy a nice house in North Georgia for $350k and just make myself accept the fact that San Diego only makes sense for those who moved here 15- 20 years ago and not for relative newcomers.