SDhousehunter, I respect your right to make observations but I have an issue with a few of them. Let me preface by stating that I have lived here for 16 years, sold my last piece of real estate last year and am waiting with open arms for the price decline to re-purchase. The comments about the pechanga indians are unfounded (2000 census numbers for tribal enrollment are about 550 people, hardly the majority of the city) and if you’ve ever met one as I have they are nice people, some of who are adjusting to their 240k a year stipend but they will adjust in time and my friend actually had a degree and served in the military. The tattoo covered oversized white t-shirt folk I can guarantee are transplants who hopefully feel homesick for their hood in S.D., next time look closely at the tattoos, the ESCO, VHB (vista homeboys) or god knows how many Oceanside gangs are clues to where they hail from. As for Bible thumping uneducated folk, yes there is a sizable population of mormons and christians and there are a lot of churches, hardly the economic or cultural drain on the community you purport. I am not one of them but they make decent neighbors. As for people that lack a second language, if you are referring to spanish, guilty as charged, we lack the cultural diversity of many other places and few students are english learners, all I can say is we are working around the clock on fixing that.
finally, taken from yahoo Neighborhood research, likely pulled from census data
Temecula, CA 92592
Population of Temecula 56902
Median Age 31.4 years
Median Household Income $75292
Percentage of Single Households 29.5%
Percentage of Married Households 70.5%
Percentage Families (households with children) 47.1%
Average Household Size 3.32 people
Percentage College or Better 28.5%
Percentage White Collar 54.3%
San Marcos, CA 92069
Population of San Marcos 54594
Median Age 35.8 years
Median Household Income $49473
Percentage of Single Households 39.6%
Percentage of Married Households 60.4%
Percentage Families (households with children) 28.4%
Average Household Size 2.82 people
Percentage College or Better 20.3%
Percentage White Collar 52.8%
Carlsbad, CA 92008
Population of Carlsbad 36871
Median Age 39.1 years 37.47 years
Median Household Income $59743
Percentage of Single Households 45.7%
Percentage of Married Households 54.3%
Percentage Families (households with children) 20.1%
Average Household Size 2.4 people
Percentage College or Better 36.9%
Percentage White Collar 62%
I randomly compared to San Marcos and Carlsbad (these could be crappy zip codes, it was a guess) since they are nice communites in San Diego, name a zip code, I’ll run it, unfortunately you will find that Temecula will not come out statistically as you see it. Yes, prices will drop, yes, minorities have been sighted and even allowed to live here and yes, we are glad you didn’t like it here, there is enough traffic.
P.S. you used the word, “complex” to describe your rental experience, since there are no apartments in 92592 I assume you either lived near Pujol Street or Near margarita and Solana since city planners were wise enough to put most of the “complexes” in the same place not to rile the bible thumping uneducated residents.
