[quote=sdrealtor][quote=Essbee]Sorry for replying to my own thread.
Tear-down type “remodeling” on a lot is also very expensive, and the people who can afford it are going to choose La Jolla (Mitt Romney!), Bird Rock, etc. and other coastal locations.
I guess my conclusion is that areas like Clairemont, Linda Vista, Allied Gardens, San Carlos, etc will slowly deteriorate with time. The next wave would be 70s/80s constructions like Tierrasanta, Mira Mesa, RPQ, etc.
New owners may do some remodeling (likely aesthetically unpleasing additions) and the adult children who inherit such properties from their parents will likely just keep letting their properties deteriorate. (There are houses in my old ‘hood which are 50-60 yrs old and are just crying for new roofs or paint, but it doesn’t look like there is any will or money to ever do it).
I guess the answer will come depending on whether potential new owners with a bit of money to remodel will be willing to move into such neighborhoods with these types of eyesores in their midst (not to mention the marginal schools). I imagine there is some sort of tipping point. Really interesting to think about it all.[/quote]
Unfortunately you may be correct for areas like Claremont, Linda vista, allied gardens etc. having grown up on the east coast and well traveled among the established cities in the US places like those slowly decay. Eventually you end up with what is known as white flight. The city of Philadelphia is a perfect example with a population that went from 70% white (mostly upper middle and middle class) to around 40% (Pretty much lower class in working class neighborhoods like kensington or wealthy in high end enclaves like chestnut hill). Nearly All the high and middle end wage earners have fled for the safety of the suburbs. The city faced with declining tax revenues enacted steep wage taxes which not only drove out residents but also businesses. The future is unlikely to be bright (dont worry if you live there as im thinking 50 to 100 yrs from now) for places like that if history repeats itself but hey maybe it’s different here.
Places like MM and PQ will generally fare much better because the house are of more acceptable sizes.[/quote]
I have a couple of issues with this statement. Firstly, SD was never segregated in the first place. So it is not necessarily “white flight” that is taking place in the urban core. If anything, more “whites” (whatever that means today) are moving INTO the urban core. And the areas buyers are flocking to in SD County (north county zips?) are not necessarily predominately “white” or “Caucasian” either. So hey, you ARE onto something. It IS different here … certainly different than the east coast.
Secondly, the average MM house has no more square footage that the average Clairemont or Allied Gardens house. I agree that PQ houses ARE generally bigger as the majority of them have two-stories there. In “Linda Vista,” the houses are generally smaller than Clairemont or Allied Gardens. This does NOT include 92111 Mt Streets (which are technically “Clairemont”).
