Sounds like I missed some of the good communities in RP. I did check out some of the newer areas in 2000, like Park Village, but didn’t like the small lots, so we passed it up. RP has cooler weather than Poway; Poway weather pretty much sucks. We looked at RP first, but passed it up due to old neighborhoods, small lots, and road noise. Probably the really good houses were out of our price range, as I didn’t get to see them. I’m surprised that someone is taking my views of RP personally. Get real! This is a housing blog and we are supposed to give our ideas of housing. Personally I passed up RP because it was unappealing to me, and for those folks living out of the area, they won’t get this practical information off the MLS photos. If you like RP, by all means, go live there. The weather is really good, you are close to the coast, and have good freeway access.
In general, be aware of road noise on many properties, eveywhere in SD County. SD is quite hilly, and road noise travels for miles, going up hills. Noise travels just as a fire, uphill. That’s something you wouldn’t catch looking at MLS photos. When we looked at houses in 2000, we passed up at least half just because of the road noise. It’s too bad that the view lots are often accompanied by road noise.
