Thanks for the advice. You’ve got to make sacrifices. Del Mar and C.V. are too expensive for what we need in a place, and we do not like Mira Mesa. I’ve done the commute for each direction to CMR/S.R./Encinitas and it really doesn’t seem that bad to me (well Encinitas can be a bear at peak). Plus, compared to L.A. and even Phoenix (I’ve lived both places), the San Diego rush hour is fairly short. I can work 9 to 6 and I don’t think that’ll be bad at all.
And really, we’re debating a commute from Encinitas and Scripps Ranch to freakin’ Sorrento Valley. That isn’t exactly Temecula to downtown now is it. 2 hours extra roundtrip is really overstating the issue.