True, west of I5 is where the old money is except for Rancho Santa Fe, Fairbanks Ranch and Mission Hills.
Powayseller, I agree with you on houses, but not everyone can afford an architect-built house. That’s just too costly and not realistic.
Mass home builders provide good products at good prices. We just need more low-end, higher density, better planned communities (outside the home, not just inside), and public transport.
I prefer old cities like New York and Paris, but for new planned new cities, I like Singapore. The housing is affordable (built by the government) well maintained and pretty decent for the common man. The home ownership rate there is 85%, the highest in the world. To me, Singapore is very much like San Diego but with higher density. The average person lives in decent condos and rich people live in luxury towers or in SFR.
