[quote=UCGal]bg – the comment on traffic was on the assertion that brian keeps making that families should move to the city. (Which he has defined pretty much as downtown – since he considers kensington to be the burbs). Then you made a comment that people could live in the city and commute north.
My point was that there *used* to be a reverse commute to northern burbs – but not anymore. The 805 corridor backs up, northbound, in the morning south of 52. The 5 corridor backs up around PB/Balboa, north bound, in the morning.
Times change and so do demographics. When my parents purchased our house in UC in 1966 it was truly “the sticks”. 2 freeways later (52 and 805 came after we moved in) it’s considered very close in, very central. In the past the 15 corridor was sleepy bedroom communities – now it’s got job centers.[/quote]
Yes, I didn’t include 805 northbound because now 80,000+ “captive-audience worker-bees” emanating from Chula Vista annexations within the last ten years use this road during rush hour. Another 20,000 or so (who can afford to pay the toll) are on SR-125 northbound. I, too, remember when the 805 came thru Nat’l City and Chula Vista.
Chula (and parts of Otay Mesa East) has grown from 53K pop in 1986 to about 273K pop today. I do agree that there are now more job centers to the north.
I would not classify Kensington as the ‘burbs.” Yes, it is a VERY nice area to grow up in, even today and would be a VERY good investment, esp. at the right price. Hoover and Crawford are NOT among the top rated HS’s, however. There is always OLP and St. Augustine (for a rigorous Catholic college-prep curriculum) or “choice availability” to SD High (IB prog) or Henry High. Really, even more possibilities exist than that, depending on eligibility.
I DO think there are many wonderful family neighborhoods within SD’s urban core, but not necessarily dtn condos.
