We are moving to the San Pacifio area (rental) as I am tired of tiny, old, house -by-the-freeway. (Coastal off of Poinsettia). For whatever reason the noise over there doesn’t seem nearly as oppressive even though I am just as close to I-5.
I live right off Birmingham in Cardiff and drive to Genessee and it’s rarely more than 20 minutes. It takes nearly that long to get to La Costa Canyon which is why I am quite thrilled my kids are not going there (no knock on the school, just hate Encinitas surface street lights).
Sometimes the evening commute is longer depending on when you leave. I usually leave at 4:00-4:30 and with school being it’s like Nascar. Also for the ride home I find Thursday 5:00 to be the worst except on a 3-day weekend.
I am not much for the train it’s really expensive, and we have to hop off at Sorrento Valley and tack a commuter bus to the office. The whole thing takes way too long, it’s probably fine for Dinks and singles, but since my kids are athletes the last thing I want is an extra hour of commute time to save the planet. I think in 5-10 years when the kids are out, it might be nice. We will live pretty close to the park and ride.
I expect San Pacifio to run me an extra 5-15 minutes per day each way over and above Birmingham (we shall see).
In comparing the areas around LCC/Diegueno, I find the south carlsbad addresses might have newer, nicer homes. Not always of course, but out that So. Carlsbad area, I would at least try to get close to Encinitas
