Well, I must chime in! IMO, overall, the houses in City Heights are smaller and less descript. There are more of those really plain box houses. I don’t know of any streets in City Heights to mirror the streets of Pershing, Granada, Alabama–the ones near Morley Field. I also think City Heights is MUCH more dense with apartment complexes. I suspect that there was less regulations in the 70’s and many low income apartment complexes were built.
About 7 years ago was the Price Charities project in City Heights (Price was the Priceclub guy, then Price Club became Costco) and that helped to revitalize City Heights to some extent. The Albertsons on Fairmount was built, and that shopping center. That was something for a neighborhood that for years only had liquor stores and small food marts.
My friend and I bought a rental house in City Heights in 2001, and I can tell you the area has improved. It has NOT improved nearly as much as North Park has.
Drunkle, whereabouts do you live? I RARELY hear ghetto birds. Mostly people walking their dogs, and some neighbors know each other. No drama, no chaos. Though, that was different back in the late 80s/early 90’s when I lived near El Cajon Blvd on Alabama Street. I live just west of the 805 and south of University.
