Yet some of the most desirable areas in San Diego are ones that are walkable, and not dependent on some G-d forsaken rolling prison of glass and steel to so much as buy t.p. to wipe your bottom. Funny that wealthier people in the US tend to shy away from cage-dependent neighborhoods. Why else would Manhattan, Brooklyn, Cambridge, waterfront Chicago, San Francisco, etc be so desirable, as reflected in their sale prices?
FlyerInHI: San Diego has a more pleasant climate six months out of the year. Less hot, humid, and rainy in summer. The great benefit is that the A/C is natural. If it had winters that weren’t only fit for weaklings, I’d consider moving there.
flu: Define “lesser values”, please. Is working for some big-pig firm like Qualcomm, coming in to work every morning wanting to smack your boss, staying there for 10-11 hours a day, and getting fired at 40 because you’re “out of date” really the pinnacle of achievement? At least most of the blue-collar folks I know who started their own small businesses are still working past 40 and doing decently well.
Frankly, I’d rather see my kids end up as plumbers or electrical contractors than as some mid-level schnook working for Qualcomm or even Google. At least they’re more likely to own a business that way and not be beholden to some shitheel manager.
