CA demographic shifts in the coming years will favor cities over suburbia

[briansd1]

sdrealtor, I admit, I avoid the NE in the winter. Spring and Fall are best.

I took my friend to Liberty Island on a beautiful day. We climbed the statue of liberty. The city was spectacular. We went from the Jersey side at Liberty State Park. It was her first time on the US East Coast.

[scaredyclassic]

No matter where you go in the USA no place compares to temecula.

[The-Shoveler]

[quote=walterwhite]No matter where you go in the USA no place compares to temecula.[/quote]

I agree !!
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[ctr70]

[quote=sdrealtor]Head back to those places in a couple months and trudge through 6 inches of slush for a week or two and then tell me how much you love it. Better yet go right before a major snowstorm when the cities shut down for a week or 2 and you are stuck in your house trying to find something to eat.[/quote]

Ahhh the old snow response…this is true. No one will argue SD has great weather, the architecture just sucks and it’s mostly dumpy or cookie cutter. Like I have always said, SD has the best weather in the world and super cool landscape (ocean, mnts, desert), but the city, culture, and surrounding area is a C- in terms the attractiveness of the housing developments and shopping centers. Generic or dumpy, not a lot in between. Mission Hills being one of the few exceptions

To UC Gal…Philly does have some really pretty suburbs that I can’t think of any thing in San Diego that matches. I have a aunt that lives in Devon PA, super nice & NOT cookie cutter. But Philly would not be my top area for stately suburban neighborhoods anyway. Philly in general is for the most is not a great city IMO, esp the city of Philly itself. It would be very low on my choices of places to live. I think Boston blows it’s doors off in terms of the East Coast. No comparison.

[sdrealtor]

ctr
Not just the snow. July on the northeast is just as miserable with high 90 temperatures and humidity combined. FWIW I grew up and spent about 30 years in Philly and know plenty of stately suburban neighborhoods (Haddonfield, Moorestown, Villanova, Gladwynne, Chestnut Hill, Penn Valley etc.). Not a top 3 city in the US (NYC, CHI and SF IMO) but certainly on par with the next tier down including Boston.

[UCGal]

ctr –
I liked living in Philly – and enjoy visiting friends and family there every year.
Within the city there are good spots and bad. We have friends we stay with that live a block off of Rittenhouse – great place to live and raise kids if you’re ok having the park be your yard. Other parts are downright scary (west Philly, north Philly, etc.)

But – I agree with sdr on the weather. I lived there for almost a decade, but was born and raised here. I do *not* miss the humidity in the summers.

I liked the snow – but that’s probably because as a San Diego girl, it was a novelty. And I liked getting snow days off work. LOL.

I haven’t lived in other east coast metros. But I’ve heard very nice things about Boston. But it’s a lot more pricey than Philly. And the winters are even more extreme.

[briansd1]

[quote=UCGal]But I’ve heard very nice things about Boston. But it’s a lot more pricey than Philly. And the winters are even more extreme.[/quote]

I don’t know much about Boston, but I have some cousins there. I should go visit them and see Boston at the same time. For some reason, I now enjoy meeting my relatives and seeing other cities.

I also heard that Boston is quite a bit more than Philly.

There is a lot of potential in Philly. The large Black population is likely a deterrent to many. It’s a perception thing.

Truth be told there is a lot of low-income housing in Philly which might be a turn off to would be residents. The city’s weather and narrow streets don’t give it the initial polish and appeal of San Diego for the first time visitors.

There are good schools and hospitals in the region. It could be more of a tech center. Maybe with the union of Comcast and NBC, Philly will be more of a Internet/entertainment center.

There is gorgeous old and new architecture in Philly.

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