coronado/la jolla/ rancho santa fe/ del mar

[sdrealtor]

Hate to stereotype but this holds pretty true:

Coronado typical resident – retired military or wealthy Mexican family

Del Mar typical resident – retired university professor, physican or attorney

FWIW, I dont see many homeless frolicking around DM

[Zeitgeist]

Del Mar crime appears high because of the small population base. It is also seasonal. There is a racetrack there during the summer and the San Diego County Fair. You are correct there is opportunistic crime near the beach when tourists park their cars full of loot there and walk to the beach. Nearby, in Solana Beach there is a hard core element of addicts who live in an area called Eden Gardens and routinely burglarize to support their habit. Rancho Santa Fe is farther from the beach, but has its own security force which has a far better response time than the local Sheriff because they are based in RSF. I vote for RSF or that vicinity. Make sure you buy in the correct zip code or you will be paying RSF prices without the true value. You need to work with someone that knows the area and not someone who just wants to take your money. I suggest you rent out here during the season and see what goes on during the summer and how you can handle the traffic and the congestion. Del Mar was a much better place in the 70’s and 80’s, less trend and more hamlet.

P.S. Del Mar City officials are hard to deal with if you wanted to buy an older house and upgrade it. That is why the people who live there are called Delmartians…

[Zeitgeist]

Del Mar crime appears high because of the small population base. It is also seasonal. There is a racetrack there during the summer and the San Diego County Fair. You are correct there is opportunistic crime near the beach when tourists park their cars full of loot there and walk to the beach. Nearby, in Solana Beach there is a hard core element of addicts who live in an area called Eden Gardens and routinely burglarize to support their habit. Rancho Santa Fe is farther from the beach, but has its own security force which has a far better response time than the local Sheriff because they are based in RSF. I vote for RSF or that vicinity. Make sure you buy in the correct zip code or you will be paying RSF prices without the true value. You need to work with someone that knows the area and not someone who just wants to take your money. I suggest you rent out here during the season and see what goes on during the summer and how you can handle the traffic and the congestion. Del Mar was a much better place in the 70’s and 80’s, less trend and more hamlet.

P.S. Del Mar City officials are hard to deal with if you wanted to buy an older house and upgrade it. That is why the people who live there are called Delmartians…

[Zeitgeist]

Del Mar crime appears high because of the small population base. It is also seasonal. There is a racetrack there during the summer and the San Diego County Fair. You are correct there is opportunistic crime near the beach when tourists park their cars full of loot there and walk to the beach. Nearby, in Solana Beach there is a hard core element of addicts who live in an area called Eden Gardens and routinely burglarize to support their habit. Rancho Santa Fe is farther from the beach, but has its own security force which has a far better response time than the local Sheriff because they are based in RSF. I vote for RSF or that vicinity. Make sure you buy in the correct zip code or you will be paying RSF prices without the true value. You need to work with someone that knows the area and not someone who just wants to take your money. I suggest you rent out here during the season and see what goes on during the summer and how you can handle the traffic and the congestion. Del Mar was a much better place in the 70’s and 80’s, less trend and more hamlet.

P.S. Del Mar City officials are hard to deal with if you wanted to buy an older house and upgrade it. That is why the people who live there are called Delmartians…

[Zeitgeist]

Del Mar crime appears high because of the small population base. It is also seasonal. There is a racetrack there during the summer and the San Diego County Fair. You are correct there is opportunistic crime near the beach when tourists park their cars full of loot there and walk to the beach. Nearby, in Solana Beach there is a hard core element of addicts who live in an area called Eden Gardens and routinely burglarize to support their habit. Rancho Santa Fe is farther from the beach, but has its own security force which has a far better response time than the local Sheriff because they are based in RSF. I vote for RSF or that vicinity. Make sure you buy in the correct zip code or you will be paying RSF prices without the true value. You need to work with someone that knows the area and not someone who just wants to take your money. I suggest you rent out here during the season and see what goes on during the summer and how you can handle the traffic and the congestion. Del Mar was a much better place in the 70’s and 80’s, less trend and more hamlet.

P.S. Del Mar City officials are hard to deal with if you wanted to buy an older house and upgrade it. That is why the people who live there are called Delmartians…

[Zeitgeist]

Del Mar crime appears high because of the small population base. It is also seasonal. There is a racetrack there during the summer and the San Diego County Fair. You are correct there is opportunistic crime near the beach when tourists park their cars full of loot there and walk to the beach. Nearby, in Solana Beach there is a hard core element of addicts who live in an area called Eden Gardens and routinely burglarize to support their habit. Rancho Santa Fe is farther from the beach, but has its own security force which has a far better response time than the local Sheriff because they are based in RSF. I vote for RSF or that vicinity. Make sure you buy in the correct zip code or you will be paying RSF prices without the true value. You need to work with someone that knows the area and not someone who just wants to take your money. I suggest you rent out here during the season and see what goes on during the summer and how you can handle the traffic and the congestion. Del Mar was a much better place in the 70’s and 80’s, less trend and more hamlet.

P.S. Del Mar City officials are hard to deal with if you wanted to buy an older house and upgrade it. That is why the people who live there are called Delmartians…

[Ash Housewares]

With your budget and the only apparent requirement being “california weather” you can cast a much wider net than you are currently. Have you considered Santa Barbara? Same weather, and being a university town it has a lot more in the way of restaurants/bars/shops. It’s the quintessential CA beach town, at least in my mind. With all the young college kids the “zest for life” you mention is almost tangible there. Of course with youth comes more general grunginess than Del Mar and the others, so it’s a trade-off.

[Ash Housewares]

With your budget and the only apparent requirement being “california weather” you can cast a much wider net than you are currently. Have you considered Santa Barbara? Same weather, and being a university town it has a lot more in the way of restaurants/bars/shops. It’s the quintessential CA beach town, at least in my mind. With all the young college kids the “zest for life” you mention is almost tangible there. Of course with youth comes more general grunginess than Del Mar and the others, so it’s a trade-off.

[Ash Housewares]

With your budget and the only apparent requirement being “california weather” you can cast a much wider net than you are currently. Have you considered Santa Barbara? Same weather, and being a university town it has a lot more in the way of restaurants/bars/shops. It’s the quintessential CA beach town, at least in my mind. With all the young college kids the “zest for life” you mention is almost tangible there. Of course with youth comes more general grunginess than Del Mar and the others, so it’s a trade-off.

[Ash Housewares]

With your budget and the only apparent requirement being “california weather” you can cast a much wider net than you are currently. Have you considered Santa Barbara? Same weather, and being a university town it has a lot more in the way of restaurants/bars/shops. It’s the quintessential CA beach town, at least in my mind. With all the young college kids the “zest for life” you mention is almost tangible there. Of course with youth comes more general grunginess than Del Mar and the others, so it’s a trade-off.

[Ash Housewares]

With your budget and the only apparent requirement being “california weather” you can cast a much wider net than you are currently. Have you considered Santa Barbara? Same weather, and being a university town it has a lot more in the way of restaurants/bars/shops. It’s the quintessential CA beach town, at least in my mind. With all the young college kids the “zest for life” you mention is almost tangible there. Of course with youth comes more general grunginess than Del Mar and the others, so it’s a trade-off.

[bearishgurl]

investor, if you used to live in SJ and consider that area “warm” (in relation to VA, maybe it is), then I agree with Ashhousewares that you can widen your scope. I myself grew up in Alameda County (SF Bay area) but have visited Wash DC, Fairfax and Loudoun Counties in VA and they are very beautiful and spacious places to live, esp. along the Potomac River. If you are from any of these counties, SD county may not offer any comparable lifestyle to what you are used to, even for 6 mos. a year. If I were you, I would research other coastal areas of CA (that your wife might eventually agree to move to full-time) such as coastal areas within the counties of Mendocino, Santa Cruz, Monterey or Santa Barbara. You might look into Marin County as well, but the prices there may be too high for you. If you end up in one of these more rural coastal counties with a rugged spectacular (but cold) beach and get a “craving” for a big, wide warm beach, it is just a 1.5 to 9-hour drive to visit beaches in Malibu, Santa Monica, LaJolla or Coronado, not 3000+ miles, like your current situation. Just my .02 “food for thought.”

[bearishgurl]

investor, if you used to live in SJ and consider that area “warm” (in relation to VA, maybe it is), then I agree with Ashhousewares that you can widen your scope. I myself grew up in Alameda County (SF Bay area) but have visited Wash DC, Fairfax and Loudoun Counties in VA and they are very beautiful and spacious places to live, esp. along the Potomac River. If you are from any of these counties, SD county may not offer any comparable lifestyle to what you are used to, even for 6 mos. a year. If I were you, I would research other coastal areas of CA (that your wife might eventually agree to move to full-time) such as coastal areas within the counties of Mendocino, Santa Cruz, Monterey or Santa Barbara. You might look into Marin County as well, but the prices there may be too high for you. If you end up in one of these more rural coastal counties with a rugged spectacular (but cold) beach and get a “craving” for a big, wide warm beach, it is just a 1.5 to 9-hour drive to visit beaches in Malibu, Santa Monica, LaJolla or Coronado, not 3000+ miles, like your current situation. Just my .02 “food for thought.”

[bearishgurl]

investor, if you used to live in SJ and consider that area “warm” (in relation to VA, maybe it is), then I agree with Ashhousewares that you can widen your scope. I myself grew up in Alameda County (SF Bay area) but have visited Wash DC, Fairfax and Loudoun Counties in VA and they are very beautiful and spacious places to live, esp. along the Potomac River. If you are from any of these counties, SD county may not offer any comparable lifestyle to what you are used to, even for 6 mos. a year. If I were you, I would research other coastal areas of CA (that your wife might eventually agree to move to full-time) such as coastal areas within the counties of Mendocino, Santa Cruz, Monterey or Santa Barbara. You might look into Marin County as well, but the prices there may be too high for you. If you end up in one of these more rural coastal counties with a rugged spectacular (but cold) beach and get a “craving” for a big, wide warm beach, it is just a 1.5 to 9-hour drive to visit beaches in Malibu, Santa Monica, LaJolla or Coronado, not 3000+ miles, like your current situation. Just my .02 “food for thought.”

[bearishgurl]

investor, if you used to live in SJ and consider that area “warm” (in relation to VA, maybe it is), then I agree with Ashhousewares that you can widen your scope. I myself grew up in Alameda County (SF Bay area) but have visited Wash DC, Fairfax and Loudoun Counties in VA and they are very beautiful and spacious places to live, esp. along the Potomac River. If you are from any of these counties, SD county may not offer any comparable lifestyle to what you are used to, even for 6 mos. a year. If I were you, I would research other coastal areas of CA (that your wife might eventually agree to move to full-time) such as coastal areas within the counties of Mendocino, Santa Cruz, Monterey or Santa Barbara. You might look into Marin County as well, but the prices there may be too high for you. If you end up in one of these more rural coastal counties with a rugged spectacular (but cold) beach and get a “craving” for a big, wide warm beach, it is just a 1.5 to 9-hour drive to visit beaches in Malibu, Santa Monica, LaJolla or Coronado, not 3000+ miles, like your current situation. Just my .02 “food for thought.”

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