Good place to live with children

[4Sbuyer2002]

4S Ranch is your best bet by far. You may be able to get into a small SFH for 550K (Garden Walk). In addition, to being a very family oriented community the whole community is engineered to withstand firestorms like San Diego recently experience. 4S have same climate as Carmel Valley, Schools which are equal, and cost significantly less for the same sq/ft in a SFH. With the extension of Carmel Valley Road through 4S you are no about 2-3 minutes farther from the beach or La Jolla than you would be from Carmel Valley. Also no small benefit . . . . Temecula is way to far. Your husband who works in La Jolla will be chained to his car for 3 hrs a day if you buy in Temecula and work in La Jolla. I would not condemn him to that torture (3 hrs a day in SD traffic).

grateful owner . . . .

[SD Realtor]

Louise –

Your best bet is not 4S or Carmel Valley, or Scripps, or Temecula. Your best bet is to come down to San Diego and rent for awhile while you get to know the area. Basically there are plenty of neighborhoods that you will find within 1/2 hour from La Jolla that will be fine choices to raise your children. What you will do while you rent for a year is to hunt around and get to know all of these locations and the impact of the commute, the school districts, the community… etc…

Look, what is important to you? Do you like big yards? Do you like new homes verses older homes? Do you want to tolerate Mello Roos? Do you want to be more coastal? I grew up in Northridge and Marina Del Rey but have been down in San Diego for over 25 years. If I had never been to L.A. but emailed you saying I was moving to L.A. and working in Chatsworth, where should I buy a home, what would you say? There is a multitude to choose from but you don’t know my taste so you would probably say, go rent for awhile and get to know the area.

Same for San Diego, there are plenty of homes or condo’s to rent in the community that are within 1/2 hour of La Jolla. Do that, go for a 6 month or 1 year lease, then you will really get in tune with the city and find the ideal area for you.

SD Realtor

[SD Realtor]

Louise –

Your best bet is not 4S or Carmel Valley, or Scripps, or Temecula. Your best bet is to come down to San Diego and rent for awhile while you get to know the area. Basically there are plenty of neighborhoods that you will find within 1/2 hour from La Jolla that will be fine choices to raise your children. What you will do while you rent for a year is to hunt around and get to know all of these locations and the impact of the commute, the school districts, the community… etc…

Look, what is important to you? Do you like big yards? Do you like new homes verses older homes? Do you want to tolerate Mello Roos? Do you want to be more coastal? I grew up in Northridge and Marina Del Rey but have been down in San Diego for over 25 years. If I had never been to L.A. but emailed you saying I was moving to L.A. and working in Chatsworth, where should I buy a home, what would you say? There is a multitude to choose from but you don’t know my taste so you would probably say, go rent for awhile and get to know the area.

Same for San Diego, there are plenty of homes or condo’s to rent in the community that are within 1/2 hour of La Jolla. Do that, go for a 6 month or 1 year lease, then you will really get in tune with the city and find the ideal area for you.

SD Realtor

[SD Realtor]

Louise –

Your best bet is not 4S or Carmel Valley, or Scripps, or Temecula. Your best bet is to come down to San Diego and rent for awhile while you get to know the area. Basically there are plenty of neighborhoods that you will find within 1/2 hour from La Jolla that will be fine choices to raise your children. What you will do while you rent for a year is to hunt around and get to know all of these locations and the impact of the commute, the school districts, the community… etc…

Look, what is important to you? Do you like big yards? Do you like new homes verses older homes? Do you want to tolerate Mello Roos? Do you want to be more coastal? I grew up in Northridge and Marina Del Rey but have been down in San Diego for over 25 years. If I had never been to L.A. but emailed you saying I was moving to L.A. and working in Chatsworth, where should I buy a home, what would you say? There is a multitude to choose from but you don’t know my taste so you would probably say, go rent for awhile and get to know the area.

Same for San Diego, there are plenty of homes or condo’s to rent in the community that are within 1/2 hour of La Jolla. Do that, go for a 6 month or 1 year lease, then you will really get in tune with the city and find the ideal area for you.

SD Realtor

[justbought]

I second Carmel Valley, south of 56 in Torrey Hills or Carmel Country Highlands area. Unfortunately, that area is not “Fire proof” like 4closure, I mean 4S Ranch 🙁

But school-wise it’s great: There are 3 elementary schools, including Sage Canyon, Torrey Hills, and Ocean Air. You can check them out to see how they compare to other schools.

[justbought]

I second Carmel Valley, south of 56 in Torrey Hills or Carmel Country Highlands area. Unfortunately, that area is not “Fire proof” like 4closure, I mean 4S Ranch 🙁

But school-wise it’s great: There are 3 elementary schools, including Sage Canyon, Torrey Hills, and Ocean Air. You can check them out to see how they compare to other schools.

[justbought]

I second Carmel Valley, south of 56 in Torrey Hills or Carmel Country Highlands area. Unfortunately, that area is not “Fire proof” like 4closure, I mean 4S Ranch 🙁

But school-wise it’s great: There are 3 elementary schools, including Sage Canyon, Torrey Hills, and Ocean Air. You can check them out to see how they compare to other schools.

[louise]

Thanks again for your answers.
SD realtor wrote- Basically there are plenty of neighborhoods that you will find within 1/2 hour from La Jolla that will be fine choices to raise your children.
Can you name some? Of course I will not pick a city based on what everybody writes here, and buy there, but only use your info as a starting point. We will go down to SD on the weekends and look. Since it seems like so many here live in San Diego I thought I could use the info to get a head start. I myself prefer nice craftsman’s houses, but as a mom I really like the new constructions, they tend to have lots of kids. Small grass backyard is fine.
For example, if you look at Mira Mesa on Zip realty, they have nice new homes, seems perfect but if you read on blogs you stumble over comments like “gang activity” “dangerous streets” etc. I don’t know, it is hard to get good info. All communities and cities seem so nice when you read about them.
We were in San Diego two weeks ago and drove in La Jolla and Del Mar. Very nice and expensive (I knew that, we looked just for fun) I talked to a realtor in an open house and told this story (me-La Jolla, my Husband downtown) and she seriously suggested Ocean side. I kind of decided at once that I should not ask her for any more advice. I am grateful for the info I can get, and I will not hold it against anybody.

[louise]

Thanks again for your answers.
SD realtor wrote- Basically there are plenty of neighborhoods that you will find within 1/2 hour from La Jolla that will be fine choices to raise your children.
Can you name some? Of course I will not pick a city based on what everybody writes here, and buy there, but only use your info as a starting point. We will go down to SD on the weekends and look. Since it seems like so many here live in San Diego I thought I could use the info to get a head start. I myself prefer nice craftsman’s houses, but as a mom I really like the new constructions, they tend to have lots of kids. Small grass backyard is fine.
For example, if you look at Mira Mesa on Zip realty, they have nice new homes, seems perfect but if you read on blogs you stumble over comments like “gang activity” “dangerous streets” etc. I don’t know, it is hard to get good info. All communities and cities seem so nice when you read about them.
We were in San Diego two weeks ago and drove in La Jolla and Del Mar. Very nice and expensive (I knew that, we looked just for fun) I talked to a realtor in an open house and told this story (me-La Jolla, my Husband downtown) and she seriously suggested Ocean side. I kind of decided at once that I should not ask her for any more advice. I am grateful for the info I can get, and I will not hold it against anybody.

[louise]

Thanks again for your answers.
SD realtor wrote- Basically there are plenty of neighborhoods that you will find within 1/2 hour from La Jolla that will be fine choices to raise your children.
Can you name some? Of course I will not pick a city based on what everybody writes here, and buy there, but only use your info as a starting point. We will go down to SD on the weekends and look. Since it seems like so many here live in San Diego I thought I could use the info to get a head start. I myself prefer nice craftsman’s houses, but as a mom I really like the new constructions, they tend to have lots of kids. Small grass backyard is fine.
For example, if you look at Mira Mesa on Zip realty, they have nice new homes, seems perfect but if you read on blogs you stumble over comments like “gang activity” “dangerous streets” etc. I don’t know, it is hard to get good info. All communities and cities seem so nice when you read about them.
We were in San Diego two weeks ago and drove in La Jolla and Del Mar. Very nice and expensive (I knew that, we looked just for fun) I talked to a realtor in an open house and told this story (me-La Jolla, my Husband downtown) and she seriously suggested Ocean side. I kind of decided at once that I should not ask her for any more advice. I am grateful for the info I can get, and I will not hold it against anybody.

[kewp]

Why not live in one of many fine condoplexes in LJ and send the kids to the Montessori school with the money you save?

http://montessorilajolla.com/index.htm

[kewp]

Why not live in one of many fine condoplexes in LJ and send the kids to the Montessori school with the money you save?

http://montessorilajolla.com/index.htm

[kewp]

Why not live in one of many fine condoplexes in LJ and send the kids to the Montessori school with the money you save?

http://montessorilajolla.com/index.htm

[fishsticks]

On a related note, does anyone know where you can get good reliable stats on the quality of public schools in SD?

[fishsticks]

On a related note, does anyone know where you can get good reliable stats on the quality of public schools in SD?

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