Mira Mesa – 7510 Bannister Ln – 10%+ loss in less than one year

[sdrealtor]

[quote=ocrenter][quote=svelte][quote=flu]Side note… Can we all agree and clarify from now on in posts that if we use “CV”, it means Carmel Valley, not Chula Vista… For Chula Vista, let’s use “cv”. Thanks for the compliance :)[/quote]

Actually, no. It has always bugged me that piggs assume CV means Carmel Valley.

It should be context dependent. In this case, we are talking about Chula Vista, so it stands for Chula Vista.

You are able to tell the difference between when CA stands for California and when it stands for Canada, aren’t you?[/quote]

What about CVA for Carmel Valley since it is Asian dominant. And CVH for Chula Vista since it is Hispanic dominant. :)[/quote]

Brilliant but you probably should make that CVAJ

[svelte]

[quote=bearishgurl]
Just like San Marcos, NC, CV and SY have changed for the better, especially in the last decade+.[/quote]

I don’t doubt that a bit, BG.

To be truthful, we’re lucky if we make it down that way once a year. And that is just to go to the Olympic Training Facility (if we have guests interested in that) and maybe drive by our old place. We still have a soft spot for our old hood, but we are much happier in a SFR with some breathing room around us.

I still wonder what happened to our old neighbors, and they appear to have all moved on. Nice people.

[svelte]

Now that BG and I have appeared to make our peace, I respectfully bow out of this thread.

Emily, please forgive us and resume your thoughts on MM (Mira Mesa, not to be confused with Mickey Mouse).

[bearishgurl]

[quote=briansd1]After thinking a little, I think that Chula sounds too much like Cholo.

So they could keep Vista and go with names like: Vista Sur, Bella Vista, Mar Vista, Vista Mar, Vista Del Mar, Vista Las Palmas, Vista Oceana, etc.[/quote]

brian, why don’t you contact the CV (all caps) Chamber of Commerce to see if you can get a “consultant” gig to work on a new name and image for CV (all caps)?

side note: cv (lowercase) means Carmel Valley. Carmel Valley is not a City or jurisdiction of any kind. It is the name of a community within the City of San Diego, formerly “Del Mar Heights,” and before that, “North City West.” Before that and up to a few years ago, it was home to thousands of “farmworkers” and even “cholos” (who brought in their own prostitutes) except for they had no actual address … or utilities, for that matter. For those three decades or so, patrolling cv was a logistical nightmare for SDPD!

[Coronita]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=briansd1]After thinking a little, I think that Chula sounds too much like Cholo.

So they could keep Vista and go with names like: Vista Sur, Bella Vista, Mar Vista, Vista Mar, Vista Del Mar, Vista Las Palmas, Vista Oceana, etc.[/quote]

brian, why don’t you contact the CV (all caps) Chamber of Commerce to see if you can get a “consultant” gig to work on a new name and image for CV (all caps)?

side note: cv (lowercase) means Carmel Valley. Carmel Valley is not a City or jurisdiction of any kind. It is the name of a community within the City of San Diego, formerly “Del Mar Heights,” and before that, “North City West.” Before that and up to a few years ago, it was home to thousands of “farmworkers” and even “cholos” (who brought in their own prostitutes) except for they had no actual address … or utilities, for that matter. For those three decades or so, patrolling cv was a logistical nightmare for SDPD![/quote]

BG, I don’t think people really care, except maybe you. You can call anything what you want.

[sdrealtor]

How about CJ?

note: That last quoted passage made me wonder if the last time she passed thru CVA was on the ill fated trip to SM in 1999 to buy a Dodge Dart.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=flu]BG, I don’t think people really care, except maybe you. You can call anything what you want.[/quote]

Actually, flu, I’m comfortable with the name, Chula Vista. Nothing wrong with it at all.

Piggs were probably using CV (all caps) in the past to discuss not-a-real-place “Carmel Valley” ad nauseum because that area seems to be what 60%+ of them are most interested in. Another 20% are interested in (2nd choice) “Anywhere PUSD” (aka “Phoenix”) but the vast majority of them ONLY because they are unable to buy in Carmel Valley. A close third seems to be fixated on “Nirvana” but that doesn’t seem to be very doable for the majority of Piggs. At least not for a home that would meet their “standards.”

It seems the REAL CV never really came on the radar (as a housing preference here) primarily due to its location (not close to major tech/biotech firms). It really has nothing to do with “Hispanics” (there are actually many thousands of “Hispanics” in North County).

I’m sure you’re all aware that “Hispanic” is not a race. “Hispanics” could be members of any of the three races, Caucasoid, Mongoloid and Negroid. The definition of “Hispanic” in this country (and county) is very, very ambiguous, at best. Most “Hispanic” individuals living in the US are actually “White,” or belonging to the “Caucasian” race.

As of 2010, 50.5 million or 16.3% of Americans were ethnically Hispanic or Latino. Of those, 26.7 million or 53% were White.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans

If you’ve ever been to some interior portions or the east coast of Mexico, you know exactly what I mean.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=svelte]Now that BG and I have appeared to make our peace, I respectfully bow out of this thread.

Emily, please forgive us and resume your thoughts on MM (Mira Mesa, not to be confused with Mickey Mouse).[/quote]

Emily, sorry for hijacking this thread of your discussion of the (MM) Bannister Ln property across the street from a condo-complex pkg lot and a stone’s throw from MM Blvd which recently sold for $405K … aaargh! I wasn’t intending to be a “cheerleader” for south county as there is already too much traffic on these roads down here and we really don’t need any more :={

It was in effort to dispel some of the rampant ignorance about Chula Vista and surrounds that seems pervasive on this board. Please accept my apologies.

Carry on …

[an]

[quote=bearishgurl]
Emily, sorry for hijacking this thread of your discussion of the (MM) Bannister Ln property across the street from a condo-complex pkg lot and a stone’s throw from MM Blvd which recently sold for $405K … aaargh![/quote]
You mean apartment complex parking lot, right?

[bearishgurl]

[quote=AN][quote=bearishgurl]
Emily, sorry for hijacking this thread of your discussion of the (MM) Bannister Ln property across the street from a condo-complex pkg lot and a stone’s throw from MM Blvd which recently sold for $405K … aaargh![/quote]
You mean apartment complex parking lot, right?[/quote]

Yes, thanks for clarifying, AN. Apartment complexes are usually more transient than condo complexes so the $405K sold comp there seems even more overvalued, IMHO.

Seriously, AN, if you really want to “move-up” and have done updating/rehab work to your property and Bannister Ln (in this seemingly “busy” location) just sold for $405K, why not put your property up for sale this spring? According to the LETDLITA would-be MM investors around here, MM is hot, hot, HOT!! Get your listing in there while the heat is on!!!

Do you think you make enough upon sale of your residence to move to Sorrento Mesa if you sold in the next few months?

[Coronita]

Ok… enough is enough…I need to get out and take care of real real estate now… Folks, enjoy the ubber bear, my city is better than MM or Carmel Valley or San Marcos, or (insert another city) here discussions..

[Coronita]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=flu]BG, I don’t think people really care, except maybe you. You can call anything what you want.[/quote]

Actually, flu, I’m comfortable with the name, Chula Vista. Nothing wrong with it at all.

Piggs were probably using CV (all caps) in the past to discuss not-a-real-place “Carmel Valley” ad nauseum because that area seems to be what 60%+ of them are most interested in. Another 20% are interested in (2nd choice) “Anywhere PUSD” (aka “Phoenix”) but the vast majority of them ONLY because they are unable to buy in Carmel Valley. A close third seems to be fixated on “Nirvana” but that doesn’t seem to be very doable for the majority of Piggs. At least not for a home that would meet their “standards.”

It seems the REAL CV never really came on the radar (as a housing preference here) primarily due to its location (not close to major tech/biotech firms). It really has nothing to do with “Hispanics” (there are actually many thousands of “Hispanics” in North County).

I’m sure you’re all aware that “Hispanic” is not a race. “Hispanics” could be members of any of the three races, Caucasoid, Mongoloid and Negroid. The definition of “Hispanic” in this country (and county) is very, very ambiguous, at best. Most “Hispanic” individuals living in the US are actually “White,” or belonging to the “Caucasian” race.

As of 2010, 50.5 million or 16.3% of Americans were ethnically Hispanic or Latino. Of those, 26.7 million or 53% were White.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans

If you’ve ever been to some interior portions or the east coast of Mexico, you know exactly what I mean.[/quote]

Uh… ..Who ever said this had anything to do with Hispanics? I think that’s exactly the point. I’m not sure you think anyone has said this was a discussion about Hispanics. Most people probably haven’t considered Chula Vista on this board because a good portion of the people on this board probably are interested in working close to sorrento valley and or 15 corridor in rancho bernardo, or near downtown…

[bearishgurl]

[quote=flu]…How did this thread devolve into a discussion about race is beyond me…[/quote]

If you go back in the thread, flu, you will see that I took brian’s “bait,” where he tried to claim that the prevailing “image” of Chula Vista (among those county dwellers not familiar with the area) was that of “upper TJ” or “lower class Hispanics” or something of that nature. This is not the first or even second time that I’ve read this nonsense here.

I was simply stating that “lower class Hispanics” (and all other “races” (ethnicities) live EVERYWHERE in the county. No part of SD county is devoid of low-income families. Not even within the covenant.

Chula Vista does not deserve that “image” as a large proportion of its population is upper-middle class and even wealthy. This includes other south county areas as well, incl Imperial Beach, Bonita, Otay Mesa (Ocean View Hills) and even National City!

And are you aware that Coronado technically lies in “South County?”

The only difference between the many thousands professional workers who live in south county and those who live in utc, uc, cv, lj, mm, and north county, etc is that they are willing to commute further to tech/biotech jobs or their daily commute isn’t very far, if at all.

note: For illustrative purposes here, lower case initials (above) are not derogatory. They denote “communities of the City of SD.” By no means are they “jurisdictions” in their own right or have governments “exclusive” of the City of SD. Except for their individual geographic, topographic and architectural nuances, they are one and the same.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=flu]Ok… enough is enough…I need to get out and take care of real real estate now… [/quote]

Good Luck, flu (I MEAN that)! Hope you can find a “decent” 1/1 which cash-flows every day, all day and will promptly be able to insert a “W-2” tenant in it (who, of course, works at a company that meets with your approval).

And don’t forget, caveat emptor as it applies to HOAs and condo construction!

Sayonara ;=]

[an]

[quote=bearishgurl]Yes, thanks for clarifying, AN. Apartment complexes are usually more transient than condo complexes so the $405K sold comp there seems even more overvalued, IMHO.

Seriously, AN, if you really want to “move-up” and have done updating/rehab work to your property and Bannister Ln (in this seemingly “busy” location) just sold for $405K, why not put your property up for sale this spring? According to the LETDLITA would-be MM investors around here, MM is hot, hot, HOT!! Get your listing in there while the heat is on!!!

Do you think you make enough upon sale of your residence to move to Sorrento Mesa if you sold in the next few months?[/quote]
What make you think it’s overvalued?

Why would I want to sell my place? Barring from someone willing to pay me $1M for my place right now, I’m keeping this baby as my retirement fund, even if I end up moving up. FYI, technically, there’s no such thing as Sorrento Mesa. Mira Mesa spread from 15 to 805 and Miramar to Calle Cristobal. So, “Sorrento Mesa” is nothing more than just a development within Mira Mesa. There are 3-4 houses in Mira Mesa that can make me move. So, no, there’s absolutely no reason why I would want to put my house in the market right now. If I can’t get one of those 3-4 houses, I’m staying put for a very very long time.

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