North County San Diego

[doublewide]

Bugs..Vrundy…

Bugs, you are so right about the grocery store comment. A couple of years ago I’d park my little Honda between giant Hummers and lifted Fords in Temecula grocery stores to then walk inside and be faced with women with 0% body fat and Triple D chests…man was I out of my element. If we ever leave Scripps I’m going to start house shopping by checking out the local grocery store !

Vrundy, that’s cool about your MIL. My daughter and I still go to that park and walk our dogs many mornings and everyone is so nice. There seems to be a lanugage barrier but we talk with smiles while the little kids pet the dogs. We also like to just watch the Tai-Chi, it’s so calm and graceful…but I’ve always wondered, is it rude to watch??? Grandma always said don’t stare, but it’s like watching a ballet, how can you not look?

Doublewide

[gracie]

I agree….I think one of the best areas with great schools is Rancho Penasquitos. Great location, homes with and without mello-roos…variety of different home prices.
Tons of kids…lots of families. Carmel Valley is great too…just more expensive.

[gracie]

I agree….I think one of the best areas with great schools is Rancho Penasquitos. Great location, homes with and without mello-roos…variety of different home prices.
Tons of kids…lots of families. Carmel Valley is great too…just more expensive.

[greekfire]

I sense that you are eager and ready to buy, but have you considered waiting until more of the housing fallout smoke settles? You might find that your prospects are twice as good. Waiting only a year from now will allow you to view any repercussions from a glut of subprime mortgage resets that are due to occur (red line vs. blue line):

[img_assist|nid=3953|title=|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=466|height=305] Besides, if you rent in a particular area it will give you first-hand knowledge of the schools and overall feel of the neighborhood…without having to make a large investment like you would if you'd purchased.

[greekfire]

I sense that you are eager and ready to buy, but have you considered waiting until more of the housing fallout smoke settles? You might find that your prospects are twice as good. Waiting only a year from now will allow you to view any repercussions from a glut of subprime mortgage resets that are due to occur (red line vs. blue line):

[img_assist|nid=3953|title=|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=466|height=305] Besides, if you rent in a particular area it will give you first-hand knowledge of the schools and overall feel of the neighborhood…without having to make a large investment like you would if you'd purchased.

[MANmom]

I agree with others here, Rancho Penasquitos is a great area to live if you want diversity. My caucasion children are pretty much in the minority here. Lots of Asians of different backgrounds (Philipino, Chinese, Japanese), Indian, Latinos and Blacks live here. We also have a large contingent of illegal and legal migrant workers in this area (the canyon provides great cover). Makes for a very worldly view for my kids. They have a cricket league that plays near the baseball fields here at Canyonside park, it is interesting to watch that. Tai-Chi is also taught at our local park, our multi-cultural festivals at school are filled with tastes and sounds of the world…You should check it out! There are not many homes here over 3,000 square feet (maybe 10%), but there are some. Prices for those are around $1 million.

MAMmom

[MANmom]

I agree with others here, Rancho Penasquitos is a great area to live if you want diversity. My caucasion children are pretty much in the minority here. Lots of Asians of different backgrounds (Philipino, Chinese, Japanese), Indian, Latinos and Blacks live here. We also have a large contingent of illegal and legal migrant workers in this area (the canyon provides great cover). Makes for a very worldly view for my kids. They have a cricket league that plays near the baseball fields here at Canyonside park, it is interesting to watch that. Tai-Chi is also taught at our local park, our multi-cultural festivals at school are filled with tastes and sounds of the world…You should check it out! There are not many homes here over 3,000 square feet (maybe 10%), but there are some. Prices for those are around $1 million.

MAMmom

[MANmom]

And PS, we have the best schools in the district…Westview High is going to be named in the top 500 schools (#240) in a national magazine this month…the article was just in the local newspaper (the pomerado news group) Corridor news. Can’t beat that!

MANmom

[MANmom]

And PS, we have the best schools in the district…Westview High is going to be named in the top 500 schools (#240) in a national magazine this month…the article was just in the local newspaper (the pomerado news group) Corridor news. Can’t beat that!

MANmom

[temeculaguy]

Don’t kid yourself about the diversity. I will give you an amen on the high school and it’s academic perfomance, with an API well over 800 it is one of the best performing public schools you can send your kids to. But this thread started with a desire to find racial and socioeconomic diversity in a school that the original poster was looking for. If that truly is what she wants, she may feel good about hearing things are diverse and be able to rationalize her idealism but you really need to look at the facts. Taking westview high since it was mentioned I analyzed the data. Look at the numbers, this school does well for a variety of reasons but it benefits from socioeconomic advantage and it does not mirror the county demographics. Facts are facts, it is almost exclusively a white and asian school in a county that is not. African American and Hispanic 15-17 year olds make up half of the 15-17 year olds in San Diego County, yet combined they make up less than 10% of the student population at this school and most of the other Poway Schools. Only 89 students are considered poor (read free lunch program) a comparison of Chula Vista High 1163 of the 1894 students were considered poor which is 10x the percentage of this school. The stats below pulled from the state and county websites. If the question here was can I send my kid to school with rich white and asian kids, then you found it, but that was not her question. I don’t know if it is possible to find what she is looking for but this isn’t it.

Westview high’s 1584 students that took the 2006 API according to the state department of education
Over 1300 of those students are white, asian or filipino.

African American (not of Hispanic origin) 46
American Indian or Alaska Native 4
Asian 331
Filipino 153
Hispanic or Latino 109
Pacific Islander 12
White (not of Hispanic origin) 881
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged 89

Countywide stats from SANDAG by race for 15-17 year olds

African American 8,421
American Indian 716
Asian, pac islander and filipino combined 11,886
white 53,916
hispanic 51,214

[temeculaguy]

Don’t kid yourself about the diversity. I will give you an amen on the high school and it’s academic perfomance, with an API well over 800 it is one of the best performing public schools you can send your kids to. But this thread started with a desire to find racial and socioeconomic diversity in a school that the original poster was looking for. If that truly is what she wants, she may feel good about hearing things are diverse and be able to rationalize her idealism but you really need to look at the facts. Taking westview high since it was mentioned I analyzed the data. Look at the numbers, this school does well for a variety of reasons but it benefits from socioeconomic advantage and it does not mirror the county demographics. Facts are facts, it is almost exclusively a white and asian school in a county that is not. African American and Hispanic 15-17 year olds make up half of the 15-17 year olds in San Diego County, yet combined they make up less than 10% of the student population at this school and most of the other Poway Schools. Only 89 students are considered poor (read free lunch program) a comparison of Chula Vista High 1163 of the 1894 students were considered poor which is 10x the percentage of this school. The stats below pulled from the state and county websites. If the question here was can I send my kid to school with rich white and asian kids, then you found it, but that was not her question. I don’t know if it is possible to find what she is looking for but this isn’t it.

Westview high’s 1584 students that took the 2006 API according to the state department of education
Over 1300 of those students are white, asian or filipino.

African American (not of Hispanic origin) 46
American Indian or Alaska Native 4
Asian 331
Filipino 153
Hispanic or Latino 109
Pacific Islander 12
White (not of Hispanic origin) 881
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged 89

Countywide stats from SANDAG by race for 15-17 year olds

African American 8,421
American Indian 716
Asian, pac islander and filipino combined 11,886
white 53,916
hispanic 51,214

[SD Realtor]

This is just a guess temecula but I think the diversity desired was perhaps asian or indian.

SD Realtor

[SD Realtor]

This is just a guess temecula but I think the diversity desired was perhaps asian or indian.

SD Realtor

[JWM in SD]

Why the shock??? DId you read the bubble primer here on this site?? And you still want to buy?? Do you understand what is happening with the easy credit that has been driving the bubble for the past 5 years and what impact that will have on RE prices in the next several years??

Hope you don’t have to move or lose a job. If you are employed in the Real Estate industry, find another job fast.

[JWM in SD]

Why the shock??? DId you read the bubble primer here on this site?? And you still want to buy?? Do you understand what is happening with the easy credit that has been driving the bubble for the past 5 years and what impact that will have on RE prices in the next several years??

Hope you don’t have to move or lose a job. If you are employed in the Real Estate industry, find another job fast.

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