North East Rancho Penasquitos

[UCGal]

Add me to the club that disagrees that PQ was ever lower middle class.

And I find it funny to call PQ a bedroom community when compared to Chula Vista. Sure it’s a bedroom community because there are only a few largeish employers in PQ proper… but many are nearby. Just my personal observations (based on watching freeway congestion) More people commute OUT of Chula Vista than into it.

Like a large percentage of San Diego county residents, I work in Sorrento Valley. Qualcomm (largest private employer in the county), Websense, etc are all here. And Torrey Pines is home to most of the biotech/pharma. For many, this is where the jobs are.

But southbay has NASSCO, 32nd street, North Island, etc… so there are jobs in south bay. I guess it’s all persepective. You see people around you that have reasonably short commutes – because they purchased near their job, or because they sought jobs close by. I see the same thing in the North part of San Diego…. (Except those coworkers who bought in Otay because they wanted BIG houses for less than 4S prices.)

[bearishgurl]

[quote=UCGal] . . . And I find it funny to call PQ a bedroom community when compared to Chula Vista. . . [/quote]

PQ = 30+ mi. from Dtn. SD (fwy dependent), CV 91910 = 10-13 mi. from Dtn. SD. (not fwy dependent).

Again, I’m using Dtn. SD as the “core” and the main “jobs center.” This is probably outdated now.

To be frank, 65% of 91910 does not commute to “work” – they work out of their homes, work locally or are retired.

The other zips in Chula are 13-22 mi. from dtn. SD. This is why the heavy commute now on the 5 and 805. Before 2000, there was much less congestion on these freeways.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=UCGal] . . . And I find it funny to call PQ a bedroom community when compared to Chula Vista. . . [/quote]

PQ = 30+ mi. from Dtn. SD (fwy dependent), CV 91910 = 10-13 mi. from Dtn. SD. (not fwy dependent).

Again, I’m using Dtn. SD as the “core” and the main “jobs center.” This is probably outdated now.

To be frank, 65% of 91910 does not commute to “work” – they work out of their homes, work locally or are retired.

The other zips in Chula are 13-22 mi. from dtn. SD. This is why the heavy commute now on the 5 and 805. Before 2000, there was much less congestion on these freeways.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=UCGal] . . . And I find it funny to call PQ a bedroom community when compared to Chula Vista. . . [/quote]

PQ = 30+ mi. from Dtn. SD (fwy dependent), CV 91910 = 10-13 mi. from Dtn. SD. (not fwy dependent).

Again, I’m using Dtn. SD as the “core” and the main “jobs center.” This is probably outdated now.

To be frank, 65% of 91910 does not commute to “work” – they work out of their homes, work locally or are retired.

The other zips in Chula are 13-22 mi. from dtn. SD. This is why the heavy commute now on the 5 and 805. Before 2000, there was much less congestion on these freeways.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=UCGal] . . . And I find it funny to call PQ a bedroom community when compared to Chula Vista. . . [/quote]

PQ = 30+ mi. from Dtn. SD (fwy dependent), CV 91910 = 10-13 mi. from Dtn. SD. (not fwy dependent).

Again, I’m using Dtn. SD as the “core” and the main “jobs center.” This is probably outdated now.

To be frank, 65% of 91910 does not commute to “work” – they work out of their homes, work locally or are retired.

The other zips in Chula are 13-22 mi. from dtn. SD. This is why the heavy commute now on the 5 and 805. Before 2000, there was much less congestion on these freeways.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=UCGal] . . . And I find it funny to call PQ a bedroom community when compared to Chula Vista. . . [/quote]

PQ = 30+ mi. from Dtn. SD (fwy dependent), CV 91910 = 10-13 mi. from Dtn. SD. (not fwy dependent).

Again, I’m using Dtn. SD as the “core” and the main “jobs center.” This is probably outdated now.

To be frank, 65% of 91910 does not commute to “work” – they work out of their homes, work locally or are retired.

The other zips in Chula are 13-22 mi. from dtn. SD. This is why the heavy commute now on the 5 and 805. Before 2000, there was much less congestion on these freeways.

[an]

UCGal, I find it funny to call PQ a bedroom community too. It just be a huge bedroom. Total population for PQ is 74k, while total population of Chula Vista/Bonita is is 186k. So PQ is almost 1/2 of all of Chula Vista/Bonita.

[an]

UCGal, I find it funny to call PQ a bedroom community too. It just be a huge bedroom. Total population for PQ is 74k, while total population of Chula Vista/Bonita is is 186k. So PQ is almost 1/2 of all of Chula Vista/Bonita.

[an]

UCGal, I find it funny to call PQ a bedroom community too. It just be a huge bedroom. Total population for PQ is 74k, while total population of Chula Vista/Bonita is is 186k. So PQ is almost 1/2 of all of Chula Vista/Bonita.

[an]

UCGal, I find it funny to call PQ a bedroom community too. It just be a huge bedroom. Total population for PQ is 74k, while total population of Chula Vista/Bonita is is 186k. So PQ is almost 1/2 of all of Chula Vista/Bonita.

[an]

UCGal, I find it funny to call PQ a bedroom community too. It just be a huge bedroom. Total population for PQ is 74k, while total population of Chula Vista/Bonita is is 186k. So PQ is almost 1/2 of all of Chula Vista/Bonita.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=sdrealtor]Like real estate this is nowhere near as easy as you try to make it out to be. You could divide middle class into alot more than 3 levels. . . . I would not consider them all to be same class. Would you?[/quote]

No, I would not, sdr, see my post on wealth distribution. It all boils down to size of cash downpayments and terms of purchase.

Conversely, there is the quintessential CV couple in their mid-eighties who drive a 15-yr-old Lexus. (Came over to Ellis Island as children [TRUE].) Have pd. for home in MC/lower-MC area in perfect cond. inside and out as is their car. Too old to travel but active and content. Still LOADED with $$ so as not to be a burden on their children. THERE ARE LOTS OF THESE OWNERS STILL ALIVE IN SD, sdr. “Wealth” has many different faces.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=sdrealtor]Like real estate this is nowhere near as easy as you try to make it out to be. You could divide middle class into alot more than 3 levels. . . . I would not consider them all to be same class. Would you?[/quote]

No, I would not, sdr, see my post on wealth distribution. It all boils down to size of cash downpayments and terms of purchase.

Conversely, there is the quintessential CV couple in their mid-eighties who drive a 15-yr-old Lexus. (Came over to Ellis Island as children [TRUE].) Have pd. for home in MC/lower-MC area in perfect cond. inside and out as is their car. Too old to travel but active and content. Still LOADED with $$ so as not to be a burden on their children. THERE ARE LOTS OF THESE OWNERS STILL ALIVE IN SD, sdr. “Wealth” has many different faces.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=sdrealtor]Like real estate this is nowhere near as easy as you try to make it out to be. You could divide middle class into alot more than 3 levels. . . . I would not consider them all to be same class. Would you?[/quote]

No, I would not, sdr, see my post on wealth distribution. It all boils down to size of cash downpayments and terms of purchase.

Conversely, there is the quintessential CV couple in their mid-eighties who drive a 15-yr-old Lexus. (Came over to Ellis Island as children [TRUE].) Have pd. for home in MC/lower-MC area in perfect cond. inside and out as is their car. Too old to travel but active and content. Still LOADED with $$ so as not to be a burden on their children. THERE ARE LOTS OF THESE OWNERS STILL ALIVE IN SD, sdr. “Wealth” has many different faces.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=sdrealtor]Like real estate this is nowhere near as easy as you try to make it out to be. You could divide middle class into alot more than 3 levels. . . . I would not consider them all to be same class. Would you?[/quote]

No, I would not, sdr, see my post on wealth distribution. It all boils down to size of cash downpayments and terms of purchase.

Conversely, there is the quintessential CV couple in their mid-eighties who drive a 15-yr-old Lexus. (Came over to Ellis Island as children [TRUE].) Have pd. for home in MC/lower-MC area in perfect cond. inside and out as is their car. Too old to travel but active and content. Still LOADED with $$ so as not to be a burden on their children. THERE ARE LOTS OF THESE OWNERS STILL ALIVE IN SD, sdr. “Wealth” has many different faces.

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