“San Diego is so boring. I HATE it!”

[Bugs]

It’s pretty simple – given a choice post adolescents will gravitate toward an urban lifestyle rather than the suburbs. The dating pool is larger, there’s more to do at night and everything it within walking distance. Kids don’t get up early and get out – they sleep in late, work off the hangover and spend the day preparing to go out again at night. They’re not going out during the day and the weather doesn’t mean jack to them. An urban environment fits their lifestyle better.

Plus there’s the policitcal climate.

When she grows up her priorities will change and the surburban lifestyle will beckon anew. It’ll take a few years for the novelty of being a faux-adult to wear off, but sooner or later almost everyone gets there.

[TuVu]

Cyphire–

Both of my parents went to Chicago Teacher’s College (don’t know what it’s called now) and then to U of Wisconsin/Madison for their masters…all on the GI bill. She had been a WAVE during WWII stationed in Coronado and would not marry my dad unless he agreed to move to San Diego. He caved, and here most of us are. She’s gone now, but, ancient as he is, my dad still loves going back to the Midwest when there’s a funeral or whatever (I know that’s kind of macabre, but WTH, he’s 88).

We used to take a road trip back to Chicago every summer, which gave me a healthy fear of tornadoes. I remember Nana herding us all into the basement. She didn’t have to try too hard, our being exposed to “The Wizard of Oz.”

In SD, though, we have the wildfires, which are just as frightening. My best wishes, girl.

[TuVu]

Cyphire–

Both of my parents went to Chicago Teacher’s College (don’t know what it’s called now) and then to U of Wisconsin/Madison for their masters…all on the GI bill. She had been a WAVE during WWII stationed in Coronado and would not marry my dad unless he agreed to move to San Diego. He caved, and here most of us are. She’s gone now, but, ancient as he is, my dad still loves going back to the Midwest when there’s a funeral or whatever (I know that’s kind of macabre, but WTH, he’s 88).

We used to take a road trip back to Chicago every summer, which gave me a healthy fear of tornadoes. I remember Nana herding us all into the basement. She didn’t have to try too hard, our being exposed to “The Wizard of Oz.”

In SD, though, we have the wildfires, which are just as frightening. My best wishes, girl.

[TuVu]

Cyphire–

Both of my parents went to Chicago Teacher’s College (don’t know what it’s called now) and then to U of Wisconsin/Madison for their masters…all on the GI bill. She had been a WAVE during WWII stationed in Coronado and would not marry my dad unless he agreed to move to San Diego. He caved, and here most of us are. She’s gone now, but, ancient as he is, my dad still loves going back to the Midwest when there’s a funeral or whatever (I know that’s kind of macabre, but WTH, he’s 88).

We used to take a road trip back to Chicago every summer, which gave me a healthy fear of tornadoes. I remember Nana herding us all into the basement. She didn’t have to try too hard, our being exposed to “The Wizard of Oz.”

In SD, though, we have the wildfires, which are just as frightening. My best wishes, girl.

[TuVu]

Cyphire–

Both of my parents went to Chicago Teacher’s College (don’t know what it’s called now) and then to U of Wisconsin/Madison for their masters…all on the GI bill. She had been a WAVE during WWII stationed in Coronado and would not marry my dad unless he agreed to move to San Diego. He caved, and here most of us are. She’s gone now, but, ancient as he is, my dad still loves going back to the Midwest when there’s a funeral or whatever (I know that’s kind of macabre, but WTH, he’s 88).

We used to take a road trip back to Chicago every summer, which gave me a healthy fear of tornadoes. I remember Nana herding us all into the basement. She didn’t have to try too hard, our being exposed to “The Wizard of Oz.”

In SD, though, we have the wildfires, which are just as frightening. My best wishes, girl.

[TuVu]

Cyphire–

Both of my parents went to Chicago Teacher’s College (don’t know what it’s called now) and then to U of Wisconsin/Madison for their masters…all on the GI bill. She had been a WAVE during WWII stationed in Coronado and would not marry my dad unless he agreed to move to San Diego. He caved, and here most of us are. She’s gone now, but, ancient as he is, my dad still loves going back to the Midwest when there’s a funeral or whatever (I know that’s kind of macabre, but WTH, he’s 88).

We used to take a road trip back to Chicago every summer, which gave me a healthy fear of tornadoes. I remember Nana herding us all into the basement. She didn’t have to try too hard, our being exposed to “The Wizard of Oz.”

In SD, though, we have the wildfires, which are just as frightening. My best wishes, girl.

[San Diego Native]

People have different reasons for living different places at different times in their lives, and eventually, they find “their place”–“their home.” That will happen for your daughter.

We have many relatives in the Bay area–they moved out from the midwest in the 70’s–and they love it. We visit often, but for us, “our place” is in La Jolla, and we wouldn’t trade it for anything else in the world. With many generations of each of our families here, our lifestyle, and the great weather–this is truly our “home.”

Those who, for whatever reason, don’t like San Diego, should certainly feel free to leave.

[San Diego Native]

People have different reasons for living different places at different times in their lives, and eventually, they find “their place”–“their home.” That will happen for your daughter.

We have many relatives in the Bay area–they moved out from the midwest in the 70’s–and they love it. We visit often, but for us, “our place” is in La Jolla, and we wouldn’t trade it for anything else in the world. With many generations of each of our families here, our lifestyle, and the great weather–this is truly our “home.”

Those who, for whatever reason, don’t like San Diego, should certainly feel free to leave.

[San Diego Native]

People have different reasons for living different places at different times in their lives, and eventually, they find “their place”–“their home.” That will happen for your daughter.

We have many relatives in the Bay area–they moved out from the midwest in the 70’s–and they love it. We visit often, but for us, “our place” is in La Jolla, and we wouldn’t trade it for anything else in the world. With many generations of each of our families here, our lifestyle, and the great weather–this is truly our “home.”

Those who, for whatever reason, don’t like San Diego, should certainly feel free to leave.

[San Diego Native]

People have different reasons for living different places at different times in their lives, and eventually, they find “their place”–“their home.” That will happen for your daughter.

We have many relatives in the Bay area–they moved out from the midwest in the 70’s–and they love it. We visit often, but for us, “our place” is in La Jolla, and we wouldn’t trade it for anything else in the world. With many generations of each of our families here, our lifestyle, and the great weather–this is truly our “home.”

Those who, for whatever reason, don’t like San Diego, should certainly feel free to leave.

[San Diego Native]

People have different reasons for living different places at different times in their lives, and eventually, they find “their place”–“their home.” That will happen for your daughter.

We have many relatives in the Bay area–they moved out from the midwest in the 70’s–and they love it. We visit often, but for us, “our place” is in La Jolla, and we wouldn’t trade it for anything else in the world. With many generations of each of our families here, our lifestyle, and the great weather–this is truly our “home.”

Those who, for whatever reason, don’t like San Diego, should certainly feel free to leave.

[CA renter]

As a native Angelino, moving to North County SD was a culture shock for me.

1. Compared to LA, the job market here sucks (except, perhaps, for techies). The pay is about 10 years behind LA for the same jobs.

2. Very little “diversity” in SD. Growing up in LA, one doesn’t even realize how many different culture exist there. As long as there isn’t one really dominant culture, it seems everyone pretty much gets along when you see a big variety of people. It lends itself to a more energetic, buzzing, exciting lifestyle, IMHO. San Diego seems to be white and brown (Latin Am & Asian), with not much else.

Now, when we visit LA, it’s just so much fun to go out and “people watch” and hit all kinds of coffe shops, bars, restaurants, events, etc.

I imagine the Bay Area is similar in this respect (as NY would also be, I’d imagine).

3. The more “cosmopolitan” cities have so much more to do! Again, North County really lacks in this regard. In LA, you could go out to dinner every night of the week and never hit the same restaurant twice. Every kind of food (again, with the culture thing), and it’s all easily accessible, since it’s so densly packed, you can walk to a lot of places.

4. San Diego has no trees! Many of the developments here are barren and ugly moonscapes with tiny lots and huge McMansions — largely because everything is so new, and the developers were just trying to maximize their profits without any regard for the lifestyle of the future residents. In North County, it’s difficult to walk anywhere, even to the store, as you have to cross 8-lane roads and things are not built in a pedestrian-friendly way at all (few/too small sidewalks that end abruptly in awkward places, etc. and are located on VERY busy streets).

The way the communities are planned in SD (again, North County), all the traffic is diverted to a painfully few main arteries with very high speeds, making it difficult to get around without cars. I prefer the “grid” structure where traffic is spread-out more and the streets are more pleasant for walking.

[CA renter]

As a native Angelino, moving to North County SD was a culture shock for me.

1. Compared to LA, the job market here sucks (except, perhaps, for techies). The pay is about 10 years behind LA for the same jobs.

2. Very little “diversity” in SD. Growing up in LA, one doesn’t even realize how many different culture exist there. As long as there isn’t one really dominant culture, it seems everyone pretty much gets along when you see a big variety of people. It lends itself to a more energetic, buzzing, exciting lifestyle, IMHO. San Diego seems to be white and brown (Latin Am & Asian), with not much else.

Now, when we visit LA, it’s just so much fun to go out and “people watch” and hit all kinds of coffe shops, bars, restaurants, events, etc.

I imagine the Bay Area is similar in this respect (as NY would also be, I’d imagine).

3. The more “cosmopolitan” cities have so much more to do! Again, North County really lacks in this regard. In LA, you could go out to dinner every night of the week and never hit the same restaurant twice. Every kind of food (again, with the culture thing), and it’s all easily accessible, since it’s so densly packed, you can walk to a lot of places.

4. San Diego has no trees! Many of the developments here are barren and ugly moonscapes with tiny lots and huge McMansions — largely because everything is so new, and the developers were just trying to maximize their profits without any regard for the lifestyle of the future residents. In North County, it’s difficult to walk anywhere, even to the store, as you have to cross 8-lane roads and things are not built in a pedestrian-friendly way at all (few/too small sidewalks that end abruptly in awkward places, etc. and are located on VERY busy streets).

The way the communities are planned in SD (again, North County), all the traffic is diverted to a painfully few main arteries with very high speeds, making it difficult to get around without cars. I prefer the “grid” structure where traffic is spread-out more and the streets are more pleasant for walking.

[CA renter]

As a native Angelino, moving to North County SD was a culture shock for me.

1. Compared to LA, the job market here sucks (except, perhaps, for techies). The pay is about 10 years behind LA for the same jobs.

2. Very little “diversity” in SD. Growing up in LA, one doesn’t even realize how many different culture exist there. As long as there isn’t one really dominant culture, it seems everyone pretty much gets along when you see a big variety of people. It lends itself to a more energetic, buzzing, exciting lifestyle, IMHO. San Diego seems to be white and brown (Latin Am & Asian), with not much else.

Now, when we visit LA, it’s just so much fun to go out and “people watch” and hit all kinds of coffe shops, bars, restaurants, events, etc.

I imagine the Bay Area is similar in this respect (as NY would also be, I’d imagine).

3. The more “cosmopolitan” cities have so much more to do! Again, North County really lacks in this regard. In LA, you could go out to dinner every night of the week and never hit the same restaurant twice. Every kind of food (again, with the culture thing), and it’s all easily accessible, since it’s so densly packed, you can walk to a lot of places.

4. San Diego has no trees! Many of the developments here are barren and ugly moonscapes with tiny lots and huge McMansions — largely because everything is so new, and the developers were just trying to maximize their profits without any regard for the lifestyle of the future residents. In North County, it’s difficult to walk anywhere, even to the store, as you have to cross 8-lane roads and things are not built in a pedestrian-friendly way at all (few/too small sidewalks that end abruptly in awkward places, etc. and are located on VERY busy streets).

The way the communities are planned in SD (again, North County), all the traffic is diverted to a painfully few main arteries with very high speeds, making it difficult to get around without cars. I prefer the “grid” structure where traffic is spread-out more and the streets are more pleasant for walking.

[CA renter]

As a native Angelino, moving to North County SD was a culture shock for me.

1. Compared to LA, the job market here sucks (except, perhaps, for techies). The pay is about 10 years behind LA for the same jobs.

2. Very little “diversity” in SD. Growing up in LA, one doesn’t even realize how many different culture exist there. As long as there isn’t one really dominant culture, it seems everyone pretty much gets along when you see a big variety of people. It lends itself to a more energetic, buzzing, exciting lifestyle, IMHO. San Diego seems to be white and brown (Latin Am & Asian), with not much else.

Now, when we visit LA, it’s just so much fun to go out and “people watch” and hit all kinds of coffe shops, bars, restaurants, events, etc.

I imagine the Bay Area is similar in this respect (as NY would also be, I’d imagine).

3. The more “cosmopolitan” cities have so much more to do! Again, North County really lacks in this regard. In LA, you could go out to dinner every night of the week and never hit the same restaurant twice. Every kind of food (again, with the culture thing), and it’s all easily accessible, since it’s so densly packed, you can walk to a lot of places.

4. San Diego has no trees! Many of the developments here are barren and ugly moonscapes with tiny lots and huge McMansions — largely because everything is so new, and the developers were just trying to maximize their profits without any regard for the lifestyle of the future residents. In North County, it’s difficult to walk anywhere, even to the store, as you have to cross 8-lane roads and things are not built in a pedestrian-friendly way at all (few/too small sidewalks that end abruptly in awkward places, etc. and are located on VERY busy streets).

The way the communities are planned in SD (again, North County), all the traffic is diverted to a painfully few main arteries with very high speeds, making it difficult to get around without cars. I prefer the “grid” structure where traffic is spread-out more and the streets are more pleasant for walking.

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