San Diego. Why do you love it?

[sddreaming]

San Diego is just a great place to live. I lived in SD for 15 years. I loved having out of town visitors over to share SD with. Taking a midwesterner to the mountains, the desert, and the beach in one day is a real trip.

I had clients visiting from Kansas City once. At the time I did a lot of sailing out of Harbor Island Yacht Club. For dinner I rented a sailboat and took them over to Peohe’s on Coronado Island. They were floored that they sailed to an island for dinner. Can’t do that in KC.

SD doesn’t have the shopping of OC. It doesn’t have the culture of NYC (lived there too). SD seems mostly to be burbs and strip malls that all look alike. But all in all it’s a great place to be, where it’s not at all hard to enjoy life.

BTW, Marion, lately I’ve been looking at Temecula instead of waiting longer for SD to turn around. One of the Temecula cons for me is that it’s so far from any major universities. How did you manage to get your Masters while living up there?

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

Things I liked when living there …
The Weather, of course.
Proximity to desert, mountains for camping/hiking.
Great beaches.
Plenty of activities for the kids.
Cool parks.
It was 10-15 minutes to anything (downtown, Jack Murphy, Sea World, Balboa Park, Zoo, Beaches )
Mexican food.
Lack of mosquitos and flying pests in general.

Things I didn’t realize that I liked until I moved away

Laid back attitude.
Minimal traffic (compared to LA)
Relatively inexpensive housing (Compared to LA)

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

Things I liked when living there …
The Weather, of course.
Proximity to desert, mountains for camping/hiking.
Great beaches.
Plenty of activities for the kids.
Cool parks.
It was 10-15 minutes to anything (downtown, Jack Murphy, Sea World, Balboa Park, Zoo, Beaches )
Mexican food.
Lack of mosquitos and flying pests in general.

Things I didn’t realize that I liked until I moved away

Laid back attitude.
Minimal traffic (compared to LA)
Relatively inexpensive housing (Compared to LA)

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

Things I liked when living there …
The Weather, of course.
Proximity to desert, mountains for camping/hiking.
Great beaches.
Plenty of activities for the kids.
Cool parks.
It was 10-15 minutes to anything (downtown, Jack Murphy, Sea World, Balboa Park, Zoo, Beaches )
Mexican food.
Lack of mosquitos and flying pests in general.

Things I didn’t realize that I liked until I moved away

Laid back attitude.
Minimal traffic (compared to LA)
Relatively inexpensive housing (Compared to LA)

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

Things I liked when living there …
The Weather, of course.
Proximity to desert, mountains for camping/hiking.
Great beaches.
Plenty of activities for the kids.
Cool parks.
It was 10-15 minutes to anything (downtown, Jack Murphy, Sea World, Balboa Park, Zoo, Beaches )
Mexican food.
Lack of mosquitos and flying pests in general.

Things I didn’t realize that I liked until I moved away

Laid back attitude.
Minimal traffic (compared to LA)
Relatively inexpensive housing (Compared to LA)

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

Things I liked when living there …
The Weather, of course.
Proximity to desert, mountains for camping/hiking.
Great beaches.
Plenty of activities for the kids.
Cool parks.
It was 10-15 minutes to anything (downtown, Jack Murphy, Sea World, Balboa Park, Zoo, Beaches )
Mexican food.
Lack of mosquitos and flying pests in general.

Things I didn’t realize that I liked until I moved away

Laid back attitude.
Minimal traffic (compared to LA)
Relatively inexpensive housing (Compared to LA)

[vagabondo]

[quote=marion]Well, I was in San Diego over the weekend with my toes in the warm ocean enjoying the beach.[/quote]

Warm water? Brrr. Good thing they make wetsuits.

Pros – I can ocean swim/bike/run year around.
Con – Occasional sharks.

[vagabondo]

[quote=marion]Well, I was in San Diego over the weekend with my toes in the warm ocean enjoying the beach.[/quote]

Warm water? Brrr. Good thing they make wetsuits.

Pros – I can ocean swim/bike/run year around.
Con – Occasional sharks.

[vagabondo]

[quote=marion]Well, I was in San Diego over the weekend with my toes in the warm ocean enjoying the beach.[/quote]

Warm water? Brrr. Good thing they make wetsuits.

Pros – I can ocean swim/bike/run year around.
Con – Occasional sharks.

[vagabondo]

[quote=marion]Well, I was in San Diego over the weekend with my toes in the warm ocean enjoying the beach.[/quote]

Warm water? Brrr. Good thing they make wetsuits.

Pros – I can ocean swim/bike/run year around.
Con – Occasional sharks.

[vagabondo]

[quote=marion]Well, I was in San Diego over the weekend with my toes in the warm ocean enjoying the beach.[/quote]

Warm water? Brrr. Good thing they make wetsuits.

Pros – I can ocean swim/bike/run year around.
Con – Occasional sharks.

[San Diego Native]

My family and I love San Diego not only because we have a great lifestyle, with great weather, but primarily because both my wife’s family, my family, and most of our friends all live here–for us it will always be “home,” and that sense of life is really what it is all about.

Another positive is that, due to close proximity, we have been able to raise our kids here while working in Hollywood, and that has been great, too.

Although we’re only in our 40’s, we remember a time when San Diego (even La Jolla, where we grew up, and still live)had a small-town atmosphere, and everyone knew everyone else. Those times were truly fantastic!!

We’ve lived and visited other places all over the world, and although San Diego is not perfect–all things considered–it’s far more perfect than any other place we’ve ever seen, so, for us, this is IT!

[San Diego Native]

My family and I love San Diego not only because we have a great lifestyle, with great weather, but primarily because both my wife’s family, my family, and most of our friends all live here–for us it will always be “home,” and that sense of life is really what it is all about.

Another positive is that, due to close proximity, we have been able to raise our kids here while working in Hollywood, and that has been great, too.

Although we’re only in our 40’s, we remember a time when San Diego (even La Jolla, where we grew up, and still live)had a small-town atmosphere, and everyone knew everyone else. Those times were truly fantastic!!

We’ve lived and visited other places all over the world, and although San Diego is not perfect–all things considered–it’s far more perfect than any other place we’ve ever seen, so, for us, this is IT!

[San Diego Native]

My family and I love San Diego not only because we have a great lifestyle, with great weather, but primarily because both my wife’s family, my family, and most of our friends all live here–for us it will always be “home,” and that sense of life is really what it is all about.

Another positive is that, due to close proximity, we have been able to raise our kids here while working in Hollywood, and that has been great, too.

Although we’re only in our 40’s, we remember a time when San Diego (even La Jolla, where we grew up, and still live)had a small-town atmosphere, and everyone knew everyone else. Those times were truly fantastic!!

We’ve lived and visited other places all over the world, and although San Diego is not perfect–all things considered–it’s far more perfect than any other place we’ve ever seen, so, for us, this is IT!

[San Diego Native]

My family and I love San Diego not only because we have a great lifestyle, with great weather, but primarily because both my wife’s family, my family, and most of our friends all live here–for us it will always be “home,” and that sense of life is really what it is all about.

Another positive is that, due to close proximity, we have been able to raise our kids here while working in Hollywood, and that has been great, too.

Although we’re only in our 40’s, we remember a time when San Diego (even La Jolla, where we grew up, and still live)had a small-town atmosphere, and everyone knew everyone else. Those times were truly fantastic!!

We’ve lived and visited other places all over the world, and although San Diego is not perfect–all things considered–it’s far more perfect than any other place we’ve ever seen, so, for us, this is IT!

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