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[paramount]

[quote=bearishgurl]

Paramount, I believe you when you say you could buy a home in SD. But, even though you are a Native San Diegan?, you won’t. Why? Because, even though you know you can likely get a largish lot in SD, you really don’t want a 1500 sf home … or a ~1700 sf fixer. You want a *newer,* more spacious house just like the vast majority in your demographic and younger. You would rather commute to work so you can have this kind of house for the same money and that’s okay. The quality of (public) “schools” between SD County and RIV County are a smokescreen, IMHO. You know that SDUSD has several programs available whereby a parent can pick their kids’ schools out (within reason). You know there are many very good public schools of all levels in SD (SDUSD) and also in adjoining Districts.

The choices to move to exurbia (and yes, TV is “exurbia” to SD County workers) all boil down to age and size of home for the same money. That’s the primary draw of TV to SD County workers.

Oh, and if TV supposedly has “Texas (RE) prices,” its weather is, more often than not, like TX than the SoCal coast as well! You pay for what you get, Paramount![/quote]

Ooohhh BG, BG, BG….

I know we’ve discussed this before, but seriously – I run into people all the time who totally and completely exaggerate the characterization of Temecula weather – and you’re one of them.

The weather in Temecula is one of it’s strong points; having lived in Pt. Loma for many years.

Pt. Loma: In the summer it’s cloudy and humid, in the winter it’s damp and cold.

There is usually about 6 weeks of really hot weather in Temecula (not Palm Springs hot either), the rest of the year I think Temecula has better weather than much of SD. It’s drier, and I for one like dry weather. We also have better AQ than SD.

Up until recently I lived in a 1400 sq ft house in Temec (1 decade), but since I’m in the breeder class we really needed more room.

But sure, if I could afford a 2000 sq ft house in RB, SEH or similar that’s where I’d be.

I’ve done the analysis and so have my friends and we all arrived at the same conclusion: when you look at affordability and the quality of schools Temecula is a great value, period. And I was always speaking of TVUSD, not Riverside County schools – TVUSD schools are really very good.

But my budget is Escondido – sorry, not gonna happen.

But again, my commute is not that bad – I live in Temecula and work in north county.

If I had to work downtown that would be a different story.

I bought my current house for 250k: where in San Diego can I get the following:

9/10 schools Elem -> HS
Practically zero crime
A Beautiful valley (I have views of San Jacinto, Big Bear, Old Grayback and Palomar)
Good AQ
Wonderful Afternoon Breeze
5 min from Wine Country
A new Hospital
Nice Casino 5 min away
Authentic Old Town
Many, Many Parks

and on and on…

Temecula: Way More than what you Pay For!!

[scaredyclassic]

To paraphrase team America “temecula–fuck yeah!!!”

I’m starting to believe that it is actually superior here!!!

[KIBU]

Not to mention that as we inch closer and closer through global warming, the sea will continue to rise and pretty soon all the expensive areas like La Jolla, Del Mar, Encinitas, Downtown San Diego will be under water.

The new beach will be at Temecula where Paramount is at his back yard with an umbrella enjoying the cool breeze of the ocean.

What’s better than that?

[scaredyclassic]

Most places are good if you’re rich esp cities but suck if you’re middle class.

Temecula does not suck for the nonrich

[paramount]

[quote=KIBU]
The new beach will be at Temecula where Paramount is at his back yard with an umbrella enjoying the cool breeze of the ocean.

What’s better than that?[/quote]

Actually, if I stand on my roof and use a pair of binos, I can see the ocean from my house already.

That’s gotta count for something.

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=6packscaredy]Most places are good if you’re rich esp cities but suck if you’re middle class.

Temecula does not suck for the nonrich[/quote]

That’s a pretty convincing argument. A comfortable new home for $250k near good schools. Can’t argue with that.

[skerzz]

Paramount, most of your list could have been had in San Marcos sans the hellish commute, no?

[CA renter]

[quote=6packscaredy]Temecula is a place of less suffering.

what we think we view as enjoyment or pleasure is actually just a temporary abatement of the fear, anxiety and pain that pervades our lives.

Temecula provides for longer periods of abatement than the surrounding areas.

there, that ought to bring the real-estate buying hordes to us, paramount.[/quote]

So glad to have you back, scaredy! I’ve really missed your thoughtful posts.

[scaredyclassic]

I planned to stay away for a year but 4-5 months isn’t bad. Also, all of my willpower is going into dieting right now and I have none remaining to avoid piggington. I can kind of see the shadow of my 6 pack and the top two of the six pack are showing nicely. there is limited willpower per person and you ahve t spend it wisely..

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=6packscaredy]Most places are good if you’re rich esp cities but suck if you’re middle class.

Temecula does not suck for the nonrich[/quote]

That’s a pretty convincing argument. A comfortable new home for $250k near good schools. Can’t argue with that.[/quote]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/84-million-new-yorkers-suddenly-realize-new-york-c,18003/

this onion article (8.4 Million New Yorkers Suddenly Realize New York City A Horrible Place To Live
‘We’re Getting The Hell Out Of This Sewer,’ Entire Populace Reports) summarizes how i feel about cities….

yeah, when we drove by the new hospital on the 79, i was like, kids, that’s probably where you’ll have to come pick up my body…they had some kind of open house there last week, but missed it. kinda wanted to go to the grad opening.

we have a really nice goodwill for shopping, but the local hipster kids are starting to catch on…

[scaredyclassic]

2014 lennar campaign:

Temecula: You’ll never have to parallel park again…

my kid is moving to SD in a week I think. SDSU. engineering. He’s stoked about SD. Youth.

[spdrun]

(1) Aren’t the places in Temecula with larger lots in bushfire country?
(2) What’s wrong with being non-rich (aka middle class) in SD? Sure you don’t get as much floor space, but for $3-400k you can still have a decent house or condo within 10-15 min of the beach, and 45 min of the mountains in the other direction. Perhaps even the same distance to Balboa Park.
(3) Temecula: suffer less. That sounds like a good slogan for a nursing home and not a town!

[ctr70]

I have never been a fan of Temecula/Murrieta. To me it is another poster child for sterile, generic, cookie cutter, over master planned suburbia. The same chain restaurants, the same chain stores, the same car culture, boring uninteresting generic people, the same tract homes as anywhere generic suburban America. The only part I like of that whole region is the small street of old Town Temecula. Wine County is OK too. If you dropped someone blindfolded in Temecula/Murrieta and took off the blindflold, they wouldn’t know the difference from any other generic suburb like Phoenix or Dallas or wherever. It’s just so generic and BLAH I could personally never live up there.

To me a lot of inland North County SD is not much better. Places like downtown Encinitas & Cardiff by the Sea around the hwy 1 are cool, but outside of that it’s pretty blah too.

[FlyerInHi]

Shoveler, the suburbs won’t die.
But since the 80s the cities have come back strong.

Back in the 80s you could have bought a whole city block in DC for that price of a suburban house in Virginia. You’d be a millionaire now.

Middle class people find it much harder to move to the city these days.

Do you want to be a trendsetter or a follower?

If you are middle class and sold your house in Detroit in 1970 and moved to San Diego, you’d been a winner. You might be living in la jolla now. You have to understand trends to win in real estate.

[carlsbadworker]

[quote=CA renter]So glad to have you back, scaredy! I’ve really missed your thoughtful posts.[/quote]

I am already coming back a lot more since I saw scaredy. The site was so boring without TG, scaredy, flu and AN.

Yes, paramount still has the same insecure issue as when Temecula housing price was low. That’s nothing new. Scaredy on the other hand brings so much fun to the thread with his unique perspective.

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