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Sorry BG, but I can’t go home for lunch when I have to drive 23 miles one way. I can do that when I have to drive 3.4 miles :-). However, I have to admit that El Cajon have A LOT better asian restaurants than MM.

[quote=bearishgurl]Uhhh, AN, good luck with the City on even obtaining a permit to build ONE more bay on your garage if you have a std 5000 to 6000 sf lot.[/quote]
There are plenty of houses in my development that have 3 cars garage (mine is a 2 cars garage). I’ve see some with 4 cars garage. It’s not that I really would put in a 10 cars garage. If I get to that point in my life, I can always just rent out a warehouse and park my cars there and work on them there.

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[quote=bearishgurl]You car buffs are hanging out in the wrong place. You need to keep your eye on East County for available properties which already have everything you’re looking for, specifically 92019 and 92021. Or at the very least, the flat acreage is available with your 50’s ranch liveable “fixer” on it. They are there and bargains abound. Get your exurbia crackerboxes on the market and get moving! :=][/quote]
Yeah, but can I get to an Asian supermarket in < 1 mile? Can I get to Sorrento Valley for work in < 4 miles? MM have no HOA, so if I want, I can convert the entire first floor of my house into a 10 cars garage if I wanted to. I don't need acreage when I retire.

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I myself never wanted to live in the city and I can say with a certainty that I never will want to in the future. One of my favorite hobby (cars) prevent me from wanting to live in a city with no garage. Ideally, I would get a place with 4 car garage if not 6. When I retire, I want to get a garage tall enough to put in a lift. I also get claustrophobic when I’m in cities like SF. Chicago is not so bad, since the streets are wide. Every time I have to go there for work, can’t wait to get out of that city. You can’t pay me to live there. I like my space and elbow room and the city does not have that option for me. On top of those two factors, there are very little choices in term of ethnic supermarkets.

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[quote=captcha]How far is your Starbucks?[/quote]
Two w/in a mile 🙂

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Brian, I didn’t mean to say 1 mile to Vons is an enjoyable walk, since most of the walk would be through residential neighborhood. That’s why I drive (takes me 2-3 minutes drive). My wife does walk sometime, when she has time during the day and she want some exercise. I wouldn’t say the walk is lifeless though, since you’ll be seeing people in their front yard or garage doing various stuff.

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[quote=briansd1]I think that Mira Mesa is a great opportunity for better housing and density in San Diego.

Mira Mesa is conveniently located near UCSD, and employment centers and has a vibrant Asian community.

Mira Mesa mall could be a shopping center/tranportation hub/central plaza with shopping, a cineplex and few high-rises towers like they have at Costa Verde. A trolley could connect MM to UCSD and the UTC area.

The old 1970s areas could be upzoned for mid-rise condo buildings.

Maybe an Indian tribe could annex some land and build a casino/hotel.[/quote]
They are building high rise condos/apartments behind Best Buy. They’ll be building high rises and mix used buildings where the gravel pit is right now. They’re talking about starting that master plan around 2020.

There is plan to extend the trolley from UTC to the east side of MM, when they extend the trolley from DT to UTC.

One of the apartment complex already got approval to up-zone to a 3-4 story apartment complex. It wouldn’t surprise me if other apartment complex do the same thing sometime down the road. Especially when those 70s apartment complex become too old in the future.

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[quote=briansd1]Unless you live right next to the strip mall, I wonder how walkable the neighborhood is. Most people can’t even walk accross the street from Walmart to Target.[/quote]
You don’t need to live right next to a strip mall to be walkable. I live w/in 1 mile of an Asian supermarket, 1 mile of Vons/Smart n Final, 1.5 miles of Fresh n Easy. I live w/in 1-1.5 miles of a brewery, a pub, BevMo, CVS/Walgreen/Target/Babies R Us/Kohl’s/Marshall’s, various restaurants, such as Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese, Filipino, Mexican, American, Souplantation, Hometown Buffet, many different fast food, Bowling. I live w/in 2-4 miles of many high tech companies. I live 2 blocks away from the elementary school and park, 4 blocks away from the Jr. High school, and 7 blocks away from the HS. Is that walkable enough for you?

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[quote=bearishgurl]Agreed, brian. MM, where AN resides is an example of city/suburban life. For many years, MM AND SR were the “last bastions” in the northern part of the City with MM built up as tracts on small urban lots. For that reason, MM life is a combination of city and suburban existence.[/quote]
WRT MM, according SANDAG: http://profilewarehouse.sandag.org/profiles/fcst/zip92126fcst.pdf, there will be 45% more housing unit (almost 11k housing unit) going up in MM in the next 40 years. So, MM will be much more dense in the future. MM population is estimated to increased by 49% or ~35.7k people. Even with the future density, MM is still a suburb.

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[quote=bearishgurl]SD DOES have a “city life” but it is confined to dtn, Gaslamp, East Village, Hillcrest, Balboa Park and nearby surrounds.[/quote]
I wouldn’t say Hillcrest, Balboa Park, and nearby surrounds as “city life”. If you don’t have a car, you cant get to a lot of places those areas have to offer. Gaslamp, East Village, Downtown is what I consider “city life”. Those places, you can walk to clubs, walk to restaurants, walk to the mall, walk to various different services. The main key point about what make these areas a city life is they house a lot of people in a small area, which allow a lot of people to be w/in walking distance to these services.

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[quote=briansd1][quote=AN] While single or married w/ no kids, we want to live in the city, but once you have kids, most will tell you they’ll give up their city life for a yard and suburban schools.[/quote]

The thing is that America doesn’t have city life. Except for New York, and a few other places, it’s a blur of city and suburban life.

I mean, is living in Mission Valley really living in the city? Not in my opinion.

In the rest of the world, the demarcation between city and suburb is much greater.[/quote]
IMHO, no MV is not city. Neither is Hillcrest, Point Loma, etc. City is downtown with high rises only.

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Being a Gen Y and having Gen Y friends, I would have to disagree with you BG. We’re no different than other generations. While single or married w/ no kids, we want to live in the city, but once you have kids, most will tell you they’ll give up their city life for a yard and suburban schools.

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Looks like rates are dropping again. 30 year fixed is now at 3.875% with 0 point and 15 year fixed is now at 3.125% with 0 point at aimloan.com. It’s a little lower with Amerisave. I’m tempted to refi again.

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[quote=UCGal]Since Gary Johnson’s been mentioned here… He will be tweeting his responses to tonight’s GOP debate.

http://twitter.com/#!/GovGaryJohnson%5B/quote%5D
Too bad he’s not on the stage with the rest of them.

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I wonder if these will ever hit 50% off peak? $562k?

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[quote=beselfish]As for the comments about weather alone you are correct. You are very naive sir to think driving to the San Bernardino mountains constitutes great skiing. It is priced as expensively as truly great (Rockies, Sierras) ski resorts, for overcrowded, inferior quality [manufactured] snow/runs. Now Mammoth at ~8 hrs gets you arguably good quality skiing, but 8 hrs…[/quote]
It’s more like 6-7 hrs. not 8, unless you going less than speed limit and hit traffic. But you’re right, Snow Summit/Big Bear is not even close to be in the same league as Vail, Mammoth, Whistler, etc. But that’s the thing, if you love to experience those great resorts, I don’t know if you want to keep on going back to the same mountain. I’ve gone to Mammoth, Vail, Tahoe, etc and I’m making a point to visit all the major resort at least once in my life before I revisit a resort.

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