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Micheloff’s words are more biting than I’d ever want to use, but I think his main point is that Santee has a lot of older homes/neighborhoods (like the trailer park next to the 52) where unlike all the new Sky Ranch residents, are probably not folks you’d want to hang out with or see/be around. These folks still go to your restaurants, stores, etc…Maybe it was just me, but I remember dining out in a simple place like Denny’s in East county vs. the coast and the demographics between the two were night and day.

This is not a knock on Sky Ranch, but since some residents of Santee have been there for a while and live in lower cost housing available there, you get the idea of how the community is. Again, some folks hate living in a robo-stepford wife environment too, but in our visits (in 2007-2008) to Santee, we certainly didn’t feel like we felt comfortable or safe there. I’m sure it’s not as bad if you grew up/lived there.

This type of thing is everywhere, but some folks would prefer to avoid it if they could afford to.

This was another reason we decided against the Riverwalk community. I’m sure the piggington buyer folks are great, but on my tours of that development, the barefoot kid which his wife-beater tank-top tattooed dad also looking at the homes were a major turnoff (I’m sure he’s a nice guy actually).

Like an HOA is good if you don’t want to live next to some redneck who parks his 3 broken trucks on his front lawn, some economic segregation is a good thing for housing.

[joec]

Micheloff’s words are more biting than I’d ever want to use, but I think his main point is that Santee has a lot of older homes/neighborhoods (like the trailer park next to the 52) where unlike all the new Sky Ranch residents, are probably not folks you’d want to hang out with or see/be around. These folks still go to your restaurants, stores, etc…Maybe it was just me, but I remember dining out in a simple place like Denny’s in East county vs. the coast and the demographics between the two were night and day.

This is not a knock on Sky Ranch, but since some residents of Santee have been there for a while and live in lower cost housing available there, you get the idea of how the community is. Again, some folks hate living in a robo-stepford wife environment too, but in our visits (in 2007-2008) to Santee, we certainly didn’t feel like we felt comfortable or safe there. I’m sure it’s not as bad if you grew up/lived there.

This type of thing is everywhere, but some folks would prefer to avoid it if they could afford to.

This was another reason we decided against the Riverwalk community. I’m sure the piggington buyer folks are great, but on my tours of that development, the barefoot kid which his wife-beater tank-top tattooed dad also looking at the homes were a major turnoff (I’m sure he’s a nice guy actually).

Like an HOA is good if you don’t want to live next to some redneck who parks his 3 broken trucks on his front lawn, some economic segregation is a good thing for housing.

[joec]

Micheloff’s words are more biting than I’d ever want to use, but I think his main point is that Santee has a lot of older homes/neighborhoods (like the trailer park next to the 52) where unlike all the new Sky Ranch residents, are probably not folks you’d want to hang out with or see/be around. These folks still go to your restaurants, stores, etc…Maybe it was just me, but I remember dining out in a simple place like Denny’s in East county vs. the coast and the demographics between the two were night and day.

This is not a knock on Sky Ranch, but since some residents of Santee have been there for a while and live in lower cost housing available there, you get the idea of how the community is. Again, some folks hate living in a robo-stepford wife environment too, but in our visits (in 2007-2008) to Santee, we certainly didn’t feel like we felt comfortable or safe there. I’m sure it’s not as bad if you grew up/lived there.

This type of thing is everywhere, but some folks would prefer to avoid it if they could afford to.

This was another reason we decided against the Riverwalk community. I’m sure the piggington buyer folks are great, but on my tours of that development, the barefoot kid which his wife-beater tank-top tattooed dad also looking at the homes were a major turnoff (I’m sure he’s a nice guy actually).

Like an HOA is good if you don’t want to live next to some redneck who parks his 3 broken trucks on his front lawn, some economic segregation is a good thing for housing.

[joec]

In a related question, anyone know good links to buy supplies to refill laser printer toner?

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In a related question, anyone know good links to buy supplies to refill laser printer toner?

[joec]

In a related question, anyone know good links to buy supplies to refill laser printer toner?

[joec]

In a related question, anyone know good links to buy supplies to refill laser printer toner?

[joec]

In a related question, anyone know good links to buy supplies to refill laser printer toner?

[joec]

Blossom Grove?

Anyone have info on the new homes of Blossom Grove in Carlsbad? I ask because I just saw ads in the UT for homes in the 2000-2800 sqft for 520k to 570k or so. On the surface, compared to Santee, wouldn’t this be a more desirable location for a similar price point to sky ranch? (although without the view perhaps).

Schools? Lot size?

[joec]

Blossom Grove?

Anyone have info on the new homes of Blossom Grove in Carlsbad? I ask because I just saw ads in the UT for homes in the 2000-2800 sqft for 520k to 570k or so. On the surface, compared to Santee, wouldn’t this be a more desirable location for a similar price point to sky ranch? (although without the view perhaps).

Schools? Lot size?

[joec]

Blossom Grove?

Anyone have info on the new homes of Blossom Grove in Carlsbad? I ask because I just saw ads in the UT for homes in the 2000-2800 sqft for 520k to 570k or so. On the surface, compared to Santee, wouldn’t this be a more desirable location for a similar price point to sky ranch? (although without the view perhaps).

Schools? Lot size?

[joec]

Blossom Grove?

Anyone have info on the new homes of Blossom Grove in Carlsbad? I ask because I just saw ads in the UT for homes in the 2000-2800 sqft for 520k to 570k or so. On the surface, compared to Santee, wouldn’t this be a more desirable location for a similar price point to sky ranch? (although without the view perhaps).

Schools? Lot size?

[joec]

Blossom Grove?

Anyone have info on the new homes of Blossom Grove in Carlsbad? I ask because I just saw ads in the UT for homes in the 2000-2800 sqft for 520k to 570k or so. On the surface, compared to Santee, wouldn’t this be a more desirable location for a similar price point to sky ranch? (although without the view perhaps).

Schools? Lot size?

[joec]

I agree that there are sex offenders everywhere. I’m just pointing out that in terms of future value and price increases, any home buyer is going to do basic research and something like this may completely put off a buyer. At least for us, this was one of the checks we did and one of the reasons we did not buy there.

Anyhow, here’s some data for thoughts/discussion:

San Marcos comes out pretty well on this metric, at least based on this data.

ZIP — CITY — # of sex offenders — Population — # of offenders per 10000 people.

92025 Escondido: 45 / 50,337 = 8.9397 offenders for every 10k peeps
92071 Santee: 47 / 54,369 = 8.6446 offenders for every 10k peeps
92126 Mira Mesa: 32 / 77,323 = 4.1385 offenders for every 10k peeps
92127 4s Ranch: 7 / 20,869 = 3.3543 offenders for every 10k peeps
92069 San Marcos: 22 / 74,591 = 2.9494 offenders for every 10k peeps
92118 Coronado: 5 / 22,593 = 2.2131 offenders for every 10k peeps
92037 La Jolla: 5 / 46,231 = 1.0815 offenders for every 10k peeps
92130 Carmel Valley: 3 / 29,364 = 1.0217 offenders for every 10k peeps

Population data based on zip code search at City Data.
http://www.city-data.com/

Megan’s Law data from Office of the Attorney General’s website based on zip again:
http://www.meganslaw.ca.gov/

[joec]

I agree that there are sex offenders everywhere. I’m just pointing out that in terms of future value and price increases, any home buyer is going to do basic research and something like this may completely put off a buyer. At least for us, this was one of the checks we did and one of the reasons we did not buy there.

Anyhow, here’s some data for thoughts/discussion:

San Marcos comes out pretty well on this metric, at least based on this data.

ZIP — CITY — # of sex offenders — Population — # of offenders per 10000 people.

92025 Escondido: 45 / 50,337 = 8.9397 offenders for every 10k peeps
92071 Santee: 47 / 54,369 = 8.6446 offenders for every 10k peeps
92126 Mira Mesa: 32 / 77,323 = 4.1385 offenders for every 10k peeps
92127 4s Ranch: 7 / 20,869 = 3.3543 offenders for every 10k peeps
92069 San Marcos: 22 / 74,591 = 2.9494 offenders for every 10k peeps
92118 Coronado: 5 / 22,593 = 2.2131 offenders for every 10k peeps
92037 La Jolla: 5 / 46,231 = 1.0815 offenders for every 10k peeps
92130 Carmel Valley: 3 / 29,364 = 1.0217 offenders for every 10k peeps

Population data based on zip code search at City Data.
http://www.city-data.com/

Megan’s Law data from Office of the Attorney General’s website based on zip again:
http://www.meganslaw.ca.gov/

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