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Maybe we should just rent for the first couple of years of school in the general area we want to buy….especially if we feel it’s a big compromise in either commute or schools or home size or age (translates from price)…. to see if we really like it…. I don’t think prices are going up any time soon, and the rates won’t be go up much either….

I am inclined towards a short commute, but damn, I’d hate to buy a larger condo or apt. in UTC. there are not that many choices of 3+ bdr. I lived in the area for a few years and they are so not worth it in terms of construction (but worth it in terms of location)….I guess I’ll look more into UC beside UTC. Clairemont -I think many are just too old – more than 20 years old, no matter how well patched and updated. Size – not a major problem – single level helps a lot of course.

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[quote=AN]Days where I want to leave early, I can’t, because after traffic, I’d get home not much sooner than if I stay at work 30-60 min later to miss traffic. Then there’s the dentist/doctors/etc appointments. Or if your spouse/kid get sick and you have to go home and tend to them. Not fun if you have to deal w/ traffic too.

I guess to each their own. If the OP can handle and want to deal w/ 45 minutes one way commute, then he/she can get some very nice houses for the price. Much better than anything around the 56.[/quote]

I am with you here. It was a real pain when I did that. I am starting to remember better and better… time has a way of attenuating the more painful memories…

I don’t set *TOO* much store on schools,but it’s nice if a great majority of the parents are involved and care about the education, and they have some financial means to help that in a public school. In regards to private schools, 8-10K a year is out of the question, unless dire needs….

Thanks for making me remember how much a long commute at rush hour can suck!!!

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[quote=AN]Days where I want to leave early, I can’t, because after traffic, I’d get home not much sooner than if I stay at work 30-60 min later to miss traffic. Then there’s the dentist/doctors/etc appointments. Or if your spouse/kid get sick and you have to go home and tend to them. Not fun if you have to deal w/ traffic too.

I guess to each their own. If the OP can handle and want to deal w/ 45 minutes one way commute, then he/she can get some very nice houses for the price. Much better than anything around the 56.[/quote]

I am with you here. It was a real pain when I did that. I am starting to remember better and better… time has a way of attenuating the more painful memories…

I don’t set *TOO* much store on schools,but it’s nice if a great majority of the parents are involved and care about the education, and they have some financial means to help that in a public school. In regards to private schools, 8-10K a year is out of the question, unless dire needs….

Thanks for making me remember how much a long commute at rush hour can suck!!!

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[quote=AN]Days where I want to leave early, I can’t, because after traffic, I’d get home not much sooner than if I stay at work 30-60 min later to miss traffic. Then there’s the dentist/doctors/etc appointments. Or if your spouse/kid get sick and you have to go home and tend to them. Not fun if you have to deal w/ traffic too.

I guess to each their own. If the OP can handle and want to deal w/ 45 minutes one way commute, then he/she can get some very nice houses for the price. Much better than anything around the 56.[/quote]

I am with you here. It was a real pain when I did that. I am starting to remember better and better… time has a way of attenuating the more painful memories…

I don’t set *TOO* much store on schools,but it’s nice if a great majority of the parents are involved and care about the education, and they have some financial means to help that in a public school. In regards to private schools, 8-10K a year is out of the question, unless dire needs….

Thanks for making me remember how much a long commute at rush hour can suck!!!

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[quote=AN]Days where I want to leave early, I can’t, because after traffic, I’d get home not much sooner than if I stay at work 30-60 min later to miss traffic. Then there’s the dentist/doctors/etc appointments. Or if your spouse/kid get sick and you have to go home and tend to them. Not fun if you have to deal w/ traffic too.

I guess to each their own. If the OP can handle and want to deal w/ 45 minutes one way commute, then he/she can get some very nice houses for the price. Much better than anything around the 56.[/quote]

I am with you here. It was a real pain when I did that. I am starting to remember better and better… time has a way of attenuating the more painful memories…

I don’t set *TOO* much store on schools,but it’s nice if a great majority of the parents are involved and care about the education, and they have some financial means to help that in a public school. In regards to private schools, 8-10K a year is out of the question, unless dire needs….

Thanks for making me remember how much a long commute at rush hour can suck!!!

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[quote=AN]Days where I want to leave early, I can’t, because after traffic, I’d get home not much sooner than if I stay at work 30-60 min later to miss traffic. Then there’s the dentist/doctors/etc appointments. Or if your spouse/kid get sick and you have to go home and tend to them. Not fun if you have to deal w/ traffic too.

I guess to each their own. If the OP can handle and want to deal w/ 45 minutes one way commute, then he/she can get some very nice houses for the price. Much better than anything around the 56.[/quote]

I am with you here. It was a real pain when I did that. I am starting to remember better and better… time has a way of attenuating the more painful memories…

I don’t set *TOO* much store on schools,but it’s nice if a great majority of the parents are involved and care about the education, and they have some financial means to help that in a public school. In regards to private schools, 8-10K a year is out of the question, unless dire needs….

Thanks for making me remember how much a long commute at rush hour can suck!!!

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[quote=sdduuuude]Consider a canyon lot in Clairemont and send the kids to private school. You’ll have a 5 or 10 min commute into La Jolla. Or, give the Clairemont schools a try first, then move them to a private school if you are unhappy. Or, try to choice them into a UC or La Jolla public school.

We live in Clairemont but our kids don’t go to school in Clairemont so I can’t comment on the schools here, but our neighbors seem quite content with their schools, and a couple have choiced into UC. Everyone knows they aren’t North-County schools, but the lifestyle trade-off makes it all better. To the kids, it is just school, anyway. The kids will never know what they are missing. The biggest difference is you won’t be intertwined with more “upscale” parents, which is both good and bad.

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A little off the topic, I would REALLY LOVE to know about how much we are talking in terms of a good private school? Is it like, less than $500 per month for example, or it’s over $1000? Any idea?

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[quote=sdduuuude]Consider a canyon lot in Clairemont and send the kids to private school. You’ll have a 5 or 10 min commute into La Jolla. Or, give the Clairemont schools a try first, then move them to a private school if you are unhappy. Or, try to choice them into a UC or La Jolla public school.

We live in Clairemont but our kids don’t go to school in Clairemont so I can’t comment on the schools here, but our neighbors seem quite content with their schools, and a couple have choiced into UC. Everyone knows they aren’t North-County schools, but the lifestyle trade-off makes it all better. To the kids, it is just school, anyway. The kids will never know what they are missing. The biggest difference is you won’t be intertwined with more “upscale” parents, which is both good and bad.

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A little off the topic, I would REALLY LOVE to know about how much we are talking in terms of a good private school? Is it like, less than $500 per month for example, or it’s over $1000? Any idea?

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[quote=sdduuuude]Consider a canyon lot in Clairemont and send the kids to private school. You’ll have a 5 or 10 min commute into La Jolla. Or, give the Clairemont schools a try first, then move them to a private school if you are unhappy. Or, try to choice them into a UC or La Jolla public school.

We live in Clairemont but our kids don’t go to school in Clairemont so I can’t comment on the schools here, but our neighbors seem quite content with their schools, and a couple have choiced into UC. Everyone knows they aren’t North-County schools, but the lifestyle trade-off makes it all better. To the kids, it is just school, anyway. The kids will never know what they are missing. The biggest difference is you won’t be intertwined with more “upscale” parents, which is both good and bad.

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A little off the topic, I would REALLY LOVE to know about how much we are talking in terms of a good private school? Is it like, less than $500 per month for example, or it’s over $1000? Any idea?

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[quote=sdduuuude]Consider a canyon lot in Clairemont and send the kids to private school. You’ll have a 5 or 10 min commute into La Jolla. Or, give the Clairemont schools a try first, then move them to a private school if you are unhappy. Or, try to choice them into a UC or La Jolla public school.

We live in Clairemont but our kids don’t go to school in Clairemont so I can’t comment on the schools here, but our neighbors seem quite content with their schools, and a couple have choiced into UC. Everyone knows they aren’t North-County schools, but the lifestyle trade-off makes it all better. To the kids, it is just school, anyway. The kids will never know what they are missing. The biggest difference is you won’t be intertwined with more “upscale” parents, which is both good and bad.

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A little off the topic, I would REALLY LOVE to know about how much we are talking in terms of a good private school? Is it like, less than $500 per month for example, or it’s over $1000? Any idea?

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[quote=sdduuuude]Consider a canyon lot in Clairemont and send the kids to private school. You’ll have a 5 or 10 min commute into La Jolla. Or, give the Clairemont schools a try first, then move them to a private school if you are unhappy. Or, try to choice them into a UC or La Jolla public school.

We live in Clairemont but our kids don’t go to school in Clairemont so I can’t comment on the schools here, but our neighbors seem quite content with their schools, and a couple have choiced into UC. Everyone knows they aren’t North-County schools, but the lifestyle trade-off makes it all better. To the kids, it is just school, anyway. The kids will never know what they are missing. The biggest difference is you won’t be intertwined with more “upscale” parents, which is both good and bad.

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A little off the topic, I would REALLY LOVE to know about how much we are talking in terms of a good private school? Is it like, less than $500 per month for example, or it’s over $1000? Any idea?

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Depends on what you mean by a “decent place”. To me a modest condo 5 minutes from work would be more decent than a house with a big yard 30 minutes away. [/quote]

I am not exactly disagreeing with you, but I do work in La Jolla just by the ocean – think La Jolla Cove,Coast Blvd, Windnsea, BirdRock. Any idea how much a 3-4 bdr place IS there? either to rent or to buy. We can’t afford it. THAT would be in 5′ from work. If it’s not in LJ I already have to commute 15-20′. We chose to rent in UTC,that was the closest we could find.

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Depends on what you mean by a “decent place”. To me a modest condo 5 minutes from work would be more decent than a house with a big yard 30 minutes away. [/quote]

I am not exactly disagreeing with you, but I do work in La Jolla just by the ocean – think La Jolla Cove,Coast Blvd, Windnsea, BirdRock. Any idea how much a 3-4 bdr place IS there? either to rent or to buy. We can’t afford it. THAT would be in 5′ from work. If it’s not in LJ I already have to commute 15-20′. We chose to rent in UTC,that was the closest we could find.

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[quote=CONCHO]

Depends on what you mean by a “decent place”. To me a modest condo 5 minutes from work would be more decent than a house with a big yard 30 minutes away. [/quote]

I am not exactly disagreeing with you, but I do work in La Jolla just by the ocean – think La Jolla Cove,Coast Blvd, Windnsea, BirdRock. Any idea how much a 3-4 bdr place IS there? either to rent or to buy. We can’t afford it. THAT would be in 5′ from work. If it’s not in LJ I already have to commute 15-20′. We chose to rent in UTC,that was the closest we could find.

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[quote=CONCHO]

Depends on what you mean by a “decent place”. To me a modest condo 5 minutes from work would be more decent than a house with a big yard 30 minutes away. [/quote]

I am not exactly disagreeing with you, but I do work in La Jolla just by the ocean – think La Jolla Cove,Coast Blvd, Windnsea, BirdRock. Any idea how much a 3-4 bdr place IS there? either to rent or to buy. We can’t afford it. THAT would be in 5′ from work. If it’s not in LJ I already have to commute 15-20′. We chose to rent in UTC,that was the closest we could find.

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