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Thanks KIBU, I heard from my co-workers that actually 52 rush hour traffic got worse since they opened that extension.

Changing commute to non-rush hour is doable, but even so we are talking 45′ door to door for me and maybe 40′ for my husband (from Otay Ranch). On the other hand, PQ/Sabre Springs commute got worse according to my co-workers.

I disagree about San Marcos schools. The high school has improved substantially – API the same as the Carlsbad ones. I don’t remember the other schools. Commute – like Chula Vista more or less (+/- 5′ at non-rush)

Clairemont – let’s say you manage to choice the kid into UC schools – which is still a hassle and UC schools are not exceptionally great, except perhaps Curie. Still for the age of the houses and the school quality I think it’s still too expensive.

Mira Mesa is of course, still on the table due to the shorter commute and lower prices. Still, we did not like the general area, beside the Calle Cristobal one – that is pretty limiting to a small area. We will revisit it though, for sure.

I know, very hard decision! Maybe the prices will go down more by the time we have to buy….

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sdr, are the prices coming down in SEH, or San marcos? I am talking about the 2000+ sf SFRs.

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sdr, are the prices coming down in SEH, or San marcos? I am talking about the 2000+ sf SFRs.

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sdr, are the prices coming down in SEH, or San marcos? I am talking about the 2000+ sf SFRs.

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sdr, are the prices coming down in SEH, or San marcos? I am talking about the 2000+ sf SFRs.

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sdr, are the prices coming down in SEH, or San marcos? I am talking about the 2000+ sf SFRs.

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[quote=SkyRanchOwner]Scarlett,

What did you end up doing/buying?[/quote]

Haven’t bought yet and probably will still wait a year or two…

Theoretically Chula Vista is not yet off the table, nor is San Marcos. We can swing our commutes to avoid rush hour and maybe work some from home. We are trying to get something nice and cheap(er)…so we could subsist on a single salary for a while – which seems to be in the cards sometime in the future…sigh. So we will sacrifice the commute for the price. But good schools is a requirement. San Marcos has the advantage of close proximity to biotech companies and such where one of us may end up working.

Note: We haven’t started to look physically into any other area beside PQ – we are just thinking aloud…I am sure to post more when we narrow down our search area.

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[quote=SkyRanchOwner]Scarlett,

What did you end up doing/buying?[/quote]

Haven’t bought yet and probably will still wait a year or two…

Theoretically Chula Vista is not yet off the table, nor is San Marcos. We can swing our commutes to avoid rush hour and maybe work some from home. We are trying to get something nice and cheap(er)…so we could subsist on a single salary for a while – which seems to be in the cards sometime in the future…sigh. So we will sacrifice the commute for the price. But good schools is a requirement. San Marcos has the advantage of close proximity to biotech companies and such where one of us may end up working.

Note: We haven’t started to look physically into any other area beside PQ – we are just thinking aloud…I am sure to post more when we narrow down our search area.

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[quote=SkyRanchOwner]Scarlett,

What did you end up doing/buying?[/quote]

Haven’t bought yet and probably will still wait a year or two…

Theoretically Chula Vista is not yet off the table, nor is San Marcos. We can swing our commutes to avoid rush hour and maybe work some from home. We are trying to get something nice and cheap(er)…so we could subsist on a single salary for a while – which seems to be in the cards sometime in the future…sigh. So we will sacrifice the commute for the price. But good schools is a requirement. San Marcos has the advantage of close proximity to biotech companies and such where one of us may end up working.

Note: We haven’t started to look physically into any other area beside PQ – we are just thinking aloud…I am sure to post more when we narrow down our search area.

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[quote=SkyRanchOwner]Scarlett,

What did you end up doing/buying?[/quote]

Haven’t bought yet and probably will still wait a year or two…

Theoretically Chula Vista is not yet off the table, nor is San Marcos. We can swing our commutes to avoid rush hour and maybe work some from home. We are trying to get something nice and cheap(er)…so we could subsist on a single salary for a while – which seems to be in the cards sometime in the future…sigh. So we will sacrifice the commute for the price. But good schools is a requirement. San Marcos has the advantage of close proximity to biotech companies and such where one of us may end up working.

Note: We haven’t started to look physically into any other area beside PQ – we are just thinking aloud…I am sure to post more when we narrow down our search area.

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