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June 20, 2011 at 10:04 AM in reply to: It’s not all gloom and doom. “Silly” Valley values booming #704871June 20, 2011 at 10:04 AM in reply to: It’s not all gloom and doom. “Silly” Valley values booming #704967
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Participant[quote=ctr70]A lot of SD has a lower mentality crowd and a lot of directionless uneducated people. I think the general population here have more in common with say Texas or Arizona in style, taste, mindset vs. SF/Boston/Seattle/Manhattan (and I don’t mean that politically). It is also more “commercialized” and has a lot of unsightly suburban/cookie cutter, sterile, characterless areas (like Rancho Penasquitas where I live now and most of inland North County IMO). These areas are just totally car culture mall oriented places, you never see anyone on the sidewalks! They are so sterile feeling and devoid of any uniqueness. There are only a few places in SD which are kind of cool, interesting and have some character (parts of North Park, Univ Heights, South Park, Hillcrest)…and even those areas can lack.
[/quote]I agree that the general population in the Bay Area vs. San Diego does seem to be more educated/intelligent/cultural as a whole than down here. Probably has a lot to do with the fact that uneducated people simply can’t afford to live up there.
However, I don’t think comparing the suburbs of SD to the city of SF itself is a fair comparison. I may be wrong since I’ve never lived in Silicon Valley myself but from what I’ve seen cities in the South Bay around San Jose are basically the same “suburban/cookie cutter, sterile, characterless” areas as the suburbs down here.
June 20, 2011 at 10:04 AM in reply to: It’s not all gloom and doom. “Silly” Valley values booming #705562Participant[quote=ctr70]A lot of SD has a lower mentality crowd and a lot of directionless uneducated people. I think the general population here have more in common with say Texas or Arizona in style, taste, mindset vs. SF/Boston/Seattle/Manhattan (and I don’t mean that politically). It is also more “commercialized” and has a lot of unsightly suburban/cookie cutter, sterile, characterless areas (like Rancho Penasquitas where I live now and most of inland North County IMO). These areas are just totally car culture mall oriented places, you never see anyone on the sidewalks! They are so sterile feeling and devoid of any uniqueness. There are only a few places in SD which are kind of cool, interesting and have some character (parts of North Park, Univ Heights, South Park, Hillcrest)…and even those areas can lack.
[/quote]I agree that the general population in the Bay Area vs. San Diego does seem to be more educated/intelligent/cultural as a whole than down here. Probably has a lot to do with the fact that uneducated people simply can’t afford to live up there.
However, I don’t think comparing the suburbs of SD to the city of SF itself is a fair comparison. I may be wrong since I’ve never lived in Silicon Valley myself but from what I’ve seen cities in the South Bay around San Jose are basically the same “suburban/cookie cutter, sterile, characterless” areas as the suburbs down here.
June 20, 2011 at 10:04 AM in reply to: It’s not all gloom and doom. “Silly” Valley values booming #705712Participant[quote=ctr70]A lot of SD has a lower mentality crowd and a lot of directionless uneducated people. I think the general population here have more in common with say Texas or Arizona in style, taste, mindset vs. SF/Boston/Seattle/Manhattan (and I don’t mean that politically). It is also more “commercialized” and has a lot of unsightly suburban/cookie cutter, sterile, characterless areas (like Rancho Penasquitas where I live now and most of inland North County IMO). These areas are just totally car culture mall oriented places, you never see anyone on the sidewalks! They are so sterile feeling and devoid of any uniqueness. There are only a few places in SD which are kind of cool, interesting and have some character (parts of North Park, Univ Heights, South Park, Hillcrest)…and even those areas can lack.
[/quote]I agree that the general population in the Bay Area vs. San Diego does seem to be more educated/intelligent/cultural as a whole than down here. Probably has a lot to do with the fact that uneducated people simply can’t afford to live up there.
However, I don’t think comparing the suburbs of SD to the city of SF itself is a fair comparison. I may be wrong since I’ve never lived in Silicon Valley myself but from what I’ve seen cities in the South Bay around San Jose are basically the same “suburban/cookie cutter, sterile, characterless” areas as the suburbs down here.
June 20, 2011 at 10:04 AM in reply to: It’s not all gloom and doom. “Silly” Valley values booming #706076Participant[quote=ctr70]A lot of SD has a lower mentality crowd and a lot of directionless uneducated people. I think the general population here have more in common with say Texas or Arizona in style, taste, mindset vs. SF/Boston/Seattle/Manhattan (and I don’t mean that politically). It is also more “commercialized” and has a lot of unsightly suburban/cookie cutter, sterile, characterless areas (like Rancho Penasquitas where I live now and most of inland North County IMO). These areas are just totally car culture mall oriented places, you never see anyone on the sidewalks! They are so sterile feeling and devoid of any uniqueness. There are only a few places in SD which are kind of cool, interesting and have some character (parts of North Park, Univ Heights, South Park, Hillcrest)…and even those areas can lack.
[/quote]I agree that the general population in the Bay Area vs. San Diego does seem to be more educated/intelligent/cultural as a whole than down here. Probably has a lot to do with the fact that uneducated people simply can’t afford to live up there.
However, I don’t think comparing the suburbs of SD to the city of SF itself is a fair comparison. I may be wrong since I’ve never lived in Silicon Valley myself but from what I’ve seen cities in the South Bay around San Jose are basically the same “suburban/cookie cutter, sterile, characterless” areas as the suburbs down here.
June 16, 2011 at 3:44 PM in reply to: It’s not all gloom and doom. “Silly” Valley values booming #704144ParticipantAre there any relatively low priced but decent areas to live in the Silicon Valley area that don’t require you to win the IPO lottery to afford? Say an area like Mira Mesa or Clairemont in proximity to Sorrento Valley. Or would you have to live in BFE up in Norcal to get something anywhere close to affordable?
June 16, 2011 at 3:44 PM in reply to: It’s not all gloom and doom. “Silly” Valley values booming #704239ParticipantAre there any relatively low priced but decent areas to live in the Silicon Valley area that don’t require you to win the IPO lottery to afford? Say an area like Mira Mesa or Clairemont in proximity to Sorrento Valley. Or would you have to live in BFE up in Norcal to get something anywhere close to affordable?
June 16, 2011 at 3:44 PM in reply to: It’s not all gloom and doom. “Silly” Valley values booming #704827ParticipantAre there any relatively low priced but decent areas to live in the Silicon Valley area that don’t require you to win the IPO lottery to afford? Say an area like Mira Mesa or Clairemont in proximity to Sorrento Valley. Or would you have to live in BFE up in Norcal to get something anywhere close to affordable?
June 16, 2011 at 3:44 PM in reply to: It’s not all gloom and doom. “Silly” Valley values booming #704981ParticipantAre there any relatively low priced but decent areas to live in the Silicon Valley area that don’t require you to win the IPO lottery to afford? Say an area like Mira Mesa or Clairemont in proximity to Sorrento Valley. Or would you have to live in BFE up in Norcal to get something anywhere close to affordable?
June 16, 2011 at 3:44 PM in reply to: It’s not all gloom and doom. “Silly” Valley values booming #705341ParticipantAre there any relatively low priced but decent areas to live in the Silicon Valley area that don’t require you to win the IPO lottery to afford? Say an area like Mira Mesa or Clairemont in proximity to Sorrento Valley. Or would you have to live in BFE up in Norcal to get something anywhere close to affordable?
June 16, 2011 at 1:41 PM in reply to: It’s not all gloom and doom. “Silly” Valley values booming #704120Participant[quote=AN]Mid last year, I was considering moving to the bay since they do have A LOT more positions open. However, when I count in cost of living, it turned out I’m getting paid more down here than up there (especially with my 15 minutes max commute range).[/quote]
Similar situation here. Seems like everyone and their mom has moved to Norcal in the past few years. Thought about it myself but all things considered it’s pretty hard to leave SD. The pay may be much higher in the bay area but once you factor in the increased work hours/competition, cost of housing and traffic/commute times San Diego starts to look pretty good.
June 16, 2011 at 1:41 PM in reply to: It’s not all gloom and doom. “Silly” Valley values booming #704214Participant[quote=AN]Mid last year, I was considering moving to the bay since they do have A LOT more positions open. However, when I count in cost of living, it turned out I’m getting paid more down here than up there (especially with my 15 minutes max commute range).[/quote]
Similar situation here. Seems like everyone and their mom has moved to Norcal in the past few years. Thought about it myself but all things considered it’s pretty hard to leave SD. The pay may be much higher in the bay area but once you factor in the increased work hours/competition, cost of housing and traffic/commute times San Diego starts to look pretty good.
June 16, 2011 at 1:41 PM in reply to: It’s not all gloom and doom. “Silly” Valley values booming #704803Participant[quote=AN]Mid last year, I was considering moving to the bay since they do have A LOT more positions open. However, when I count in cost of living, it turned out I’m getting paid more down here than up there (especially with my 15 minutes max commute range).[/quote]
Similar situation here. Seems like everyone and their mom has moved to Norcal in the past few years. Thought about it myself but all things considered it’s pretty hard to leave SD. The pay may be much higher in the bay area but once you factor in the increased work hours/competition, cost of housing and traffic/commute times San Diego starts to look pretty good.
June 16, 2011 at 1:41 PM in reply to: It’s not all gloom and doom. “Silly” Valley values booming #704956Participant[quote=AN]Mid last year, I was considering moving to the bay since they do have A LOT more positions open. However, when I count in cost of living, it turned out I’m getting paid more down here than up there (especially with my 15 minutes max commute range).[/quote]
Similar situation here. Seems like everyone and their mom has moved to Norcal in the past few years. Thought about it myself but all things considered it’s pretty hard to leave SD. The pay may be much higher in the bay area but once you factor in the increased work hours/competition, cost of housing and traffic/commute times San Diego starts to look pretty good.
June 16, 2011 at 1:41 PM in reply to: It’s not all gloom and doom. “Silly” Valley values booming #705316Participant[quote=AN]Mid last year, I was considering moving to the bay since they do have A LOT more positions open. However, when I count in cost of living, it turned out I’m getting paid more down here than up there (especially with my 15 minutes max commute range).[/quote]
Similar situation here. Seems like everyone and their mom has moved to Norcal in the past few years. Thought about it myself but all things considered it’s pretty hard to leave SD. The pay may be much higher in the bay area but once you factor in the increased work hours/competition, cost of housing and traffic/commute times San Diego starts to look pretty good.
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