Seriously considering moving to California -- need some tips - Beyond Tiki

M Monkeyman Tiki Socialite Vista, CA Joined: Mar 04, 2003 Posts: 2386	M Monkeyman Posted posted on Thu, May 29, 2003 11:21 PM I didn't get around to reading all 7 pages of posts so forgive me if this was already mentioned. If you are considering San Diego county, the only place that has an eclectic, artistic, pedestrian freindly close knit community with shops, cafes, and music would be Hillcrest and the surrounding areas. Hillcrest is as close to San Francisco as San Diego gets (in more ways than one). It is an older part of town that was designed when people didn't all have cars. As a result, everything is fairly close together. San Diego really only has 3-4 areas that are predominantly younger currently hip people. Hillcrest/Kensington (a gay center, independant theaters/coffee houses), Pacific/Ocean/Mission Beach (they have filmed multiple MTV beach functions in those areas, mostly naked sunburned drunk college students), La Jolla (very expensive, near UCSD), then farther north along the coast, Leucadia/Cardiff (more the surfer variety but still cool) Most of the other areas of San Diego county tend to be family ville where we just want an affordable home with decent schools to put our kids in. Being located near business centers can make our commutes a little better. You can pretty much bet that the farther you go from the coast, the cheaper it gets but can be blistering hot during the summer. Good Luck. Monkeyman

I didn't get around to reading all 7 pages of posts so forgive me if this was already mentioned. If you are considering San Diego county, the only place that has an eclectic, artistic, pedestrian freindly close knit community with shops, cafes, and music would be Hillcrest and the surrounding areas. Hillcrest is as close to San Francisco as San Diego gets (in more ways than one). It is an older part of town that was designed when people didn't all have cars. As a result, everything is fairly close together.

San Diego really only has 3-4 areas that are predominantly younger currently hip people. Hillcrest/Kensington (a gay center, independant theaters/coffee houses), Pacific/Ocean/Mission Beach (they have filmed multiple MTV beach functions in those areas, mostly naked sunburned drunk college students), La Jolla (very expensive, near UCSD), then farther north along the coast, Leucadia/Cardiff (more the surfer variety but still cool)

Most of the other areas of San Diego county tend to be family ville where we just want an affordable home with decent schools to put our kids in. Being located near business centers can make our commutes a little better.

You can pretty much bet that the farther you go from the coast, the cheaper it gets but can be blistering hot during the summer.

Good Luck.

Monkeyman

Post #36527 by Monkeyman on Thu, May 29, 2003 11:21 PM