moving to cali ! (Oceanside, Escondido, Vista: for sale, renting, homes)

[leonard]

Originally Posted by mully1

Hi Jeff ,
south cali is definitley where we want to be the climate and lifestyleis definitley what we want out of life is their any other city's or county's you could recommend ?
many thanks for your help

Your budget will determine where and how close to the "better" i.e near the beach, and nightlife, you can get.

In Temecula you can buy more house for your dollar but you are further from the nicer weather areas and beach, etc. In So Orange County, which is one of the best areas, along with the North coast of San Diego, your costs go up.

[5thgenSF]

somewhere closer to the coast and cooler. it's very hot there.

[mully1]

Originally Posted by leonard

Your budget will determine where and how close to the "better" i.e near the beach, and nightlife, you can get.

In Temecula you can buy more house for your dollar but you are further from the nicer weather areas and beach, etc. In So Orange County, which is one of the best areas, along with the North coast of San Diego, your costs go up.

good climate as in not humid all the time but nice warm weather , good neighbourhood, good schooling thats my priority's san diego does look nice want to be about no more than 30 mins from the coast or am l just dreaming , obviosley l want to look at renting before l buy to make sure l have the right area ,

[mully1]

Originally Posted by 5thgenSF

somewhere closer to the coast and cooler. it's very hot there.

any recommendations 5thgen ,
thanks for your help

[5thgenSF]

Originally Posted by mully1

good climate as in not humid all the time but nice warm weather , good neighbourhood, good schooling thats my priority's san diego does look nice want to be about no more than 30 mins from the coast or am l just dreaming , obviosley l want to look at renting before l buy to make sure l have the right area ,

what leonard said. temecula/murrieta aren't just warm, their hot! and it's an hour to san diego from there. the traffic in southern california is pretty crazy all over. so if you're an hour away from someplace (orange county, los angeles county) it can easily take two hours to get there.

some of the beach areas don't have a lot of kids. but the budget is the biggest consideration.

i'm from the bay area and have one friend from london that i met when she moved there in the 80's. she's in Lodi now (central valley) but wishes she was still in the bay area. Lodi is hot too.

[mully1]

thanks 5th gen , what do you class as the bay area is that san fran ?

[5thgenSF]

Originally Posted by mully1

thanks 5th gen , what do you class as the bay area is that san fran ?

the whole area there consists of san fran, the peninsula, south bay, north bay, east bay. all around the bay! san fran is cold and windy. the weather gets better outside of it. traffic is still crazy but it's a smaller area compared to the gigantic sprawl of southern cal.

[mully1]

whats your verdicts on carlsbad ?

[5thgenSF]

Originally Posted by mully1

whats your verdicts on carlsbad ?

carlsbad is very nice. i have a welsh facebook friend that lived there and she misses it terribly. living in cork, ireland at the moment and just left living in madrid.

[leonard]

Originally Posted by mully1

whats your verdicts on carlsbad ?

In SD County look at

Carlsbad (expensive), Encinitas and Leucadia (not too bad for cost) or even San Marcos or Vista, though the drive to the beach will be a bit longer from those two, it isn't bad at all. All get a nice sea breeze in the afternoon. Oceanside is an option but it is not as nice as the others on the coast and has all the beach traffic as it is a major destination.

Definitely rent first.