Moving from la to San Diego (Escondido, Carlsbad: rent, homes, theater)

[calves2997]

I have been offered a job in san Diego. It is income neutral but a good professional opportunity. I presently live in the dos Vientos community in Newbury park and I love it. Great schools, many parks, high degree of safety, walking and hiking trails and proximity to sycamore canyon park.
Is there anywhere in la jolla, north county areas that can compare to this?
Any information is helpful,

[DCStudent]

Originally Posted by calves2997

I have been offered a job in san Diego. It is income neutral but a good professional opportunity. I presently live in the dos Vientos community in Newbury park and I love it. Great schools, many parks, high degree of safety, walking and hiking trails and proximity to sycamore canyon park.
Is there anywhere in la jolla, north county areas that can compare to this?
Any information is helpful,

I don't know what housing and general cost of living is like where you're coming from but for the listing of area qualities you gave you can defiantly find them in in La Jolla and in areas of North County.

La Jolla would probably have the most qualities you were looking for, it is decently safe and is just south of Torrey Pines State Park which has trails and hiking. La Jolla also has some nice beach areas. I'm not familiar with the schools in La Jolla.

Encinitas, in North County, has no large state parks, but has nice beaches and many smaller city parks. Encinitas also has excellent schools and is very safe. Encinitas is about 15 minutes (more or less) north of Torrey Pines, and about 25-30 minutes west of the Elfin Forest Reserve (which is great for mountain biking and hiking).

You may also want to look into the San Elijo Hills, La Costa, and Rancho Bernardo areas of North County. (I'm not exactly sure if Rancho Bernardo is considered north county or not) I'm not too familiar with these but have been told they are very safe, have pretty good schools and all are in fairly close proximity to the Elfin Forest reserve which has some really nice hiking trails. These areas are further east than La Jolla and Encinitas.

(Home costs and Rent in all these areas are pretty high.)

[Encinitan]

Originally Posted by DCStudent

I don't know what housing and general cost of living is like where you're coming from but for the listing of area qualities you gave you can defiantly find them in in La Jolla and in areas of North County.

La Jolla would probably have the most qualities you were looking for, it is decently safe and is just south of Torrey Pines State Park which has trails and hiking. La Jolla also has some nice beach areas. I'm not familiar with the schools in La Jolla.

Encinitas, in North County, has no large state parks, but has nice beaches and many smaller city parks. Encinitas also has excellent schools and is very safe. Encinitas is about 15 minutes (more or less) north of Torrey Pines, and about 25-30 minutes west of the Elfin Forest Reserve (which is great for mountain biking and hiking).

You may also want to look into the San Elijo Hills, La Costa, and Rancho Bernardo areas of North County. (I'm not exactly sure if Rancho Bernardo is considered north county or not) I'm not too familiar with these but have been told they are very safe, have pretty good schools and all are in fairly close proximity to the Elfin Forest reserve which has some really nice hiking trails. These areas are further east than La Jolla and Encinitas.

(Home costs and Rent in all these areas are pretty high.)

I suppose it's true that Encinitas has no large state parks, but there are lots of open spaces, county and city parks etc. We hiked the San Elijo Lagoon trail today and it's hard to believe you're not in the middle of nowhere when you're out there. Definitely worth checking out Encinitas if you're planning a move here.

[oddstray]

Originally Posted by calves2997

I have been offered a job in san Diego. It is income neutral but a good professional opportunity. I presently live in the dos Vientos community in Newbury park and I love it. Great schools, many parks, high degree of safety, walking and hiking trails and proximity to sycamore canyon park.
Is there anywhere in la jolla, north county areas that can compare to this?
Any information is helpful,

San Diego is safe, in general. There are individual areas that are less safe scattered among San Diego.

San Diego has availability to walking and hiking trails, in general. The more central areas are more limited in this respect.

I'd say that all of "la jolla, north county areas" compare to this. And areas of San diego that don't fall into those areas also compare to this.

[lrmsd]

Also, carmel valley just south of del mar, has the top schools in the district, alongside poway. carmel valley is a few mile from torrey pines, and is bikeable, with no freeways. Lots of parks and walking distance to health store, theater, shops, etc. very safe, clean, great for families, and central to everything-ie, it's not so far north or south. you can get most places in 20 minutes. 56, 5 and 805 are extremely convenient to CV. other trails are not so far-in rancho penasquitos, poway, bernardo, mission gorge, etc.

[sdurbanite]

I have a friend who lives in nearby Camarillo and that entire area screams San Diego North County. From Carmel Valley to the south, east to Scripps Ranch, north to South Escondido and the west to Carlsbad........that entire swath is comparable to where you live now, ie, open space, hiking trails, good schools, safe, etc.

[parker]

We used to live in Wood Ranch, off the 23 and Olsen...LOVED the area, hiking, small town feel, and the kindness of Ventura County. We moved to Colorado in 2006 and were fortunate to be able to come back to CA. We are now in North County in San Elijo Hills...this area does have a bit of the feel of Dos Vientos. We moved here for the schools...we did look in the areas of Carlsbad that we could afford, but the schools were not scoring as high on their STAR testing and AYPs, so we chose San Elijo.

[earlyretirement]

Originally Posted by DCStudent

You may also want to look into the San Elijo Hills, La Costa, and Rancho Bernardo areas of North County. (I'm not exactly sure if Rancho Bernardo is considered north county or not) I'm not too familiar with these but have been told they are very safe, have pretty good schools and all are in fairly close proximity to the Elfin Forest reserve which has some really nice hiking trails. These areas are further east than La Jolla and Encinitas.

(Home costs and Rent in all these areas are pretty high.)

North County, San Diego - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


I agree with many of these posts above. North County is really great! We absolutely love living in it. Schools are wonderful for our kids and the quality of life is really great. It's clean, safe, full of friendly people and beautiful homes and communities. North County Coastal and North County San Diego are as close to perfect to me as it gets if you are raising kids.

Like another poster mentioned, it can be a bit pricey to live in these areas but I find it's worth it. Different strokes for different folks. For example, I'd have no interest at all in living downtown with kids. But there are some downtown that wouldn't have any desire to be out here I'm sure. But raising kids out here, I can tell you that it doesn't get much better than this....