What city has climate like San Diego for less money to buy a home? (Los Angeles: rent, buying)

[Nobelgirl]

What do you think of Phoenix as an alternative to San Diego.
Culture, cost, winter climate, things to do

[shmoov_groovzsd]

[oddstray]

This guy's showin' up all over, this afternoon!

Phoenix isn't *that* dead compared to San Diego. It has different culture, probably lower cost, possible better winter climate. I, myself, prefer Tucson to Phoenix. Or maybe Tempe, since college towns seem to be livelier culturally. But summer temps in any of these will be brutal!

[tickyul]

Originally Posted by Mily

LOL! This is the first time I've ever heard that...

Haha, I was thinking the same thing.........Seattle, I grew up there..........great weather, maybe in the summer, the rest of the time.....uh, not so much.

[tickyul]

Originally Posted by jzt83

Tucson is a tad warmer and cooler than SD with temps ranging from 32 - 105ish. It has areas of liberalness, esp the areas around the Uni. The cost of real estate is low compared to SD, but it has risen quite a bit during the past 5 years. Although Az is a conservative/liberal state, I would characterize Tucson as more moderate overall. The main things I dislike about Tucson are the crime rate and ugly architecture. While in the SW, you might want to also check out Flagstaff and Albuquerque, NM.

Please............the weather in Tucson would be considered EXTREME by most sane humans 6-7 months out of the year.

And yes, I lived there for 18 broiling months.

[Woof]

Isn't Austin TX supposed to have decent weather - not as good as SD, but bearable and nice much of the year? And it's supposed to be better educated and not as rightwing as the rest of Texas.

I dunno, that's just what I heard.

[CAVA1990]

Tijuana

[earlyretirement]

Originally Posted by Woof

Isn't Austin TX supposed to have decent weather - not as good as SD, but bearable and nice much of the year? And it's supposed to be better educated and not as rightwing as the rest of Texas.

I dunno, that's just what I heard.

The summers in Texas (including Austin) are brutally hot. Texas had something like 40 days in a row of 100+ degrees last summer.

[MovingAloha]

Originally Posted by earlyretirement

The summers in Texas (including Austin) are brutally hot. Texas had something like 40 days in a row of 100+ degrees last summer.

Also even though Austin is fairly liberal, for Texas, it probably seems more like San Diego for folks who are thinking of New York City, Portland or San Francisco liberalism.

[cruitr]

Originally Posted by Woof

Isn't Austin TX supposed to have decent weather - not as good as SD, but bearable and nice much of the year? And it's supposed to be better educated and not as rightwing as the rest of Texas.

I dunno, that's just what I heard.

Lots of mosquitoes too.