What is up with the 805???

[docmcstuffin]

Originally Posted by beera

I take it you aren't married? Where I live now is less than a mile from my husband's work, but 13 miles from my work. We are moving to a larger place and he'll be 2 miles away from work, and I'll still be about 13 (moving east not up).

Considering the area he works in is much cheaper than the area I work in (we easily save $300-$500/month living more South) that's not always feasible.

And living in between wouldn't work either.

BTW I'm not trying to be rude by implying you aren't married, but it's easier said than done to do that if you and your spouse work in different areas.

Yes, I'm married with kids. We live 3 miles from my work and 5 miles from my spouse's work. We could have chosen a place that's 1 mile from both of our work but I would have to pay a lot more, so I though 3&5 miles is close enough.

With your situation, it makes sense. At the very least, he's only 1-2 miles from work, so only 1 spouse has to have the long commute. I've seen many couples that both have 10+ miles of commute, both traveling to the same direction too.

I'm not trying to say everyone have to do it, since sometimes, it's not doable. But many choose not to do it, even if they could.

[Pedro2000]

Originally Posted by docmcstuffin

Take a look at the 2 year chart of QCOM and it might explain what you're seeing with traffic. Do you see all those high rise construction from QCOM? How about all the high rise office buildings in UTC? This area is changing a lot and will continue to change. QCOM has plan to build a couple more high rises in Sorrento Valley over the next few years. So traffic will only get worse.

I hate commuting and traffic, so I picked a home that's 3 miles from work. It takes me on average 10 minutes to get to/from work. If more people do that, traffic would maybe decrease.

This only works if work is close to communities and housing and is affordable. There are a lot of apartments that pop up around offices and big companies, not so much around smaller companies.
There are always options, but it comes down to affordability. If you work close to the coast and cant' afford to live there, you probably are going to live further inland. Which means commuting.

I know up in Silicon Valley and San Fran, there are many many people who commute 2 hours because they work on one side of the bay, have a nicer house on the other, and it's in a better school district. FB building condos and apartments at its new campus is great, except it's meant for 22-28 year olds, not 42 year olds with a family.

And there are still others who want a little more space. People move to Lakeside, Alpine, Ramona, etc because bigger houses, more yard, cheaper and so on. So maybe they commute into sorrento valley or UTC or downtown, but they live in a house they like in a community they like instead of living in some 2 bedroom 800 square foot condo closer to work.

In theory the idea makes sense, but it doesn't always work out that way in real life.

[docmcstuffin]

Originally Posted by Pedro2000

This only works if work is close to communities and housing and is affordable. There are a lot of apartments that pop up around offices and big companies, not so much around smaller companies.
There are always options, but it comes down to affordability. If you work close to the coast and cant' afford to live there, you probably are going to live further inland. Which means commuting.

I know up in Silicon Valley and San Fran, there are many many people who commute 2 hours because they work on one side of the bay, have a nicer house on the other, and it's in a better school district. FB building condos and apartments at its new campus is great, except it's meant for 22-28 year olds, not 42 year olds with a family.

And there are still others who want a little more space. People move to Lakeside, Alpine, Ramona, etc because bigger houses, more yard, cheaper and so on. So maybe they commute into sorrento valley or UTC or downtown, but they live in a house they like in a community they like instead of living in some 2 bedroom 800 square foot condo closer to work.

In theory the idea makes sense, but it doesn't always work out that way in real life.

You're correct, it doesn't work for all. But it sure would work for a lot of people. I see many who could live closer to work, but they rather have a bigger and/or newer house further away.

I agree that there's no one size fit all and that some people don't care about commute. I preface my statement with me hatting commute, so, distance to work is high on my list. You won't find me complaining that I live in a small house vs the newer 3500-4000 sq-ft house. But I just giggle when people whine about traffic and commute when they chose to live further away to have those bigger and/or newer houses.

I'm just trying to say that if people really hate traffic/commute, then they might want to consider living closer. Sure, you can't get as big or as new of a house, but you don't have to deal w/ traffic/commute.

[1AngryTaxPayer]

On the news the 15 is stop and go for 60 miles to the 215. Holeeee

[oddstray]

Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer

On the news the 15 is stop and go for 60 miles to the 215. Holeeee

That's not the worst I've seen. I once took Greyhound from LA to San Diego, the day before Thanksgiving (many years ago). There were no accidents or construction on the road.

It took 13 hours. We pulled into San Diego at 1 AM.

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Originally Posted by oddstray

That's not the worst I've seen. I once took Greyhound from LA to San Diego, the day before Thanksgiving (many years ago). There were no accidents or construction on the road.

It took 13 hours. We pulled into San Diego at 1 AM.

That crazy. You could have left at midnight.

[beera]

I feel like it's gotten worse the past two days, somehow it ended up taking me an hour to get to work today! And yesterday an hour and 20 minutes to go 13 miles.

Come on people it's just water!

[1AngryTaxPayer]

The 8 is being re-routed. The 163 looks like a painting. Nothing moving at all. What do you do if you have to pee or get gas?

[beera]

Pee on yourself? Pray for a cop to bring you gas?

THANKFULLY my husband told me this morning to avoid the 163, I just went over to the 805 N.

I heard someone jumped off the bridge in that area?

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Originally Posted by beera

Pee on yourself? Pray for a cop to bring you gas?

THANKFULLY my husband told me this morning to avoid the 163, I just went over to the 805 N.

I heard someone jumped off the bridge in that area?

Yep, permanent solution to temporary problem.