Neighborhoods in Greater SD

[Larry Siegel]

Originally Posted by JSD45

RSF is in it's own league, I agree. La Jolla, it can be argued, isn't really part of N. county, but then again it's up one's personal definition. I consider places from Del Mar north to be N. County, La Jolla is kinda by itself and anywhere south of La Jolla is south county. Of course, that's probably not the right definition either...

Truth be told, I don't really go south of Torrey Pines state beach all that often. La Jolla is nice and all, but it's crowded and the further you get away from Encinitas means the further you have to drive.

Two towns I would add to "north county inland" in the wealthy/nice section, are Fallbrook and Bonsall. These towns are very nice. Mansions to more regular homes, rural, horses, quite, beautiful, warmer or colder....one of my favorite areas.

Solana Beach, Cardiff, and Encinitas are pretty darned affluent, although Del Mar is more so. Rancho Santa Fe is in a class by itself, all right - it's the highest housing price zip code in the United States. I would call RSF coastal, not inland, since it is closer to the 5 than the 15.

I would call North County anything north of the 56, so La Jolla is central San Diego; and I would call South County anything south of the 94. That leaves a pretty big central area.

[oddstray]

Originally Posted by Larry Siegel

Solana Beach, Cardiff, and Encinitas are pretty darned affluent, although Del Mar is more so. Rancho Santa Fe is in a class by itself, all right - it's the highest housing price zip code in the United States. I would call RSF coastal, not inland, since it is closer to the 5 than the 15.

I would call North County anything north of the 56, so La Jolla is central San Diego; and I would call South County anything south of the 94. That leaves a pretty big central area.

If I were trying to equally divide the space, I might agree with you. But the "Neighborhood Maps" page doesn't. It seems to use I-8 and/or 52 as the divide between north and south: Northern Neighborhood | Neighborhood Maps

[earlyretirement]

Originally Posted by Larry Siegel

Solana Beach, Cardiff, and Encinitas are pretty darned affluent, although Del Mar is more so. Rancho Santa Fe is in a class by itself, all right - it's the highest housing price zip code in the United States. I would call RSF coastal, not inland, since it is closer to the 5 than the 15.

I would call North County anything north of the 56, so La Jolla is central San Diego; and I would call South County anything south of the 94. That leaves a pretty big central area.

All of those areas are super nice but I agree that La Jolla, Del Mar and Rancho Santa Fe are in a different class.

Actually Rancho Santa Fe isn't the most expensive zip code anymore. I think it fell out of that place several years ago. It was at one point during the housing bubble. Still, it's in the top 15 most expensive zip codes in the USA.

Although I'm not sure I'd consider RSF coastal, it's super convenient and close. I live near RSF and I can make it to the beaches in Del Mar in 15 minutes.