living downtown

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Originally Posted by Clevelandgal

We have rented a condo in the Cortez Hill neighborhood of downtown. I have not move out yet, but my spouse is there and loves it. The area is clean, walkable and quiet, and fairly quick stroll to the more active areas. The prices are also a bit more affordable.

Yes Cortez Hill is super quiet in relation to "downtown" living.

You'll get a nice work out walking back home too!

Enjoy and dont forget to go right up 6th to Balboa Park

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Originally Posted by kalindi

Sassberto,

I would never suggest Hillcrest to anyone. If you walk around Hillcrest during the day, mid-week, by all of the restaurants, cafes, shops, ect as all of the urban dwellers say they like to do you mostly pass by people who are half-homeless(one week they have a home but the next week they don't becuase they cant seem to get along with roommates), people who are on meds for Massive anxiety, drug addicts who again are often half-homless(or completely homeless), sex addicts looking for their next anonymous fix, runaway teens, and elderly people who look incredibly hopeless, stuck and desolate. Also, and this may sound judgemental but I have never seen so many people(I am talking about the people who are Not homeless but those who live in apts/houses) who's natural looks(skin, hair, teeth, healthy glow, ect.) are in such poor shape and or are severly neglected.

This is how Hillcrest(and North Park) have been for over 20 years and it seems to get worse(more and more people) every year.

If you drive down University in Hillcrest and North Park and do not, or have not ever noticed this fact then what can I say?

Sorry to sound offensive but wow it is a nightmare it is in those areas. It is so bad that I will type it and say it on this forum becuase it really needs to be said for the sake of just saying it. I would say it is about as bad as it gets for a so-called respectable area of San Diego County.

There are some nice houses, condos, aprtments in Hillcrest, North Park, Bankers Hill, ect. but so often the streets look and feel like the movie "the dawn of the dead" at 2:30p.m. on a Tuesday afternoon.

Though I don't agree with this, there is an ounce of truth to it. It's not just Hillcrest though. North Park, University City, Downtown, etc. all have their bad moments.

Then again suburban areas like La Costa, Del Mar, etc. have plenty of sex addicts and people on meds as well, they just seem to hide it better.