How is the Encinitas area? (Solana Beach: county, road, residents)

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Seen on skateboard near N Vulcan
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[loveautumn]

I've lived in Encinitas for about 27 years and have seen it change dramatically (as has all of SD area). I've never worried about fitting in. There are all kinds of people that live here, and not everybody is super wealthy either...in fact, most aren't. Target is always busy, J. Crew is not. Enjoy yourself here, it's probably one of the best places to live in SD (course I'm a bit bias).

[Pedro2000]

Originally Posted by loveautumn

I've lived in Encinitas for about 27 years and have seen it change dramatically (as has all of SD area). I've never worried about fitting in. There are all kinds of people that live here, and not everybody is super wealthy either...in fact, most aren't. Target is always busy, J. Crew is not. Enjoy yourself here, it's probably one of the best places to live in SD (course I'm a bit bias).

Yeah but this gets into the debate around beach vs non beach. Target, Walmart, Best Buy, all the shops and car dealerships and office complexes along El Camino Real is almost like suburbia compared to being near the beach and Vulcan. I dont even consider those the same place.

[Cardiff Kook]

Originally Posted by Pedro2000

Yeah but this gets into the debate around beach vs non beach. Target, Walmart, Best Buy, all the shops and car dealerships and office complexes along El Camino Real is almost like suburbia compared to being near the beach and Vulcan. I dont even consider those the same place.

True. Those areas are different worlds in some ways

[CNYC]

Originally Posted by Cardiff Kook

True. Those areas are different worlds in some ways

A nice trade off IMO. Either you are next to the beach and you have to deal with tourist and yuppie pricing....and shops or you stay a short distance away and you get the economic benefits of living in the burbs AND you get access to the beach when you FEEL like it.

If I was trapped around the beach area I would be grouchy having to deal with the people and high prices.


Someone should mention this when asking about moving to the area. Not one person on the forum brought this up and I think it is worth a discussion at least for people deciding to move here.

[Cardiff Kook]

Originally Posted by CNYC

A nice trade off IMO. Either you are next to the beach and you have to deal with tourist and yuppie pricing....and shops or you stay a short distance away and you get the economic benefits of living in the burbs AND you get access to the beach when you FEEL like it.

If I was trapped around the beach area I would be grouchy having to deal with the people and high prices.


Someone should mention this when asking about moving to the area. Not one person on the forum brought this up and I think it is worth a discussion at least for people deciding to move here.

I'm kind of in between (but closer to Vulcan than El Camino) so I only get the tourists when I travel down the hill and get the burbs when I'm at home.

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Originally Posted by Cardiff Kook

I'm kind of in between (but closer to Vulcan than El Camino) so I only get the tourists when I travel down the hill and get the burbs when I'm at home.

Isn't that pretty much the beach up and down the Coast? I'm surprised anyone is surprised

[loveautumn]

lol, it's not almost like suburbia, it is suburbia. But without all those shops, grocery stores, gas stations, etc. in "new Encinitas" we would be without the things we need to carry out daily life. And as one gets older, married, have kids, etc. you will know what I'm talking about. There's a commercial on TV recently that shows a young couple going thru the stages of meeting, having a child, then two, urban living, to suburban living...it's cute and very true. So I live in "suburbia" and then travel the 2 miles or so to the beach and that has worked for me. Course when I moved to Encinitas there wasn't anything close to suburbia in existence back then. I wouldn't want to live in the middle of Old Encinitas beach town, (I'm old)...although I would love to live in Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard or Newport, RI

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Originally Posted by loveautumn

lol, it's not almost like suburbia, it is suburbia. But without all those shops, grocery stores, gas stations, etc. in "new Encinitas" we would be without the things we need to carry out daily life. And as one gets older, married, have kids, etc. you will know what I'm talking about. There's a commercial on TV recently that shows a young couple going thru the stages of meeting, having a child, then two, urban living, to suburban living...it's cute and very true. So I live in "suburbia" and then travel the 2 miles or so to the beach and that has worked for me. Course when I moved to Encinitas there wasn't anything close to suburbia in existence back then. I wouldn't want to live in the middle of Old Encinitas beach town, (I'm old)...although I would love to live in Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard or Newport, RI

We did the same from PB when it was time for a family.

[Encinitan]

When I was in my 20s, I lived in those converted garages and dingy apartments up and down the coast. In my 40s, I bought a house in Village Park to raise my kids. Wouldn't change a thing.