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

[thepinksquid]

Originally Posted by BJSoccer16

Any town in Florida that is not ridiculously hot and humid is far away from the beach and usually are very small towns.

Honestly inland areas (which is where the majority of very small towns in the state are) are often more hot and humid than the coastal areas. They don't have the ocean breezes to cool the summer temps. All of Florida is awfully hot and humid in the summer, even the northern extremes and the Panhandle (which can be freezing in the winter).

[Huckleberry3911948]

detroit but only 5 months of the year.

[VF1s]

To me its NO CITY LIKE SAN DIEGO. Its just too good here. This is why I decided to purchase a new home this year!

[JakeInSoCal]

Not many places. You preety much need to look on the west coast or farther inland. Or if you would leave the states Sydney, Australia has a mediteranian climate. But I guess farther up the east coast say Virginia Beach, Virginia could be nice but not the same weather.

[sdurbanite]

Originally Posted by _Charles_

Perth has three advantages compared to SD.

1. It is in the state of Western Australia, Australia
2. No TJ to the south
3. No LA to the north.

I heard of the SD-Perth comparision many times, along with Cape Town.

IMO, it's great having a world class city (LA) just 2 hours away. The biggest complaint about Perth that I've heard is that is it's too isolated from other big cities.

[MantaRay]

Originally Posted by sdurbanite

I heard of the SD-Perth comparision many times, along with Cape Town.

IMO, it's great having a world class city (LA) just 2 hours away. The biggest complaint about Perth that I've heard is that is it's too isolated from other big cities.

Melbourne has a mediterranean climate too, so a SD-Melbourne comparison is just as valid as a SD-Perth comparison.

Melborne is one of my 5 favorite international cities, but if I was going to try to move somewhere internationally with a mediterranean climate, to me Marseilles, France would edge out Melbourne and Perth.

I loved the SD area when I visted, and it's on my top 3 places to retire list (specifically 4S Ranch and/or eastern Chula Vista). But I absolutely hated LA (except for Santa Monica and the Rancho Cucamonga area) so if I ever did move to SD, I'd probably almost never day-trip to LA and for me it wouldn't even be a consideration for moving.

[NYSD1995]

I went to Oz last year and we preferred Sydney to Melbourne overall. Sydney is not that much bigger than San Diego but just appears to be a "greater" city because of it's iconic landmarks and history. Personally I would say it is a close analog to SD, but certainly not cheaper, esp after you figure in the limited opportunity, low salaries and high taxes (and high cost of nearly everything) in Oz.

[sdurbanite]

Originally Posted by MantaRay

Melbourne has a mediterranean climate too, so a SD-Melbourne comparison is just as valid as a SD-Perth comparison.

Melborne is one of my 5 favorite international cities, but if I was going to try to move somewhere internationally with a mediterranean climate, to me Marseilles, France would edge out Melbourne and Perth.

I loved the SD area when I visted, and it's on my top 3 places to retire list (specifically 4S Ranch and/or eastern Chula Vista). But I absolutely hated LA (except for Santa Monica and the Rancho Cucamonga area) so if I ever did move to SD, I'd probably almost never day-trip to LA and for me it wouldn't even be a consideration for moving.

I'd say Melbourne's climate is more comparable to SF, while Sydney's is more comparable to SD. I definitely felt at home in Sydney with it's surfer/beach vibe going on. Bondi and Manly Beaches reminded me of the North County Coast, for sure.

[dreamboatannie953]

Originally Posted by nogab13

If you want green & affordable housing with fairly mild weather check out Charlotte.
You will have a winter, but it rarely snows. Summer can get toasty (this one's unusually hot). Housing in this area is still affordable. Something in every price range...
You might like the uptown (downtown) area & the fact that you can live close to water (lakes).

South Park & some areas such as Myers park are pricey,
but you can go to Bellmont, Huntersville or other areas & get yourself a nice property.

Raliegh Durham's ok too... little colder though.

Seattle's nice, if you don't mind the overcast days, rain & chilly weather.

I live in the Seattle area and it is not nice. Nor is it much cheaper to live here than San Diego. And the Seasonal Affected Disorder every Oct. to June is miserable from the dark days that never seems to end. Summers are way too short and then you are back in the dark muck. OMG I want out of this area soon. We are looking at San Diego as well as Phoenix, and Boulder.

[dreamboatannie953]

I haven't been there but I have read that Corpus Christi is drier than Houston and quite nice and cheap.