Otay Ranch VS 4S Ranch/Del Sur (San Diego, Chula Vista: foreclosure, how much)

[NYSD1995]

Originally Posted by Sampaguita

Oh...it comes from the south, too - you should hear how my friends & I have stereotyped NorCo moms in our own snotty-city-of-San-Diego way. Some of it IS true but a lot of it is just plain wrong. Now, I have to keep my mouth shut because I'm on the verge of becoming a NorCo mom and am now living amongst my NorCo mom friends. LOL

We have a buddy who is a teacher at La Jolla Country Day, and the stories about the North County Moms are epic. Juicy Couture and Escalades vs the Louis bags and BMW's.

[esmith143]

Originally Posted by Sassberto

We have a buddy who is a teacher at La Jolla Country Day, and the stories about the North County Moms are epic. Juicy Couture and Escalades vs the Louis bags and BMW's.

If you can afford a house in the North County and tuition at LJCD ($20k/year/kid), Louis bags and BMWs should not be a financial strain.

[Sampaguita]

Originally Posted by Sassberto

We have a buddy who is a teacher at La Jolla Country Day, and the stories about the North County Moms are epic. Juicy Couture and Escalades vs the Louis bags and BMW's.

Well, my a** is too wide for Juicy Couture, I'm not into gas guzzlers, I can't fathom spending over 1-2k on vinyl and well, too bad BMW doesn't have a mini-van.

Truthfully? There are a lot of KIDS sporting those things from Carmel Valley & further north, too. I sure as heck wouldn't want to spend a bijillion dollars on something that HS kids are carrying around the hallways of their schools.

[NYSD1995]

Originally Posted by esmith143

If you can afford a house in the North County and tuition at LJCD ($20k/year/kid), Louis bags and BMWs should not be a financial strain.

Hell I got my wife a Coach bag for Christmas this year ;-)

[LHudson]

After reading this thread for a while, I'm curious: what is the stereotypical Tierrasanta resident like? We plan to move there (from Texas) this summer.

And what are the teens like? Do they all get BMWs at 16, or is that a ridiculous (and stereotypical) question?

[NYSD1995]

Originally Posted by LHudson

After reading this thread for a while, I'm curious: what is the stereotypical Tierrasanta resident like? We plan to move there (from Texas) this summer.

And what are the teens like? Do they all get BMWs at 16, or is that a ridiculous (and stereotypical) question?

Tierrasanta is an established community and is more socioeconomically mixed than many of the new developements,and as a result of the military housing there. I wouldn't say the area has any cohesive identity or stereotype aside from fairly typical anywhere-in-the-west upper-middle-class suburbia.

It is not considered upscale nor downscale by San Diego standards but is in fact one of the more desirable communities in SD. It has that 70-80's tract home look that you either love or hate, and SDUSD schools which are a turnoff for many families, BUT they have good neighborhood schools and a good high school (rare in SDUSD). I am not sure if the kids from Serra Mesa go there, I know Allied Gardens kids go to Patrick Henry.

Tierrasanta is cool because it is a little geographic island up there. You are hemmed in on the south and west with freeways and hills on the east and north. There is limited North/South access but it is still convenient to 2 freeways and you don't have to go past I-15. Personally I think it is more convenient than most of Scripps Ranch and a better value for basically the same thing.

[sdurbanite]

Originally Posted by Sassberto

It's typical. Personally, working in North County and living in the City, I hear a lot more stereotyping going from North to South than the other way around. I've been told that we "live like rats" in "the ghetto" on more occasions than I'd like to remember.

The interesting thing to me is how many North County-ites - especially people in Carlsbad, O'side, and the 78 corridor, have never even been to Balboa Park! I am stunned when they say they've never been there.

I can relate here. My job is in Sorrento Valley and work with someone that lives in North County (grew up in Escondido). I about fell over when she told me that she knew nothing about UTC and La Jolla or anywhere south of there! I was like, "Are you kidding me?" She said she knows the airport and Petco Park - that's it!

Originally Posted by sampaguita

Truthfully? There are a lot of KIDS sporting those things from Carmel Valley & further north, too. I sure as heck wouldn't want to spend a bijillion dollars on something that HS kids are carrying around the hallways of their schools.

My friends that live in Carmel Valley have been going broke for years trying to keep up with the Joneses!

[jkoz]

[quote=Sassberto;2711623]Squint your eyes and you can barely tell the two from each other, with the biggest difference being that 4S is about 2 years old and parts of Otay Ranch are probably looking at almost 20 years by now.

Many people think that "Eastlake" and "Otay Ranch" are one and the same--they are not. The first phase of Eastlake was built in 1987 so is now 21 years. Otay Ranch (named for the ranch it sits on) is a separate planned community from Eastlake, and development began I believe around 2001. Up until about 2000, there were still cattle grazing on the hills where Otay Ranch now stands, so the homes are quite a bit newer than many of those in Eastlake but, yes, there are still many foreclosures in Otay.

[jkoz]

[quote=esmith143;2712044]many white people don't want to live in what's technically still Chula Juana. Even if it's every single bit as nice as 4S.

I was really hoping we could get through this thread without the very outdated "Chula Juana" label. It inevitably pops up in any thread about South Bay, usually by people totally unfamiliar with the South Bay. Those of us who live in "East Chula Juana" know that the homes and the area are as nice as its "more ethnically clean" North County counterparts, (I personally like diversity), but I guess that is and will remain a best kept secret with those of us down here!

Maybe you should take a Sunday drive to "East Chula Juana" some day--you will be quite surprised by what you see.

I don't wish to start any conflict here, just defending the area I call home.

Oh, and I should mention that I am white, technically living in "Chula Juana"

[jksouthbay88]

jkoz is 100 percent correct.I'd pick the whole S.Bay over any of the North County.The diversity down here is much greater,people are very nice,and it is a little more real.East,West it shouldn't matter.CV is a great place.There are plenty of Developments that are just as nice as that 4S place,minus the traffic and rude people.I just wouldn't see why you would want to live in 4S.

Oh,and I should mention that I am black,technically living in "Chula Juana"
I gotcha jkoz.