Possible move from Bay Area to San Diego. Would you do it? (Los Angeles: loan, tech jobs)

[pacific2]

Originally Posted by sav858

It's certainly more so than Long Beach is to OC, which is not one at all. The county's cultural amenities/attractions, sports venues, transit system, etc..are all concentrated in downtown and the surrounding central core. I'm surprised you can't see the function that downtown and central core serve for the region versus what Orange County has, or doesn't in this case.

Long Beach is not in OC. It's in LA County.

[sav858]

Originally Posted by Sassberto

No one I know ever goes downtown except me because I work there. My friends in North Park, South Park and Golden Hill never go. But I am 40, my scene is older, we all have houses, kids and go to and balboa park and MTRP and cardiff and the desert. You are probably right that the current crop 25 year old kids renting apartments in North Park like to go downtown but the problem is they all move to the bay area after 2 years so they don't count.

I was actually kind of referring to some of the surrounding neighborhoods too even though I said "downtown". Most people I know that go to SF don't actually go to its "downtown" but rather the surrounding neighborhoods more often.

[sav858]

Originally Posted by pacific2

Long Beach is not in OC. It's in LA County.

I'm aware and already pointed that out.

[NYSD1995]

Originally Posted by elchevere

I'm questioning how often I would go to downtown SD if I did not live here, even if I was within a 20 minute drive..

From 2003-2010 I never went to downtown even once and I lived within a 5 minute drive. In fact I would drive PAST downtown nearly every day to go to the skatepark on 30th and Oceanview!

[sav858]

Originally Posted by elchevere

I'm questioning how often I would go to downtown SD if I did not live here, even if I was within a 20 minute drive...I'm not a Padre fan. The restaurant scene, though it has gotten better in recent years, does not exactly have my toes curling and lighting up a cigar afterwards--add $15 or $20 to park and I would eat elsewhere in the San Diego area without missing anything I couldn't find elsewhere. Horton Plaza is nada de particular and the downtown movie theatres are rumored to have bed bugs. I certainly would not come down for touristy things such as parades, Seaport Village, or The Midway....I'm too old for clubs and don't enjoy hanging out with the 22 year olds still working on their GEDs who frequent the Gaslamp...I'm having a hard time thinking why and how often I would come downtown if I did not live here....living here is a little bit different in that most places are walkable and I fly fairly frequently so the proximity to the airport is a bonus...maybe Balboa Park would attract me every couple of months....help me out here, someone, please....now, if I lived in the Bay area and in Marin or East Bay I would definitely go into SF at least twice a month, maybe more....when I lived in OC, I went up to "deep" LA at least a couple of times each month (probably 6-8 times if you include Long Beach)

I should have said "urban core of SD" or something as I was also thinking of the surrounding neighborhoods too. Most people from the suburbs aren't going to "downtown SF" either but rather the surrounding neighborhoods. When I lived in SD I was only a 10-15 min drive away and would frequent it and the surrounding areas often.

[NYSD1995]

Originally Posted by sav858

I was actually kind of referring to some of the surrounding neighborhoods too even though I said "downtown". Most people I know that go to SF don't actually go to its "downtown" but rather the surrounding neighborhoods more often.

So, does South Park count? Because that area is hotter than Hillcrest now. To me, you could live in South Park and never go downtown and you wouldn't miss much.

[elchevere]

I love the Marina, Pacific Heights and North Beach but also enjoy The Mission--I trust you would not consider The Mission downtown or would you?..I do....In SD I will/would go to Bankers Hill and Mission Hills.

[NYSD1995]

Isn't Downtown SF at the bottom of the hill with the big open air mall full of old buildings, with some restaurants and bank towers and art museums and the touristy waterfront? Or wait is that SD? I can't keep any of it straight anymore.

[sav858]

Originally Posted by Sassberto

So, does South Park count? Because that area is hotter than Hillcrest now. To me, you could live in South Park and never go downtown and you wouldn't miss much.

Yeah. I should have probably said "urban core" rather than "downtown".

[sav858]

Originally Posted by elchevere

I love the Marina, Pacific Heights and North Beach but also enjoy The Mission--I trust you would not consider The Mission downtown or would you?....In SD I will/would go to Bankers Hill and Mission Hills.

No I wouldn't call that "downtown". "Downtown" is the Financial District, Union Square, and probably the Civic Center imo (maybe SOMA too) and those aren't really interesting areas compared to other neighborhoods in SF.

My focus was more on the "urban core" even though I kept using the term "downtown", perhaps that contributed to some of the confusion.