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Old 01-15-2016, 07:41 PM
 
Location: San Diego A.K.A "D.A.Y.G.O City"
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There needs to be a balance here. Too much change eventually destroys the originality of the city. The leaders in IB should at least try to create some sort of boundaries so that IB doesn't lose it's working class image and laid back lifestyle. Yet still provide better businesses and places to shop for it's residents.

San Diego already has a it's wealthy beach area's, IB is fine the way it is.
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Old 01-15-2016, 07:52 PM
 
Location: On the water.
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There needs to be a balance here. Too much change eventually destroys the originality of the city. The leaders in IB should at least try to create some sort of boundaries so that IB doesn't lose it's working class image and laid back lifestyle. Yet still provide better businesses and places to shop for it's residents.

San Diego already has a it's wealthy beach area's, IB is fine the way it is.
Yes, IB is fine the way it is. No, there's no stopping capitalism from changing it. Capitalism really has no boundaries other than scorched earth policies stop when there's nothing left to burn.

I didn't post this thread with any hopes of a different outcome. I posted it as it says: a goodbye. I first met IB in the mid-1960's. Lots of my friends, relatives, and acquaintances from back then have passed on at this point. That's life. And death.
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Old 01-21-2016, 08:27 PM
 
Location: Anaheim
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You might feel differently if you were an owner of property in IB or if you were part of the revenue-hungry leadership at the city of IB (not sure if IB is part of San Diego proper, likely not).
IB is a separate city within San Diego County.
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Old 01-27-2016, 08:50 AM
 
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couldn't have said it any better. But he sure knows how to cook up some good craft brew.

And, most people would prefer to live among hipsters as opposed to gangbangers, dirty run down houses with pit-bulls and graffiti.
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Old 01-27-2016, 09:41 AM
 
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It's not even capitalism, it's just the fact a lot of shady organizations are buying up property in many areas to hide their money. NY is trying to change rules to make shell companies reveal who is actually buying properties, but who knows, plenty of people in SD pretend like these things never happen.
I strongly suspect this is the case with IB. If you look at sales close to the beach for the last year, you'll notice that many of them were immediately turned into rental properties, which suggests they're being bought by absentee investors, not people who plan to move in themselves. Prices along Seacoast drive have gone through the roof -- last year at this time, you could still buy a condo on the sand for under $500,000. Today, you're looking at $800,000 and up and there isn't much inventory in the beach area even in that price range. Lots of million dollar homes for sale in IB on and near the beach.

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Old 01-27-2016, 10:36 AM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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Damn, I guess even the Hepatitis ocean water of IB can't prevent gentrification.
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Old 01-27-2016, 11:57 AM
 
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There needs to be a balance here. Too much change eventually destroys the originality of the city. The leaders in IB should at least try to create some sort of boundaries so that IB doesn't lose it's working class image and laid back lifestyle. Yet still provide better businesses and places to shop for it's residents.

San Diego already has a it's wealthy beach area's, IB is fine the way it is.
It is called Change. It will always occur. Politics and other social concepts will not change that. Look at Newport Beach 150 years ago. What happened? People moved there, had kids, military men and women came through and enjoyed the area and moved here, retirees decided they liked it here and moved to the area. This is normal. No desirable place ever stays the same. No law can address it. It is the way life goes. many will try to blame it on a political party, a social view and such. It is just the way life goes in areas people want to live and the population grows. Remember they make more babies, but not land. IB will be a target as has every other coastal city and it will keep changing away from a working class area. How do you pass a law that stops someone from selling their house for a profit to someone who offers a lot of money to them? You can't do that. I wish I could buy a house a friend did in the 60's in Newport Beach. $50,000.00 and on the beach. You do not want to know what it is worth now.
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Old 01-27-2016, 04:42 PM
 
Location: San Diego
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Oh, to be a baby boomer born after WWII. Man, was life good.
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Old 01-27-2016, 05:07 PM
 
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Oh, to be a baby boomer born after WWII. Man, was life good.
Yes ,and I am enjoying it.
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Old 01-27-2016, 05:40 PM
 
Location: Laguna Niguel, Orange County CA
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It is called Change. It will always occur. Politics and other social concepts will not change that. Look at Newport Beach 150 years ago. What happened? People moved there, had kids, military men and women came through and enjoyed the area and moved here, retirees decided they liked it here and moved to the area. This is normal. No desirable place ever stays the same. No law can address it. It is the way life goes. many will try to blame it on a political party, a social view and such. It is just the way life goes in areas people want to live and the population grows. Remember they make more babies, but not land. IB will be a target as has every other coastal city and it will keep changing away from a working class area. How do you pass a law that stops someone from selling their house for a profit to someone who offers a lot of money to them? You can't do that. I wish I could buy a house a friend did in the 60's in Newport Beach. $50,000.00 and on the beach. You do not want to know what it is worth now.
How much is it worth?
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