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Old 10-20-2009, 11:27 AM
 
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I work in healthcare and my husband works from home so the job aspect isn't a huge deal for us. And we don't have any kids.
No worries about jobs and no family.... San Diego is perfect for you.

I think if I didn't have to worrry about jobs or family it would be perfect for me too. But many of us do have to worry about those things.

My little brother is looking at MN because there is career opp there that could possibly change his life, and it doesn't exist in San Diego. He is willing to put up with horrendous winter for that opportunity. He could stay in SD and do OK, but he is not satisfied with that. He has done a lot of schooling and is in a high-demand healthcare field. He is tired of living like a college kid and is ready to step up. To him, San Diego itself isn't worth that dramatically lower class of lifestyle.
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Old 10-20-2009, 11:33 AM
 
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No worries about jobs and no family.... San Diego is perfect for you.

I think if I didn't have to worrry about jobs or family it would be perfect for me too. But many of us do have to worry about those things.

My little brother is looking at MN because there is career opp there that could possibly change his life, and it doesn't exist in San Diego. He is willing to put up with horrendous winter for that opportunity. He could stay in SD and do OK, but he is not satisfied with that. He has done a lot of schooling and is in a high-demand healthcare field. He is tired of living like a college kid and is ready to step up. To him, San Diego itself isn't worth that dramatically lower class of lifestyle.

What part of MN would his job be in? The winters would be hard but you do get used to them.
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Old 10-20-2009, 11:38 AM
 
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What part of MN would his job be in? The winters would be hard but you do get used to them.
Rochester MN or Minneapolis, Mayo Clinic.
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Old 10-20-2009, 12:04 PM
 
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Rochester MN or Minneapolis, Mayo Clinic.
The Mayo Clinic is beautiful..really the inside is something else..not like any other hospital you've been in. Rochester is a nice city. About 2 hours from Minneapolis. Slow paced, very family orientated.
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Old 10-20-2009, 06:14 PM
 
Location: San Diego A.K.A "D.A.Y.G.O City"
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I think SD is very over rated. People act like this place is picture perfect paradise, just because they've seen nice pics of San Diego in some magazine.

Overall SD lacks personality and an identity compared to a lot of other big-mid sized cities.

Looking at other states, and cities especially places like Minneapolis, which have seriously impressive looking neighborhoods, that have character, personality, style and best of all it's more affordable than SD. You could probably buy a 2,000sqft house in a nice area for like $250K, here that would put you right in the ghetto or a lower middle class neighborhood which is crazy if you think about it.

Ya so the weather isn't as nice, but would you rather live in a city that under pays, has really high housing cost, higher taxes, expensive car registration and so on, or would you rather live in a city that is much more affordable, offers a bigger bang for your buck where you could be able to live in a nice location for less?

It's a no brainer. What do people do for a living here that allows them to pay for a 500K home? I understand that the median price for a home in SD is around 325K, but if you look at nice or even just average neighborhoods, prices are higher than what the median price says. Even parts of El Cajon, older homes are going for $400,000! in so so spots.

It's outrageous

But no there isn't any reason for people that don't make at least $40,000 a year to have any businesses living in SD, unless you were born here, or if you want to struggle for the rest of your life and possibly become homeless.
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Old 10-20-2009, 07:37 PM
 
Location: Encinitas
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I think SD is very over rated. People act like this place is picture perfect paradise, just because they've seen nice pics of San Diego in some magazine.

Overall SD lacks personality and an identity compared to a lot of other big-mid sized cities.

Looking at other states, and cities especially places like Minneapolis, which have seriously impressive looking neighborhoods, that have character, personality, style and best of all it's more affordable than SD. You could probably buy a 2,000sqft house in a nice area for like $250K, here that would put you right in the ghetto or a lower middle class neighborhood which is crazy if you think about it.

Ya so the weather isn't as nice, but would you rather live in a city that under pays, has really high housing cost, higher taxes, expensive car registration and so on, or would you rather live in a city that is much more affordable, offers a bigger bang for your buck where you could be able to live in a nice location for less?

It's a no brainer. What do people do for a living here that allows them to pay for a 500K home? I understand that the median price for a home in SD is around 325K, but if you look at nice or even just average neighborhoods, prices are higher than what the median price says. Even parts of El Cajon, older homes are going for $400,000! in so so spots.

It's outrageous

But no there isn't any reason for people that don't make at least $40,000 a year to have any businesses living in SD, unless you were born here, or if you want to struggle for the rest of your life and possibly become homeless.
Just curious, but what does being born here have to do with affordability? Do we get a native credit or something I'm not familiar with? If you can't afford it, you can't afford it. Regardless of whether you are from here or not, am I right? People move here and can afford tp live here, people who are from here can't afford to live here, and vice versa.
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Old 10-20-2009, 09:30 PM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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[b]I think SD is very over rated. People act like this place is picture perfect paradise, just because they've seen nice pics of San Diego in some magazine.

Overall SD lacks personality and an identity compared to a lot of other big-mid sized cities.[b]

Looking at other states, and cities especially places like Minneapolis, which have seriously impressive looking neighborhoods, that have character, personality, style and best of all it's more affordable than SD. You could probably buy a 2,000sqft house in a nice area for like $250K, here that would put you right in the ghetto or a lower middle class neighborhood which is crazy if you think about it.

Ya so the weather isn't as nice, but would you rather live in a city that under pays, has really high housing cost, higher taxes, expensive car registration and so on, or would you rather live in a city that is much more affordable, offers a bigger bang for your buck where you could be able to live in a nice location for less?

It's a no brainer. What do people do for a living here that allows them to pay for a 500K home? I understand that the median price for a home in SD is around 325K, but if you look at nice or even just average neighborhoods, prices are higher than what the median price says. Even parts of El Cajon, older homes are going for $400,000! in so so spots.

It's outrageous

But no there isn't any reason for people that don't make at least $40,000 a year to have any businesses living in SD, unless you were born here, or if you want to struggle for the rest of your life and possibly become homeless.
Careful, talk like this really bothers San Diegans lol.

I agree with you though. I was just having this conversation with people at work and we were talking about how SD lacks flavor. It's rather bland.
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Old 10-20-2009, 09:40 PM
 
Location: Sunny Sandy Ego
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I'm guessing that if you were born/raised here, then you or family probably have property purchased before the RE bubble grew. Those who purchased in the 90's have the potential in certain areas to sell at 300% purchase price if sold right now. Also those who purchased at such a low price only has to pay purchase price tax, right? That could be several thousand there.
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Old 10-20-2009, 09:56 PM
 
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I'm guessing that if you were born/raised here, then you or family probably have property purchased before the RE bubble grew. Those who purchased in the 90's have the potential in certain areas to sell at 300% purchase price if sold right now. Also those who purchased at such a low price only has to pay purchase price tax, right? That could be several thousand there.
More like several hundred thousand, but remember San Diego has a large underclass, many who don't own anything and are barely hanging on. Most of the lower classes who could cash out, did so 5+ years ago and ended up in places like Chino and Corona, Vegas, and Pheonix. Those left today, probably can't make that kind of move.
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Old 10-20-2009, 10:18 PM
 
Location: Encinitas
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I'm guessing that if you were born/raised here, then you or family probably have property purchased before the RE bubble grew. Those who purchased in the 90's have the potential in certain areas to sell at 300% purchase price if sold right now. Also those who purchased at such a low price only has to pay purchase price tax, right? That could be several thousand there.
My parents bought their house in Solana Beach in 1964 for $25,000. The ocean-view lots were $35,000, so they settled for the ones at the end of the street that don't have ocean views. They still live in the same house, which is probably worth $1.5 million now. But ... I bought a house for my family in Encinitas. My parents didn't have anything to do with it. So not everyone who is a San Diego native lives in their family home so they can take advantage of the benefits you and Sass described. I'm just saying this because many of my friends who have similar family histories did the same thing, as in, didn't rely on relatives to "grandfather them in."
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