San Diego area riders?

Hi,

I'm living in Maine currently and am thinking of moving to the SD area; would any of you happen to live (or have lived) there? If so, could you give me a quick opinion of the area, i.e. jobs outlook, housing, crime, etc.? Naturally, the city's website describes living there as nirvana, like all chambers of commerce say...

I know the weather is great but that's not always everything. Thanks for any help you can give.

Joe

 

Hello and welcome

Well beside the perfect weather, There are tons of route and activity you can do around San Diego :wink::biggrin: There are many of us here on this forum living in San Diego. Jason aka Derstuka our great Boss also live in San Diego. If you need more info. PM us with your questions. Good luck with your transition.

Cheers:thumbsup:



VFRworld - San Diego County Area Riders (SCAR)

 

Thanks to both for the input. After 49 years I've reached my limit with Maine weather; beautiful for 4 months out of the year but when December/January come and it's 0 degrees out and pitch black at 4:15 in the afternoon...no more.

 

Welcome to the forum and, shall i say, San Diego too! You'll find SoCal a nice place to live and you can ride almost year round! Derstuka and Scubalong are very active VFRW gurus in SD area and are great buddies to ride with. :thumbsup:

 

The area is so diverse, it's hard to say what SD is like Cost of living high, jobs not great.

So many, many excellent roads to ride. Great weather.

Any area in particular you are looking at?

 

I moved from Philly to Diego. Place has its ups and downs. Weekdays suck! Cos your at work. Weekends bloody kick ass.

Great roads to ride. So don leave home without ze viffer.

Vegas is close by.
The desert is your backyard so bring that ATV along
Not so far away are nice places to go ski.
Bring that canoe along too for ze ocean.

 

Thanks for the welcome. When you say almost year-round driving is that due to winter rains? I usually stop riding here around early December, sometimes due to early snows but more more often from the temps; I'll do mid-40s OK but the 30s really shorten the rides.

 

I've spent my entire life living on the coast so the closer to the shore the better (assuming I can afford it). The average 3/4BR, 2 Bath Colonial with a 2 car garage like I own here in Southern coastal Maine is running around $225 to $275K; I'm sure SD is much higher? Just curious, are basements common in CA homes? Thanks.

 

Thanks for the feedback. I really want to live where I don't have to put my life on hold for half the year anymore; the NE winters (as you know) are just brutal sometimes...BTW, do you miss the seasons?

 

I live in SD & love it. the real down side is were on the low side of the payscale & cost of living is pretty darn high, making ends meet & enjoying the toys is kinda tuff.

Ive done quite a bit of traveling & its REAL hard to beat san diego. there is SOO much to do here, pretty much all year around. this is both a good thing & a bad thing.

Im mid 40's with non "working" wife & 2 kids (11 & 13). cost of living has really started picking up with the kids. I just caaaaaaaaaaaaaant wait for them to start driving. LOL.

Bob

 

You mean not everyone in CA is a far Lefty Dem?

 

I feel your pain, Bob. I'm single now with a mortgage and an 8 year-old daughter. Between the mortgage, after-school care costs, day-time summer camp fees, and 3x per week YMCA swim team practice fees...luckily, I work in a very stable industry; a daily newspaper Could you tell me how the schools are where you live? One of my relocation concerns is the quality of education for my daughter. Thanks for any info.

Joe

 

I Live in Oceanside is about 6 miles from the beach, House here you can find between 300k to 400k (3 bed and 2 1/2 bath) with 2 cars garage. My kids shool had been Blue Ribbon Aware for the last 12 years. I am not sure where about you plan to move to.....and what is your taste. I love to ride and dive so I choose Oceanside as my home base. Close to the water and the canyon

 

Thanks. I'm not sure exactly, either. I plan on flying out in September to pinpoint better where in the SD area I would like to plant myself and my daughter. I'm about 5 miles from the beach now so Oceanside sounds similar. Home prices sound do-able, also. Oceanside will be one that I eyeball when i visit. Thanks again.

 

This is exactly why I want to move. This is my Cul-de-Sac 1/2/08 ...see what you are missing out in SD? Oh, did I mention it's pitch freaking black by 4:15 in the winter? Nothing like driving home in the dark from work...before dinner.

 

The good thing here, though, is that the winters are generally short. For example, look at this pic I took in March 2008; notice how much nicer it was here compared to the January 2008 pic in the prior post. :thumbsup:

 

And the summers here...well let's just say for a good solid 8 weeks in July and August it's unbeatable! Errr, except for the last 4 weeks of rain and also the fact the my furnace actually kicked on for a couple of nights.

The summers can be beautiful here with low humidity and 70s/low 80s. This pic is from that far too short season...