I used to think about this during college. I loved going down to Northern Baja to surf and it was never as crowded as California. I'm sure there is nice places to live with good security.
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Relocating to San Diego - What neighborhoods should I be looking at?
- Thread starter averagejoe
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AJ, thanks for helping me out with a few boards over the years. I lived in Encinitas for a while before coming up to Santa Cruz. I really enjoyed it down there all through SD county. My now wife lived in La Jolla. Part of me misses it enough at times that I day dream about moving back down there. I found it to be a little cheaper than Santa Cruz. Not sure if that's still true.
Had a friend that lived in PB for a while. Fun to visit him but I was too old to want to actually live there. That dog beach in Del Mar is nice and there's good surf around. I don't recall seeing anyone kite in north SD county though.
Good luck with the move!
Had a friend that lived in PB for a while. Fun to visit him but I was too old to want to actually live there. That dog beach in Del Mar is nice and there's good surf around. I don't recall seeing anyone kite in north SD county though.
Good luck with the move!
I'm gonna start asking them for breakfast when I get out of the water since I'm helping pay for them to have a place to van life.
Recommend Bay Park too. PB nearby if you end up working that scene. The 5 Highway super close by which is gateway to anywhere you wanna go - downtown, north county & every beach town.
Also Mexican Food sucks in the beach towns. You have to explore inland to find the good taco shops .
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If you want real surf and no pussy hipsters and big crowds in and out of the water, poke around IB.
That would cost them money.
You'd have better luck getting "payment" @ 24 Hour Fitness on Garnet.
I think I met you out in the water a few years back at the other San Diego somewhere South. I'm in Bay Ho/ University City just East of LJ and in prime location to get to and from all SD zones. Beaches, airport, Little Italy, North County, etc, all quick strikes and easily accessible via 5 and 52.
Its usually tough landing a restaurant industry job in the PB/LJ zone unless you have a connection and know someone who can hook you up and get you in. I recommend looking at bars/lounges in Little Italy as its ALWAYS jamming and the punani talent down there nowadays is next level!
Its usually tough landing a restaurant industry job in the PB/LJ zone unless you have a connection and know someone who can hook you up and get you in. I recommend looking at bars/lounges in Little Italy as its ALWAYS jamming and the punani talent down there nowadays is next level!
Best taco shops are in Poway and Rancho Bernardo!
If you value nature /open space / trees / wildlife, then I'd imagine you'll miss SC pretty quick.
Avoid NCSD unless you like hanging with hipster couples in their late 30's with 2.5 kids and surfing mushy closeouts 98% of the time.
If I was forced to move back down there, La Jolla or North PB would be my first choices and I would rarely leave. Getting to the freeway from LJ sucks. Once you get to the freeway, the traffic sucks there as well.
Second choice would be Mission Hills. Access to LJ, PB, MB, OB, Downtown, and IB is easy if traffic is flowing (rare). Tons of good restaurants close by in North Park, Hillcrest, South Park, ect....
Third choice would be OB heights/Point Loma. OB heights because all the bums that live in OB don't like to walk up the steep hills. Keeps the riff raff away.
All those places are expensive, but so is SC.
Avoid NCSD unless you like hanging with hipster couples in their late 30's with 2.5 kids and surfing mushy closeouts 98% of the time.
If I was forced to move back down there, La Jolla or North PB would be my first choices and I would rarely leave. Getting to the freeway from LJ sucks. Once you get to the freeway, the traffic sucks there as well.
Second choice would be Mission Hills. Access to LJ, PB, MB, OB, Downtown, and IB is easy if traffic is flowing (rare). Tons of good restaurants close by in North Park, Hillcrest, South Park, ect....
Third choice would be OB heights/Point Loma. OB heights because all the bums that live in OB don't like to walk up the steep hills. Keeps the riff raff away.
All those places are expensive, but so is SC.
yep - that was me at the other San Diego
Thanks for pointing me in the direction of punani
there are some decent, affordable looking places in north park - what’s your take on that?
My wife used to live in OB heights. She verified.
Is it a 100% exclusion rate? No, but bum traffic is drastically less than the rest of OB.