Why I LOVE San Diego

[justatransgirl]

[TsJennifer]

I love SD. One of my favorite cities in the US. I will buy a place there in the future!

[celticgrafix]

is real estate expensive down there

[TsJennifer]

is real estate expensive down there

It used to be cheap but its rising!

[Realgirls4me]

Pending another wave of foreclosures, and word is they are coming, the best time to buy a home here will probably be within the next year. When the housing bubble burst, it was heard loudest in places like San Diego, where some home prices have now been cut in half.

[Alyssa87]

UCSD has a long list of grad programs..


hmmmmm :idea:

[Realgirls4me]

UCSD is a great school, Alyssa.

Girl, you know your schools! :)

[justatransgirl]

[thx1138]

Jamie: is this you "touched by a rainbow"? : http://sciencedude.freedomblogging.com/2009/02/08/rare-photo-of-the-end-of-the-rainbow

[justatransgirl]

[justatransgirl]

Jamie: is this you "touched by a rainbow"? : http://sciencedude.freedomblogging.com/2009/02/08/rare-photo-of-the-end-of-the-rainbow

LOL - no, but I know who the people mentioned are.

Giggle,
TS Jamie :-)

[Realgirls4me]

The problem in SD is that the cheapest SFH's in bad areas start around $250,000. And anything that you might actually want to live in starts around $650,000, and anything in sight of the ocean starts at $850,000 to a million.
Hugs,
TS Jamie :-)

JATG is dead on here. A home for a quarter of a million here in not the most desirable of areas, will likely buy you two, or possibly three (Gasp!), similar homes at places such as Dallas or Atlanta. They are expensive here, so if you are thinking of relocating here, jump on it within the next year.

[Alyssa87]

Yes - UCSD is a great school. Jessica goes there.

Problem is last year they had something like 59,000 applications for 6,000 freshman slots and over 9,000 for something like 300 transfer slots.

It's very difficult to get into as a transfer student unless you have a 4.0 or graduate from a local community college that has a transfer guarantee. (There is - or was - a special program for that, not sure if it's still in place.)

So Alyssa - move here to SD, go to City College, then transfer. You will be set for life. Might even meet a rich guy in La Jolla...

Giggles,
TS Jamie :-)

i still have 5 semesters here b4 i have my BA.

I'm considering UCSD as a grad school. I don't think the competition is as fierce. If it was, they wouldnt have sent brochures to my school.

But if i dont get in, it wasnt meant to be :shrug
...along with that rich guy.lol

and thanks rg4m :mrgreen:

[justatransgirl]

[LoverofT-Girls]

Yes, and the diving especially at La Jolla is really good.

[Alyssa87]

Jamie you rock!

[crownroyal]

Alyssa--what kind of program/degree are you thinking about? I'm a PhD student in Literature, btw...

[Alyssa87]

i'm sooo effing clueless!!

im a soph working towards a BBA.

...not that i want to be a lemming in a cubicle, or a bureaucrat stepping on little people to get ahead.

i just figure its a broad enough major (after Lib.arts) to be able to xfer if eventually find something i actually like.

[Willie Escalade]

I try to go down there at least four times a year, usually during baseball season to watch the Dodgers/Padres rivalry. It's cool; I could even see myself living down there, especially in one of those new apartments (?) near Petco Park. I have lots of fun in the Gaslamp, and I enjoy taking a walk in the open air malls in Misson Valley (and Horton Plaza as well of course). Coronado Island isn't bad either!

However, I'm still LA for life!

[justatransgirl]

Here you go Willie! :-)

I actually looked at a model in that building once. It would have been great for like a corporate party pad! I think it was 1.2 million. :-)

Next time you come down we'd love to walk through the mall with you... and your credit card.

Giggles,
TS Jamie :-)

[Willie Escalade]

Now THAT'S a view!

I don't think LA will ever have a stadium view like that...unless the city finds room to build that new football stadium downtown.

[underdawg]

I love SD. One of my favorite cities in the US. I will buy a place there in the future!Cool! Can I be your housekeeper? :-))

[brandonnsdiego]

I am a native of San Diego and I love it too!

[eclipsemint]

I can dig it!