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: ...Well since 1987 there's a whole lot more : traffic. Probably not as bad as that SF bridge : thing up there but The Freeway 15 Corridor is : such an overcrowded snafu that the traffic : reports routinely say, "As usual, 15 is a total : mess, no change there." I turned down a few good : jobs simply because I didn't want to drive the : 15. If you get relocated up there to work in : North-inland county, just live there if you have : to. East county's huge but it's still not a : terrible drive thanks to the new Fwy 52 that : serves Santee, El Cajon, and Lakeside. Spring : Valley, Jamul, Steel Canyon (Valhalla HS are) is : getting a new freeway to ease that up, that's not : so bad. The South county is huge, the number two : growth to North County. Eastlake is like a whole : city down there with the Coors Amphitheatre and : the Olympic Training Center. That's an hour and a : half drive during rush to the north clairemont : business area. : Personally? Rent a bit and take some time looking : for a dwelling in the area you like, because with : all these self-teach computer apps, savvy people : are now selling their own houses alot more, : especially here in PB, and you have to look : closely in the area you want to buy for houses / : properties that don't have the marketing exposure : a realty-backed sale might afford. In terms of : areas, it's kind of like; you live in a nice : beach / sub-metro area (eg Mission Hills), or you : live 15 miles out. Me, I think the extra I pay : living coastal, I get back in gas money and time : (!) by living against the mass-flow of the : traffic they all go west to work, we drive 70mph : going east or inland. Going home they all drive : like snails going east or inland, we just zip in : the opposite direction. : I think if I didn't live in PB, the areas in no : particular area I'd look are: Mission Hills, : Point Loma (the MCRD has left, it's going to be : upscale comm prop), Normal Hieghts, City Heights, : Bay Front/heights(just across the freeway from : Mission Bay Park, very casual, lots want to live : there now) La Mesa if you can deal with the : police codes and picket fences, and of course my : fav targeted location, Del Mar, which is still : very neat, and relaxing. Clairemont's : surprisingly more ethnic, and that's where one : moves if they knock-up their PB girlfriend and : ain' got the cash for a two-bedroom apt. in PB, : ha. You want to consider schools, and that's : tricky, because some have gotten better, and some : are pretty trashy that used to be good : ...and of course, there's this cottage next door : to Disgraceland for rent now (always vacant) but : you'd have to hear this next door neighbor guy, : that always dresses in black, and whom disappears : for months at a time, and yells and screams all : night about real or imagined characters that he : wants to go kill, but it's there if anyone is : daring or stupid enough to move in. : oh yeah, and the electricity rates went up a : bonafide 1300% ( $00.14 per KWatt-hour, the : highest in the state) : : : Fill me in. I've been away too long and I have : : absolutely no idea about the San Diego scene. : : All I know is that SD's a lot cheaper, and I : want : : to buy a house. Can't get a house up here for : : less than $500,000.00. : : : Now that surprises me. For real, what the : : hell's : : : down here? : : : : : : : I will be moving back to San Diego after 13 : : : years in San Francisco. Enough of my former : : : associates have "passed on" so it's time to : : : return........I'll be looking for YOU.