San
Diego is a Virtual Menu of Community Choices
San Diego is both a City and a
County. The county has every climate and every lifestyle and every
activity anyone could want, and, fortunately, it is all dressed up
in the traditional All-American good neighbor lifestyle... with a
little leeway for the southern California influence!
At this time, the population of San Diego County is 3,066,820.
The census reports a median income of $64,737.
PROPERTY TAXES ARE USUALLY BETTER THAN WHERE YOU CAME FROM. Two
decades ago Proposition 13 set our property taxes at 1% of our
purchase price, with a maximum 2% increase per year (plus subsequent
voter-approved additional bond issues, which we have proven loathe
to vote for!) San Diego is America's 7th largest city (approximately
the size of Connecticut), the 4th largest county, and the birthplace
of California. Tourism is one of our major industries, so you will
find her friendly as well as beautiful.
At the end of the communities described below, please note the
special information for your four-footed family members under "A
DOG'S LIFE IN SAN DIEGO."
The
City of San Diego has a thriving Downtown
most visible in the photos of our skyline. But it is not a big area,
and is easily manageable on foot and conveniently accessed by buses
and trolleys. It does not have a sense of enclosure that most cities
have, despite gorgeous modern skyscrapers and classic old "lower-scrapers."
Housing here has been developed simultaneous with the renaissance
of the entire area, and except on the edges consists primarily of
condominiums and apartments. Very plush luxury condominiums stand
elegantly in towers that dominate the skyline. Midline and comfortable
condominiums are more numerous, and there are still a few "affordable"
complexes available. Recent developers have produced midline or plush
townhomes and "lofts" are in high demand for those seeking
urban lifestyles. The development of the new downtown ballpark area
and the novation of the Cortez Hill area are bringing two new downtown
neighborhoods into thriving life. The most common reason people seek
housing downtown is to be at the pulse of San Diego's business and
leisure life. The most common complaint from downtown residents is
traffic noise. The views and convenience are incomparable, and annual
arts and music block parties add to the already high-paced evening
activities.
Beaches
are an important part of our San Diego desirability. From Imperial
Beach on the south end of the county to Oceanside Beach on the north
end, our water temperatures range from 55 to 72, and surf reports,
important to fishermen, surfers, and the population in general, are
in the paper, radio and on-line. Overnight camping is not allowed
on any San Diego beaches. Leashed dogs are permitted on most from 6pm
to 9am, and Unleashed are welcome at Dog Beach at the north end of
Ocean Beach, at River mouth in Del Mar, and at Dog Beach at the west
end of Coronado Beach. Rules are posted and enforced for barbecues,
alcohol, and glass.
Little
Italy is a fledgling community on the northwest corner of Downtown
that is rebirthing in the old shoes of its ancestors. When one of
San Diego's prime industries was tuna fishing, many Italian and Portuguese
families, whose descendants now also grace the communities of Mission
Hills and Point Loma in particular, brought their culture and culinary
wonders to our shores. Little Italy originally grew up around the
Catholic church that served her faithful flock. Like her sister fisherman
communities, Little Italy's early homes were designed to provide easy
maintenance and multi-generational living for the wives and children
and grandparents left behind during Dad's 4-6 month sea journeys.
But her greatest fame is the result of the fine Mediterranean meals
her people have passed down. Long before pasta was trendy, Little
Italy was home to the finest tongue-pleasers from pizza to cannaloni, from Mama Ghio's "Anthony's Star of the Sea Room" to Fillippi's
and Salunto's fabulous pastas and fixings, from ceviche to spaghetti
and wonderful yard long loaves of bread just ready for dipping in
the fine olive oils they vend. Internationally renowned Rob Quigley,
Jonathan Segall and other architects have added their genius to the
area's cityscape. The smell of garlic and tomatoes is enhanced by
the warm European open hand of friendship. Church bells and children's
laughter blend with the new high-style homes, trendy art,
architecture, shops and cultural sites making
this a new mecca for the health and trend conscious.
Balboa
Park, just up hill from Downtown, is the center of San Diego geographically
and spiritually, with her lovely old romantic Spanish architecture, Tony-awarded
and internationally renowned Old Globe Theatre, world famous San Diego
Zoo, a number of fabulous art and history museums, a fabulous
botanical garden, sculptures, playgrounds, sports
fields, fountains, and lush strolling/jogging/bocci/relaxing venues.
The parks acreage is an homage to our founding fathers whose foresight
appreciated her value years before.
Just
up the hill and to the north and east of Downtown is "Metropolitan
San Diego. (San Diego's downtown is a corner surrounded on the south
and west by Pacific Ocean.) These communities have a blend of new
homes and older homes gentrified to modern use, lots of trees, canyons,
parks, and a climate with the coastal influence. "Community"
is an operative word as well as a geographic explanation. Original
mansions and bungalows from San Diego's "yesteryear" are
most often beautifully maintained and restored. These neighborhoods
have avenues of tree bowers, mixes of apartments, wonderful old homes,
convenient stores, major medical centers, businesses, trendy shops
and restaurants, and the ability to walk somewhere.
On the hills overlooking the Harbor and
Downtown, Bankers Hill is the
original uphill neighborhood for the doctors, lawyers and bankers of
old San Diego. Bordered on the east
by Balboa Park, and on the West by the I-5 interstate and glistening
bay vistas, her old mansions and contemporary condominiums provide
"in-town" housing for affluent professionals, entrepreneurs,
struggling medical students, old San Diego families, "Blue Hairs",
and empty nesters seeking to be near the action. These residents have
banded together to protect the canyons and encourage better planning,
to foster restoration of the landmark architecture built in the decades
of
San Diego's youth, and to create a community of neighbors and style.
Their old mansions and stately apartments brand this community with
a sense of history and grandeur. Some of the City's most popular restaurants,
such as Bertrand's at Mr. A's, Laurel, Busalacci's and the very New
York-ish City Deli are located here. It is a great neighborhood, like
the other metropolitan areas, for people who like pedestrian lifestyles
rather than being confined to their California-mobiles. As San Diego
continues her move toward "big-cityhood", and average ages
are creeping up, the possibilities of a home not dependant on the
personal auto is also enhancing her values. Condominiums under $350,000
are a miracle and average prices are $400,000 to $700,000, with new
"Penthouse" properties in the planning stage for $1-2 million per
unit. The gorgeous old homes in Bankers Hill are $900,000 to $5,000,000, but the
real mansions are seldom available.

Hillcrest
offers San Diego an eclectic blend of youth and older people who
share the streets and energy of
one the trendiest of San Diego’s neighborhoods. Its residents are a
marvelously integrated combination of affluent professionals,
entrepreneurs, gays, medical students, young artists and
increasingly, retiring active adults seeking pedestrian convenience
and mainstream living. There is an almost 24-hour whirl of the best
places to eat and shop, where style is your mantra. Bordering the more
elegant Bankers Hills, the more traditional Mission Hills, the more
blue-collar but fashionable North Park, and edging along the like-minded
University Heights, Hillcrest is where the “Uptown District” – an
urban complex of condominiums, supermarket, video stores, fast
goods, hip shops and coffee and ice cream shops, Trader Joes, and
mostly "meet and visit" venues replaced the old Sears store in the
early 90’s. Where dining ranges from 4-star to Big Macs. Where
celebrities from the big city of stars up north come to dine and
play. Where one of the most expensive home furnishing stores in the
county juxtaposes with Whole Foods and Healthy Back. Where Ace
Hardware is the most fun and creative place to shop for a gift in
town! It’s annual Hillcrest Fair in August is huge, for its variety
and aliveness, and its political or cultural activities are always
the place to be. A thorough mix of commercial, condominiums, houses
and apartments, the real estate is a thriving investment here.
Distinctive architecture reflecting the origins of San Diego,
generously proportioned
homes built by civic leaders nine to ten decades ago,
winding streets lined with palms, eucalyptus, and wildlife canyons,
good schools and great neighbors make
Mission Hills one of San Diego’s
premier communities.
The historic community of Mission
Hills originated in 1908 as a subdivision planned by George Marston
who laid out streets following the path of the City Beautiful
movement that inspired much of the nation. He blazed a winding trail
along Spreckel's electric streetcar route from the dirt roads of
Downtown to the lush canyons and spectacular hilltop views above Old
Town. Today, Mission Hills is characterized by distinctive
architecture and people, 2 parks, quaint shops, family-owned
restaurants, tree-lined streets and serene canyons, and is
especially blessed by the freedom of not having to get on freeways
to access most of San Diego’s best attractions.
Residents and business owners quickly find that her personality is
like that of a pioneer – busy, not a lot of stoop sitting, yet
neighborly and strongly opinionated. In 2007 Mission Hills business
owners and residents organized a Town Council to serve as a
discussion and communication hub for neighborhood issues. Another
community group, Mission Hills Heritage, sponsors an elegant annual
home tour and is focused on preserving the architectural and
historical legacy built by Marston’s contemporaries by addressing
today’s planning issues. Other groups also thrive here – the Mission
Hills Garden Club, benefactor to the plant life in our community and
sponsor of the City’s most popular annual Garden Walk; the Mission
Hills Foundation which provides Friday Concerts in the Park on warm
summer evenings; Little League; Boy and Girl Scouts; Friends of the
Mission Hills Canyons; Friends of the Mission Hills Library and the
Business Improvement District tend to their constituencies. Of
course there are also all kinds of groups and activities associated
with the Mission Hills’ three elementary schools and trio of
community churches.
Mission Hills’ first home, 2036 Orizaba, was built in 1887 by the
daughter of the captain of the Pacific Coast side-wheel steamship
Orizaba, on the “Inspiration Point” from where her father guided the
ship into harbor on return from the Northern California coast, and
is now known as Villa Orizaba. At the beginning of the century, this
home was soon joined by newly planned subdivisions along Sunset,
adjoining Presidio Park, and overlooking the dairy farms and river
in Mission Valley. Some of our most prominent city forefathers
developed here in the 1920’s and 30’s – George Marston, Kate
Sessions, and J.D. Spreckels – to name a few. These and other
pioneers aimed to create an “Uptown Fine Home” area. Kate Sessions
was seeking a “rural” site for her nursery when it was dislocated
from Balboa Park, and she then convinced her friend and patron,
Spreckels, to bring his electric railway out to the area to expand
her customer access. This dramatically improved the area’s access
and residential desirability.
Prices have changed since the Villa Orizaba site, then 65 acres, was
purchased for $16.25 in 1869. Thirty-nine days later, records show
that half the land was resold for $50, making a 700% profit! In
1871, the first subdivision was laid out between University Avenue,
Randolph Street, Curlew Street and Arbor Drive. In 1907, 4 square
blocks were subdivided between Fort Stockton, Ingalls, Montecito and
Ibis and named “Mission Hills.” This is the source of our name
today. Prices today vary widely, since styles, construction, and
size are original and distinct. In general, prices range from
$450/sq. ft. for serious fixers, or with significant noise/traffic
or other issues, to an average of $600-650/sq. ft, to $700+ for
dazzlers with views, special history or pedigree status. As the
natural assets of our geography and climate have attracted those who
can afford what they want, powerful business growth generated by the
smart and determined, success on the border, tourism, and natural
population growth can only be expected to keep our metropolitan
neighborhoods at the top of the demand curve for San Diego County.
We are where it is all happening, and you don’t have to go through
gridlock to enjoy it! A while back the newspaper told the truth:
“People live in Mission Hills because they can.”
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University
Heights, calling itself the original suburb, was once the
terminus of the original San Diego trolley, where bustled ladies and
cane-carrying gentlemen spent their Sunday afternoons parading the
Mission Cliff gardens and ostrich farm. Similar to Mission Hills,
its population is primarily professional and entrepreneurial, and
they have a hugely successful volunteer-driven community association,
that has defeated big developers to acquire "Trolley Barn Park",
originated San Diego's most successful Graffiti Busters, secured grants
to renovate its aging commercial strip, awards Ostrich Plume awards
for best gardens and community volunteerism, and is a neighborhood
Norman Rockwell would be proud to put on his covers. Summer
concerts, some wonderful restaurants, craftsman & antique business, and
the central office of the San Diego Unified School District attract San
Diegans.
Normal
Heights, its eastern neighbor along the I-8 Mission Valley
rim, is a little bit more eccentric albeit thoroughly charming. More
prevalently "affordable" than fancy, this little community
struts her canyons and straight streets with tidy gardens and 30's
Spanish and Craftsman architecture. Normal Heights is one of the 3
best places for antiquing in the county, and offers the best plethora
of used book stores, a choice vegetarian restaurant, and many other
unique little offerings. A strengthening community association is
powering her refurbishing. Bordered by more historically-appealing
communities on all sides, Normal Heights offers a great promise of
appreciation in real estate.
North Park -
Setting for some of the most beautiful Craftsman bungalows in
San Diego, (look in any of the published tomes) North Park is
another of the metropolitan communities ringing Balboa Park. In fact
the northeast and east corner of the Park, known to the natives as
Morley Field, include public swimming, tennis courts where many of
court star once played, doggy park (no leash required), a parcours
jogging track, frisbee golf, real golf, and vast vistas of picnic
and play spaces. The homes facing this major attraction are often
remnants of the early big homes handcrafted and customized for some
of San Diego’s early middle class leaders. But the typical home is a
bungalow built with attention to finishing detail and big friendly
parlors and porches. Smaller bedrooms and kitchens were offset by
space-saving built-ins and attractive detail. Some are Craftsman in
style, and those built a little later reflect the Spanish and
traditional influences that came to popularity in the 30’s, but most
have been treasured and well-maintained. There is enormous pride in
the neighborhood.
North Park became a vital established business and residential
community in the 1920’s when cable cars made her accessible to the
downtown and harbor. Today she is in an up cycle, home to the annual
Toyland Parade during the holidays and subject of a lot of
tree-planting and remodeling. There are no parking meters, but a new
388-space parking structure at 30th Street and North Park Way makes
shopping there so convenient! North Park just makes you want to walk
all around.
Living here means being welcomed by neighbors and probably asked to
join some cause or another, or just to congregate with your Navy
officer, architect, computer specialist, teacher, artist and
PTA-chum neighbors over a barbecue. And always the talk is of
contractors, landscapers, paint color and hardwood floors. At the
southern tip between North Park and South Park is an annual Home
Remodeling and Craftsman’s fair every year, where real people who
have used their own elbows share tricks and trade secrets with pros.
Diversity is rampant in North Park with natives and recent
immigrants, young and old, married and single, straight and gay, a
full array of nationalities, all living and thriving together. It
also describes the businesses which offer everything in specialty
shops, restaurants, galleries and essential services EXCEPT the “big
box” stores. Arts and Culture are having their own renaissance with
the North Park Festival of the Arts, Ray at Night, a monthly
business district celebration, and the restoration of the historic
North Park Theatre.
North Park became the first “Main Street” program in the City of San
Diego in 1996, a community based commercial revitalization devised
by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the gorgeous
new storefronts, sidewalk improvements, upscale businesses that have
been attracted and local artists and tree planters have made it more
than a proven success. The community is, in fact, most defined by
its thriving and very active creative side, whether families are
upgrading their homes and gardens, or businesses are offering the
hot new thing. What was once a blue-collar community is today a
high-demand visual wonderland.
Kensington, named
after the London Kensington, does its heritage
proud. Immediately
you
notice birdsong and gardens. Landscaping is a must-do if you want to
fit in to one of San Diego’s most architecturally charming and
meticulous neighborhoods. Lush vegetation and tiled patios filled
with flowers, low stucco walls covered with bougainvillea and
bowered street, laced by canyons and lined by palms, Kensington is
populated by people who are attracted to the pretty streets, Spanish
style homes and the hush of timeless graciousness and quaint village
shops, hinting that our fast-paced
world is far removed. Ambitious residents have already accepted that
they might have to consider private schools. But they brush off
their kazoos and blow up balloons and participate in the annual
community parade on Memorial Day, the kind where the boy scouts not
professional floats dominate, and where everyone finishes up at the
coffee shop or ice cream parlor for brief respite. Especially keep
your eyes open for the every-other-year Kensington - Talmadge home
tour. Dazzlers are opened this one time for the rest of the world to
enjoy what Kensington residents revel in all the
time.
An urban oasis set between 3 canyons and El Cajon Boulevard, this
blend of small town America was developed in the early 1900’s as a prestige community
located “to avoid the coastal fog and dampness, but close enough to
have the cooling benefit of ocean breezes.” Awarded as a land grant
to Santiago Arguello, Commandant of the Presidio from 1827 – 1835,
his wife Pilar and their 22 children, Kensington was purchased by
George Urnham in 1909 and then in 1910 by the Kensington Park Land
Company. It had been previously a part of the Rancho de la Mission
San Diego Alcala (along with what is now Talmadge, Tierrasanta,
Mission Valley, La Mesa and the State College area). It is built on
an ancient fossil-bearing sea bottom riddled with clay strata.
The
first subdivision, Kensington Park, was the 15 blocks between what is
now known as Terrace Drive on the West, Alder Street on the North,
42nd Street to the East and Monroe on the South. Centered around a
central park with a fountain and graceful shade trees, where the
library stands today, Kensington’s 15 blocks were the terminus of
the San Diego Electric Railway line, and easily accessible to
Downtown. Early recorded restrictions prohibited apartments,
commercial use, duplexes, and stables, and established gracious
20-foot setbacks from the street.
Did you know that Hal Peary, AKA “The Great Gildersleeve” owned 5198
Canterbury Drive for 2-3 years?
Did you know that Cliff May once lived at 4338 Adams Avenue?
Kensington was the dream of G. Aubrey Davidson, the President of
Southern Trust and Commerce Bank of San Diego, headquartered in the
U.S. Grant Hotel. An early San Diego founder, like Horton, Marston,
Spreckels, and Col. Ed Fletcher, Davidson had come to San Diego in
1896 at his mother’s behest. He saw the panorama from Cortez Hill
and was sold on San Diego! Shortly after the subdivision opened,
Mission Hills had become the exclusive homes area of San Diego, and
the City was not yet large enough to support two luxury areas, so
the community lay quiet. Therefore, Davidson became a primary
campaigner for the 1915-16 Panama-California Exposition, which was
the catalyst for so much of San Diego’s future fame and demand.
Marine Col. Joe Pendleton worked with Davidson to accomplish the
establishment of MCRD (The Marine Corp. Recruit Depot), and the NTC
(the Naval Training Center), and for the building of a 1000 bed
hospital in Balboa Park. Davidson’s effect is enormously evident.
Prominent friends of his also visited and took the story of San
Diego with them: William Jennings Bryan, Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Francis Delano Roosevelt, Harvey Firestone, and Will Rogers.
In 1925 George Thomas Forbes, Sr., ripe from his developer success
in Santa Monica, opened “Kensington Heights”, with his office at the
intersection of Hilldale and Marlborough, offering “luxury homes of
refinement”. A luxury 2-story home built in the 1920’s sold for
$5000 in 1934, $9500 in 1941, $21,000 in 1945 (talk about your
windfall profits!), and over $300,000 in 1991. Today it would have
to be at least twice that. The San Diego Tribune reported that post
war building on the remaining Kensington lots was the most costly in
the City.
Kensington Park Villas, a 145-unit Planned Residential Development
(“PRD”) sits on 34 acres below the mesa accessed from Camino Del Rio
South. While Kensington Park Villas are topographically and zip code
separate, there is a stairway that climbs the hillside into the
center of the Kensington village.
Prices have appreciated substantially the past decade, reflecting
both her style and central convenience. $700,000 can get buyers a
lesser located fixer, $850,000 - $1,000,000 can give you style or
condition. Estate properties are generally in the $1.5 - 2.5 million
range.
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KENSINGTON – TALMADGE, 1910-1997
BY Dr. Thomas H. Baumann, D.D.S.
Talmadge adjoins
Kensington through a little gorge on the east and was named after the Talmadge
sisters of early movie fame. Tucked into a little-traveled corner of
the Interstate 8/Fairmount area, western Talmadge is a style sibling of
the stereotypical So Cal housing, predominantly fastidious Spanish and
design-detailed homes on winding streets with graceful palms and wild
canyons. You are there if the streets are ladies’ names: Norma,
Louise, Natalie… The eastern Talmadge homes were developed later and
reflect the 40’s and 50’s demand for merging shiny hardwood floors with
expanded closet spaces, efficient room arrangements, tidy neighborhoods
and post-war prosperity kitchens and garages. While commanding visual
pleasure and convenient central city access, Talmadge is priced just a
little bit less than her more westerly metropolitan community
neighbors. Talmadge is totally residential at this time.
However, to the west is the neighborhood commercial service area of
Kensington, just to the south is the commercial artery of El Cajon
Boulevard, currently bustling with enormous regeneration, and to
the east the thriving college arena of the San Diego State University
community.
San
Diego State/College area lies next east, and like the communities
of Serra Mesa, Clairemont, and Mission Village to the north across
the I-8 Mission Valley, reflects a lot of the new building that took
place after World War II. Well-planned tract homes in much of the
area with glossy hardwood floors, aqua and bronze-toned "modern"
post-war appliances and fine tile counters and baths add telling charm
of the times. Big closets and garages and yards offer good livability
for families, excellent starter
areas for young people. A few areas sport larger (faculty)
homes: 4-6 bedrooms, sparkling pool & gracious yard spaces, for
approximately $800,000 - $1.5M. Alvarado Estates, a gated &
guarded, is all large ( over 3000 sq. ft.) custom homes on acre+
lots with an exclusive feel. Perhaps smaller homes may be found
for around
$450,000.
Back on the west side, and jutting
into the water from near Lindbergh International Airport is the peninsula
of Point Loma, an interesting blend of beach cottages
and old money, original fishing fleet families and the famed San Diego
America's Cup Yacht Club, coastal climate and postcard views, navy base and white-sparred
private marinas. The climate varies from the sunnier east side of
the peninsula to the more coastal ocean-viewing west side, and property
owners have very strong feelings about whether the dazzling lights
of the east bayside or the dark peace of the Pacific Ocean are the
more desirable views. Point Loma is large and includes a number of
communities from the very posh La Playa and Wooded Area
at the tip to the expensive and highly desired Sunset
Cliffs (ocean) and Fleetridge
(Bay) neighborhoods midway, the VW-van, lovebeads and surfboard cottages
of Ocean Beach, and what is arguably
the most architecturally beautiful neighborhood of Loma
Portal directly under the flight path from Lindbergh Field
International Airport. The "Point" is large with numerous
modern commercial hubs and a handy back door to the airport and
Downtown. Perhaps the loveliest view of San Diego is looking
east from the Rosecrans Veterans Cemetery by the Point Loma
lighthouse.
Mission
Beach and Pacific Beach
seem to be the tourist capital of summers in San Diego. Pricey boardwalk
townhomes and bay view condominiums, boxey cottages and high-style
mansions, this is where casual reigns supreme. Tan and barefoot, BMW
or boogie board, "PB" is Gidget updated and Sea World and Princess Resort
dominated. Traffic can be a challenge and like its neighbor to the
north, La Jolla, they are not convenient to a major freeway, but the
dauntless denizens of these popular beaches just keep on coming.
Many beach homeowners rent during the summer season for a month's
mortgage payment each week.
La
Jolla is Spanish for "the jewel" and is thought
to be inspired not only by the beauty of the area, and so named ,
but also by the Native American name for the area, "La Hoya",
which means "the cave". The La Jolla coast is famous for
the caves that riddle its cliffs. La Jolla is like a bulb that projects
into the ocean and climbs steeply to dramatic hills that hold cottages
and mansions with spectacular views of the Pacific. Early in San Diego's
history La Jolla became a holiday retreat for the financially favored
and entertainment stars seeking refuge. She is famous for her La Jolla
Playhouse, founded by three such Hollywood refugees and genesis of
several Tony-Award winning plays recently, and for the Salk Institute
where Jonas Salk, who once helped remove the scourge of polio from
our world, has assembled many world-renowned scientists who labor
to resolve issues of immunity, cancer and other health issues. The
Scripps Institute of Oceanography along La Jolla's north short is
a world leader in oceanographic research. Visiting the Institute's
Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum on the waters edge is a tour of undersea
creatures in realistic habitats and wonder some exhibits. Right next
to the Salk Institute is the glider port where daring pilots jump off
the awesome cliffs in giant kites, and sail the thermals like gulls,
soaring over the equally renown "Black's Beach", our "clothing
optional" beach. The Museum of Contemporary Art has recently
been extensively renovated, and a large number of very fine art galleries
lines the streets of downtown La Jolla. And not least is the Torrey
Pines Golf Course, a public but very prestigious trail of links on
the edge of the vast Pacific and dotted with the very trees for which
she is named and which those on the Torrey Pines Buick Open tour often hit
into. Although often a traffic jam and hazey with marine overcast
longer than other communities because of her projection into the ocean,
La Jolla is the international byword for status and style. La Jolla
is a laid back destination with a real fast-track undercurrent and
business life. Celebrities, beautiful scenery and people, Mercedes
and Rolls, all gather for seal watching at the Cove.
Further
north is Del Mar, famed race track
and upscale community. A little slower than the internationally acclaimed
La Jolla, but just as posh in a quieter way, Del Mar like La Jolla
has more marine climate than the sunnier Pacific Beach. Del Mar serves
as a homebase to many who commute to Orange County or L.A, and lies
just west of the "fabulous" enclave of Rancho Santa Fe,
San Diego's best comp to the Beverly Hills and Bel Air communities
more well-known.
I WOULD
BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU LOCATE A REALTOR ANYWHERE WHO WILL DELIVER MORE
THAN JUST THE NUMBERS GAME REAL ESTATE. ONE FINAL POINT: Again, the
"Best" is in the eye of the beholder. What is important
to YOU.
If you care about the most reliable information and detailed protection,
be sure to find a specialist in the area YOU want. An agent who says
he is an expert in all of San Diego can't go very deep into any of
it. San Diego is to enormous to know all of it intimately. And that
intimate knowledge will support your finding the very best home or
buyer.
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