Possibly Moving to San Diego, where to live? Other recs?

[dunfree]

July in Portland - No rain, sunshine, and 15 hrs of daylight, just fucking horrible to be able to fit fun outside stuff in with a real job

[Bobcat Sig]

Before I moved here people talked about those 70 degree summer days with little rain. Now that I've lived here for years I realize they were talking about Seattle...Portland in the Valley has not a drop of rain July - Sept and way too many 90-100 degree days...especially lately!

Much of that are soft member berries from those that pine for the past. It's summer; it's supposed to be hot. Even as a kid, growing up here, 90 degree were not uncommon. There weren't many, but they hit. People tend to remember what they want not what actually happened.

Two years ago, we hit 80 degrees in March with a heat dome. And this summer, we had winter (and rain) until June, and a super mild summer. I used my A/C twice this summer. It's all relative.

[Bobcat Sig]

July in Portland - No rain, sunshine, and 15 hrs of daylight, just fucking horrible to be able to fit fun outside stuff in with a real job

No way. Too hot. Horrible

[The AD]

Here's a quote I tagged from Ken Kesey's "Sometimes a Great Notion" that should resonate with the Western Oregon and Washington peeps:

The same old rain, and, if not welcomed, at least accepted--an old gray aunt who came to visit every winter and stayed till spring. You learn to live with her. You learn to reconcile yourself to the little inconveniences and not get annoyed. You remember she is seldom angry or vicious and nothing to get in a stew about, and if she is a bore and stays overlong you can train yourself not to notice her, or at least not to stew about her.

[Bobcat Sig]

Here's a quote I tagged from Ken Kesey's "Sometimes a Great Notion" that should resonate with the Western Oregon and Washington peeps:

Totally accurate. It's taken me several years to readjust to that fact.

[sirbumpsalot]

Much of that are soft member berries from those that pine for the past. It's summer; it's supposed to be hot. Even as a kid, growing up here, 90 degree were not uncommon. There weren't many, but they hit. People tend to remember what they want not what actually happened.

Two years ago, we hit 80 degrees in March with a heat dome. And this summer, we had winter (and rain) until June, and a super mild summer. I used my A/C twice this summer. It's all relative.

Thats awesome for you! Congrats.

I still say 28 and single....SD hands down.

[Bobcat Sig]

Thats awesome for you! Congrats.

I still say 28 and single....SD hands down.

Very much agreed

[PeachesNCream]

For people who live in SD, do you ever make trips do mexico? Seems pretty cool having a foreign country in your backyard but I don't hear much about it. Would be interested in culture/food/maybe some outdoors, not interested in all inclusive resorts, etc.

Edit: looks like the 1D is a highway going down the coast. Ensenada seems like a decent sized city. Tijuana?

[The AD]

For people who live in SD, do you ever make trips do mexico? Seems pretty cool having a foreign country in your backyard but I don't hear much about it. Would be interested in culture/food/maybe some outdoors, not interested in all inclusive resorts, etc.

Edit: looks like the 1D is a highway going down the coast. Ensenada seems like a decent sized city. Tijuana?

Not only is it easy to get into Mexico, it's now very easy to get to Tijuana for cheap flights from that airport. You can go to the border and literally WALK to the airport.

[evdog]

You can take the trolley right to the border, not that you go to TJ for the culture.

[bodywhomper]

Isn’t there a fat fancy foodie scene in tijuana?

[liv2ski]

Back in the day, before all the Narco related BS became an everyday concern, we went to Mex a lot. Great restaurants in TJ and Ensenada, not to mention the Lobster Camp. Use to stay at Los Gaviotas and surf for a week or just do day trips down to surf K38 or K39. Those were the days. Now it is to sketchy for me, but a young guy with 8 lives left may want to give it a go.

[AK47bp]

And hot Mexican girls…….Ay Caramba!!


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[PeachesNCream]

Not only is it easy to get into Mexico, it's now very easy to get to Tijuana for cheap flights from that airport. You can go to the border and literally WALK to the airport.

Nice, I'll have to take note of that. I'm a sucker for travel.

Back in the day, before all the Narco related BS became an everyday concern, we went to Mex a lot. Great restaurants in TJ and Ensenada, not to mention the Lobster Camp. Use to stay at Los Gaviotas and surf for a week or just do day trips down to surf K38 or K39. Those were the days. Now it is to sketchy for me, but a young guy with 8 lives left may want to give it a go.

Isn’t there a fat fancy foodie scene in tijuana?

Damn, having a great cheap food scene nearby would be a score. My dad talks about going to france for cheap good eats when he lived in switzerland, similar thing. I'd assume there's got to be safe areas of tijuana tho?

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Mexico is pretty safe if you're not slinging bags, trying to take someone's business away or not paying your bills.

Or acting like a drunken asshole.

[PeachesNCream]

Thought this thread deserved a follow up.

My trip was this last week. Great time, temps were around 70, couple days of sun, couple days of clouds. Funny how people complain about the weather when its 68 and partly cloudy in january. Checked out a lot of neighborhoods, went for a run, got some surfing in (poorly), hit the bars, spent A LOT of money. Overall awesome trip.

For neighborhoods I really liked OB and North Park. My impression of OB was kinda grudgey (in a good way), wide mix of people -> young and families, on the beach. North Park was hipster (but not over the top hipster), lots of young people, not close to the beach but cheaper than OB. Other neighborhoods we checked out were PB, La Jolla, little italy, gaslamp, mission beach, and mission valley but OB and north park were the stand outs for me. Happy to elaborate if someone wants me to.

So easy to meet people here compared to Spokane. My guess is because its pretty transient but we had no problem meeting people, awesome.

Also they aren't messing around with the gals here. Beautiful gals everywhere, friendly ones too. I did get a feeling like there was quite a bit of casual dating and finding something serious might be a little tricky, but way too early to tell. Overall also awesome

Definitely made it much easier to picture living there. I always get excited about change so going to let things sit for a while but leaning towards moving there at this point.

[Yonder_River]

Before you move there, you may want to consider the impending deadpool that will happen at the hoover dam. The Colorado River supplies a large part of the water to southern California and Arizona and that is likely to cease in the next decade despite whatever the soon to be intervening federal government thinks it can do about it.

Kind of a dim outlook I know, but it's going to be sucked dry way before all of the state lawsuits are settled.

[Tele 'til You're Smelly]

Before you move there, you may want to consider the impending deadpool that will happen at the hoover dam. The Colorado River supplies a large part of the water to southern California and Arizona and that is likely to cease in the next decade despite whatever the soon to be intervening federal government thinks it can do about it.

Kind of a dim outlook I know, but it's going to be sucked dry way before all of the state lawsuits are settled.

or at least think about where exactly around SD you'd buy a house- check out this Scottsdale suburb that's had its water shut off https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64323564 But if you were in SD proper (or similar) they'll figure something out- they can always buy out the cotton farmers in the desert or build desalinization to get residential water for the Big City

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Stop it with the cock blocking. Dude just got a whiff of the local talent and y'all are trying to throw a bucket of (very scarce) cold water on him.

[fatnslow]

Christ, worrying about water in SD cause some small unincorporated subdivision got water shutoff after years of warning................
I know water is/will be a major issue for decades to come with population explosion in arid areas but that article is a terrible reference.
I would plan ahead and stockpile bottles of designer water and make a sign, " will trade water for sex".

[AK47bp]

Who cares about water, he’ll be swimming in pussy.


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[Yonder_River]

^^True dat.

Well, with 50% of their water provided by the soon to be turned off CO river, that still leaves enough water to clean your junk with so there's that.

[liv2ski]

San Diego will likely have access to water more readily than most of So Cal

[huckbucket]

Thought this thread deserved a follow up.

My trip was this last week. Great time, temps were around 70, couple days of sun, couple days of clouds. Funny how people complain about the weather when its 68 and partly cloudy in january. Checked out a lot of neighborhoods, went for a run, got some surfing in (poorly), hit the bars, spent A LOT of money. Overall awesome trip.

For neighborhoods I really liked OB and North Park. My impression of OB was kinda grudgey (in a good way), wide mix of people -> young and families, on the beach. North Park was hipster (but not over the top hipster), lots of young people, not close to the beach but cheaper than OB. Other neighborhoods we checked out were PB, La Jolla, little italy, gaslamp, mission beach, and mission valley but OB and north park were the stand outs for me. Happy to elaborate if someone wants me to.

So easy to meet people here compared to Spokane. My guess is because its pretty transient but we had no problem meeting people, awesome.

Also they aren't messing around with the gals here. Beautiful gals everywhere, friendly ones too. I did get a feeling like there was quite a bit of casual dating and finding something serious might be a little tricky, but way too early to tell. Overall also awesome

Definitely made it much easier to picture living there. I always get excited about change so going to let things sit for a while but leaning towards moving there at this point.

OB has Mike's. That's a game changer right there.

[The SnowShow]

A couple of questions: if you lived in North County, say Carlsbad, how far is the drive to Mammoth and Big Bear/Snow Summit realistically? Also, when you get some altitude in the mountains near San Diego, are there forests or is it still really dry deserty terrain?