Where to love in San Diego
 

So I'm getting stationed in San Diego next month... I'll be working in Point Loma down at SPAWAR off I-5. Where should I live?

I don't mind a 15-20 minute commute. I just want somewhere with low crime (don't want the FRS stolen) and closer to activities.

SD is so big and everything I've seen has been crap apartments. I don't know where to start.

***Damn autocorrect... Where to love? Seriously... Ugh. Countdown to someone saying Hilcrest.

I would say in la mesa...
 

i would say la mesa is a relatively good area that's not too expensive and about 10-20 minutes from spawar depending on traffic.

I actually lived on a power boat at shelter island when I was there.

Jaden

p.s. Anywhere in San Diego is a good place to love though:)...except hillcrest, depending on your tastes... hamburger mary's has good food though

Ha- I once lived on a sailboat at Shelter Island. A great place to love...

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If you want to rent a house I'm moving out of mine...in clairemont, with garage.

What is your budget?

You're in Clairemont and I've never seen your awesome FRS?! Daamnn..

I dunno, OP, there's a lot of places to love in San diego. :) Haha, jk. All depends on your budget, really.

Most definitely not enough for a house w/ garage. I wanted to be around $2000... What are you looking for. Clairemont and especially la Mesa is farther than I wanted to be. I want to be closer to stuff

Black's Beach.

Is that still a thing?



I lived in Chula Vista when I was stationed on NASNI. That was 20 years ago. Everywhere is stupid expensive.

Welcome to SD! Fair warning, once you move here, you're never going to want to leave...lol.

As far as your question, it all depends on your budget.

Everything is 15 - 20 minutes away from each other in SD so you're safe wherever you go.

I'm going to break neighborhoods up into sections based on their demographics

Families:
Mission Bay
Clairemont Mesa
Kearny Mesa
Bay Ho
La Mesa (further inland)
Tierrasanta (where I live - very quiet/family oriented)

Hippies/Beach Bums:
Ocean Beach
Pacific Beach (younger crowd)
Point Loma

Hipster/Urban:
North Park
Hillcrest (gay community)
South Park
University Heights
Bankers Hill (city living)
Little Italy
Downtown (expensive...like super expensive)

there's plenty to do in SD, and we have a growing group of 86 enthusiasts.

Feel free to join the FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/socalsd86/

If you want closer to "stuff" are you looking for more of a downtown thing? Cause point loma is pretty darn close...you might be a lot closer to affording a house rental, if you want. PM me and I'll give you more info, if interested.

I live very close to the clairemont town square

I just mapped it, 13 miles from my place to SPAWAR.

Thanks everyone, I found a spot down in Point Loma... Central and close to stuff. I didn't want to be crowded downtown but also didn't want to be out in the outskirts. Looked at a ton of places decided a town home down in point Loma was best. Close to beach, downtown, and only like 5 minutes to work.

So you'll be seeing my FRS around town... After my long drive down from Seattle in October.