Relocating - need advice

San Diego is expensive. It's also well-built-up and crowded, with good but full freeways, etc. Whether its fabulous weather, etc., is worth the rest is a function of where you're moving from, and what you like.

Don't hold your breath. "Buy land. They're not making it any more." --Mark Twain

$50K to $90K or more, USD you can look it up on line too, several places. You may be able to get some calif ads too with Sal range via Newspapers on line. Call a head hunter in SD, or calif. SD is one of the nicest places in the USA, that is why prices are high Also USA is in a housing boom right now, but it should deflate. New loan laws went into effect at beginning of the year, which actually is not good for the borrower. I would rent for a while. water is cold. no reef, great surf Beautiful weather year round. Your company may offer a cost of living adjustment, hopefully.

$1M

far

The San Diego area is one of the most attractive in North America, IMHO.

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

asked

Be prepared for high prices. Housing is very expensive to buy but rents are a little cheaper depending on area. Gas is high but other costs are more or less ok. But, the high price of housing also means a high return when sold or moving up. Some people have actually made more money just in the increase in equity of their houses than they make in their salaries! That's one reason prices are high, because many are using real estate as an investment because of the recent excellent returns. Some are predicting a downturn or bubble burst so there is some risk but there is no signs of it yet. A lot of people live here so there is a lot of congestion but not as bad as LA. There's a lot to do, outdoor stuff, boating, fishing, hiking, off roading, camping . There's mountains and desert near by plus Mexico and miles of beaches. There are thousands of resturaunts, clubs, museums, symphony orchestra, opera and two professional sports teams. You should visit the area and look around also contact the chamber of commerce for specifics. I can't give you salaries. The weather is great but it is a dry climate, there is virtually no rain in the summer. The only green is where it is irrigated during much of the year. Good luck. If your company is offering to move you, what have you got to loose? Bob

Whatsa matter, Fred, couldn't afford it ?:-)

...Jim Thompson

Don't sugar-coat it Fred, give it to him straight. 8-) Hyperbole, I think. He *will* have to deal with Liberals trying to spend all his money to try to make the place Paradise.

A current news story: (They may have to put the town in hock.)

My favorite story of the week:

I remember that sort of income, when I was a student.

My daughter's-in-law parents live in Palm Springs. But he's a millionaire seller of Harley's ;-)

...Jim Thompson

Funny you should mention that, I just imported an engineer from Texas to San Francisco (met'em on this very ng!) and he seems to like it here so far. We're designing some awesome stuff, too.

Granting a bit of corruption and somewhat more inefficiency, California still works very well, simply because there's so much money here. And it's still beautiful. San Diego is a bit warm and beachy for my tastes (I like the cool, gray fog up here) but it is a very nice place by most anybody's standards.

John

The US east coast gets just as much Chinese smog, but added to that is all the gunk from the cars and coal-fired power plants and factories of the entire rest of the USA. Flying into San Francisco from the east, the air goes from yellow to clear as you approach the coast. I moved here, among other reasons, because the prevailing wind is straight off the ocean, and the pollen level is very low.

Our water comes from the Hetch Hetchy reservoir, melted snow from the Sierras; the only poop would be from deers and bears (look up cyclosporidium!) They run it over a bit of limestone to add some minerals, otherwise the slight natural acidity would eat the pipes.

The pipeline from Hetch Hetchy ends at the Pulgas Water Temple

and runs down a sluce into the Crystal Springs Reservoir, a long subduction lake directly over the San Andreas fault.

John

You can easily dislike a place that you associate with being poor and unhappy.

I don't. I was designing electronics on the side, starting as a freshman, salaried at $450 a month.

John

EVERY building I enter (even WalMart, even the high school gym) has a notice at the door warning of the presence of carcinogens and toxic chemicals.

I was working part-time (1959-1962) in Building 20 of MIT, taking home about $20/week and my wife's take-home from EG&G was about $65/week.

We did alright, bought a washing machine, a TV set, and a car (1961 Renault Dauphine, new), and had our first daughter in January of my senior year.

...Jim Thompson

Hi Win,

Thanks for your reply. I will be mov>>

The place is an overcrowded cesspool with very high crime rates, rampant government waste and corruption and record inefficiency providing services, and a pathetically underpowered and crumbling infrastructure. This applies to ALL of California, a fetid dump. You would be better off moving to Africa, or Texas.

Oh yeah- environmentally California is the most toxic place in the entire US. You will be exposed to the worst possible pollutants in every form. These pollutants are produced locally and there is the toxic cloud moving out of China that hits California first. It is a very filthy and dirty place, and your drinking water will most likely contain human feces in significant amounts.

asked

reference

Yeah right! Its so crowded nobody wants to live here (sic). That's why prices are so high, because nobody wants to be here. Actually I wish more people felt that way and would stay away from our over crowded cesspool. But, that's not to be. Bob

Not to worry- I wouldn't even visit the place on all expenses paid luxury travel. I did live in the Mojave near Palm Springs for a year- that was not too bad, but the urban areas are dumps.

Oh yeah- and Palm Springs is a hedonist dump too.

Analytical chemistry is now so good they can detect just a few molecules per ml of some stuff. So naturally if they analyze anything they can find a little something of everything.

John