I went to SD and my impression:
Expected pros: weather, beach, landscape, ocean, Asian and Mexican influence
Expected cons: prices and homeless, artificial buildings, landscapes and often face/bodies
Unexpected pros:every one was super nice, Julio’s, cool airplanes
Unexpected cons: as a person who has always biked and walked. So cal is made for cars. To get from one part of town to another it seemed like in some cases it was just a hw cutting through a valley. Strip malls everywhere - the price you pay for so many options (consumer wise) seems to be paving over some of the most beautiful land on earth - additionally - the juxtaposition of all the luxury stores, boutique hipster shops w army of homeless is just depressing to look at. Not really California’s fault, but SD kind of just made me get down on humanity