I am one of them. Oh boy life has been so much better since the move. Living 6min walk from the beach, everything is open including indoor dining.
Is there a big difference between San Francisco and San Diego? They're both Californian mega cities.
Very different by almost any measure.
Maybe it's a relative perspective thing, but every Californian I know thinks they're quite different.
Politically it's a lot more centrist. More housing friendly, no good transit options though.
I wouldn't be surprised if the massive, long-standing military presence in/around San Diego is a factor for the region being more conservative than most of coastal California.
This is part of the reason. Another part is that typically the closer you get to the equator in the US the more conservative. It's related to the reason why beach towns typically have bad food and no real culture.
San Diego is more conservative, generally speaking. Lot more military folks, too.
The obvious one is that SF proper is generally cold and foggy while SD is sunny and warm.
San diego is much more spread out, has very nice beaches, is warm all year long. It doesn’t have good chinese food though.
Very different. San Diego is not a mega city like LA or the great Bay Area. Much better weather than SF, seems a bit more relaxed pace and not as overrun.
Looking at a map there really isn't much of a gap between LA and San Diego. It's pretty much one mega-city.
"City" is a strong term, there is suburban sprawl between them, but it's not all urban. Huge USMC base in between as well.
They still feel a world apart, though I expect that to change over the next 20 years.
That’s a good way to put it. The two cities just have a very different feel to them.
It’s a 2 hour drive minimum between the two... If they are one big mega-city then Sacramento is part of the bay area.
It makes sense, relatively cheaper that SF, but same timezone and state.
I worry for San Diego. I moved here to escape the bay area, too. I figure there's only a couple or so years until this region gets wrecked by California politics, too. Then, it'll be time to finally move on back to America. I just want to escape before I suffer any loss on real estate investment.
I feel you. There is a clear choice in the race for Mayor.