SperlingViews - Oceanside, California

All stats on the racial make-up of the region are a "best guess" based on available data.. However, the data does not begin to capture the reality of the situation. The real latino/hispanic population easily registers at 50%.[read more...]

Beautiful place to live. Cost of living is extremely high...but ya gotta pay for the luxury of living where the weather is good, most of the year. There's alot of activities (Sea World, SD Zoo, & always the beach). [read more...]

Hello, CA due to the economy and other factors has a plan already in action to upgrade the tourism, increase the cost of living and attract new investors. Good plan however the wages are not increasing and the cost of living is now not affordable to the lower classes (obsolete middle class) the poorest are gone, dead or forgotten. The Lower classes are hanging on. Oceanside, has beautiful coastline views, terrain common to beach cities, a nice sleeping beachtown feel and the people are kinder and community minded. The developers are attracting high end investors and foreign investors to this area. The job market is not too good. A very nice place to visit San Diego and all it has to offer is very nearby and worth visiting. Thanks, I hope to find a real job and a real life. Best regards. Kim Lloyd. My interest is about cities where Women, divorced can work, and have a reasonable quality of life. I appreciate your surveys and look forward to finding this place if it exists.[read more...]

I love Oceanside. Great climate. High cost of living, though and job market thin due to lots of competition.[read more...]

Climate along the coast of Southern California (Oceanside is named correctly) stays fairly consistent year-round: warm, wet Winters and somewhat warmer, dry Summers. Spring and Fall are transitions between those two non-extremes. Even so, it is not unusual to see a native Californian wearing a parka and mittens because the temperature dropped to sixty degrees in December! Growing up back East with real four seasons, including ice and snow in Winter, I laugh when I see the parkas here.[read more...]

Oceanside is a great community - located perfectly between activities in Los Angeles to the North and San Diego to the South.[read more...]

Oceanside is a thriving beach community and is is home to various tributes to the Pacific Ocean like the Oceanside Municipal Pier (the longest all wood pier on the west coast), the Oceanside Harbor and Marina (offering a variety of water sports like jet skiing, scuba diving, boat rentals, and whale watching excursions), and the California Surf Museum (surfing-related memorabilia and exhibitions). Away from the beach Oceanside is rich in great site-seeing and family activities like the historic Mission at San Luis Rey and Heritage Park (featuring guided tours and a gift shop), the weekly farmer's market (with fresh produce, flowers, and local art), and numerous golf courses and parks, even a dog park. Further family activities can also be found a short drive away - with Legoland, the San Diego Wild Animal Park and Zoo, and Sea World within a short distance. [read more...]

Right on California's Central Coast. Great little town! Rural small town feel, near the beach (Oceano Dunes and Pismo Beach), great weather, close to everything you need. Home prices have gone up here, but affordability is still fairly decent, compared to other parts of the county. I've been here for 9 years and I'm glad that I chose this town to live in.[read more...]

If you like the ocean and the beach and are willing to accept the locals, the California tourists and the out of state and/or country tourists all over the place, then you will like oceanside. We used to vacation in Carlsbad (right next door) and wanted to move there, but even in 1997, when we were looking to move, we couldn't afford Carlsbad. But Oceanside is right next door as I said, and I go to the Carlsbad beaches all the time (the Oceanside beaches are being improved all the time now, so it's not that crucial) There are several retirement communities and mobile home parks in Oceanside and there are even more in the adjacent cities (Vista, San Marcos, Escondido). I'd like to move to where there aren't that many people...otherwise it's a great place.[read more...]

Hi ........ Considering retirement in Oceanside, CA in approximately 5 years. Currently looking into real estate. Is there anyone out there with some local insights on the area? Thanks Much! B[read more...]

"Oceanslime" ...that's what they used to call this place in the eighties: A marine town plagued with prositution, drugs and crime. You didn't want to live here and if you did, you wouldn't want anyone to know. Fast forward twenty years and everything has changed. The streets are safe, property values have skyrocketed, and private development dollars are pouring into the city. Oceanside is now one of the more desireable spots in county to live.[read more...]