We love it in Vista (San Diego) but might have to
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6/22/2006
My husband and I have always dreamed of living in CA. When we came out here over 5 years ago to visit relatives in La Jolla we fell in love with San Diego and vowed to move out here once we got married. Well, we did it (our family thought we were crazy)but we were so excited because both of us grew up in MN and did not care and were risk takers. Well, we did not have jobs and it took us much longer than expected to find work and now that we found it we both dislike our jobs and are amazed at how little the pay is compared to the cost of living and how few jobs there are. We are still renting a 1 bedroom apartment (paying $1, 030 and it is not that nice) after being here almost 4 years and no hope of buying a house anytime soon. We love it here but cannot afford to keep living like this. We want to start a family and cannot do that here, not too mention you would have to do private school here as the public seems questionable. People are o.k. but self centered mostly. We do not know where to go next as we do NOT want to go back to MN even though all of our family is there and will get lot's of "told you so's". We also have not found a good church here they are scarce, the closest one we like and is similiar to what we were used to back home is Rick Warren's church in Lake Forest a 55 min drive! There are deffinitley three class of people here, poor (we fall in that catagory even though we make over 60,000 combined) middle class that bought homes here over five years ago when they were still affordable and the very rich. It is very frustrating also we thought it would be greener and more lush here than it is. It is mostly brown and actually not that sunny if near the ocean. We thought it would be more tropical too and you could swim all year in clear blue water but the water is merky and not warm so it's a bummer in a way. The perks are, family loves to come (when they can afford it) and there is always something to do but at what cost? Luckily we both live close to our jobs but most have to comutte in terrible traffic. Good luck to anyone else who tried you MUST make over 100, 000 to make it.
Karen | Vista, CA