Living in San Diego Pros and Cons 

I’ve been in San Diego for 10 years, (Carlsbad resident) and I love it here!!!! I’m telling you I can’t imagine living anywhere else!!

Born and raised in LA and will moving to San Diego with my job in a few months. It is expensive but a little cheaper than LA.. I’m excited 😊

Next year I will move to San Diego as an exchange student. Greetings from Bavaria, Germany.

Love the bicycle lanes and paths - I use to ride a bike to/from work everyday! Saved a ton of money and time!

I’ve found San Diego very unique in its own right. It’s because it’s a very well-known city, but not for everybody. The weather is perfection 7-8 months out of the year where it feels neither hot, cold, or warm. Just very room temperature with a few token warm or hot weeks in late summer or early fall and maybe 40 at the coldest in winter. You can live comfortably in your home never running heat or AC. The downtown skyline has no remarkable buildings of note, just a few skyscrapers and high-rise apartments. The cost of living. It’s very high, but not nearly as bad as the Bay Area and a little cheaper than LA and Orange County. Food. Best Mexican food I’ve ever had is in Barrio Logan at Las Quattro Milpas, a Family-owned cafeteria with a limited menu of homemade tortillas, tacos, beans and rice, and tamales. Also The Chicken Pie Shop is worthy for All-American comfort food. People. They’re a lot more chill, live and let live, and not all concerned about money and social status for the most part. A millionaire in La Jolla and working man living in Claremont will talk to each other. Beaches. Better than LA, but a little cold for some. Coronado, La Jolla, and Belmont are the main ones. A mediocre Major League Baseball team that’s been around 50 years, but never stood out or won the World Series. Amusement parks are Sea World and Legoland just outside the city, nowhere near the hype of Disneyland or Six Flags. The downside is if you’re a flashy person into sophisticated culture, the arts, and nightlife, you’ll probably be disappointed and bored. And most of the folks are conservative that hate the liberal policies of most of California.

I hate sports, I hate seasons, and I hate "old" cities... Sounds like 8 pros and 2 cons to me 🌴👌

People forget that there are so many great hiking trails in San Diego- great info!

Thanks for sharing the pros along with the cons about living in San Diego!

Thank you from Findlay, Ohio. Lived in downtown San Diego- 2011 to 2013 and fell in love with the diverse community ❤️.

I/m currently in IL, so San Diego sounds like paradise to me!!! Gotta go there. Great video. Very informative! :)

One of my favorite cities, I love san diego

This is so great! I’m planning on moving to San Diego December 1st is this year. I’m so excited. Been researching almost constantly. Came across your video and have now subscribed. Thanks look long forward to watching more. I’m moving from WA btw

Even with all those cons you mentioned, I think the pros outweigh them! Great video!

thank you guys! we are moving to SD from SF this August! cant wait to enjoy all the stuff you mentioned!

Guys, you're awesome! I'm so willing to visit this amazing city one day!

Thanks for these videos. I’m moving to San Diego from Richmond, Virginia in 2 weeks. I’ve been planning this for years and I’m finally ready. Your videos have been helping me so I appreciate it.

San Diego is the best I’ve lived here since I was born it’s amazing and I would never wanna live anywhere else!!

There is snow and sledding in San Diego as well as four seasons - Palomar, Julian, Mt. Laguna - all within San Diego County. Nice vid!

2021: Most expensive: Honolulu, San Francisco, New York, Washington DC, LA.(in order) I grew up in NYC and Live in DC, if San Diego is #13, that's cheap.

I’m moving to San Diego this Saturday! From a small town to a big city!!! I am so ready.

Lived in SD for one year and I left my heart

I live in OC and work in tech, so I'm considering the move to buy a home in a few years. San Diego is on the list for sure!

Was in san Diego from 1997 to 2016 with a few years stationed in japan and oxnard, now in chicago for a year now regrets leaving awesome video.. san diego on my mind 😎

going to be senior in high school right now and hoping to move to San Diego right when I graduate. The first time I'm ever going to be solo. Visited for 2 weeks since my sister lives there and I knew right away I wanted to move there.

Moving to SD at the end of the month, thanks for the sharing!

San Diego is nice I want to visit there on my vacation later on this year amazing views and good quality of the culture.

Just wanted to comment that the quality of these is great. Super informative, to the point, great editing, and the hosts are incredibly engaging. Wish more channels about living in other cities were like you, would make deciding where to live a much easier job. Thanks for what you do!

Good video guys. My whole family lives in San Diego and have been trying to convince me to move there from Florida. I've visited SD several times and all the things you said in your vid is true.

Thank you for sharing and talking about schools :-)

One thing that surprised me was the theaters. Most Broadway shows do trial runs at the Old Globe. Amazing shows all right here.

I want to move to SD in October from Ohio hopefully everything will come together hope the cost of living is bearable lol I also wanted to start 1 or 2 businesses 1 at home business so love your videos!!

Botanical gardens! Don't forget that it's fantastic!

The best is the air quality - usually moderate or unhealthy in the summer. Even better, the streets are neglected so you get multiple wheel alignments per year, but really it's a great excuse to buy a massive 4 wheel drive monster truck.

can you please do a video about the different subsections of san diego? :) I want to move to SD but there's just too much information about the different areas of SD online. it would be nice to get one concise overview video and then do my own individual in depth research from the overview. thank you :)

Bankers Hill is so walkable. There's Balboa Park there and Hillcrest and the public busses are awesome. Every 15 to 20 minutes is so much better than once an hour where I am now. I did not need a car there because I lived downtown and had access to closeness of neighborhoods, and shopping a short accessible bus ride away.

San Diego is considered my second home I'm from Arkansas but I visit close to twice a year, I've stayed in Del Mar, point Loma, Chula Vista, and gas Lamp... I can't get enough of Diego I love it one day hope to move there

All time background music stressme, good content.

San Diego is my favorite county out of all of California. I want to move to San Diego one day.

Having only one sports team isn't a drawback. Olympic Training Center is down there. There are many golf courses over there in the county. San Diego Gulls hockey team, Sockers indoor soccer and an indoor lacrosse team plays at Pechanga Arena. New soccer stadium will be built over near there. Another stadium is being built near what was Qualcomm Stadium. SDSU, University of San Diego and UCSD are Division I universities that have athletic teams. San Diego sports scene is very distinctive even with only a nationally recognized sports team.

I will live in San Diego one day 🙏🤞

Thank you for your wonderful helpful videos

Really beautiful place...

I am from the San Francisco Bay Area for over 35 years and moved to Las Vegas 10 years ago and now APPARENTLY San Diego has become cheaper "overall" compared to Vegas as of January 2022!!! I guess my NEW home is in San Diego!!! Kudos to you and your "better" half!!!!

Cute video. Thanks for sharing.

just found this channel here to support!

I moving also from Pennsylvania thanks guys apréciate

Off the 5/52 here. We've been here 10 years (from CT) and you provide some good content. How about brewery's? That's a top 5 for sure!

I think still more pros than cons. San Diego is really beautiful. Call Bern or Courtney if you moving there :)

I would love to move out that way someday. I'm a Philly native as well who currently lives in NYC (Bronx) since 93. I'm so ready for a change. I hate the cold weather, the cold people, and rising crime here. Perhaps I can find low income housing there. I'm older now and looking for a calmer existence. I just subscribed to your channel. I will be watching... 👀

I will be moving to San diego soon 🙏🏼

I’m thinking of moving there with my family from Japan. Thirst videos are great. Thank you ✌🏿

Love San Diego born and raised

The weather is 👍👍👍👍

Good points of discussion

I'm from Italy, I'm 22 yrs old and I'd love to live in San Diego. The biggest issue is money, I'm scared that I will never be able to move there. But who knows

I live in ugly Las Vegas, Im planning to move to SD to have access to nature and beaches. I love the vibe here, people seem to be friendly and much happier than anywhere else. I advice anyone who is living a miserable life to make a change as soon as possible. Life is too short

Hey Bernie. Brian Bradley. Good stuff. Philly Philly!❤🍀👍

Love it here

I was there last week. Is there a time of year when the Haze is better or worst? I did want to enjoy the sunset more, but I encountered quite a few Haze heavy evenings.

From Delco really thinking about moving there

Born i n Thousand Oaks raised in West Los Angeles. Move to North County in 1987 and enjoy everyday.

with the awesome weather and great beer and fantastic schools is there really a con to SD

good stuff. thank you.

I’m ready

Thank you for the great video, it was very informative. My family (me, wife, 1 month old, 3 year old) will be moving to SD. My wife will be going to the law school in downtown. We are currently living in Louisville, KY very comfortably (my income is ~$80k, and I am keeping my remote job). can you please recommend some areas where we should look into living? We are home owners but since it's expensive here, we are open to renting/apartments. Thank you!

Hey you two, I was born & raised in San Diego, the weather puts any other big city IN THE DUST! P.S. basketball and football are for the unpatriotic. SAN Francisco/ LA has more Art museums perhaps one is full of smog the other full of Fog!!

great video currently planning on moving there or LA im originally from inglewood can you tell me what they have to help homeless youth there thanks again

Thank you for sharing! Living in San Diego can be extremely expensive, its similar to cost of living in Hawaii

Working with some Buyers from there right now. They can't say enough great things about where they live in the city!

Summer all year round pro and con

you can ofc live in north sd county around oceanside or escondido

Definitely not cheap area to live but so so beautiful

Thank you. Few questions though - 1) How is the water temperature on the beaches during summers? If the temp is 75-80 then i wonder whether it will be cold to get in the water. 2) Can you please suggest a few good public elementary schools? Thanks

Hi guys! I want to move to cali! I'm considering San Diego... and to go to grad school for my masters in social work. Don't really know what's right and where to start. Any ideas or tips?

I’m trying to move to Southern California inside the next few months. San Diego looks wonderful to me. I’m a British soccer coach. The cost of living is so expensive in the UK plus its cold. California doesn’t seem that expensive to me. Thanks for the info!

Thanks for sharing

How is Bernardo Center Dr... Can I get more information and what's the minimum rent for tiny/micro apartment? Planning to move in January 2022

Great video, but THE FOOD!!!

Omg San Diego is my favorite City in California second to San Francisco anyway because San Fran is my first Top favorite city in Cali and I've still haven't made up my mind whether or not if i would like to move to SF or SD it's a very tuff decision for me to make !!!

Lack of seasons=pro Yeah I’ll have good weather all year round please

I wish I could afford to move back to San Diego 😩

Mello-Roos- are building fees on new construction permits that are passed on to the buyers. The are set by local government that allows the builder to pass the permit fees to the buyers over a set time. Look up how much City of San Diego collects from new construction.

Thinking seriously of moving from Miami to San Diego. Retired a year ago and ready to leave. Found a great 3300 sq. ft. condo in Bankers Hill. Can’t wait to fly out for a second look see and make an offer on it. 👍🏻. Oh yea ... the price tag has several numbers and a comma in between those numbers 😂

Can you grow vegetables year round and is it a dry climate or is it humid ??

chargers moved to LA but im still a chargers fan!! and think many of the former fans will feel that way too..

I came from Albania in Boston a year ago and I can't wait to move in San Diego. I hate winter 😒

San Diego is really beautiful. you have people running and walking at night time.

Very informative video. You guys didn't talk about the violence. And from the information you provided San Diego is better than Miami as Miami struggle with Hurricanes and floods and too much insurance

Is Sabre Springs a good neighborhood? I would love to know more about it.

From nyc. Cant wait to visit San Diego one day and perhaps move to the west coast. Maybe s.f., l.a., san Jose...I understand I would need a car, but is there an area where it is built like nyc, like for walking. Lol

I just moved here from Miami

We have plenty of culture . Balboa park old town Chicano park . Lakeside has the rodeo Drive to Julian ca and there’s snow in winter and good pie’s.

It is not 75 degrees year round. Biggest myth ever! It definitely gets colder here than I expected during the winter months. Can get down to 36 at night along the coast. December to February tend to be the coldest with some sunny days sprinkled in.

Best things about San Diego: Beaches and weather.

Oceanside the new little san diego

San Diego is my future home. I'm a snowbird. Soon. Semi retired at best.

What are the possibilities of migrating to California???

If you are considering new topics for videos, could you please do video about the job market in different sectors and how the opportunities and salaries compares with other places in the nation? I’m especially interested in the tech job market. We already live in a high paying area for tech industry, so that’s a big one for me. Thanks!

I'm a Phillies fan too...

Is El Cajon a good place to live?