Yeah I didn't think 5 hours to Whitney Portal was unreasonable! And 6 hours to Bishop, for sure!! You can't be going 65 mph though ;-) and you can't stop to pee...
come on now, all the Mexican food doesn't necessarily get better the farther south you go in SD. Escondido, Ramona and Oceanside has some good joints too.
Yes, the California Burrito seems to have started in San Diego or at least SoCal. It's quite popular, so expect those burritos to travel far and wide.
Good sources are Robertos, Cotixan, Santana's and MXN. A very popular feast after surfing.
"Carne asada fries" is another heart-attack-on-a-plate that started in San Diego and is wildly popular with the teens in East County. Has anyone seen them outside SoCal yet?
I'm not sure that this is a good reason to move to San Diego. Or maybe it is. Shall we call it a thread drift, or not? lol
The key to driving through LA is to do it after 8:00 pm and before 5:00 am, Sundays even better. That makes all the difference.
The truth... you can haul ass, like 80 mph all the way.
Any other time you are screwed.
SoCal traffic is a crap shoot. Can't speak for San Diego but you can pretty much count on being stop and go on any freeway in Orange County/LA/Riverside from 7 AM to 8 PM seven days a week.
If there is a wreck at anytime the drive takes forever. Might as well get a hotel and watch the tube until they get it cleared.
SoCal traffic is every bit as bad as rumored. The worst is when it is "stop. accelerate to 70 mph. 1/4 mile later jump on the brakes and stop. repeat. repeat. for miles." It really wears you down.
Brandon, be sure you can earn enough to live in one of the nations most expensive cities. If you move here with no job you'll burn through your savings quickly. You need a minimum of $4000/month net take home to live anywhere in sd county at a LOWER middle class level. Everything here from food to gasoline to rent to electricity is much higher the the national average. The unemployment rate is high. Construction and carpentry jobs are not plentiful. As others have mentioned, sd is much more of an ocean/bay place then a rock/mountain place.
There are a huge number of homeless, beggars and people sleeping in their vehicles in San Diego. They don't need competition for scarce low cost housing, parking places and social resources. Yes when it comes to housing it is about money.
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