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I live in South Park parking is a HUGE problem if you are unable to walk far. Keep that in mind.

Where is the hood that has apartments for $1500 or less?

Nah. /

high quality vid!

Mill for a little house is mental

10 years later, I still regret leaving SD :(

I'll save you guys 15 minutes.. Its unreasonably expensive and not really justified.. "OOOooooOOO the BEACH tho!" ok bro.(ive lived here 3 years now)

great style

beautiful pooch

Unless you are prepared to live in less than ideal neighborhoods or having a sort of bohemian lifestyle with several roommates, you really need to be making $75k+ to afford to live here in 2024.

Im from the UK. I need to get the hell outta here and move to SD! Someone help me

I live in Gaslamp downtown. Pros: Walking distance to entertainment Cons: Downtown is dirty and noisy. Lots of transients Some food can be expensive. Large crowds on weekends. The best place to live in downtown is Little Italy. Clean Safe But good luck finding parking. Great video!

Yes! Single mom with 3 boys living in suburbs! I spend about $300/ week on groceries

When is peak season?

I am going to guess your utilities are correct. A few things. There we 4 additional days on the bills. Second the winter was colder and wetter in 2022/2023. I know my usage was higher in 2022/2023 versus 2023/2024.

GREAT VIDEO AND EDUCATION. THANKS FOR SHARING!!!! I LEARNED ALOT!!!!

GREAT VIDEO JAMIE!!!! YES!!!! I NEED TO GET OUT MORE OFTEN AND SEE SAN DIEGO!!!! I NEED TO BE A TOURIST AGAIN!!!!

Daycare was $1200 a month on the cheap end $2500 per kid for the nicest preschools. Grocerries for 4 is more like $2k a month if you dont restrict food quality and have normally picky kids. If you acctually want to enjoy the food scene in San Diego, eating out can easily run $1000 to $1500 a month. Cost of resturant dining has felt pretty stable. $60 can get a family of 4 dinner at CPK. But any nice resturants with good drinks with probably run about $50-$100 per adult. Gas has alway been high but if you work from home it is mostly irrelavent. Electricty in the summer if you use AC is probably $500-$1000 a month even in a small place. At this point costs like child care are mandatory if you want a chance of affording rent in a nice school district. Because you will probably want a $200k+ household income. And that is honestly on the low end struggle side of SD incomes. Breaking $200k is relatively difficult for most single income earners as thats only about 6% of eaners. The rest of you will need a spouse to help gwt over the hump. You can get by on alot less but you will fall below the middle class standard of living in most other states.

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take the tour bus , you will get a good feel of the city and where you want to be

I hope they don't ruin Seaport Village with new steel and glass highrise towers that are everywhere. They need to keep some things on a human scale.

get the rolled tacos

That’s a strong shade of red 💄

Great information, thanks!!

I've been watching a bunch of your videos because I'm making the move out there. Just renting. Any tips on finding rentals besides the main rental websites? Any good resources you can share?

A+ for the Asian restaurants tips, we visited from SF (conference) and spent 2/3 of the time in Kearny Mesa, then 1/3 at downtown for gas lamp debauchery

You always have so many helpful tips. Thank You

$250 a week For my Family in san Diego Shrinkflation Facts Homegirl they got us by the Huevos like the Soleil Sparkling water i ise to buy those in the 12 packs the reason i had lost weight and replaced Drinking beer but not no more everything is expensive now...

very informative video great work I hope you can make more videos like this for us san diegans

I moved from San Diego to Bali for 6 months then to Thailand for a year and a half, and ended up in Serbia and about to get my second citizenship. I live on about $1,500 USD all in and don’t try to save money. It’s nice. I also earn an equivalent of a US engineering salary so I can go on trips any time I want without having to worry about rent back home. 🏡

This state kills me, but San Diego is prob the best place in the state,,, besides Carmel

Thanks for telling me all the reasons I will not be moving to California

Well. When you get right down to it, Haight Ashbury was really a s***hole. So, ........

I love your story, because it’s exactly what I’m about to do. I’m coming from San Francisco and getting ready to move to San Diego soon. I’m excited. Always loved SD, but will miss the city.

My great grandmother lived in Little Italy. She came from Genoa.

There is a solution to inflation. Quit voting progressive.

I grew up in Coronado and lived there for 15 years as a kid. Moved away when I was 19 and joined the military. I’m retiring in 3 months and moving back to SD seems impossible

Don't trust a realtor .please sell by owner .

She's not even from here. Go home

Way to push out real locals. If u move here don't try to change it .please no more condos .we can't handle this many stupid people who sniff their own farts .what happened to the oceanside when we got pissed about a Starbucks getting put in

Gross

Don't understand, I was born in Oceanside July of 1945. Oceanside was at it's best in the late 40's and 50's. It could use less development.

Very informative with no fluff. Love it. Thank U

Where is the best/safe place to live if working at the VA Hospital in San Diego. Looking to travel less than 20min. In either direction. 1bdrm

Philz! Yay bay area.

It’s my dream to move here. I have been traveling to California checking out areas this is my next vacation area to visit! Can’t wait

Great video - I love your honesty

GREAT video, thanks Jamie!

What is your puppy's name?

As a single person I spend the same, if not even more in Texas where minimum wage is still $7.25