Should I Relocate to San Diego?

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by KC911

Huh? I thought they were all lost in a terrrible boating incident on the Chesapeake Bay

Shame about losing all those magazines also.

[Bill Douglas]

Black's beach is just up the road. moving there makes a lot of sense to me.

[Ryan_Cunningham]

Originally Posted by John Rogers

We would need a tad more information to make any king of recommendation. You don't have to answer and then you will get non specific answers.
- Where is the job located.
- How much does it pay.
- Is the job a contract or perm?
- What is the jobs contract like.
- Do they cover moving expenses.
- How old are the children and/or what type of school do you want for them.
- How many cars/trucks/RVs do you have.
- How far can you stand to drive every day or can you get close to the trolley since busses here are terrible.

Miramar.

We're in negotiations, but I think we'll end up with total yearly compensation around $185k and $5k increase each year with relocation expenses covered up to $15k. Possible significant salary increase 2023-ish.

Permanent, its an instructor position for the largest defense program in history so it provides a good level of job security. 40 hours a week with no travel required which is a huge benefit because I'm still a reservist.

Daughter is two, I'd prefer private school through 8th grade then a good high school.

Two SUVs, one 911. I'd like to get one more project car in time.

30-ish minutes. I use to commute to Miramar on 15 when I lived in N Park, rode my motorcycle most days to ease the traffic burden. Might be a good argument to get another.

Originally Posted by JavaBrewer

I will send you a PM in a couple days. Why La Mesa? Is that location close to work? How much of SD have you seen so far? As for the RE prices, they have not really sank yet, some areas are feeling it, but do not expect a drop until late next year. After than plan on renting/leasing for 2-3 years until the prices are at bottom and only going up.

No reason in particular, was just looking on Zillow and there were some nice places that were in my price range with a beautiful view, pool, and 2-3 car garage. My wife gets concerned about fires the more East we would consider though.

Originally Posted by Tobra

SD is freaking awesome, spent a few years there as a swabbie. Only bad thing about my time in San Diego was that I was married to my ex wife and she is a horrible person.

Rental laws change on 1-Jan-20, which may make finding a rental challenging, unclear what the impact will be. You will want to live as close to work as you can to minimize the portion of your life wasted in traffic.

The goal is to buy a place unless the financial reasons to wait a couple year significantly outweigh getting settled immediately.

Originally Posted by KC911

Huh? I thought they were all lost in a terrrible boating incident on the Chesapeake Bay

Funny, I woke up this morning and they were missing!

[Ryan_Cunningham]

Originally Posted by stealthn

Why ask here? You already know what you want to do...

To be presented alternative viewpoints from people who don't owe me anything and have no dog in the fight.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by Ryan_Cunningham

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Funny, I woke up this morning and they were missing!

It's a tragedy that I can't take credit for....other Pelicans have boating mishaps on the Chesapeake too!

Send me a burrito from Santana's on Rosecrans . My friend's moved their 70' wooden schooner across the country and lived on it in the Harbor for a couple of years (then bought a house also, in Oceanside) while he did the gravy train...

[slow&rusty]

I like the fact you can walk around naked in Black's Beach with a few hundred of your closest friends.

All jokes aside, my wife LOVES San Diego and she would move there at the drop of a hat. The eye opening cost of living and the fact that I could not register my cars there (what CA would describe as gross polluters) is a huge negative. At my age, I would like to do more than just work to meet a house note, sublime weather or not.

[Evans, Marv]

My former wife & I used to go to Black's Beach Many decades ago and enjoyed it. That is until more freaks came to use it. The thing that soured me on Black's was a guy humping on an air mattress and then carrying it in front of him into the ocean to wash it off. I said, " That's it, I don't need to be around idiots like that."

[Ryan_Cunningham]

Originally Posted by slow&rusty

I like the fact you can walk around naked in Black's Beach with a few hundred of your closest friends.

All jokes aside, my wife LOVES San Diego and she would move there at the drop of a hat. The eye opening cost of living and the fact that I could not register my cars there (what CA would describe as gross polluters) is a huge negative. At my age, I would like to do more than just work to meet a house note, sublime weather or not.

So my 1972 911 with a small block in the back is going to cause problems? It currently has lifetime VA antique plates, I think I might be able to simply keep them on there...

[Cajundaddy]

1972 is Smog inspection exempt so I think you are fine with this one. Getting any out of state car registered in CA is more difficult than it should be.

Lots of nice RE in close proximity to Miramar so you should be able to find something nice with *relatively* decent schools that is close to work and play. The RE market is high now but I expect a flattening, not a plunge in prices as long as interest is low. I would buy now if the long term goal is greater than 5 years.

Guns? What guns?

[look 171]

San Diego is a beautiful, think of it as LA's little brother where everything is just a little less (maybe not cost of property). Beside the cost of living and the traffic, its not too bad. Politics? Well, it somehow indirectly affect you, more like your check book, but for the most part, I learn to not pay attention to it too much. We do have a dumb siht governor. He's screwed my plans a bit but that can happen in every state. Gun laws are crazy but I do not owe any but a .22 that has not been fired for over 30 years. Like Cajun said, 72 is fine, no smog and you can mod that to your heart's content but just don't run a straight pipe and rev the hell out of it on the street in front of a cop. I have a 72 also.

[flipper35]

San Diego is the Sandra Bullock to LA being Jesse James.

If I had to live in a big city I think San Diego is the only one I would consider. We used to visit a lot wen we lived out there. Not far from Yuma or Glamis if you like sand.

[icemann427]

$1.1 million should get you a really nice home just about anywhere you want except very close to the beach. As long as you are staying there for the long term, I would buy sooner than later as interest rates are very low and you will have a decent monthly payment for a long time due to that. Real estate will always cycle in value, however, the values in So.Cal seem to recover quicker than most areas, and as such, I think you benefit in the long run.

[look 171]

I wasn't going to say it, I will throw this out there . I see the slow down, or correction coming in the up coming years but I am not sure how much of the housing will drop? Last time the bottom fell out, houses dropped like flies in many parts of the country and Socal included but many of the healthy areas real estate didn't drop all that much compared to those area that are hit hard. Who knows what interest rate will be like then?

[Tobra]

Bringing in ammunition is also taboo as of like a few months ago.

If you are selling real estate in Virginia, you only have so long to purchase another piece of real estate without adverse tax consequences.

Also, when you move here, they are going to try and collect income taxes from at least a few years prior to you moving here. Not sure how much of a pain they are about it now, but you will be hit up for money by the Franchise Tax Board.

[craigster59]

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-11-04/california-conservatives-republicans-leaving

[Jim Richards]

Originally Posted by Tobra

Bringing in ammunition is also taboo as of like a few months ago.

If you are selling real estate in Virginia, you only have so long to purchase another piece of real estate without adverse tax consequences.

Also, when you move here, they are going to try and collect income taxes from at least a few years prior to you moving here. Not sure how much of a pain they are about it now, but you will be hit up for money by the Franchise Tax Board.

I moved to SoCal from NoVA in early 2016. CA made no attempt to collect anything from me.

[Jim Richards]

Originally Posted by Ryan_Cunningham

So my 1972 911 with a small block in the back is going to cause problems? It currently has lifetime VA antique plates, I think I might be able to simply keep them on there...

No, you’ll need to change to a CA title & registration within some number of days after establishing a residence here. Check the CA DMV website for details. Like others said, your 72 911 is smog exempt. Also, no state safety check here. You’ll love the canyon roads.

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by Jim Richards

I moved to SoCal from NoVA in early 2016. CA made no attempt to collect anything from me.

I moved here about 15 years ago, maybe they changed their protocol in the interim

[Jim Richards]

I even had to file 2016 taxes as a part year resident of VA and of CA. Both states keep income earned in each state separate, and it was drama-free.

[look 171]

Originally Posted by Jim Richards

No, you’ll need to change to a CA title & registration within some number of days after establishing a residence here. Check the CA DMV website for details. Like others said, your 72 911 is smog exempt. Also, no state safety check here. You’ll love the canyon roads.

and everything else but the traffic.

I have never heard of the IRS collecting anything from years back. Wondering what Torba is taking about. I am interested.