[John Rogers]

I have lived in Chula Vista since 1969 and so far I love it. Several things to consider: closeness to sex offenders, crime rates, school rankings, commute times, home-owner associations, location of the home and there are probably more. If you check any of the San Diego are TV station or SD City web sites they list the on line sex offender maps and now also have very uptodate crime statistics maps (about a week old). Where the kids are raised is greatly influenced by the schools and how well they do. All the San Diego schools are better than they were 20 years ago I think. Commuting is a nightmare here now so if you have to go south on I5 or I15 in the AM or North in the PM it is TERRIBLE but getting better. You can check live traffic speeds on line for San Diego to get an idea of the impact. This is a result of Jerry Brown not spending any road money while he was govenor but the state is trying to catch up. Finally most locations you mention have home-owner associations and they are on the news once or twice a week for doing really stupid stuff such as law suites or weird rules they enact with no owner input! The size of the lot if you buy a home will shock you as to how small and if you are thinking condos there are many that do not allow children so be aware of that.