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Coronado Great for "Rich and Single," Says Money Magazine
"San Diego County is 50.3% male and 49.7% female." I have seen this, which seems on paper decent, yet this statistic is one of the worst in the nation. At bars (which is what really counts) the ratio is 5 to 1 male to female. "For years, incomes have been moderately above the national average, while the cost of living has been 40% to 50% higher." Exactly. Hence the high usage of plastic and lack of liquid funds in san diego. When was the last time you saw someone pull out a bag wad of cash to order drinks in this town?— July 14, 2009 3:59 p.m.
Coronado Great for "Rich and Single," Says Money Magazine
"It isn't a swinging place, like PB." I wouldn't even say PB has many "rich, young professionals" either. Most are working to survive and pay the minimum balance on their cards, and hit up whichever bar has the $2 you call its that night. "San Diego has been coined Man Diego for it's lack of single females." Can anyone really think of a city with a worst ratio than San Diego? I can't. Lately, I am hearing people call it Ban Diego. (cigarette and alcohol bans). I really think San Diego has a huge marketing problem. Especially when you consider San Diego has the potential to be one of the greatest cities in this country.— July 14, 2009 10:37 a.m.
Coronado Great for "Rich and Single," Says Money Magazine
This Money Magazine article completely missed the mark. Coronado has minimal single young "professionals". In fact, San Diego as a whole has minimal single young "professionals". Most girls at age 26 move on to OC(the pretty ones), SF (the intelligent ones) or LA (the very pretty ones). Males that move here typically do what Burwell says. Move here, try to work but party more. After 3 years all the cards are maxed out. Move back to backwater they came from. Rinse. Repeat.— July 13, 2009 10:04 p.m.
Rosarito Beach Cred
Good news.— July 13, 2009 11:13 a.m.
San Diego's Hotel Business among Nation's Worst
"I'm going to go for option #2, with the "Models"! By SurfPuppy619" and "Response to post #42: If the Miami models can play Scrabble, I opt for #2 also. Best, Don Bauder" Ha. Unfortunately for San Diego, so do many people looking to drop heavy money on a vacation. It has been going on for a while. Miami Beach had boutique hotels starting back in 1994-1995. We came into that market in 2002? (with a cheap imitation, W hotel) San Diego, could learn a lot from Miami Beach as far as creating an environment that is fun and people want to travel to. Now they are talking about gaming on Miami Beach. The place really does cater to nightlife, hotels and tourism. And of course models.— June 30, 2009 5:21 p.m.
San Diego's Hotel Business among Nation's Worst
Response to post #39: Well Said. Remember when Vegas tried to be a family destination? They switched up that bad strategy pretty quick. Miami Beach is a great example for San Diego to follow. Which would you rather have? High rolling Gambler from Asia or California dropping large amounts of money on Gambling, Entertainment, restaurants and exotic dancers. (Las Vegas) European/ Latin American Playboy dropping big cash to pick up Models. (Miami Beach) or Family of 5 from a small town in the midwest or Arizona looking to spend $1200 on a 6 week family vacation (San Diego). The choice is ours.— June 29, 2009 9:35 a.m.
San Diego's Hotel Business among Nation's Worst
"Indian casinos are grossing close to what LV casinos are grossing" Possibly. Keep in mind, most revenue in Las Vegas is non-gaming related. Bottom line is San Diego is losing the tourism war.— June 28, 2009 10:13 p.m.
San Diego's Hotel Business among Nation's Worst
SurfPuppy619, "John, you need to brush up on your gambling knowledge buddy." Just did: From April 17, 2009: "Tourism officials said a greater percentage of Las Vegas visitors are coming from drive markets, with the average daily auto traffic on all major highways into the city down just 1.9 percent to 75,672 average daily trips. The greatest percentage of visitors in February came from Southern California with traffic on Interstate 15 at the Nevada-California border at 34,145 average trips per day, down just 0.1 percent from the previous year."— June 26, 2009 6 p.m.
San Diego's Hotel Business among Nation's Worst
"CA Indian gaming revenue" comes from California. "Las Vegas gambling revenue." comes from California.— June 26, 2009 7:13 a.m.
San Diego's Hotel Business among Nation's Worst
"Strip clubs are doing well, but are monitored closely." Disagreed. For a city of 3 million we only have 15 strip clubs or so. And only one in near downtown (which is really not very busy). "Legal gambling already goes on at the Indian casinos." A low end affair. And a drop in the bucket. San Diego exports so much money to las vegas. The more I think about this it is crazy. Orange County is doing better than us? San Diego is losing the war for tourist dollars.— June 25, 2009 7:47 p.m.