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Otay Ranch block party, South Park irritant to North Park, City Heights as refuge, Mission Bay ugly, lost in Eastlake, stinky La Jolla

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The colony “hauling out” on the rocks and swimming around the waters of the Cove has grown logarithmically.
Bill Killman has owned his De Anza Cove mobile home since 2000. It has a sunroom, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, and is air-conditioned. He pays about $800 per month for the use of the lot and utilities. (Howie Rosen)
Since the early 1990s, new home construction has been a constant in Eastlake. (Howie Rosen)
Drew Downs (left) and Richard Walker swim daily at dawn in La Jolla Cove. They were recently blocked by a large and aggressive sea lion who bared his teeth whenever they tried to enter the water.

  • Block Party

  • In 8 years, home prices went from $320,000 to $750,000 and back.
  • By Matthew Lickona, Nov. 10, 2010
Block party on McCain Valley Ct. "I went house to house and dropped off a flyer asking if people were interested. There are 30 homes on our street, and only 5 homes weren’t able to make it."

  • North Park vs South Park

  • Reporting from the front lines, here. Before me, across Juniper: Them. North Parkians. If you didn't know they were The Other, you'd be fooled into thinking they're just like you.
  • By Bill Manson, July 21, 2010
“Developers went into North Park and just leveled many of their beautiful Craftsman houses. They destroyed it. They put up these outrageous rickety-dickety [apartments]."
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Tower Bar owner Mick Rossler: “City Heights people are unpretentious.” (Victor Juhasz)
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