Anchor ads are not supported on this page.
Print Edition
Classifieds
Stories
Events
Contests
Music
Movies
Theater
Food
Life Events
Cannabis
April 24, 2024
April 17, 2024
April 10, 2024
April 2, 2024
March 27, 2024
March 20, 2024
March 13, 2024
March 6, 2024
February 28, 2024
February 21, 2024
February 14, 2024
February 7, 2024
Close
April 24, 2024
April 17, 2024
April 10, 2024
April 2, 2024
March 27, 2024
March 20, 2024
March 13, 2024
March 6, 2024
February 28, 2024
February 21, 2024
February 14, 2024
February 7, 2024
April 24, 2024
April 17, 2024
April 10, 2024
April 2, 2024
March 27, 2024
March 20, 2024
March 13, 2024
March 6, 2024
February 28, 2024
February 21, 2024
February 14, 2024
February 7, 2024
Close
Anchor ads are not supported on this page.
My husband is slowly falling in love with San Diego
I moved from NYC to SD for three months in 2004. I loved the weather, the clean streets, the relative compactness of Hillcrest and its slower-than-NYC pace. What I didn't like was the sleazy side, including some noise meth-head neighbors who NEVER slept. I was also floored by the negativity of SD natives, many who, when I told them I just moved here from NYC, looked at me like I was crazy and told me I should go back because I'd end up hating SD because it was a rathole. I don't think SD is a rathole; far from it. But I ended up moving back to NYC (Staten Island) because I couldn't find a decent job (and this was in 2004!) and because of the ever-rising rents and home prices. But mostly the world-weariness and negativity of the natives left me with a bad taste, something that NYers, as cynical as we can be, didn't have. I've visited a few times since, and love being here for a week or so, but I guess some of us just aren't made for the SD way of life.— September 27, 2009 8:32 a.m.