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Down in the Valley
Hey Can we get a park some public tennis courts a place maybe we could take the kids to ride there bikes, dont get me wrong you can ride a bike around the san diego river and stuff only for so long, fly a kit, play catch with your kids, a little game of touch football open space in Mission Valley within walking distance Wow what a concept.— April 4, 2009 9:07 a.m.
Mission Valley Village
I Live and work in Mission Valley and have called San Diego Home for the last 45 years I was born and raised here also. I went to Jones,Taft,Kearny,Mesa,State My Dad still lives in his original house in Serra Mesa oh have times changed Where I live near Mission Center Road I used to be able to stand on my balcony and see fireworks at the yearly Skyshow at the murph/qualcom Now I have buildings and condos and more buildings and condos I can't see even the lights of the Q I hear the San Diego trolley running every 15 minutes past my house and see all the homeless people that use it as a way to just go to the next stop, and camp out under the bridges near and around Mission valley mall near the Best buy Store and at the other end near the Staples store Once what was a quit little valley has turned into a zoo of mini/ condo packed mini malls and more places to eat then you could do so in a year and never hit one twice, there are more stores and retail places down here per square mile them any place in the United states, do a google search and a map view of mission valley starting qualcom and head down the san diego river towards the beach talk about over crowded, I was reading somewhere that california has water for 18 million people and 30 live here, hey I have an idea build some more condo's I do enjoy the fact that I can take the trolley now west and east go places without driving a car, and I can walk to most major places I need to go in less then 15 minutes. but funny I don,t see many people doing that (and that was the plan they pushed on all us down here) I see people working down here that have to live in el cajon or santee and stuff as they can afford to live here and work here so they have to drive in anyways! another point. If you live down here you can work down here as the area is full of retail and small business that don't pay enough to let you live and work here! the average job down here if your working at one of the 20 malls is like maybe $8.00 and hours and all the people working for the 300+ Resturaunts make that or less hey build some more Condo's I remember when it was Just mission valley mall and Fashion valley and both malls were packed all the times and the stores had lines and all of them were making money, we grow up down here the wrong way more is not better, getting back to some of the old ways would be better. funny more people mean more cars cars that need to be washed and we don't have water or a good fire dept down here its o'k they can put out the fires with San Diego river water. Trust me I thought I would never want to leave San Diego But know its looking like the thing to do!— April 1, 2009 10:24 p.m.
What's your favorite kind of music?
Well I was born in 1962 and I have listened to all kinds of Music! Everything from the Beatles to The Stones to Now Carrie Underwood. I'm a part of the real MTV generation when MTV played Music Videos 24 hours a day and we had the chance to see bands that would never play a concert her in the states. I'm a die Hard Def Leppard fan from 1980 when they played at Jack Murphy Stadium. to there new Single Nine Lives with Country Front man Tim Mcgraw. I grew up buying Cheap trick albums and Billy Joel, the Eagles, Pat benatar When I had hair all the bands of the 80's Bon Jovi, Ratt, doken, posion,motley crue, loverboy, journey, the scorpions, Kiss,winger, slaughter, whitesnake the list could go own. Now that Country has taken over and I mean taken over Garth Brooks If you see him in Concert you will say you have been to the best show you have ever seen. and all the women of Country are so Hot Faith Hill! Mrs Twain, Carrie Underwood. Anyways Its all across the board. I can not stand Rap hate it with a passion :( I can live with most other types of Music.— June 3, 2008 5:04 p.m.