I’ve been in San Diego for 10 years, (Carlsbad resident) and I love it here!!!! I’m telling you I can’t imagine living anywhere else!!

Born and raised in LA and will moving to San Diego with my job in a few months. It is expensive but a little cheaper than LA.. I’m excited 😊

Next year I will move to San Diego as an exchange student. Greetings from Bavaria, Germany.

I hate sports, I hate seasons, and I hate "old" cities... Sounds like 8 pros and 2 cons to me 🌴👌

I’ve found San Diego very unique in its own right. It’s because it’s a very well-known city, but not for everybody. The weather is perfection 7-8 months out of the year where it feels neither hot, cold, or warm. Just very room temperature with a few token warm or hot weeks in late summer or early fall and maybe 40 at the coldest in winter. You can live comfortably in your home never running heat or AC. The downtown skyline has no remarkable buildings of note, just a few skyscrapers and high-rise apartments. The cost of living. It’s very high, but not nearly as bad as the Bay Area and a little cheaper than LA and Orange County. Food. Best Mexican food I’ve ever had is in Barrio Logan at Las Quattro Milpas, a Family-owned cafeteria with a limited menu of homemade tortillas, tacos, beans and rice, and tamales. Also The Chicken Pie Shop is worthy for All-American comfort food. People. They’re a lot more chill, live and let live, and not all concerned about money and social status for the most part. A millionaire in La Jolla and working man living in Claremont will talk to each other. Beaches. Better than LA, but a little cold for some. Coronado, La Jolla, and Belmont are the main ones. A mediocre Major League Baseball team that’s been around 50 years, but never stood out or won the World Series. Amusement parks are Sea World and Legoland just outside the city, nowhere near the hype of Disneyland or Six Flags. The downside is if you’re a flashy person into sophisticated culture, the arts, and nightlife, you’ll probably be disappointed and bored. And most of the folks are conservative that hate the liberal policies of most of California.

Love the bicycle lanes and paths - I use to ride a bike to/from work everyday! Saved a ton of money and time!

2021: Most expensive: Honolulu, San Francisco, New York, Washington DC, LA.(in order) I grew up in NYC and Live in DC, if San Diego is #13, that's cheap.

San Diego is the best I’ve lived here since I was born it’s amazing and I would never wanna live anywhere else!!

Thanks for these videos. I’m moving to San Diego from Richmond, Virginia in 2 weeks. I’ve been planning this for years and I’m finally ready. Your videos have been helping me so I appreciate it.

Lived in SD for one year and I left my heart

Thank you from Findlay, Ohio. Lived in downtown San Diego- 2011 to 2013 and fell in love with the diverse community ❤️.

One of my favorite cities, I love san diego

I am from the San Francisco Bay Area for over 35 years and moved to Las Vegas 10 years ago and now APPARENTLY San Diego has become cheaper "overall" compared to Vegas as of January 2022!!! I guess my NEW home is in San Diego!!! Kudos to you and your "better" half!!!!

I'm from Italy, I'm 22 yrs old and I'd love to live in San Diego. The biggest issue is money, I'm scared that I will never be able to move there. But who knows

People forget that there are so many great hiking trails in San Diego- great info!

I’m moving to San Diego this Saturday! From a small town to a big city!!! I am so ready.

I live in ugly Las Vegas, Im planning to move to SD to have access to nature and beaches. I love the vibe here, people seem to be friendly and much happier than anywhere else. I advice anyone who is living a miserable life to make a change as soon as possible. Life is too short

San Diego is my favorite county out of all of California. I want to move to San Diego one day.

I live in OC and work in tech, so I'm considering the move to buy a home in a few years. San Diego is on the list for sure!

I think still more pros than cons. San Diego is really beautiful. Call Bern or Courtney if you moving there :)

I will live in San Diego one day 🙏🤞

thank you guys! we are moving to SD from SF this August! cant wait to enjoy all the stuff you mentioned!

The best is the air quality - usually moderate or unhealthy in the summer. Even better, the streets are neglected so you get multiple wheel alignments per year, but really it's a great excuse to buy a massive 4 wheel drive monster truck.

Good video guys. My whole family lives in San Diego and have been trying to convince me to move there from Florida. I've visited SD several times and all the things you said in your vid is true.

I want to move to SD in October from Ohio hopefully everything will come together hope the cost of living is bearable lol I also wanted to start 1 or 2 businesses 1 at home business so love your videos!!

One thing that surprised me was the theaters. Most Broadway shows do trial runs at the Old Globe. Amazing shows all right here.

I/m currently in IL, so San Diego sounds like paradise to me!!! Gotta go there. Great video. Very informative! :)

going to be senior in high school right now and hoping to move to San Diego right when I graduate. The first time I'm ever going to be solo. Visited for 2 weeks since my sister lives there and I knew right away I wanted to move there.

Thanks for sharing the pros along with the cons about living in San Diego!

Just wanted to comment that the quality of these is great. Super informative, to the point, great editing, and the hosts are incredibly engaging. Wish more channels about living in other cities were like you, would make deciding where to live a much easier job. Thanks for what you do!

can you please do a video about the different subsections of san diego? :) I want to move to SD but there's just too much information about the different areas of SD online. it would be nice to get one concise overview video and then do my own individual in depth research from the overview. thank you :)

There is snow and sledding in San Diego as well as four seasons - Palomar, Julian, Mt. Laguna - all within San Diego County. Nice vid!

Even with all those cons you mentioned, I think the pros outweigh them! Great video!

Was in san Diego from 1997 to 2016 with a few years stationed in japan and oxnard, now in chicago for a year now regrets leaving awesome video.. san diego on my mind 😎

Lack of seasons=pro Yeah I’ll have good weather all year round please

I would love to move out that way someday. I'm a Philly native as well who currently lives in NYC (Bronx) since 93. I'm so ready for a change. I hate the cold weather, the cold people, and rising crime here. Perhaps I can find low income housing there. I'm older now and looking for a calmer existence. I just subscribed to your channel. I will be watching... 👀

The weather is 👍👍👍👍

San Diego is nice I want to visit there on my vacation later on this year amazing views and good quality of the culture.

Botanical gardens! Don't forget that it's fantastic!

I will be moving to San diego soon 🙏🏼

Having only one sports team isn't a drawback. Olympic Training Center is down there. There are many golf courses over there in the county. San Diego Gulls hockey team, Sockers indoor soccer and an indoor lacrosse team plays at Pechanga Arena. New soccer stadium will be built over near there. Another stadium is being built near what was Qualcomm Stadium. SDSU, University of San Diego and UCSD are Division I universities that have athletic teams. San Diego sports scene is very distinctive even with only a nationally recognized sports team.

Born i n Thousand Oaks raised in West Los Angeles. Move to North County in 1987 and enjoy everyday.

This is so great! I’m planning on moving to San Diego December 1st is this year. I’m so excited. Been researching almost constantly. Came across your video and have now subscribed. Thanks look long forward to watching more. I’m moving from WA btw

Best things about San Diego: Beaches and weather.

Hey you two, I was born & raised in San Diego, the weather puts any other big city IN THE DUST! P.S. basketball and football are for the unpatriotic. SAN Francisco/ LA has more Art museums perhaps one is full of smog the other full of Fog!!

It is not 75 degrees year round. Biggest myth ever! It definitely gets colder here than I expected during the winter months. Can get down to 36 at night along the coast. December to February tend to be the coldest with some sunny days sprinkled in.

San Diego is considered my second home I'm from Arkansas but I visit close to twice a year, I've stayed in Del Mar, point Loma, Chula Vista, and gas Lamp... I can't get enough of Diego I love it one day hope to move there

Hey Bernie. Brian Bradley. Good stuff. Philly Philly!❤🍀👍

Guys, you're awesome! I'm so willing to visit this amazing city one day!

I’m trying to move to Southern California inside the next few months. San Diego looks wonderful to me. I’m a British soccer coach. The cost of living is so expensive in the UK plus its cold. California doesn’t seem that expensive to me. Thanks for the info!

Love it here

Love San Diego born and raised

If you're not making six figures, you're not making it. Unless you want roommates for life. I've been fortunate to have lived here all my life, and watch the cost of living skyrocket while wages remain stagnant. Driving culture is very aggressive, somewhat similar to Los Angeles, but I feel it's worse. Public transportation sucks. Nearly everyone drives. People typically drive at least a half hour to get to work, typically more. Who knows what it will be like after COVID, but this is a major food place, so if you like variety, you will not be bored. Great place for beer lovers. Everyone in Hillcrest has a dog and no one picks up their dog poop, so be prepared to step in it if you live there.. San Diego County is not a melting pot but a bunch of small, very different communities. Some parts have people living in the present day, and some are very racist. There are very poor areas, but mostly middle class, and some well-to-do to very rich. If you like the beach, be prepared for the smell (it's horrible, unless you like the stink of kelp). There are hiking trails which are nice and away from city noise. The best thing about San Diego is the weather- just about year-round beautiful weather. It rarely rains and you can go exercising outside and plan events easily. You'll never have to scrape snow!

Bankers Hill is so walkable. There's Balboa Park there and Hillcrest and the public busses are awesome. Every 15 to 20 minutes is so much better than once an hour where I am now. I did not need a car there because I lived downtown and had access to closeness of neighborhoods, and shopping a short accessible bus ride away.

4:06 Lol, San Diego is older than San Francisco or any other part of California.

Thank you. Few questions though - 1) How is the water temperature on the beaches during summers? If the temp is 75-80 then i wonder whether it will be cold to get in the water. 2) Can you please suggest a few good public elementary schools? Thanks

I wish I could afford to move back to San Diego 😩

with the awesome weather and great beer and fantastic schools is there really a con to SD

Born and raised in San Diego 61 years......it’s okay

I will do a pros/cons list...i'll start with con first...please click "read more" full review on here. Con - San Diego can feel like a small town even though it is larger than San Francisco. Many times you will often run into the same people or someone you know when you are out. Same if you date someone, they might know someone else you might already know. Can be a very incestuous city. Also there is not enough industry in the city. There are far more various jobs in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Cost of living is expensive for a city with the lack of industry. Can also run on the conservative side, many Reagan era Republicans with their Vanity plates on their cars (because they still think Vanity plates are in fashion). Also common courtesy is lacking, pedestrians do not thank you for letting them cross the road or street, drivers have a bad habit of not letting drivers merge into lanes on the highway, many start driving faster to block the drivers from merging out of spite! People are also very thin skinned if you say anything bad about San Diego, they get defensive like it was an insult to them personally. Lastly it is very transient, so many people always moving in and moving out...which can be hard to develop any relationships that way. There is a trend where many people are moving out of San Diego, and California in general, the last census form showed the slowest growth in any time in history. Now I will list the pluses... I saved the plus for after, since everyone talks about the positives only... Plus - Best weather in the entire state (although SD gets over shadowed by SF and LA it still has better overall weather year round, not as cool or hot as the rest of California). It is also CHEAPER than Los Angeles and San Francisco. The quality of life is better because of the laid back 'bro/dude/hey man' culture of people. Even the females emulate it, man. Especially people in their 20s to mid 40s. People are generally nicer in San Diego compared to other bigger cities in California. It is more slow paced (except at the supermarket or on the highways when letting other cars merge into a lane). You don't need to really dress expensive here, many people wear t-shirts and cheap flip flops in restaurants and stores. Where you went to college and the level of education you have is also not as big of a deal in San Diego, it's not judgmental. The beaches are not as crowded and parking is usually free. It is a right to life city, not and work to live city...many people like it so much they purposely chose careers or jobs where they earn less just to stay in San Diego. People don't have to move to San Diego...they chose to. Any other city you move to in California, or the country will be a downgrade in climate compared to San Diego which is more mild year round.

All time background music stressme, good content.

Definitely not cheap area to live but so so beautiful

I am biracial Irish , German Jamaican and Spanish. I am a college graduate of Harvard and NYU Stern Business School. I own my own Insurance Agency - Senior Life Agency of Los Angeles through World Financial Group. So here is my reason for desiring a move to San Diego California. First I do life insurance from home here in NYC all over California, second interracial relationships are dead and no where to be found in NYC. I have lived many places including Los Angeles and no have I seen a place so segregated. San Diego California is listed as a colorblind environment where in does not matter who you love or want to share your life with. This is important to me because in NYC segregation is front and center and is you are biracial like me there's just no chance to find love if you are black/ mixed seeking a White female in a relationship. So bring in San Diego would you say people are open minded and accepting and more concerned about the character and content of a person over race? I am sure many more people have this concern but are afraid to ask. Thank you and I will wait for your response.

If you are considering new topics for videos, could you please do video about the job market in different sectors and how the opportunities and salaries compares with other places in the nation? I’m especially interested in the tech job market. We already live in a high paying area for tech industry, so that’s a big one for me. Thanks!

Off the 5/52 here. We've been here 10 years (from CT) and you provide some good content. How about brewery's? That's a top 5 for sure!

I came from Albania in Boston a year ago and I can't wait to move in San Diego. I hate winter 😒

What are you talking about, San Diego has great public transportation. Clearly, I since bias. I am guessing she never been on the buses and/or the trolley. It may not be 24/7 but it not long wait for you.

Thank you for sharing! Living in San Diego can be extremely expensive, its similar to cost of living in Hawaii

Thinking seriously of moving from Miami to San Diego. Retired a year ago and ready to leave. Found a great 3300 sq. ft. condo in Bankers Hill. Can’t wait to fly out for a second look see and make an offer on it. 👍🏻. Oh yea ... the price tag has several numbers and a comma in between those numbers 😂

I’m thinking of moving there with my family from Japan. Thirst videos are great. Thank you ✌🏿

I just moved here from Miami

San Diego is really beautiful. you have people running and walking at night time.

Seasons are overrated. I’m living in NYC right now and believe me snow is not a necessity in my life. I’d rather drive to big bear see snow and leave. Guess why I’m watching this video

chargers moved to LA but im still a chargers fan!! and think many of the former fans will feel that way too..

I moving also from Pennsylvania thanks guys apréciate

just found this channel here to support!

Thank you for sharing and talking about schools :-)

Working with some Buyers from there right now. They can't say enough great things about where they live in the city!

Mello-Roos- are building fees on new construction permits that are passed on to the buyers. The are set by local government that allows the builder to pass the permit fees to the buyers over a set time. Look up how much City of San Diego collects from new construction.

Moving to SD at the end of the month, thanks for the sharing!

Summer all year round pro and con

I’m ready

You guys forgot OLD TOWN lol its Old and historic AF. And I don’t own a vehicle and public transport is AMAZING better than Miami and safer than LA, less congested than NYC. I moved here recently and love love it! Definitely underrated

Can you grow vegetables year round and is it a dry climate or is it humid ??

Very informative video. You guys didn't talk about the violence. And from the information you provided San Diego is better than Miami as Miami struggle with Hurricanes and floods and too much insurance

I live in Newport Beach . Moved from San Diego. I still regret.

We have plenty of culture . Balboa park old town Chicano park . Lakeside has the rodeo Drive to Julian ca and there’s snow in winter and good pie’s.

you can ofc live in north sd county around oceanside or escondido

i want a house in la jolla

San Diego is my future home. I'm a snowbird. Soon. Semi retired at best.

$680k average price home must lump in condos and multi-family dwellings. I live well inland and have a 1950s home with no view or pool and it is worth north of $900k.

Cons.... SD is a tourist trap near a natural deep sea harbor. Our potential of becoming a great city is just that potential. We have an opportunity at being a world trade mecca in yet we will always be that little tourist trap 100 miles south of LA

Well, I guess that statement about the Padres might change in the near future!!! Great video!!!

Is Sabre Springs a good neighborhood? I would love to know more about it.

I was there last week. Is there a time of year when the Haze is better or worst? I did want to enjoy the sunset more, but I encountered quite a few Haze heavy evenings.

You left out the excellent inshore and deep sea fishing.

Been here for decades and the traffic is horrific. Thousands of new rental units going up but not any new access roads. Midway District has become dangerous. Lots of druggies and meth people. Homeless and beggars on the street intersections. Love the beach? Parking at a premium many months. Lots fill up early. Imperial Beach is a sewer for Mexico, closed 1/2 of the year/fecal pollution. And I’m not even trying to be negative. They forgot to mention Gray May and June Gloom where we go almost sunless for a few months.San Diego-Think Again!

Thank you for your wonderful helpful videos

Hubby Seth : San Diego's 4 seasons - early summer , mid summer , late summer, and next summer. History ? You must seriously delve into the Mexican heritage of the area. I haven't watched the rest of the video yet ( I'm at 4:56) , but I can imagine that you'll love guacamole ; try tacos de lengua ! My in-laws cook up the 3 foot long tongue of a cow ( nothing wasted at rodeo !) and make tacos , tacos , tacos ! I am a vegetarian so I don't get to participate , but the joy of family is undeniable !

Really beautiful place...