<p>We’ve got our eye on Point Loma/Ocean Beach, North Pacific Beach, and parts of North Park near Balboa. We’ve been working with a realtor and were just out there looking at a few houses. We’re pretty conversant with the neighborhoods at this point. My main point was that there aren’t 55 plus or other planned communities in near-metro areas, they’re all somewhat far flung. </p>
<p>DH ruled out UTC because he feels if you’re just going to live in a suburb, why pay San Diego house prices. He ruled out north county because too far from the city. He still doesn’t really understand the difference between beach towns and suburbs. We both ruled out Kensington etc. because it’s kind of buffered from the rest of the city and looked quite family oriented. We ruled out, wait, we didn’t exactly rule out Golden Hill but it looked like all the blocks were multi-use and not really “neighborhood-y”. La Jolla and Del Mar ruled us out price-wise, as did north Mission Hills. As you can see, we’re hard to please! (Not to mention the part where we want a fairly flat lot with not too many outside steps.)</p>