[quote author="Al" date=1217025768]Hi everyone,
Are any of you familiar with this property in San Diego? The address is 4079 54th Street, San Diego, CA 92105. The prices look fairly low, so I'm wondering if it's in a crappy area.
I live in OC right now, and it seems like every time I find a new builder that has prices below $400K, they're built in VERY bad areas, like Brookfield homes in Anaheim, or Lennar in Orange, etc.
Thanks,
Al</blockquote>
Good morning Al,
You've pinpointed my old stomping grounds.
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Let's see if I can help.
My home from ages 3 to 14 is highlighted in navy blue. A good residential area once you get past (north of) Monroe in the Talmadge District. Anywhere between Collwood, Monroe, and 47th up to Montezuma is a decent neighborhood and is highlighted in green.
That's the end of the good news.
The dark green rectangle is IR2's old church, which was demo'd and replaced with government subsidized low-income housing.
The purple rectangle is the local McDonalds, and also the hub of all prostitution on the ill-famed El Cajon Blvd.
The red rectangle is Horace Mann Jr. High school, an ethnically diverse place of learning. As a minority there, I learned chiefly how to take a good beating. When my classmate was stabbed by a non-student in between periods, my parents decided it was time to move the brood north to Solana Beach.
Colina Park is a nice diversion, and a popular drop-off spot for the SDPD for the homeless that they pick up in the more tourist-friendly Balboa Park.
If you'd like some independent confirmation, type in the zip 92105 at the <a href="http://www.meganslaw.ca.gov/search_main.aspx?searchtype=zipcode&lang=ENGLISH">megan's law</a> site.
Ahh, the memories. I remember loving it there, for the most part, and can't believe we squeezed our family of 5 into 900sqft. Never felt crowded to me...