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What is San Diego?
Second largest city in area in Cali which has one of the biggest natural harbors in the world and home to one of the biggest Navy/Marine Corp bases. Is a nice place to visit but if you want to live here prepaired to be bored to death. Home of the World Famous San Diego Zoo, San Diego Wild Animal Park, Sea World and LegoLand. Is also popular for having a Walmart in everytown in the county. The good thing is the wheather is nice (65-70 degrees) all year around and hardly has no real Seasons or rainfall. Most ppl who settle in this town come from all over usually because of relations to the Military. Natives of San Diego are hard to find but are growing. Think 1/4 to half of Los Angeles, Ca. Home of the laid back Chargers and Padres that imho would play better if the wheather was rougher. Boarders one of the most fastest growing cities in America, Chula Vista, Ca.
Yo homie, Im starting to like San Diego....from National City (See Nasty City)
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San Diego - what is it?
Once a sleepy fishing village and Spanish Mission, San Diego has degenerated into forgetful and unfortunate suburb of the Los Angeles "splurb", that is, the suburban sprawl that grew through Orange County and San Diego like a cancer. Sadly, the "Sun Tax" mentality of local employers offers very little in terms of pay and benefits that one needs to reach the San Diego once-high affordability index, which favors only the huge homeless population as well as those who live 20 people to a small house (e.g. Phillipinos, Mexicans etc) as well as the high number of people living on welfare and Section 8 subsidies. In recent years, the high tide of illegal immigration and the bursting housing bubble has reduced San Diego to a has-been border city where all mortgages are under water, crime is high, drugs (esp crystal meth) are everywhere, auto theft is epidemic, while assault and homicide aren't even news. This is merely a few of the wonderful benefits that come from being Tijuana's closest neighbor. The only one thing San Diego had going was The Chargers, which also have become a laughable member of the NFL. The Chargers have never won a Superbowl ... and never will. Meantime, San Diego remains a wonderful place for terrorists to live undetected.
I used to live in San Diego in the early 1980's. After years of spinning my wheels and working my ass off, I finally gave up on the low pay and slave wages and moved to a real city. Thank God I had enough sense to stay out of real estate there, given the housing meltdown and the bankruptcy of a city that can barely stay above water.
What does "San Diego" mean?
1. Los Angeles's runt little sister
2. Nice weather, nice beaches
3. More rich people than you'll see anywhere else in the western United States
4. You better have a car, because it's impossible to get around without one. Buses are 5 dollars for one ride and they barely go anywhere.
I like San Diego, but I'm nowhere near rich enough to live there.
San Diego - what does it mean?
OK, for all you morons out there that actually believe what you heard in a friggin comedy movie (Anchorman) about the name "San Diego" meaning a whale's vagina in germen, here is the real facts, and feel free to prove it to yourselves by going to Wikipedia dot com if you need to.
San Diego was named for a Spanish Catholic Saint by the name of St. Didacus by Spaniard Sebastián Vizcaíno who was sent to map the area in the early 1600's, which was originally discovered by the first European who was Portuguese João Rodrigues Cabrilho, (1499 - 1543), NOT by some German in 1904 for god's sakes, we go back a lot further than the year 1900. Anyone with a IQ higher than 100 and bothered to think about it could figure out the name "San Diego" as well as other major city names in California are Spanish in origin, not German.
Also for all you trash talkers, I'm one of those rare "Natives" that's lived here in San Diego since 1974, and while no city is perfect, San Diego comes reasonably closer to it than all the other cities in the United States. We have near perfect weather, certainly better than any other city in the united states if you judge by looking at the full 12 months of the year. The weather is so nice, that you hardly ever even need to think about it whenever you go outside for whatever you want to do, how many places can say that? It's a great balanced city, with plenty of things to do, but not to big with all the big city problems like Los Angeles with horrible traffic and questionable air quality. Also the earthquakes you hear about here are usually grossly exaggerated, you have a lot more to worry about if you live in Los Angeles or especially San Francisco. We may have a slight 5 second shake that gets your attention but doesn't actually do anything 1-2 times a year, but that's the worst of it. While it does have some of the negative stereotypes of any southern Californian society, try comparing it to any other city in the USA and overall it's easily one of the top 3. The people are friendly, laid back and don't stress or have the work/stress/money mentality of places like New York. The landscape is beautiful, we have awesome beaches, lookout viewing points and mountains with winter sports within a 2 hour drive away. If you have a convertible, you can literally drive with the top down for 11-12 months a year.
The only small drawbacks it has compared to some other places, is that 90% of everything shuts down after 1:30-2:00am, so you east coasters may be a little disappointed here, and obviously people that like snow aren't going to find that here, but you can still drive a couple hours and find it. The job market is a little tough, and real estate is in the top 5 most expensive places in the USA along with a general high cost of living, but that's the same as any nice city in California, and that's only because so many people move and live here. Most everyone that visits unfortunately only sees the downtown or tourist spots which is only 20% of what San Diego is. For visitors I strongly recommend visiting Point Loma, Pacific Beach, La Jolla, Del Mar and the typical places like the world famous Zoo and Sea World. The best places to see are anything along the coastline starting from Coronado Island/Downtown San Diego then going north for the next 45 miles. Rent a convertible, start driving from the Silver Strand Highway in the south part of Coronado Island and then go across the bridge to Interstate 5 north, then to the Pacific Coast Highway from Downtown San Diego, all the way up to Oceanside and make some great memories and pictures that will have you dreaming of living here someday just like most people that visit, just be ready to spend $550,000 for a 2000 square foot home! You can find condos starting in the $300,000's in good parts of town though.
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San Diego - meaning
America's finest city.
Perfect weather all year round. Great beaches and a nice boardwalk. The girls in San Diego are bred from Barbie-molds, and are not released into public unless they pass the finest standards of female aesthetics.
Mexican food shops at every corner. Home of the divinely inspired California Burrito. A mega monstrosity of carne asada, cheesy, sour creamy, french friezy goodness.
Home of the San Diego Chargers and Padres. You can rag on them for not being the best teams but say all you want. When you live in San Diego where everyday is paradise you have better things to do than practice football.
San Diego is hilly and filled with large valleys. Because of this San Diego is divided into a bunch of "sub-cities" or neighborhoods that have each taken on their own cultural identity - Point Loma, Clairemont, OB, PB, State Area, Hillcrest (our mini San Francisco), Down Town and Mission Valley. The hills make it a bad place for mass-transit systems, and makes it difficult for anyone but natives to find their way around.
Home of 6 large military bases including Miramar where Top Gun was filmed. If you live in San Diego, you know atleast 12 marines/sailors. Maybe it's because of the military presence, but San Diego is a red-city (Republican).
We're capitalist hippies in it's purest form. We drink, we smoke, we chill, we surf, but we love money. We wear flip-flops everywhere, even weddings. Flip flops are appropriate funeral attire so long as they are black.
I died and went to San Diego, but they were full, so I settled for heaven instead.
The San Diego Chargers would make it to the Super Bowl if they didn't spend all their time at the beach instead of practicing.
I went to San Diego and had the best California Burrito anyone has ever had, and saw the hottest girls, and experienced the best weather.
San Diego - definition
1. an awesome city in california
2. a whale's vagina in german, according to Ron Burdundy in 'Anchorman'
3. the nickname of a girl named Cynthia Perez
4. home of the baseball team, the padres
1. i've never visited san diego, but i've heard so many great things about it!
2. apparently, a whale's vagina is also known as san diego.
3. San Diego is one of the most amazing people i know!
4. The San Diego Padres have a decent team this year.
San Diego - slang
1) Home to the coolest people around
2) home of the best football team, the Chargers!
3) Home of the best baseball team, the Padres.
4) It's better than where you live.
5) Your gay if you don't like it.
San Diego is the best there is no comparison
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Contrary to the movie Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, San Diego is far from Airhead City, USA. Not all San Diegans are po-dunk locals who have never been anywhere else. And it's true, the city is really one of the better ones out there, despite the lack of San Fran-esque transportation and the similar.
San Diego's good weather attracts lots of tourists, but very few of those outsiders know more than the downtown. We do have funky/ethnic neighborhoods, Old Town places, and the similar. But only locals know about it.
I've lived in San Diego for 8 years, and I've lived many other places. It's the best so far.
San Diego
City that is blessed by God himself... repeatedly.
I want to go back to San Diego and stay there, permanently.
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San Diego is a place with the perfect year-round weather located in Southern California. We don't call it Cali. If you want the surf or snow or desert all in the same day--you've got it here! Home of THE BEST mexican food. NOTHING COMPARES. Home of the infamous marine st beach well known for "womping." The downtown nightlife is pretty good. San Diego is one of the best cities in the nation!!! Home of the Chargers and Padres!! The high school kids all have surf teams that all practice before school, and if you are a San Diego native, about have of your school will go to State. (SDSU)
Person 1: Dude, how was your trip to San Diego?
Person 2: THE BEST TRIP EVER!!!