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Festooned!!!!!!!!!!111111111In all seriousness there's nothing quite like partaking in some Bull Taco's overlooking the Pacific in Cardiff or walking the beach to Encinitas for a morningI did have some very high quality Mexican there, which included fish tacos festooned with cilantro.
speak for yourselfWell, nobody wants an un-festooned fish taco.
I like San Francisco, but having lived in San Francisco and San Diego for 5+ years each there is zero chance I would choose SF over San Diego. It's cold, dirty, and significantly more crowded.I have family in Fort Worth and have visited quite a bit and I think it's awesome. I've also heard great things about Atlanta, but you think they both suck.It all depends on what you like and what you want out of life.
San Diego has changed a lot over the past few decades with so much domestic immigration. If you want good, authentic food you either go to a nice place or you go where the locals go.
Definitely. To each their own. I have relatives in San Fran and like 100 relatives in Atlanta. Those in SF seem to be heppy. I HATE Atlanta. 8 generations of my family have lived in Georgia, so it's kind of my home away from home. But I've found Atlanta to be the rudest US city. The people there are mean and most have some kind of chip on their shoulder about the past, whether they are black or white. Hot as hell in summer. Not much culture. Buckhead is fun for the younger set and Alpharetta is nice for families, plus they have good golf. But overall I find it to be a melting pot of people that don't like each other.
Bolded the places I have lived.I loved living in El Paso.
You ever been to Gary, IN?
Thats what you get for not consulting SD area FBGs for restaurant recommendations when your were planning your trip.
5 whole days? Well, then I bow to your authority.
Tons of great hangouts. Some of my favorites are Hamilton's Tavern, Small Bar, Blind Lady Alehouse, Toranados, Whistle Stop, Vagabond, Tipsy Crow, and O'Briens. Some great small venues but not a lot. The Casbah and the Belly Up are great. 4th and B is kind of a hole. The House of Blues is ok. Not a great place for concerts in general because most great bands just go to LA since it's so close.Tons of fun markets. There are farmers markets pretty much every day of the week throughout the city.No real historic district. Old town is supposedly one of the first towns on the west coast but it's pretty touristy and I never go there. There are a lot of great parks, starting with Balboa Park. Tons of open space and walking trails. There are volleyball games, flag football games, ultimate frisbee games and yoga classes (girls in stretchy pants) every day throughout the year. I live right across from the park and when I walk the dog I see something fun going on every time. There are more museums there then you would ever be able to see in one visit. My favorites are probably the Museum of Man and the Natural History Museum. They aren't world class or anything but they are a great way to kill a couple hours. the Midway Museum (not in Balboa Park) is really cool too if you are into boats.There's quite a bit of good hiking in the area, but no not many national parks. Joshua Tree isn't too far.I've only been here for 3 years, but there are definitely a lot of things to do here. You just need to know where to look.Did I mention that we have more microbreweries than pretty much anywhere else in the country? If you like beer as much as I do, there is really no better place to be. Can't really beat our Mexican food outside of Mexico either. If anyone is coming here and needs some recommendations (and possibly zoo tickets and animal interactions), don't hesitate to send me a PM.
The 46 places to go in 2013:http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/01/10/travel/2013-places-to-go.html San Diego did not make the list. But Houston did!
This is an example - one of many - where you say some of the dumbest #### ever typed in the FFA.
How does #### this stupid pass muster in the FFA so regularly? Sorry buddy, as someone who knows a helluva lot about damages due to storms, blizzards don't even come close to the economic damage from hurricanes in a typical year. Like we're talking 50-100X multipler. Logic fail.
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That's so stupid.
LOL. Some of us might expect that suburban Otis would love San Diego.
Sounds like my kind of place when described this way. When I head to the beaches I'm going for the sand, surf and fishing.
More kidneys are stolen here than in all of the former Soviet bloc combined.
By brethren, I assume you mean fellow Californians? Because the numbers haven't favored immigration from out of state to California in years.
Excellent, it's working.We're doing the Lord's work, saving souls from the barren wasteland that is San Diego.
Kind of an older crowd scene, but I like to hang out at Humphrey's half moon bay at least one night Excellent happy hour appetizers and drinks followed by some good live music with a nice view. For $20 you get great atmosphere, good food, a couple of drinks, and some good live music, usually blues/rock.
That is literally the exact question I asked myself 11 years ago. I looked hard at Pittsburgh, DC, NYC, Chicago, SF and San Diego. The "live" vs. "visit" question becomes much more paramount when you're actually about to call U-Haul.
If you're the type who visits San Diego and stays in Mission Valley, no one should put any weight in your opinion.
if it were a trip for just the mrs and i, it would have been del mar or la jolla, but like i mentioned we wanted to be closer to sea world and old town. this trip was more about our daughter than us. from that locale, nothing was a far drive.
It sounds like he used to live there.
yes. went to college down there (87-91) and stayed an addition 2 years prior to grad school.
So are you saying is it is not centrally located to the activities he mentioned?
not only that.... hotel provided a shuttle to several areas (we used it for sea world and old town)...was nice to be able to hit the cantinas and not worry about driving.
I have been known to complain about this.
Even more of an indictment. Ask any SD FBG, and I guarantee they would never ever, ever never, never ever ever never suggest someone stay in Mission Valley while on vacation. It's just a horrible decision.
Where did you live when you were in SD? College area near SDSU? El Cajon? Why not actually stay in Old Town? Or OB or MB? All of those are just as centrally located as Mission Valley, but they are actually places where families stay and you have coffee, beaches, restaurants, ie. family stuff within walking distance. Mission Valley is a ghost town for business travelers who work for companies too cheap to put them up downtown.
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'Otis said:Walked past this place last night. Line around the block, literally.I went there twice before. Both times was amazed -- stunned -- at the collection of beautiful women. On my second visit, jumped into the pool at the rooftop bar with my suit on and made out with a cute 20 year old.'tommyGunZ said:
You're right, San Diego sucks.'Otis said:They were out in droves again tonight. It wasn't as intense as last night, but I'm still in awe of the females SoCal has to offer.
I feel like I've been in a tribe in the forest trapping squirrels and cooking squirrel steaks my whole life and thinking to myself "man I sure do catch and cook a pretty mean squirrel steak" and then we traveled out to the plains and made a first contact with the plains tribe cooking tremendous buffalo steaks and I'm like "holy crap these steaks are unpossible."
Where have they been all my life...
