On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:38:56 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:09:30 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
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> 1965. At that time downtown San Diego was pretty much a slummy
> >barrio, mostly gin mills, hookers, and tattoo parlors. Who'd a thunk
> >it would become one of the priciest cities in the US. At that time
> >one could have bought a very nice ranch house in the burbs on 20 prime
> >acres for like $5K
>
> It makes your brain hum just thinking about that. What an investment!
> Janet US

That's utter nonsense and total bullshit. San Diego was nothing like
he described back then. It was very safe, with lots of (free) things
to do. SD was tightly run because there were so many bases around.
It seemed like there was an MP standing on every corner in the evening
and they weren't there for decoration. They were there to make sure
"the boys" didn't make fools of themselves while out on leave.

My grandparents bought 10 acres in *outer* San Diego county sometime
around 1970. It was literally in the middle of nowhere... way outside
of Ramona, before the freeways and other road improvements went in and
they paid $65,000 for a property (with a house, garage and chicken
coop) that was in a semi-desert area filled with rocks, brush and
assorted cactus. They got a good deal and knew it because they'd been
looking up and down California for a long time.

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