With top-notch schools, quality of life, and kid-friendly restaurants, San Marcos continues to be a great place to raise a family in San Diego.
San Marcos is steadily ranked as a great place to raise a family, thanks to its top-notch schools and high quality of life. Look around town and you’ll see that affirmed. Children 9 or younger make up about 15 percent of the city’s population. That’s higher than San Diego County’s rate,...
Continue ReadingOcean Beach offers funky beach charm and some stellar sunset views | Photo Credit: Neil Soni c/o Unsplash
If you want to ‘blame’ a neighborhood for giving San Diego a reputation as a laid-back beach community, you can point the finger at Ocean Beach – or OB as the locals call it. A stone’s throw away from downtown, Ocean Beach offers an eclectic blend of bohemian beach living. Surfers, bikers,...
Continue ReadingSee what it's like to live in San Diego North County's beautiful City of Carlsbad.
I was stoked when I landed a job in Carlsbad two years ago. Six years of cold winters in DC and two years of LA traffic had me ready to get back to the perfect weather and California burritos I remembered from my days at the University of San Diego....
Continue ReadingSee what it's like to live in San Diego East County's City of La Mesa.
Ask any local to recommend some of San Diego’s happening neighborhoods, and they’ll likely answer Hillcrest, North Park, Encinitas, or La Jolla. Little do many locals know, cosmopolitan cool has been sprouting wildly in the once-sleepy town of La Mesa, located in San Diego’s East County. Impress even long-time San...
Continue ReadingSDLC Ambassador Mel Bartow shares her #WhySanDiego story.
In light of our #WhySanDiego contest (that ends TODAY August 15!), SDLC Ambassador Mel Bartow reflected on her own San Diego journey. Enjoy it below, but fair warning: you will likely experience all the feels. I stand at my desk on the 10th floor of our downtown San Diego office....
Continue ReadingSDLC Ambassador Di Le shares her #WhySanDiego story
Through our #WhySanDiego contest, we’ve come across some pretty incredible stories. Some people moved to San Diego for work, some moved for San Diego’s amazing weather, and others moved here by chance (and never looked back). SDLC Ambassador Di Le from Brain Corporation shared why she continues to choose San...
Continue ReadingSDLC Ambassador Dylan Welch shares his #WhySanDiego story
In case you haven’t heard, we launched our #WhySanDiego contest last week on Instagram. We know that every San Diegan has a story and a unique reason why they choose San Diego. We asked SDLC Ambassador Dylan Welch to share his story, and it’s really good. Read it below, and...
Continue ReadingTell us why you choose San Diego and you could win the ultimate Passport to SD.
Every San Diegan has a story. Whether you are a “born and raised” SD native, or you moved out here to chase the good life, each of us has a unique reason why we choose San Diego. Tell us yours and you could win the ultimate Passport to SD, with...
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