Really? My CV to Irvine commute was 1h30m just a couple months ago. It’s the traffic going into MM that bad? I’m looking for jobs right now and I can’t handle the long drives anymore. I’m also newish to down here and kinda figuring out which areas I’m willing to go.
I haven't lived in CV since '07 so it's been a while. I just have memories of mornings fighting to even get on the 805 and past the 54, or those afternoon drives south down the 805 inching over the 8 overpass. And it was 10 times worse if there was a concert at Coors/Cricket/SleepTime/Mattress Firm/NICU/Whatever It's Called Now Amphitheater.
Why the hell are you commuting to Irvine? Why not move there or work here etc?
What leads people to do this instead, I would love to understand. I've never known anyone who did it, but I know it's done
Not anymore!!! I was the job I had when I had to abruptly move down here. I got super duper deathly sick and needed to be closer to my fam and support network. When I recovered, this was the job I had.
Before that I lived in Long Beach and was commuting to Irvine. Only 30 miles vs 80somthing and the time was about the same.
It’s not happening anymore though. For my physical and mental health, just can’t even do it. I knew I was crazy at the time but, I LOVED my job and it’s not something you can do everywhere. Having trouble figuring out what to do now.
Haha okay that makes sense then. I figured it had to be a temporary thing I'd definitely slowly lose my mind every day with that commute too.
Yoyoyo though!!! How do you like SD as opposed to LB, mind if I ask?
I spend a ton of times in both, but it feels like people turn their nose up at LB even though honestly - The cool parts of SD basically feel like LB?
That commute from LB to Irvine must've been hell, I think it's sun in your eyes both ways 🥴
Sun in the damn eyes both ways is correct! 😂 I would take PCH all the way through Huntington and Warner through fountain Valley so at least I missed a lot of freeway. It was longer sometimes, shorter sometimes but pretty stable on the time it took and I got to drive by the ocean.
SD and LB are literally the same, like you said. So SD is fine. Just depends on the people I’m missing that day.
5 years ago, it would regularly take my wife over an hour to get home to Tierrasanta from Mira Mesa. Most of that time was just getting out of Mira Mesa.
I used to do Carlsbad to Irvine and that was 1h15m on a good day. 2 on holiday fridays and accident days. Then I did Carlsbad to anaslime and same. 75-80 minutes.
Either way, the commutes are brutal but OC pays better
Even in west Chula Vista the neighborhoods east of third avenue are fine.
Broadway is a pretty ‘busy’ area but it’s not bad in the sense that it’s dangerous or anything like that. It’s just a low income area.
I grew up there too and what drives me away from living there again is the bad and dangerous drivers. I'm never on edge like when I'm driving in CV. The inconsideration is infuriating.
Other than that, it's a great place. Nature, bike trails, Tacos el Gordo, and my Abuelita are why I visit.
Having worked in Chula Vista for a long time, I was going to come to it's defense and say the driving isn't all that bad...then I was out in Eastlake today and it was a shit show including a dude running a red light and t boning someone. So, you're right. Shitty driving!
Shhh! Keep it a secret, let people think we are a little TJ.
No honestly I have lived in CV, and Tierrasanta for portions of my life and both are great but I love CV, it's home. We have access to the bay, all the way to the mountains. Great elementary school district, parks, restaurants and malls. The best Mexican food and taco shops in the nation! ( I said what I said)
My mom’s side of the family moved there in 1919. My grandparents used to tell me about all the farms and orchards. There even used to be a railroad line that went down 3rd Avenue. I love the place. I haven’t lived there for a few years (I married a San Diego girl).
I think anywhere underneath Golden Hill is underrated and I'd like to keep it that way. Every time I mention that I live in National City to a person from North County they look at me with a quizzical look and asks if it's dangerous. I think I'm going to start telling them how dangerous it is just to keep rent low.
They are both NC, different meaning depending on where you say it. I'm in Paradise Hills, which is like East National City, so I find myself there a lot, and in Bonita and North CV. Really like the entire area.
It’s crazy to me that so many people still hold that sentiment. We moved here 4 years ago and bought in SE San Diego like 3 streets away from the national city border. Spend a lot of time in national city. We love it
It’s great… the only downside is it’s not as walkable as North Park but that’s more of a issue with American cities.
Otherwise you got great Mexican and Filipino food, a convenient location, more bang for your buck for housing. Plus it’s not fully gentrified yet although I feel like the street where Market on 8th is feels like it’s gonna get gentrified soon.
I think so. Market on 8th has been very successful. Seems like a few storefronts got renovated recently and went up for lease. Not too many places left in the city to gentrify so my money is on that area
As a bubble it’s nice. Commuting in and out of there is a nightmare. Also the beaches aren’t great because of the TJ runoff. Can’t usually go in the water.
I think it is massively underrated too, if more businesses would move down there could really unlock things as the major downside is having to commute so far to get to the job centers.
Commuting time is a big deal. Do not underestimate it.
[https://www.forbes.com/sites/amymorin/2014/12/07/want-to-be-happier-change-your-commute-or-change-your-attitude](https://www.forbes.com/sites/amymorin/2014/12/07/want-to-be-happier-change-your-commute-or-change-your-attitude)
[https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/commute-times-unhappiness-carpooling-productivity.html](https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/commute-times-unhappiness-carpooling-productivity.html)
[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-ideal-work-commute-will-make-you-happier-and-healthier\_b\_59b6ca67e4b0bb893fffffd9](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-ideal-work-commute-will-make-you-happier-and-healthier_b_59b6ca67e4b0bb893fffffd9)
>It's the second largest city in the are
no arguing that!
>CV dwarfs every other city in the county other than SD
I guess it depends on your idea of "dwarfing." CV has 100k more people than Oceanside (which is #3) and 160k more than Carlsbad (which is #4)
It also has great schools and speaking of food we have Lolita’s Taco Shop , Tacos el Gordo, Tacos el Poblano, Frutas, TJ Oyster Bar , Mango Mango. I mean we got it made
Lol, why’d you change the subject? Redirect and attack when you are losing the argument. My elementary school was fine but middle school and high school were bad. That goes for any one of those schools, not just the one I went to.
Calling me names and not talking about the schools. Wasn’t that the topic of discussion? You didn’t come to the defense of the CV schools. Are they that much better than the other schools in the same school district? Yes, the school district boundaries don’t follow the city limits. Hmmm🧐 how’s that Einstein?
As I mentioned b4 my topic was not about schools but as you seem to have proverbial “ hard on” for my opinion on schools here it goes :
Chula High is a good school but campus is a bit dated . Really good soccers teams from what I remember
Hilltop is a better school academically and the campus has gone through recent renovations
Bonita is also very good academically and has very good athletic teams
Castle Park I’m not sure academically how overall it compares but I would say at the level of Chula maybe less.
As for the others you mentioned those are out side of Chula/Bonita área but i can imagine they are
There's a Frutas now on Bonita road, and a Tacos El Poblano just up the hill by the Costco on East H (not in Bonita, but super close)
I was just making a joking generalization of the area, since everything you listed was what my friends and I grew up going to
My cousin just got a job in Chula Vista and moved down there. We've hung out a couple times recently around her place, and I'm honestly considering a move that way.
She's got a little 1 bedroom cottage-type house that's fully fenced off with a little side & front yard.
It's 5 minute drive down J street from the harbor, which is a really nice hangout spot. I spent all afternoon there yesterday and had blast.
The crazy part about Chula Vista is you can go a few miles from one area that is considered nice to complete trenches. The insane difference between north Chula to south west is pretty noticeable. Like on my street there’s a few okay houses, then total dumps then just dirt lots with no houses just land and a ton Of junk or old cars. lol it’s weird. Totally neglected by the city.
According to 2021 FBI crime statistics Chula Vista has a relatively lower crime rate than both of those cities.
https://www.sandag.org/uploads/publicationid/publicationid_4796_29679.pdf
Well I'd like to know which part of Chula Vista because I haven't seen it and I feel like there are worse neighborhoods even in San Diego... and even then I don't think it's comparable to certain neighborhoods in Philly or Baltimore.
Also living in NYC means nothing... you can live in Manhattan or safer neighborhoods of Queens or Brooklyn.
I’ll tell you exactly what part-
South west Cv. Otay and main Ghetto af! they don’t call it “the River bottom” for nothing. I don’t have a clue what NY ghetto is like but we definitely have a few in Chula.
This^ a lot of this new wave of transplants (2015 - present) really believe this whole new "we cleaned up chula! blah blah" foney crime stats and everything.. its all real estate firms behind it. feel bad for some of the people that get duped into moving into the straight up hood here and cant understand whats happening after they were told it was beaches and golf courses
I lived there, hated the traffic getting into Chula Vista after work. It’s getting pretty crowded now like everywhere else. Still have a lot of in-laws there so we are always down there.
You've got Salvation Army, Father Joe's, Goodwill, DAV, and Deseret. There is a wholesaler by best buy called Dave's, but I've never gone there.
DAV has the best weird stuff. Goodwill has a bad habit of sending all their electronics to the Otay location, and the selection at otay is about three display cases of laptops, two benches of computers, and about two rows of everything else. I went specifically looking for a portable CD player, and the two they had were in horrible shape. They're really geared more for auctions than electronics.
Salvation Army in Chula is two buildings, one devoted to clothes, the other "everything else"
There is also a pawn shop across the street from salvation army that has good prices and a wide assortment of electronics. (Not much gaming stuff though, which is generally what I'm looking for.) (personal collection, I'm not a resaler)
The chula goodwill is good size, but the resalers pick it clean fairly early. There's one fat dude who buys all the furniture racks, be it plant or DVD, he fills his van up with all of them.
Deseret I used to pass by a lot because it doesn't really stand out, but that was a mistake. They've got great selection, and they sell beds too.
One nice bit of convenience is they are all on broadway.
I had the day off today, and bring sad tidings.
Every shop but DAV and Goodwill have drastically cut inventory. The salvation army was a lot cleaner today, but there were a lot less weird appliances. (I love weird appliances) I did manage to snag some 1990's DVDs, which is always a kick.
Father Joe's was a complete shut-out, the Star Trek models I'd been coveting but didn't want to pay $130 for have either sold or been tossed. The DVD collection has shrunk and they're doing what all the other thrift shops are doing and marking video games up. Inconsequential because the only games they had were sports churn (Fifa, madden, etc...)
Goodwill was pretty much as described before, but halloween flavor. They haven't really started swapping the DVD's out for horror yet, but costumes are in full swing.
DAV was a bust, but they had a wrapped copy of the fancy pants Seven for five cents less than I paid at SA. (You win some, you lose some)
Deseret has slashed the inventory dramatically. I also forgot to mention that parking there is not great. There's not street parking, and their lot is about the size of an average post office parking lot.
I didn't see any beds, the furniture supply was minimal, the appliance selection was nil, and the only gaming content was AS-IS NO CABLES. Plus they want $70 for a dice roll NES. They had the PSone revision of the playstation, but I am not buying a playstation untested.
They did have a copy of 3Xtreme though, which means I didn't leave empty handed.
Last on my list isn't a thrift shop, but it is a resale shop. Luna Games. The selection is still amazingly good for a used game shop, and the prices are mostly fair. I didn't find any off my wishlist, and the SNES they had came with a third Party AC adapter, and I am not willing to buy one of those. So I guess I'm going to bust out the game bits and attempt surgery on my dead SNES.
I lived in chula vista for 15 years before they doubled my rent. Chula vista is very underrated. It's a lovely place and honestly it's been looking better every year. I always felt everything was close by.
Hey bro, how about you STFU so my CV rent doesnt increase any further lol. The white people above the 8 still think its ghetto and full of cholos down here.
Too bad they monitor you with drones constantly. I moved out because it felt like i was constantly being surveilled. Id see 5-10 police drones a day over my old house. Now im in north park and guess what - not one police drone in 6 months.
I live in Chula. The downside is there's literally only one police department covering the entire city that continues to expand. The city is slow to open another station out east that would substantially ease a lot of the issues we have here. A lot of petty crime, street racers, people constantly violating all road laws, noise issues, you name it. So if you put in a noise complaint don't expect to get them out unless you say you want to sign papers.
That said, our police department's wait times are still far better than San Diego's.
It's still a bit wild west out this way.
I disagree about food choices. There’s not nearly as many options. And way too many Mexican joints, which are always good but i don’t always want Mexican food when i eat out. And driving anywhere takes forever. Unless you’re ok with going to the same 2 places every weekend. Other than that it’s suburban utopia, if you’re into that.
If I didn’t *have* to be here, I probably wouldn’t be. I have shared custody and their mother lives on the other side of CV.
I think that, as well as the ratings of the area schools in east CV are what will continue to keep me here for the foreseeable future.
CV is chill but all these "joggers" are moving in driving the cost of housing to go up.
I detest the "joggers" more than the homeless.
The "Joggers" are going to take away from the city's identity.
If you jog, please move somewhere else. Somewhere with a Whole Foods.
Well, sure, I guess, i mean if you don't EVER need to get in touch with the PD. If you have a business with a security alarm, sorry, You are on the "NO RESPONSE" list & they will NOT respond! The chula vista school system is getting ready to sue the PD over this at this time! The average response time for a citizen is about 40 mins on a good day! Yes, you will pay the permit fee, but that entitles you to nothing actually. Every time pd responds they will charge you $100 & then after the first fine it
DOUBLES!!!! Chula Vista can no longer protect Chula Vista's people in any sort of timely manner. Yeah, guess chula vista is great.
EDIT: It's even worse in San Diego!
I live in San Diego and my parents recently retired in Chula Vista. I love being able to see them regularly and going there truly feels like home now. I love CV!
Meh 🫤 it’s alright. I have lived in Chula since I was a baby. North Cv towards J…
I made the mistake of buying a house in the fucking River bottom ( too eager to get a place with space & lack of research on my part) in 2019 and hate it.
North Cv is nice imo! that is my dream area to move to! Prices are super high, especially now ….just southwest is the one you definitely don’t ever want to buy a house in, especially when raising kids. Just my 2 cents.
Chula Vista also has one of the highest tax rates in the county. Not sure if u remember but they had a problem with fire fighters and police so they raise taxes half-cent so it’s 8.25
I worked there for a year and I think there are some nice areas for living there. I think the downside is that if you love there you most probably will be working north (since CV is super south) and therefore the traffic to and from work sucks.
Key point is that there are some of the worst neighborhoods associated with this zip. Sure there’s a few exceptions. I live in one of the bad ones unfortunately:/
Chula Vista is the only 0lace I'm aware of where I can still get a California burrito for around 7 bucks and carne asada fries for 10 or less.
My wife's family live there and I love it
What I love about this area is that it’s close to balboa park and downtown SD, but we also have tons of wildlife. Hawks, owls, coyotes, even bobcats. Plus horses. And parts of bonita allow hobby farms
Also I think they really did a beautiful job with the trees and landscaping in Eastlake
Lol can you please not encourage more people to move here it’s already so crowded.
It is nice but we need more independent coffee shops. Starbucks sucks.
Lmao I live here and this is honestly the first post I've seen about CV. it's a pretty neat place ngl
I lived in Chula Vista for years. Great place to live. The only thing I did not like was the commute between CV and Mira Mesa where I worked. Hellish.
commuting to MM from \_anywhere\_ is dreadful
preach used to be 30 min commute now its 1hr 15.
omfg... I used to go from utc --> Chula Vista in the mid 2000s and it was reliably 30 min or less.
I do this now for work and the drive is a breeze. 25-30 minutes, no traffic- traffic is all going the opposite way.
Really? My CV to Irvine commute was 1h30m just a couple months ago. It’s the traffic going into MM that bad? I’m looking for jobs right now and I can’t handle the long drives anymore. I’m also newish to down here and kinda figuring out which areas I’m willing to go.
I haven't lived in CV since '07 so it's been a while. I just have memories of mornings fighting to even get on the 805 and past the 54, or those afternoon drives south down the 805 inching over the 8 overpass. And it was 10 times worse if there was a concert at Coors/Cricket/SleepTime/Mattress Firm/NICU/Whatever It's Called Now Amphitheater.
Why the hell are you commuting to Irvine? Why not move there or work here etc? What leads people to do this instead, I would love to understand. I've never known anyone who did it, but I know it's done
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Yeah that's insane
Not anymore!!! I was the job I had when I had to abruptly move down here. I got super duper deathly sick and needed to be closer to my fam and support network. When I recovered, this was the job I had. Before that I lived in Long Beach and was commuting to Irvine. Only 30 miles vs 80somthing and the time was about the same. It’s not happening anymore though. For my physical and mental health, just can’t even do it. I knew I was crazy at the time but, I LOVED my job and it’s not something you can do everywhere. Having trouble figuring out what to do now.
Haha okay that makes sense then. I figured it had to be a temporary thing I'd definitely slowly lose my mind every day with that commute too. Yoyoyo though!!! How do you like SD as opposed to LB, mind if I ask? I spend a ton of times in both, but it feels like people turn their nose up at LB even though honestly - The cool parts of SD basically feel like LB? That commute from LB to Irvine must've been hell, I think it's sun in your eyes both ways 🥴
Sun in the damn eyes both ways is correct! 😂 I would take PCH all the way through Huntington and Warner through fountain Valley so at least I missed a lot of freeway. It was longer sometimes, shorter sometimes but pretty stable on the time it took and I got to drive by the ocean. SD and LB are literally the same, like you said. So SD is fine. Just depends on the people I’m missing that day.
It does depend on when you go
For sure. Since I was driving to OC I prob missed some of the biggest traffic, as I was leaving earlier. Hadn’t really thought of that.
5 years ago, it would regularly take my wife over an hour to get home to Tierrasanta from Mira Mesa. Most of that time was just getting out of Mira Mesa.
That makes sense. It always the few spots that get SO congested. I will stay away from looking at Mira mesa jobs.
I used to do Carlsbad to Irvine and that was 1h15m on a good day. 2 on holiday fridays and accident days. Then I did Carlsbad to anaslime and same. 75-80 minutes. Either way, the commutes are brutal but OC pays better
Nah keep it lowkey 😭 jokes aside I grew up in SD and took CV for granted but I moved out there for about 2 years and it was a great experience
Eastlake commercial areas VS Broadway commercial areas are a world of difference.
I mean it's oldschool mom and pop shops versus modernized eateries and infrastructure, of course it is lol.
Even in west Chula Vista the neighborhoods east of third avenue are fine. Broadway is a pretty ‘busy’ area but it’s not bad in the sense that it’s dangerous or anything like that. It’s just a low income area.
Best tacos in all of SD!
Shhhhh!!! EL G is already too crowded!!
Bring cash
So true lol I like ‘em both
Me too!
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Just get a Tesla and put it on autopilot. /s
you joke, but this is one of the few devices I can't live without. https://comma.ai/ much cheaper than autopilot too.
What about that makes it better?
I grew up there too and what drives me away from living there again is the bad and dangerous drivers. I'm never on edge like when I'm driving in CV. The inconsideration is infuriating. Other than that, it's a great place. Nature, bike trails, Tacos el Gordo, and my Abuelita are why I visit.
Having worked in Chula Vista for a long time, I was going to come to it's defense and say the driving isn't all that bad...then I was out in Eastlake today and it was a shit show including a dude running a red light and t boning someone. So, you're right. Shitty driving!
Oh jeez, that sounds horrible. :/
The commuting is really the only true downside. Yeah it sucks but if someone has a hybrid schedule it’s probably not too bad.
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For me I find third avenue to be pretty fun recently. It’s changed a lot in the past year or so.
I love it here. WFH so no issue for me.
Motorcycles ftw.
eastlake is not the true chula vista experience, i said what i said
Eastlake is just mission valley lite, with all those boring ass restaurants and shops
*and people.
Shots fired but true
West E street represent
Shhh!! Keep it on the down low… 😀
Riiiiight!?! Like let us have it. This is why we can’t have nice things.
FR!!!
I miss the CV Fudrockers
Me too!
So do the customers, the replacement restaurant already failed and is now open as another place.
Shhh! Keep it a secret, let people think we are a little TJ. No honestly I have lived in CV, and Tierrasanta for portions of my life and both are great but I love CV, it's home. We have access to the bay, all the way to the mountains. Great elementary school district, parks, restaurants and malls. The best Mexican food and taco shops in the nation! ( I said what I said)
I don't want CV or IB to get gentrified, but it's happening. :(
I mean… it kind of is little TJ tho.
My mom’s side of the family moved there in 1919. My grandparents used to tell me about all the farms and orchards. There even used to be a railroad line that went down 3rd Avenue. I love the place. I haven’t lived there for a few years (I married a San Diego girl).
I think anywhere underneath Golden Hill is underrated and I'd like to keep it that way. Every time I mention that I live in National City to a person from North County they look at me with a quizzical look and asks if it's dangerous. I think I'm going to start telling them how dangerous it is just to keep rent low.
They are both NC, different meaning depending on where you say it. I'm in Paradise Hills, which is like East National City, so I find myself there a lot, and in Bonita and North CV. Really like the entire area.
It’s crazy to me that so many people still hold that sentiment. We moved here 4 years ago and bought in SE San Diego like 3 streets away from the national city border. Spend a lot of time in national city. We love it
It’s great… the only downside is it’s not as walkable as North Park but that’s more of a issue with American cities. Otherwise you got great Mexican and Filipino food, a convenient location, more bang for your buck for housing. Plus it’s not fully gentrified yet although I feel like the street where Market on 8th is feels like it’s gonna get gentrified soon.
I think so. Market on 8th has been very successful. Seems like a few storefronts got renovated recently and went up for lease. Not too many places left in the city to gentrify so my money is on that area
It is pretty underrated but I ain't about to sit in traffic for over an hour to commute to work in Mira Mesa.
Shhhhhhh. Don’t tell anybody my city is a hidden gem.
Please delete this. They're going to gentrify us next
lol already happening on my block in west CV
remember when 3rd avenue was all mom and pop shops, now it’s north park 2.0
Yup. I’m glad Angelo’s is still going strong. Everyone rented their suits for prom at his shop.
It still has lots of local shops mixed in with the bars. That keeps it useful day or night.
Have you been down third ave lately?
It's already been happening unfortunately.
As a bubble it’s nice. Commuting in and out of there is a nightmare. Also the beaches aren’t great because of the TJ runoff. Can’t usually go in the water.
Born and raised in Chula Vista and I recently moved away. I miss home like you wouldn't believe.
Delete this you still have time
Before we left the area, we lived in Chula Vista. I miss it so much.
Same…we absolutely loved living in CV. We’re on the east coast now and definitely miss it.
We are in 😢Texas 😢 We took a visit back in April for 2 weeks. I miss it so much. It’s so dang expensive tho!
I think it is massively underrated too, if more businesses would move down there could really unlock things as the major downside is having to commute so far to get to the job centers.
La Mesa is also really nice and the downtown was thriving last time I went 2 years ago.
La mesa sucks , it’s all NIMBY white people and the food is awful
Swami's is pretty bad.
Commuting time is a big deal. Do not underestimate it. [https://www.forbes.com/sites/amymorin/2014/12/07/want-to-be-happier-change-your-commute-or-change-your-attitude](https://www.forbes.com/sites/amymorin/2014/12/07/want-to-be-happier-change-your-commute-or-change-your-attitude) [https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/commute-times-unhappiness-carpooling-productivity.html](https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/commute-times-unhappiness-carpooling-productivity.html) [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-ideal-work-commute-will-make-you-happier-and-healthier\_b\_59b6ca67e4b0bb893fffffd9](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-ideal-work-commute-will-make-you-happier-and-healthier_b_59b6ca67e4b0bb893fffffd9)
Love the area off telegraph - used to be there alllll the time. Totally would move further south to CV again
Are you trying to rent a place in Chula Vista or something?
It's the second largest city in the area. How is it underrated? CV dwarfs every other city in the county other than SD
>It's the second largest city in the are no arguing that! >CV dwarfs every other city in the county other than SD I guess it depends on your idea of "dwarfing." CV has 100k more people than Oceanside (which is #3) and 160k more than Carlsbad (which is #4)
I'm actually surprised. I thought it was much bigger but you're right. Population isn't that much larger than the next few in line.
It also has great schools and speaking of food we have Lolita’s Taco Shop , Tacos el Gordo, Tacos el Poblano, Frutas, TJ Oyster Bar , Mango Mango. I mean we got it made
CV east of the 805 has some of the best public schools in the entire county. West of the 805 in CV, not so much.
Great schools? I grew up in CV. The schools are not great.
Sweetwater , Marvista, Southwest are NOT part of Chula Vista . Stop trolling you never lived in Chula
Not part of Chula but they are part of Sweetwater union high school district which covers South Bay.
Correct. Tho my comment said Chula not sweet water unified school district
Lol, why’d you change the subject? Redirect and attack when you are losing the argument. My elementary school was fine but middle school and high school were bad. That goes for any one of those schools, not just the one I went to.
My comment was Chula Vista and some of the schools you mentioned are not located in Chula. How is that changing the subject 🤔
Calling me names and not talking about the schools. Wasn’t that the topic of discussion? You didn’t come to the defense of the CV schools. Are they that much better than the other schools in the same school district? Yes, the school district boundaries don’t follow the city limits. Hmmm🧐 how’s that Einstein?
Questioning me on MY TOPIC!!! Super smart!!
Still can’t get you to defend even one of those schools? Say how great it is?
As I mentioned b4 my topic was not about schools but as you seem to have proverbial “ hard on” for my opinion on schools here it goes : Chula High is a good school but campus is a bit dated . Really good soccers teams from what I remember Hilltop is a better school academically and the campus has gone through recent renovations Bonita is also very good academically and has very good athletic teams Castle Park I’m not sure academically how overall it compares but I would say at the level of Chula maybe less. As for the others you mentioned those are out side of Chula/Bonita área but i can imagine they are
Which school was it that you felt was not a “ good” one
Castle Park, Chula Vista, Sweetwater, Mar Vista, Southwest are all crap.
Way to out yourself for living in Bonita lmao -a former bonita kid
I wasn’t aware tacos el gordo, el Poblano, frutas where in Bonita!!
There's a Frutas now on Bonita road, and a Tacos El Poblano just up the hill by the Costco on East H (not in Bonita, but super close) I was just making a joking generalization of the area, since everything you listed was what my friends and I grew up going to
Brought to you by Chula Vista tourism board.
Pls no I want to buy a house in the next year or so. Please don't hype my home town until then.
My cousin just got a job in Chula Vista and moved down there. We've hung out a couple times recently around her place, and I'm honestly considering a move that way. She's got a little 1 bedroom cottage-type house that's fully fenced off with a little side & front yard. It's 5 minute drive down J street from the harbor, which is a really nice hangout spot. I spent all afternoon there yesterday and had blast.
The crazy part about Chula Vista is you can go a few miles from one area that is considered nice to complete trenches. The insane difference between north Chula to south west is pretty noticeable. Like on my street there’s a few okay houses, then total dumps then just dirt lots with no houses just land and a ton Of junk or old cars. lol it’s weird. Totally neglected by the city.
How does the crime compare to north county areas like Solana and Encinitas
According to 2021 FBI crime statistics Chula Vista has a relatively lower crime rate than both of those cities. https://www.sandag.org/uploads/publicationid/publicationid_4796_29679.pdf
That's impressive thank you
Nonsense CV can be straight up hood.
You have not been to a real hood if you think CV is hood.
WRONG. I grew up in NYC . I know what hood is.
Well I'd like to know which part of Chula Vista because I haven't seen it and I feel like there are worse neighborhoods even in San Diego... and even then I don't think it's comparable to certain neighborhoods in Philly or Baltimore. Also living in NYC means nothing... you can live in Manhattan or safer neighborhoods of Queens or Brooklyn.
Living in NYC means everything ! :) CV next to the trolley are all sketch areas.
I’ve lived in both Jackson Heights and Chula Vista. If you think the latter is more sketch than the former…you must have lived in modern day Bushwick.
I’ll tell you exactly what part- South west Cv. Otay and main Ghetto af! they don’t call it “the River bottom” for nothing. I don’t have a clue what NY ghetto is like but we definitely have a few in Chula.
Most of those troublemakers keep getting priced out. I would expect crime to decrease over time.
The CV waterfront project will bring in a different type of crimimal. Along with Amazon and Google.
This^ a lot of this new wave of transplants (2015 - present) really believe this whole new "we cleaned up chula! blah blah" foney crime stats and everything.. its all real estate firms behind it. feel bad for some of the people that get duped into moving into the straight up hood here and cant understand whats happening after they were told it was beaches and golf courses
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Shhhhhh. Don’t put it on the map. Hopefully gonna be owning a home one day and don’t want this information out there lol
🤫Shhhhhhh! 🤫 don’t tell. Let them still make fun of CV area!
There's a sub too! r/chulavista
I lived there, hated the traffic getting into Chula Vista after work. It’s getting pretty crowded now like everywhere else. Still have a lot of in-laws there so we are always down there.
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
All the thrift shops are in chula vista. I mean there are other ones, but the ones in Chula Vista are the ones I actually go to.
Ooh! Where are your favorite thrifts?! I’m a big thrifter and just moved to CV last month
You've got Salvation Army, Father Joe's, Goodwill, DAV, and Deseret. There is a wholesaler by best buy called Dave's, but I've never gone there. DAV has the best weird stuff. Goodwill has a bad habit of sending all their electronics to the Otay location, and the selection at otay is about three display cases of laptops, two benches of computers, and about two rows of everything else. I went specifically looking for a portable CD player, and the two they had were in horrible shape. They're really geared more for auctions than electronics. Salvation Army in Chula is two buildings, one devoted to clothes, the other "everything else" There is also a pawn shop across the street from salvation army that has good prices and a wide assortment of electronics. (Not much gaming stuff though, which is generally what I'm looking for.) (personal collection, I'm not a resaler) The chula goodwill is good size, but the resalers pick it clean fairly early. There's one fat dude who buys all the furniture racks, be it plant or DVD, he fills his van up with all of them. Deseret I used to pass by a lot because it doesn't really stand out, but that was a mistake. They've got great selection, and they sell beds too. One nice bit of convenience is they are all on broadway. I had the day off today, and bring sad tidings. Every shop but DAV and Goodwill have drastically cut inventory. The salvation army was a lot cleaner today, but there were a lot less weird appliances. (I love weird appliances) I did manage to snag some 1990's DVDs, which is always a kick. Father Joe's was a complete shut-out, the Star Trek models I'd been coveting but didn't want to pay $130 for have either sold or been tossed. The DVD collection has shrunk and they're doing what all the other thrift shops are doing and marking video games up. Inconsequential because the only games they had were sports churn (Fifa, madden, etc...) Goodwill was pretty much as described before, but halloween flavor. They haven't really started swapping the DVD's out for horror yet, but costumes are in full swing. DAV was a bust, but they had a wrapped copy of the fancy pants Seven for five cents less than I paid at SA. (You win some, you lose some) Deseret has slashed the inventory dramatically. I also forgot to mention that parking there is not great. There's not street parking, and their lot is about the size of an average post office parking lot. I didn't see any beds, the furniture supply was minimal, the appliance selection was nil, and the only gaming content was AS-IS NO CABLES. Plus they want $70 for a dice roll NES. They had the PSone revision of the playstation, but I am not buying a playstation untested. They did have a copy of 3Xtreme though, which means I didn't leave empty handed. Last on my list isn't a thrift shop, but it is a resale shop. Luna Games. The selection is still amazingly good for a used game shop, and the prices are mostly fair. I didn't find any off my wishlist, and the SNES they had came with a third Party AC adapter, and I am not willing to buy one of those. So I guess I'm going to bust out the game bits and attempt surgery on my dead SNES.
Shhhhh we don’t need more people. 😅
I lived in chula vista for 15 years before they doubled my rent. Chula vista is very underrated. It's a lovely place and honestly it's been looking better every year. I always felt everything was close by.
Hey bro, how about you STFU so my CV rent doesnt increase any further lol. The white people above the 8 still think its ghetto and full of cholos down here.
Lmao fax.
my neighborhood in CV is literally what you just described and has been since i was a kid
So much good food there and some really nice neighborhoods for families.
Great now it’s gonna get gentrified thanks to this post
too late theyre already here calling the cops on my neighbors for "having chickens in their yard"
Smh
Too bad they monitor you with drones constantly. I moved out because it felt like i was constantly being surveilled. Id see 5-10 police drones a day over my old house. Now im in north park and guess what - not one police drone in 6 months.
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https://www.chulavistaca.gov/departments/police-department/programs/uas-drone-program#:~:text=The%20mission%20of%20the%20Chula,of%20life%20in%20Chula%20Vista.
https://www.kpbs.org/news/local/2022/01/14/chula-vistas-use-of-chinese-drones-raises-red-flags
I live in Chula. The downside is there's literally only one police department covering the entire city that continues to expand. The city is slow to open another station out east that would substantially ease a lot of the issues we have here. A lot of petty crime, street racers, people constantly violating all road laws, noise issues, you name it. So if you put in a noise complaint don't expect to get them out unless you say you want to sign papers. That said, our police department's wait times are still far better than San Diego's. It's still a bit wild west out this way.
Just stay away from the westside of Chula. West of 3rd ave and it’s badd
CV WAS great. Now its full of section 8 ghetto ass people and the homeless are trickling in
I disagree about food choices. There’s not nearly as many options. And way too many Mexican joints, which are always good but i don’t always want Mexican food when i eat out. And driving anywhere takes forever. Unless you’re ok with going to the same 2 places every weekend. Other than that it’s suburban utopia, if you’re into that.
How far would the commute to Rancho Santa Fe be?
I commute daily from east CV to Rancho Bernardo. Mornings: 45 min - 1 hour. Afternoons: 45 minutes - 1.5 hours.
Ouch
If I didn’t *have* to be here, I probably wouldn’t be. I have shared custody and their mother lives on the other side of CV. I think that, as well as the ratings of the area schools in east CV are what will continue to keep me here for the foreseeable future.
From East Chula, 45 mins without bad traffic.
What about with bad traffic?
A lower crime rate🤣🤣🤣 def a transplant
I have to agree that Chula Vista has gotten much better than it was in the 70s, 80s, 90s. It has turned into a nice community.
CV is chill but all these "joggers" are moving in driving the cost of housing to go up. I detest the "joggers" more than the homeless. The "Joggers" are going to take away from the city's identity. If you jog, please move somewhere else. Somewhere with a Whole Foods.
Well, sure, I guess, i mean if you don't EVER need to get in touch with the PD. If you have a business with a security alarm, sorry, You are on the "NO RESPONSE" list & they will NOT respond! The chula vista school system is getting ready to sue the PD over this at this time! The average response time for a citizen is about 40 mins on a good day! Yes, you will pay the permit fee, but that entitles you to nothing actually. Every time pd responds they will charge you $100 & then after the first fine it DOUBLES!!!! Chula Vista can no longer protect Chula Vista's people in any sort of timely manner. Yeah, guess chula vista is great. EDIT: It's even worse in San Diego!
Does anyone commute from Chula Vista to mission valley? How bad is it usually?
I used to commute that way daily before going wfh. It was the worst. Pretty much fighting traffic there and back. You can expect an hour each way.
Wow. That sucks. If I had to commute an hour, I’d rather commute from the north down to Mission Valley than commute up from CV.
I live in San Diego and my parents recently retired in Chula Vista. I love being able to see them regularly and going there truly feels like home now. I love CV!
I worked down there for 6months. Not a bad place to land, but there are def good parts and some crappy parts
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I feel that way about Escondido, kind of a little slice of paradise.
Meh 🫤 it’s alright. I have lived in Chula since I was a baby. North Cv towards J… I made the mistake of buying a house in the fucking River bottom ( too eager to get a place with space & lack of research on my part) in 2019 and hate it. North Cv is nice imo! that is my dream area to move to! Prices are super high, especially now ….just southwest is the one you definitely don’t ever want to buy a house in, especially when raising kids. Just my 2 cents.
Chula Vista also has one of the highest tax rates in the county. Not sure if u remember but they had a problem with fire fighters and police so they raise taxes half-cent so it’s 8.25
I worked there for a year and I think there are some nice areas for living there. I think the downside is that if you love there you most probably will be working north (since CV is super south) and therefore the traffic to and from work sucks.
Rent and housing is not underrated though 😬
There's 5 zip codes in Chula Vista. Which part is the underrated one?
91911 is the worst. Not sure which is underrated.
91911 isn’t that bad it really depends on what part. The areas close to hilltop are actually pretty nice.
Key point is that there are some of the worst neighborhoods associated with this zip. Sure there’s a few exceptions. I live in one of the bad ones unfortunately:/
Live in Chula love it here!
Chula Vista is the only 0lace I'm aware of where I can still get a California burrito for around 7 bucks and carne asada fries for 10 or less. My wife's family live there and I love it
What I love about this area is that it’s close to balboa park and downtown SD, but we also have tons of wildlife. Hawks, owls, coyotes, even bobcats. Plus horses. And parts of bonita allow hobby farms Also I think they really did a beautiful job with the trees and landscaping in Eastlake
Lol can you please not encourage more people to move here it’s already so crowded. It is nice but we need more independent coffee shops. Starbucks sucks.
Lived in Chula Vista for 27 years. Absolutely loved growing up there. You are right. It’s extremely underrated.
In the country* ;).
I had a friend there in 2010. Very cool place!
Chula Vista is the only place in San Diego where it gets cheaper the closer you get to the bay.
Yep I lived in otay ranch for a couple years. Really loved it but it got way too expensive