San Diego is too prestigious a place. In July 2023, rents exceeded San Francisco. Yikes! Last month, the median-selling price for residences (houses and more) topped $1 million. The city earns yet another distinction: U.S. News & World Report has crowned San Diego as “#1 in most expensive places to live”. Uh, yeah.
Los Angeles is second; broadly, California cities capture seven spots in the top ten. Oh joy. I marvel at how suddenly—catastrophically—was the transition from, quoting the motto, “America’s finest city” to America’s most unaffordable place to live. Four years ago, food, sundries, and housing cost so much less.
Looking back to August 2017, countywide, median price for a single-family residence reached $610,000, according to San Diego Association of Realtors. Fast-forward six years and $1,025,000 is median. Median rent is $3,200, according to Zillow. I could go on category by category—overall inflation, housing, electricity, gasoline, and more—all well above the national average.
So let’s move onto the Featured Image, which I captured on Nov. 6, 2021, using iPhone 13 Pro. Vitals, processed from Apple ProRAW: f/1.8, ISO 32, 1/400 sec, 13mm (film equivalent); 2:05 p.m. PDT.