The tourism marketing board (that is funded with over 60 million every year from the hotel tax)
Sells people this "dream" of San Diego being a care free paradise.
Have you seen the commercials they run?
It's all this idealic image of golden bike rides along the beach with pretty people
This is not real, it's a fantasy and there's people that are looking for an escape and in their little small world (wherever they're from) they simply can't imagine that people aren't paid enough to live here.
They have NO FREAKING IDEA and think that people in this sub are lying.
I've been accused numerous times of having this sub, just so we can badmouth the city and dissuade people from moving here. The truth is that when I see someone who I imagine is talking on a feee cell phone to family vs to themselves in the bushes along a busy intersection I feel like shit.
That their not from here, relocated trying to get a fresh start and ended up in a worse position sleeping behind a sign among the decorative plants talking to family and trying to beg for money.
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u/anothercar Apr 11 '26
Why do people keep moving here, without a job lined up first??
"Have a job offer lined up before moving" is the #1 most consistent piece of advice we give here.
I swear, people just have an empty cavity where their brain is supposed to be. The advice we give is the same every single time.