Came home for my friends wedding and left today with a beautiful sight. Miss it so bad

[u/LurkerPatrol]

[u/Sir_Newdles_II]

Waving goodbye from Normal Heights 👋

[u/LurkerPatrol → u/Sir_Newdles_II]

Waving from cold and rainy Baltimore 👋🏽

[u/Upbeat-Bed7273 → u/LurkerPatrol]

stay warm tho!

[u/Elmacdonals → u/LurkerPatrol]

Genuine question why did you move to Baltimore?

[u/LurkerPatrol → u/Elmacdonals]

Work. I grew up in San Diego from elementary through graduate school. But at the end of the masters stint it was either stay at SDSU and work there and earn $1500/month or go to Baltimore and work on something more prestigious for more money.

Given that my parents were in financial and medical distress and I’m the only child I took it upon myself to leave SD so I can have a job and look after them. They moved in with me a year later and I managed to get promoted and move up, bought a house here (our first house ever since moving to the US in 94), and now I’m about to get married and they’re moving back overseas.

The goal though is to do some side incomes, earn some more money, save up and return to SD eventually. Hope is for 2027 or 2028 but we’ll see. I don’t want to jinx it. Just wanna grind.

[u/gayjoystick → u/LurkerPatrol]

Congrats on the impending marriage!

[u/LurkerPatrol → u/gayjoystick]

Thank you! Hoping all goes well. Never thought I’d make it this far and I feel super old now but better late than never?

[u/Plus_Ad_4041 → u/LurkerPatrol]

you made the right decision. Sounds like you are doing well. You should be proud of yourself.

[u/esuvar-awesome → u/LurkerPatrol]

Vision board it and make it happen, good luck!!

[u/blacknsalty → u/LurkerPatrol]

Hell yea man good shit! Baltimore is pretty nice when the weather is good but nothing like SD

[u/an0m1n0us → u/LurkerPatrol]

go aztecs!

[u/LurkerPatrol → u/an0m1n0us]

I believe that we will win!

[u/an0m1n0us → u/LurkerPatrol]

btw, love your outlook on life and the future. head down, keep grinding. This is the trait that makes you successful. Congrats on the nuptials.

[u/domovladelets → u/LurkerPatrol]

I’m sd to Baltimore too! 🥲

[u/bhsn1pes → u/LurkerPatrol]

I don't miss the Baltimore region at all. I'm the opposite, I lived and grew up in the general region. Ended up in San Diego after a series of some moves with family or after being on my own for a bit

[u/LurkerPatrol → u/bhsn1pes]

Now I wonder if I saw you at the airport leaving Baltimore as I arrived haha. It's crazy how two people can share a commonality but entirely the opposite direction.

[u/SiegfriedVK]

The Navy has such prime real-estate

[u/an0m1n0us → u/SiegfriedVK]

Marine Corps has that nice little spot behind the airport. I can see the parade deck and my barracks. lol.

[u/Longjumping_Stock_30 → u/SiegfriedVK]

If the Federal Govt didn't own Pt Loma, it would turn into something like Montecito and you would never get to go on it.

[u/Obi2 → u/SiegfriedVK]

Is all of the Point Loma peninsula theirs? Are those trails under the hills on the beach area accessible?

[u/XxTH1EFxX → u/Obi2]

Most are accessible during the day, just like Cabrillo monument and the tide pools. They shut the road down at night, don’t remember the time though.

[u/ineptplumberr]

Everyone says they want to leave California. Until they leave California

[u/LurkerPatrol → u/ineptplumberr]

I never wanted to leave, was forced to because of hardships and unique circumstances. I mentioned it in another comment here but what I didn’t say was that neither of my parents were earning at the time I left SD

[u/Professional-Way7350 → u/ineptplumberr]

i dont WANT to leave california, i am being economically FORCED out of california (crying)

[u/Bloorajah → u/Professional-Way7350]

Same, sucks.

[u/Friendly_Age9160 → u/ineptplumberr]

Not me I was born here I ain’t going anywhere. I love San Diego. I totally understand why OP had to go though.

[u/panlakes → u/ineptplumberr]

I mean I’d rather live in other places for sure, CO for instance, or PNW. Lived in both those parts and prefer them to here. But here I am because of family and work.

This view does nothing for me in particular. But I know a lot of folks seem to love these pics. Looks like concrete by the water to me.

[u/Accomplished-Neat701 → u/panlakes]

Yo I’ll trade you, I live in denver and I love it because it’s home but San Diego is pure magic and I am determined to live there some day

[u/Plus_Ad_4041]

It really does get into your blood. I moved down here in the mid 90's for school and every time I left it pulled me back. I love it and I hate it (because of the cost). But you learn to adjust. I don't fly anywhere. I have it all here within reasonable driving times.

[u/ExoticPainting154 → u/Plus_Ad_4041]

Right? I raised my kids here, after moving from San Francisco in 97. All of our vacations are driving vacations. Just recently drove all the way to Vancouver BC, camping all the way, and then took the ferry to Vancouver Island with our car. We do a lot of camping vacations in California, the Southwest, and Pacific Northwest. Plenty to keep us entertained on the cheap!

[u/NocoLoco]

This is a truly amazing photo graph. You have captured a tremendous amount of North County in very high detail.

[u/an0m1n0us → u/NocoLoco]

i can clearly make out encinitas when zoomed in and in the upper left corner I think I see oceanside pier jutting out into the water.

at the bottom left, i see where the 15 and 8 freeways meet. cant make out the murph since its not there, lol.

[u/rainbojedi → u/an0m1n0us]

Oh …. The Murph … 😢💔

[u/Jerry_Dandridge]

[u/Newyew22]

Boy, do I feel this. After being born and raised in San Diego, I’ve spent over 25 years living back east. For the most part I like it, but San Diego will always be my home.

[u/mobsmagna]

I never knew “Coronado Beach” was spelled out on the beach! 🤯

[u/SandyEggo_73]

Right there with you, miss my Beautiful home town!

[u/LurkerPatrol → u/SandyEggo_73]

Love the username. Nothing has changed brother. It’s still the same warm comforting place you always knew and loved

[u/Perpetually27]

I can see my house from here!

[u/CAJX5]

Loving SD more and more everyday!

[u/npdaly]

I miss San Diego.

[u/Adventurous_Reach_58]

Come back and go down south of the 54 this time for some real TJ tacos 🌮

[u/_sneeb_]

San Diego rules

[u/sssmthco]

That’s a great shot!

[u/LurkerPatrol → u/sssmthco]

Thanks! Straight from the plane hehe

[u/neillwood]

Nice shot! Left side of the plane?

[u/LurkerPatrol → u/neillwood]

Yep! Was on the window seat on the left side flying back East

[u/Visible-Paper7799]

This is actually a really epic airplane photo. Can see each one of the like 7 places I’ve lived since college

[u/chacun-des-pas]

I only moved away about a month ago so it’s still fresh, but I miss San Diego so much it hurts.

[u/rainbojedi → u/chacun-des-pas]

Same here. A friend of mine had to move away too and when we talk we always end up talking about how much we miss it. I hope you find some cool stuff in your new city. Hopefully settling in will help ease the pain.

[u/SanDiegoThankYou_]

San Diego is so small.

I can see my house, my childhood home, two of my universities, my social club, my favorite hiking spot, two of the companies I’ve worked for, and this picture isn’t even taken from that high up.

[u/Plus_Ad_4041 → u/SanDiegoThankYou_]

not really?, san diego county is huge. It expands all the way to Borrego Springs.

[u/SanDiegoThankYou_ → u/Plus_Ad_4041]

I work for the County. I am familiar with its size.

San Diego, the city of, is small.

[u/uberklaus15 → u/SanDiegoThankYou_]

The city of San Diego is relatively big as cities go. You can just see a whole lot from 10000 feet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_area

[u/rainbojedi → u/SanDiegoThankYou_]

This made me tear up. I miss it.

[u/an0m1n0us]

good old Point Loma, i see Cabrillo. i see my favorite golf course too! Coronado I.

[u/an0m1n0us → u/an0m1n0us]

I also see MCRD. Where I earned the title Marine.

[u/hahaheeheehoho]

Did you really take this photo? It's great!

[u/Obi2]

Which coastal towns are at the very very top left of this picture?

[u/LurkerPatrol → u/Obi2]

Easily Encinitas and possibly Carlsbad

[u/jaskydesign]

I can see my whole rowing route, sweet.

[u/Lottidottida]

Gosh this makes me miss being stationed out there. Coming and going from the bay always made me feel something (even if I wasn’t super excited to be going out, it was nice slowly cruising through and seeing more of SD I don’t normally see), seeing this view makes me so nostalgic lol.

[u/bowdownbrowncow]

I’m from Baltimore but currently living in San Diego. Now I’m always in shock when I go home and fill up at the gas station so you’ve got that going for you.

[u/salacious_sonogram]

Some really nice bike rides on silver strand and around mission bay. You can make it from IB to PB without too much issue. After climbing through la Jolla and getting on the PCH you're good until the oceanside pier assuming you're starting after Torrey pines unless you're into some hill climbing. going inland there's ways up to Ramona although those mountain roads and thin and you'll be clogging up car traffic in many cases.

[u/woodinrowbot]

Picture really shows why the Germans named it “San Diego.”

[u/liberalis]

Nice photo.

[u/rainbojedi]

What are your top favorite things about San Diego or California?

[u/LurkerPatrol → u/rainbojedi]

The weather, the people, the food, the ability to see any sort of landscape you want within driving distance and in the same state: desert, ocean, mountains, forest. I miss my friends and my childhood there. I miss the beaches. I miss the great driving roads. I miss the car culture.

[u/rainbojedi → u/LurkerPatrol]

It’s so good right?!

Edit: I often did things like ride 10 miles at lake Miramar, then meet up to surf near Encinitas, and make it back in time for a cookout.

[u/Low-Ad7799]

Great shot!

[u/withagrainofsalt1]

Damn I miss that city

[u/MeistroLoc0]

I can see where I live.

[u/CivilCat7612]

Used to go fishing off Zuniga point there all the time. Thanks for the great picture

[u/Optimal-Yak1174]

I hear you, spent the first 36 years of my life in SD and moved out of state. I miss it everyday.