Neighborhoods, City of San Diego
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Zip Code: 92109
San Diego
Bay is the largest bay in the county and home to many businesses, military
installations and residential communities. www.mccormacks.com
Although
San Diego Bay has its amusements and marinas, it is very much a commercial bay
and a mainstay of the region’s economy.
Mission
Bay, created by the San Diego River, is located about five miles north of San
Diego Bay. It also is large but its businesses are few.
Mission
Bay is dedicated to fun and amusements. It is loaded with parks, marinas, miles
of beaches, resort hotels, and apartments and single homes that in summer are
rented out to young adults.
It also
has a large amusement park, Seaworld, that attracts thousands and especially in
summer lights the skies with fireworks, and a small amusement park with a
roller coaster. Many families visit the parks.
Here are
the communities around Mission Bay. www.mccormacks.com
• Mission
Bay: Population 841. About 543 units, 93 percent mobile homes. A retirement,
mobile-home village next to a park and a golf course. Close to Interstate 5.
One
homicide each in 2005, 2004 and 2003, zero 2002, 2001 and 2000.
• Mission
Beach: population 5,377. Narrow peninsula at the opening to the bay, on the
north.
About 50
blocks running north to south, about three blocks east to west. Ocean to the
west, bay to the east.
In summer,
loaded with young people. Whoopee! Memorial Day crowds hit 150,000. www.mccormacks.com
In 2006,
the city tallied 3,633 units, of which 617 were single homes and 3,016 were
condos or apartments. Many vacation rentals. Built out.
Zero
homicides in 2005, 2004, two in 2003, one in 2002, zero 2001 and 2000.
First-class beaches. Boat launches. Swimming. Amusement park.
• Pacific
Beach: where most of the people are (including those in a small neighborhood
called Crown Point). Population 41,280.
This
section is bordered on the east by Interstate 5; the west by Pacific; the
north, starting at Turquoise Street, by La Jolla; and on south by Mission Bay.
Of the
22,009 units in Pacific Beach, 4,870 are single homes, 16,141 are apartments or
condos. About 70 percent of all units are rentals. www.mccormacks.com
The
majority of the housing was built between 1950 and 1980, and in the initial
sections, you’ll see many small homes with single garages. But apartment
buildings dominate.
One
homicide in 2005, two homicides in 2004, one each in 2003 and 2002, three 2001,
one 2000.
Singles
neighborhood that looks like a resort but to a lesser extent than Mission
Beach. Merchants tax themselves to make improvements. Local schools include
Sessions Elementary, Bayview Terrace Elementary.
Parks, downtown, beaches, amusements.
Many
locals would like to see alcohol banned at the beaches. They say that the young
people, especially in summer, get out of hand. Bar owners and businesses
aghast. Task force assembled to come up with ideas. www.mccormacks.com
All three
neighborhoods are within a short drive to the downtown or the UC San Diego or
Sorrento area, the job centers. Lots to do.
•
Occasionally, a whale wanders into Mission Bay. Usually leaves without help.
• Sea
World has permission to set off fireworks during the summer. Opponents say
debris pollutes Bay. Courts involved.
