Anybody know anything about Temecula?!?

mnmcoin

Thinkin' of moving there and I was wondering if anyone knows of any dealers or shops or anything about that area...Temecual California...about an hour outside of OC and San Diego.

morris <><

prooflike

I live about an hour from there, passed through it a couple of times...not much else to say.

airplanenut

Glad to see coins are your first priority

mnmcoin

I guess I am worried because it is kind of in the middle of nowhere, and I need to have access to some dealers and or good shows.

morris <><

BNE

Well, R&I is in Encinitas -- in between OC and San Diego. . . .

FC57Coins

Mo - don't sweat it - think of what it'd be like living in Alafriggenbama!

wondercoin

Morris: I think you would really enjoy Temecula as a family man. It is easy enough to get back and forth to PCGS from Temecula and housing prices probably have no expoded like they have in areas closer to the Ocean. Yet, you can still get to the Ocean in less than an hour if you desire.

I was really impressed with the area last time I was there Wondercoin

truthteller

Temecula is hot and dry in the summer, very cold and dry in the winter. Temecula has many, many old people, retirement communities. Temecula has a nearby indian reservation with casino. Temecula used to be small and quaint, now it's suburbia, essestially a suburb of San Diego. Temecula has one large freeway nearby, Interstate 15 which is constantly choked with automobiles moving from San Diego to Riverside, only to make a pit stop in Temecula. Temecula is an old indian word meaning "life here sucks bigtime".

TRUTH

braddick

Many of the people I work with live in Temecula and so does my Aunt and Uncle. The one area I've always noticed is, winter, spring, summer or fall, it's always windy there. Constant wind. Also TRUTH is correct- it's amazing at all the new housing that has sprung up in the last few years. Almost as populated at Las Vegas turned out to be.

I've learned too there is a reason why home prices are about double moving into the coastline or heading south. No one ever GOES to Temecula to do anything and if you live there you find yourself having to leave to go somewhere else for any worthwhile activity.

You could do much worse though- you could be moving to Barstow.

TWQG

I thinks there's a little coin shop right in the heart of old downtown. Plus easy access to Long Beach shows.

JJacks

I just got back from the Casino in Temecula (Pechanga - see www.pechanga.com). Didn't do so good as usual. I haven't looked around Temecula alot, but it is hot, and often windy in the mountain passes, and man does that casino ever generate traffic! Without looking more carefully, I wouldn't want to move there.

JJacks

relayer

Morris-

Temecula is a desert environment.

I live in the coastal north county and the farther you go away from the ocean, the hotter it gets. And Temecula is pretty far inland.

It's been developed lately because of the overflow of growth in north San Diego County which is desireable place to live.

You won't miss anything as far as coins. Nearby Escondido has a few shops, a GREAT shop in Vista, and Carlsbad, and there's rumors of some kind of coin operation going on over in Encinitas.

You're an hour an a half away from LA and Long Beach, plus 45 minutes from San Diego.

Housing prices are very high in the North County. Rancho Berando has a mean price tag of $1,000,000. Excluding them, over all it's still high with the mean 4 bedroom going for $333,000 and that's just because the eastern half of the county pulls it down - Those prices are what has moved people out to Temecula.

However, what you save on your mortage payment, you pay for with your air conditioner.

But one other thing about Temecula - there is an INS Border Patrol station there. When you travel between San Diego and LA you have to stop at an Border Patrol check point. The only two major cities in the country where you have to stop at a check point.

I thought the idea of actually moving the Border Patrol along the border was a good idea and they tried that for awhile and closed down the check points, but that only lasted a few months.

Edited after seeing Pechenga---

There is an Indian Reservation there that has a casino. What's important to note about that is this is the land that was given to the Indians - so you can be pretty sure it's not a very desireable environment.

And TRUTH speaks the Truth about Temecula.

wondercoin

Wow! Temecula must have changed in the past 5 years or so! I went to a winery there and had a very nice day the time I was there. Wondercoin

bartdog

Lived in East San Diego County for 14 years.... the only reason to go to Temecula are the wineries in my opinion although we looked to buy a place there about ten years ago. The area has experience tremendous growth over the last 5-10 years as people looked for "affordable" housing north of San Diego - a ton of comuters have continued to expand north of San Diego, and in my opinion the infrastructure could not keep up with the growth. What has been said about the weather is true - brother lived in Murietta for a number of years.

Bill

DesertLizard

Temecula has wonderful wineries, a handful of decent restaurants, lots of your typical boring suburbia stores selling the same ole junk [Home Depot, linen & Things, Best Buy, etc. you get the picture].

It used to be nice until everyone moved there to avoid high cost NSD county and SO county. Morning commute is near unbearable!! 15 Fwy is a nightmare all day on weekends.

Nice thing is that it does stay dry in winter and not desert hot in summer if you are on the windward side of mountain.

If you want a nice place that is inland cool try Julian. Still relatively cheap and you can have horses if you are into that. Never too hot or too cold, althoguh there are dustings of snow. You can also have 3+ acres for less than 250k which should leave lots left over for coins.

relayer

Julian is nice, but it's up in the mountains and a LONG drive down to civilization. If you want to live in the woods, go to Northern California.

shirohniichan

HOw come no one has mentioned the fine wineries in Temecula?