Well, I'm going to UCSD this fall for molecular pathology and am trying to find out about apartments, etc. in the area (UCSD is actually in La Jolla, btw). Any advice on relatively cheap areas to live in or just advice on living in the area would be cool.

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3/17/2006 2:14:58 PM

congrats, you are now better then the rest of us.

3/17/2006 2:17:08 PM

no advice on living cheap (probably almost impossible), but you should thoroughly enjoy yourself. it's a beautiful place

3/17/2006 2:23:08 PM

Talk to UJustWait84. I think he lives there, and he loves to talk about California

3/17/2006 2:26:13 PM

Hi Fred. You and the Little Mermaid can go fuck yourselves. I told you to stay near the phone. I can’t find those books, you have other books here, it must be in La Jolla. Call me back, I’m not gonna stay up all night for you, Buh-byeee!

3/17/2006 2:49:12 PM

IF YOU ARE GOING TO SAN DIEGO....STOP BY MY HOUSE FIRST AND I'LL GET YOU A KNIFE....AS SOON AS YOU GET THERE PLEASE STAB UJUSTWAIT IN THE HEAD....PM ME FOR DETAILS...THANKS

3/17/2006 3:46:46 PM

hahaahahaha

3/17/2006 3:50:25 PM

Quote :

"PM ME FOR DETAILS"

thats what made me laff the most

3/17/2006 4:26:25 PM

make sure and wear a flower in your hair

oh wait

3/17/2006 5:43:19 PM

i live in la jolla

if you have specific questions, i can help you out

housing is pretty expensive (at least compared to raleigh), so be prepared for that

otherwise, san diego is cool

3/17/2006 5:54:57 PM

i'm going to a cubs-padres game at wrigley in may if that helps

3/17/2006 5:58:38 PM

I live in UTC (5 mi from UCSD)...if you need help, let me know

and as mentioned before, nothing is going to be cheap, but there are less expensive parts of the city

3/17/2006 6:04:16 PM

I lived in Pacific Beach at the Avalon at Mission Bay...about $1600 a month for a 2BR 2BA 1000sqft apartment...with water, electricity, cable, internet, it was around $2k/month

but it was well worth it...PB is the place to be!

3/18/2006 12:27:01 AM

TJ ftw

3/18/2006 5:42:08 PM

PM ME FOR DETAILS

3/18/2006 9:17:31 PM

^^^PB is pretty fun, spent my st. patricks day there. i live in the mission valley/murphy canyon area.

ucsd is a cool area, nice beaches but pretty expensive (even more so than everywhere else).

3/19/2006 3:13:09 AM

a little late, but i wanted to suggest that you get on the waitlist for subsidized grad housing at ucsd (the sooner the better!)

it's kinda ghetto and seems lame to live in the university-owned apts, but the rent is so much cheaper (likely <50% what you'd pay elsewhere in the area) -- and being so close to the university is nice since you'll be practically living in the lab anyway

for your first year, PB is a good recommendation -- lots of fun bars and the beach within walking distance + you're not too far from campus

this is the view from my daily drive into work:



so you have that to look forward to...

3/27/2006 6:48:07 PM

yeah, unless you have rich parents who are gonna pay your rent good luck finding a nice apt in La Jolla

like everyone else has said, move to PB

it's the coolest part of the city anyway

3/27/2006 7:17:03 PM