[quote=brg654]a) Price range – Current house will sell for about $200k (yes, the east coast is cheap). I can chip in another $200k and go up to about $400 total.
b) They’d like to have access to dining, movies, art and theatre. To give you an idea, they are considering the Villages in florida but worried that it’s in the middle of nowhere.
Personally, I think a downtown condo would suit them best, but that’s out of their price range and too close to me.[/quote]
Close to art/theater but not downtown are largely conflicting goals.
If you found a place close to the trolley or coaster you could make it work though.
Lots of 55+ communities in SD county…you just need to figure out how far you want to drive to see them. 🙂
Oceana (Oceanside), Vista Del Mar (Oceanside/Carlsbad), Lake San Marcos (San Marcos) and Seven Oaks (Rancho Bernardo) come to mind.