I grew up in San Diego and it was awesome. We used to ride our bikes to the beach, to the zoo. Hang out in Balboa Park.
LOVED it. You are correct, it is heartbreaking to see what has been done to the once beautiful, sleepy, Navy town. (I am a Navy brat). I was there just last year and was shocked. Probably not going back, ever.
I’m sorry to hear that. It’s bad enough having been there only 4 years and seeing what it has become. I can’t imagine that being the city I grew up in. That would break my heart.
I missed the worst thing. There were illegal immigrants staying at the airport terminal. They were just sleeping in the floors! It’s insane!!!
Coranado did not have any of the ills that San Diego is dealing with. Beaches are clean. No homeless that I saw. No camps. That place is well sheltered from all the BS that San Diego proper has unleashed on themselves.