what planet are you from?...there are a lot of nice places to live besides the land just east of san diego.
You know .. you people immediately expose who you are when you start your conversations by insulting people.
I've lived in San Diego for over 20 years. I've seen housing and rental rates go through the roof - because several building projects have been squashed by environmental groups who won't allow certain sections of "scrub brush" land to be reconstituted so humans can live there. The housing projects bring in trees and plants and encourage new businesses to expand.
This area has grown larger the last few years because of the increase in military activity. We need those lands in order to have cheaper housing. So .. while the environmental people are whining continually about gas emissions - they force people to live farther away from their jobs - causing them to travel more .. somehow that logic escapes me.