My Trip to San Diego (Big Picture Warning)

Camaero · 09-24-07, 04:43 PM

Letum · 09-24-07, 04:52 PM

As a countryside amn, that place looks like hell on earth with all the cars, skyscrapers
and boats.

However I love the air raceing!

Camaero · 09-24-07, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Letum

As a countryside amn, that place looks like hell on earth with all the cars, skyscrapers
and boats.

However I love the air raceing!

Los Angeles is hell on earth. San Diego is the prettiest city I have ever been to. The water is warm and the air is very clean. Still could never live there though... The damn traffic lights alone are enough to make you crazy. Felt like I would drive a block and then wait 10 minutes only to drive another block and wait another 10 minutes. Loved seeing all of those beautiful navy ships though.

Letum · 09-24-07, 05:05 PM

I like the building in the center on the 2nd pic.
Strange style...very Gotham City!
Clearly the home of a rich, evil, villain who plots to sestroy the world from his penthouse.

sunvalleyslim · 09-24-07, 06:07 PM

Camaero,
I would agree with you. San Diego is a beautiful big city, and has the best weather. I was stationed at Ballast Point, (Point Loma) on the USS Segundo SS-398. I believe the Sub Base is still there. You might want to check it out next time you're down that way.

azn_132 · 09-24-07, 07:15 PM

Diego is gettin betta, need to go bak there. I consider Diego as my second home town, vist my otha half of my relatives there.

geetrue · 09-24-07, 11:12 PM

I joined the Navy in 1962, San Diego was my first view of the real world outside of Houston, Texas for my school years.

Boot camp, Pier India on North Island CA 73, Point Loma/Ballast Point Submarine Base in 63 USS Salmon SS-573, married in San Diego in 64, moved to east coast 65

Moved back to San Diego in 77 till 2003 equals 29 years almost half my life was spent in San Diego ...

Love the weather, love the beaches, love the country rural areas there too, love the Chargers ...

Thinking about going back when my grandson graduates next summer.

JALU3 · 09-26-07, 12:51 AM

I Live here in San Diego, and my friend actually works at that hotel that you stayed at. The Sheraton across from San Diego International (the US's busiest single runway airport). The Weather is wonderful, the air is cleaner then in Los Angeles, and we have some of the best beaches in the world. Furthermore, we have some of the best Mexican and Seafood in the country. We aren't as international as is Los Angeles or San Francisco, but we have our fair share that you can taste any type of world cuisine if you take time to look for it. Try the California Burrito.

Unfortunatly that is not to say we do not have problems. We have one of the highest cost of living in the nation. Wages for those in blue-collar fields are depressed by cross border workers. Our suburbs are spreading out ever further from city center creating an LAnization. Air Quality would be better if BC (Baja California) vehicles would be forced to have the same emission standards while driving in the US (which they can up to 25 miles from the border (so say Mira Mesa)). And to top it all off, traffic is getting worse and worse every year.

But here I am complaining about our beautiful "finest" city. Were today it was sunny, slightly breezy, and 73 degrees. And in the winter we have less then 40 days of rainfal, it's 70 during the day, with it dipping down to all of 63 at night.

Plus we host comic con, and get ladies dressed like this:

and this

09-24-07, 04:43 PM	#1
Camaero The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA, Massachusetts Posts: 1,477 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	My Trip to San Diego (Big Picture Warning) __________________ Last edited by Camaero; 05-11-14 at 10:51 PM.

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Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	As a countryside amn, that place looks like hell on earth with all the cars, skyscrapers and boats. However I love the air raceing! __________________

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Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	I like the building in the center on the 2nd pic. Strange style...very Gotham City! Clearly the home of a rich, evil, villain who plots to sestroy the world from his penthouse. __________________

09-24-07, 06:07 PM	#5
sunvalleyslim Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, Ca Posts: 1,142 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	Camaero, I would agree with you. San Diego is a beautiful big city, and has the best weather. I was stationed at Ballast Point, (Point Loma) on the USS Segundo SS-398. I believe the Sub Base is still there. You might want to check it out next time you're down that way. __________________ Crew member/ decommission member TM2(SS)(SD) 3/68-7/70 DIESEL BOATS FOREVER USS SEGUNDO (SS398)

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azn_132 Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 950 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Diego is gettin betta, need to go bak there. I consider Diego as my second home town, vist my otha half of my relatives there. __________________

09-24-07, 11:12 PM	#7
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I joined the Navy in 1962, San Diego was my first view of the real world outside of Houston, Texas for my school years. Boot camp, Pier India on North Island CA 73, Point Loma/Ballast Point Submarine Base in 63 USS Salmon SS-573, married in San Diego in 64, moved to east coast 65 Moved back to San Diego in 77 till 2003 equals 29 years almost half my life was spent in San Diego ... Love the weather, love the beaches, love the country rural areas there too, love the Chargers ... Thinking about going back when my grandson graduates next summer. __________________

09-26-07, 12:51 AM	#8
JALU3 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2007 Location: 11SMS 98896 10565 Posts: 756 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I Live here in San Diego, and my friend actually works at that hotel that you stayed at. The Sheraton across from San Diego International (the US's busiest single runway airport). The Weather is wonderful, the air is cleaner then in Los Angeles, and we have some of the best beaches in the world. Furthermore, we have some of the best Mexican and Seafood in the country. We aren't as international as is Los Angeles or San Francisco, but we have our fair share that you can taste any type of world cuisine if you take time to look for it. Try the California Burrito. Unfortunatly that is not to say we do not have problems. We have one of the highest cost of living in the nation. Wages for those in blue-collar fields are depressed by cross border workers. Our suburbs are spreading out ever further from city center creating an LAnization. Air Quality would be better if BC (Baja California) vehicles would be forced to have the same emission standards while driving in the US (which they can up to 25 miles from the border (so say Mira Mesa)). And to top it all off, traffic is getting worse and worse every year. But here I am complaining about our beautiful "finest" city. Were today it was sunny, slightly breezy, and 73 degrees. And in the winter we have less then 40 days of rainfal, it's 70 during the day, with it dipping down to all of 63 at night. Plus we host comic con, and get ladies dressed like this: and this __________________ "The Federation needs men like you, doctor. Men of conscience. Men of principle. Men who can sleep at night... You're also the reason Section Thirty-one exists -- someone has to protect men like you from a universe that doesn't share your sense of right and wrong." -Sloan, Section Thirty-One