Situated in the dry, sunny southwest region of the states, San Diego is home to your last coastal beach community before crossing the border into Mexico.  Most famous for it’s world-renowned temperate climate, San Diego boasts year round sunshine.  Days are warm and sunny with cool and comfortable mornings and evenings.  With 70 miles of coastline beaches, and myriad inland canyons and mesas to explore, San Diego’s beautiful natural landscape provides a sun-drenched year-round playground for outdoors enthusiasts.  Surfers, swimmers, bikers, hikers, climbers, runners, dog walkers, and sunbathers alike all call San Diego home.  From the hard-core athlete, to the casual health seeker, San Diegans make up one of America’s fittest cities.  

San Diego is enriched by a vibrant Spanish-Mexican culture and heritage beautifully reflected throughout the city.  Discovered by the Spanish in 1542, San Diego hosted the first European settlers on the West coast.  San Diego (and much of California) was land sought after for many years, passing from Spanish to Mexican rule in 1821.   The American government took final claim in 1850, making California the 31st state to join the country. 

This desirable little spot has grown and matured into one of America’s finest cities and vacation destinations.  It’s not just weather that has made San Diego famous, but its many attractions have drawn people everywhere to the city.   San Diego offers three world famous animal parks; The San Diego Zoo, The San Diego Wild Animal Park, and Sea World; each of which can transport you to another world.  Old Town State Park, San Diego’s original city locale, is a vibrant reflection of San Diego’s cultural heritage and a celebration of its history.  Balboa Park, located in the midst of the city, is one of America’s largest urban parks.  It’s home to many of the cities museums, botanical gardens, and a center for culture, theater, and the arts. San Diego’s downtown Gaslamp District is perhaps the cities hub for great entertainment and fun.  This historical 16 block district offers a festive spirit along with its fine dining restaurants, sidewalk cafes, numerous shops and galleries, stylish jazz clubs, bustling micro-breweries, and exciting late night dance clubs and bars. 

San Diego is not just a fantastic vacation destination with endless possibilities to keep you busy; it’s a great place to call home!  Beyond its famous, as well as local attractions, San Diego offers its residents a top-notch school system, lively job market and impressive economy.  San Diego has thriving high-tech and biotech industries that add to California’s booming economy, ranked 5^th in the world in 2002.  San Diego offers an abundance of colleges and trade schools, as well as Universities of great standing like UCSD, USD, SDSU, and many more to students everywhere.  San Diego is home to such professional sports teams as the NBLs Padres, the NFLs Chargers, and the ECHLs Gulls for your local sports entertainment.  If it’s music entertainment you’re looking for, San Diego is always a major stop on the national and world tours of many great artists.  So if you’re planning on relocating, don’t forget to bring your bathing suit and sandals, as well as those summer shades!  Prepare for a warm and sunny welcome to America’s grown-up beach town.