For San Diego, more pluses than minuses
2020, a fantastic year for San Diegans. Every year offers a few more ups then downs, but we’ve just sailed through one of the best despite the hardship endured due to the pandemic. Even the streets’ homeless residents were better treated — food and lodging. How about those nice motel rooms? Wall Street rained dollars on the just and the unjust. 2020 was a record year for the Dow, Nasdaq and the S&P 500 indices.
Property owners couldn’t pick a better place to live than San Diego in 2020. Singlefamily home values went up month after month to record highs versus the U.S.
Many saw their net worth climb faster than in previous years. Older home owners had the option to take a reverse mortgage, extract all their equity and live with no house payment and retire in San Diego.
Newspaper readers got the best of The San Diego Union-Tribune in 2020. With thousands more living at home during the pandemic, the paper offered more information and services than ever. Enterprising reporters covered every corner of the new world. The TV section was so much better, so complete. The paper even enlisted editorial readers to comment on various issues and kept the pages full of local matters.
2020 was a far better year driving on San Diego freeways. With so many working at home it was safer and quicker getting ... wherever. And those who had jobs working at home avoided that miserable commute of 2019 and saved the costs of operating the car. The ocean and beaches are always a plus and while 2020 kept many tourists away, those living in this paradise could find a place to park near the sand.
Sports fans may never forget 2020. That was the year the basketball Aztecs ended the season with a 30-2 record, ranked in the top 10, followed by the most exciting baseball the Padres played in years. The team had hitters who were in races for batting crowns, MVPs and rookies of the year.
The Padres finished behind the Dodgers only because they lost two of their best pitchers for the playoffs.
2020 in San Diego was another great year