Rolando: My New Neighborhood

The house I bought is in a neighborhood of San Diego called Rolando. For those of you in SD, it's south of College Area. I'd never heard of it until my friend told me about it a few months ago because he was looking at a property to buy there. And I still don't really know the boundries; I guess there's also Rolando Village which I assume is the even nicer section of the neighborhood since they fancied their name up with "village".

Rolando is an older, established neighborhood with lots of trees and nice streets and friendly people. I'll have plenty of surrogate grandparents there which I like; it tells me people move there and they stay. The houses range from the 1920s mostly up to the 1950s, but there is some newer construction here and there. Quiet streets with people out walking their dogs and I'm told lots of step down staircases to walk around on because it's on a hill with a number of small gulfs and canyons (sadly, I'm at the bottom of the hill). There's a park around the corner from me and there aren't any apartment or condo complexes that I've noticed in my immediate area.

On my particular block, there are actually several houses that are remodeling which I think is a great sign and I'm sure helps property values for everyone on the block. And I bet they can't wait for me to get my front yard in shape...

A nice bonus: I already know a few people in the neighborhood! My friend Matt's new house is just a few blocks away to the west of mine, my friend Melissa and her family are moving into the 'hood in July, and my other friend Matt lives a couple minutes drive to the east of me. And I learned that Billy, a fellow local musician from the band Billy Midnight, is also just a couple blocks north of me.