{"database": "surfing", "table": "posts", "rows": [["207535", "10448", "Cities to Surf and raise a family in that are somewhat affordable?", 22, "KDenning", "May 17, 2021", "2021-05-17T11:16:37-0400", "Sax-son said: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n            If you are just a fanatic about surfing and having to live next to the ocean, then you have the problem of not living where it is cost affordable. However, if you are a weekender and don't have to paddle out every day, there are plenty of alternatives. The mountain community that I live in now is full of former Huntington Beach, Hermosa Beach, San Diego surfing locals that were priced out of their communities. However, most have found a way to still get to the ocean when they feel the need to.\n        \n\n\nClick to expand...\n\n\n\n\nMy fiance and I are in this camp now so I feel like I can speak to our reasoning.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe'd love to stay in Ventura but rent on our street starts around $3800 without utilities. Buying the same house would be at least $1 million and need an incredible amount of work. We could buy in Ventura for $700,000 but that wouldn't mean that it's safe or updated.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe could move 35 minutes inland where it's 108 degrees every day in the summer with nothing to do but drive back to Ventura whenever we want to surf/go to restaurants/feel like we're part of a community and we'd still be lucky to pay less than $600,00. This is my impression of the entire coast of California from SB to SD.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe took our money and bought a cabin outside of Lake Tahoe on the way to Sacramento. We'll miss living by the beach. Neither of us has lived more than 30 minutes from the beach in over a decade BUT we'll be happy to take that $2,000/month we'll save and put it towards trips to Hawaii or extended stays back in Ventura living out of one of our vans.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSimple math told us that we could keep working our 9-5 jobs and afford our house in Ventura or buy somewhere more affordable and be our own bosses indefinitely. I love surfing but I love not having to answer to anyone a lot more."]], "columns": ["post_id", "thread_id", "thread_title", "post_number", "author_username", "post_date", "post_date_iso", "post_body"], "primary_keys": ["post_id"], "primary_key_values": ["207535"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.5617699989670655, "license": "Public Domain"}