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VISITORS
Living in paradise has its price.
Approximately 30 million visitors, of which 15 million are overnighters, visit San Diego annually. That’s 80,000 persons every day of the year!
Those visitors spend more than $15 billion locally. Thus, the visitor industry is the third largest revenue generator of our economy behind manufacturing and the military.
Over 600,000 individuals attend 70 or more conventions and trade shows each year. There are more than 51,000 hotel and motel rooms available to visitors. Annually, more than 17 million visitors use the San Diego International Airport (Lindbergh Field) and nearly 55 million border crossings are made each year between Mexico and the U.S. via the Otay Mesa and San Ysidro crossings.
San Diego is an expensive place to live. The median sale price of single family homes has a broad range, from $200,000 to $2 million, depending on the location within the county. Many residents see their mortgage like an IRA or an annuity. They pay into it for years. Then, one day, they wake up and realize their equity is enormous.
The region’s beauty and diversity is an everyday reward for relocation here. Yes, the ante-in is high. But, there’s a mad ecstasy about wearing shorts year round. Move here. You’ll stay for life.
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