RENT 3/5 COMMUTE 1/5 FOOD 5/5 ENTERTAINMENT 4/5
When you live in University Heights, your cultured-ness is immediately quadrupled: the local Starbucks suddenly becomes a comfy couch-plentiful coffee shop by the name of Twiggs, Roberto’s becomes a seafood taco shack called El Zarape and Happy Hour at Rock Bottom becomes $1 drink night at Cheers. What’s even better is that almost everything you need is within walking or biking distance from your quaint little neighborhood ‘mdash; saving you gas and allowing for more neighborly interaction.
Only problem is living in University Heights is your social life. You’ll either have to recruit a good group of buddies to move with you or learn to rub shoulders with the locals ‘mdash; it takes some serious cajoling to convince your La Jolla friend contingent to make the 20-minute drive down to your ‘hood. The daily campus commute is a bitch too; you either have to bike down to Hillcrest Medical Center and catch a 30-minute shuttle or make a daily drive up I-5. Either way, being stuck in the area isn’t too bad: Hillcrest, North Park and downtown are at your side to help you cope with the loneliness.