A Local's Guide to Hillcrest - Walkable San Diego

[@Onntastic]

Really feelin' Hillcrest! Walkability, sense of community...Cool beans. Thx DP.

[@ronpulido743]

Metro SD is the best. Love how the canyons punctuate the urban core and bringing nature in. A real paradise.

[@DanPBestLifeSD]

I agree!

[@kattykat9208]

I lived there in the 90s. It was so fun! My dream is to move back there!

[@DanPBestLifeSD]

It's such a fun place!

[@ColeEvyx]

Such a great video, thank you for this and the rest you make! Been binge watching them lately. Seeing this video really got me excited to visit! Hillcrest seems just so great :D

[@DanPBestLifeSD]

Glad you like them! Enjoy your visit

[@davetasche8265]

Been to Hillcrest many times Great neighboorhood and lots to do

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Thank you for sharing this neighborhood where i have friends and family there.

[@DanPBestLifeSD]

You got it!

[@williamschoemann4209]

Good presentation, Dan. Hillcrest, Mission Hills, Banker's Hill, even North Park are on a quiet secret island plateau in the center of San Diego. The freeways go around. The craziness and endless sprawl are elsewhere.

[@DanPBestLifeSD]

Thanks William!

[@newhorizonsforfifty2833]

San Diego as you see it looks like a movie set people can move around in.

[@nocturneowl2660]

Great place to live. I own a unit at Cliffbridge Estate since 2008. Loved it here. This is home. Great video. Thanks! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@DanPBestLifeSD]

Very cool!

[@laocaviajera]

Beautiful Dan!

[@DanPBestLifeSD]

Thank you Daniel!

[@sandieserrano2425]

Number one on 5th..one if my favorite bars

[@ToddFoolery]

Hey Dan, this video is awesome! Thanks for making it. I'm currently working on a documentary talking about the history of Hillcrest. Would you mind if I featured some of your footage? I'd of course make sure you're credited for the contribution. I just wanted to ask beforehand. Thanks!

[@DanPBestLifeSD]

Sure thing Todd. Good luck with your documentary, make sure to post it in this thread when it’s complete!

[@AbdielRojasgarcia]

Is therr a hotel that i can stay in this area please recommend thank you

[@DanPBestLifeSD]

I'd probably suggest airbnb in this area as opposed to hotel

[@ASAManifesto]

Do city heights!

[@DanPBestLifeSD]

We will be there one day for sure!

[@ASAManifesto]

Nice dude let me know if you need suggestions

[@jaypaulauskas7108]

Hey dont forget the Huddle restaurant

[@DanPBestLifeSD]

I've never been there! I'll have to try it out

[@jaypaulauskas7108]

@@DanPBestLifeSD An Ancient institution that I visited endlessly 35 years ago and 2 trs ago. enjoy

[@ryanrose1565]

I love hillcrest. Nicole murray is a nightmare. Ryan r

[@colleeno90210]

what age would younger be

[@ryanrose1565]

I lived there for 10 years. I can not stand nicole murray. Ryan r

[@andyiswonderful]

I like your videos, but was there full disclosure here? Large portions of Hillcrest have a significant homeless problem that has brought crime, litter and a depressing malaise. When we moved to SD 8 years ago, we looked at Hillcrest, and decided it was too dirty. Hillcrest is fun to visit, but live there? no way. We bought a nice house in Talmadge. Do a video on Talmadge. SD installed a lot of bike lanes a few years ago at significant expense. As you point out, SD is very hilly, and has a lot of canyons. So, I haven't noticed many people taking much advantage of the bike lanes. In some neighborhoods like North Park, they had to remove street parking to install the bike lanes, which wrecked many of the small local businesses there. I think city hall caved to a small number of loud biking activists, to the detriment of neighborhoods. Laughably, they said one reason to install bike lanes was to combat climate change. That is like combatting an oncoming hurricane by waving a paper fan at it.

[@blakaxe]

Completely agree. Visited Hillcrest few months ago and the homeless situation was out of control. Didn't feel safe with kids.

[@Riannon_Bardsley]

​@@blakaxe vote for democrats locally and watch their compassion spread across the landscape in the form of more encampments.

[@DanPBestLifeSD]

I appreciate the feedback! The unfortunate truth of most walkable communities in San Diego is they also tend to have higher than average populations of homeless. It's a very sad problem that I don't see getting better anytime soon unfortunately. As far as Hillcrest goes, it really depends which part you are on. We spent the entire day there all around Hillcrest to film this video and we only saw one homeless person.

[@pancakebacon684]

@@DanPBestLifeSD they were at Great Maple having early dinner. 😜

[@lawoman608]

Correction: you are broadcastiong from Bankers Hill and you are talking about Hillcrest. I know because I live in Bankers Hill. Get your location right. ❤ Bankers Hill is not Hillcrest, but you know that.

[@DanPBestLifeSD]

That's for the insight. I simply wanted to show the intersection of the park so people could see how wonderful it is. I'm sorry that I went 1 block too far for your liking 😜

[@lawoman608]

@DanPBestLifeSD You could say so in your broadcast. It's a misinformation. It does not matter if I like or not. I know the area because I live here. What else is misinformation. You know? 🤔

[@gdreynolds9989]

Oh. Sales opportunity. Down grade.