• The Market Changed. Your Reason for Moving Didn’t.,KCM Crew

    The Market Changed. Your Reason for Moving Didn’t.

    You may be telling yourself you’re going to wait to move – maybe you’re hoping mortgage rates will come down, prices will fall, or the market will feel a little easier. And honestly? A lot of people feel that way right now. But here’s what some are starting to realize.Waiting doesn’t usually fix the

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  • Editor’s Note, September 2026: More Than a Postcard,Nicolle Monico

    Editor’s Note, September 2026: More Than a Postcard

    What makes San Diego, San Diego? That’s the question at the heart of this issue. Over the course of eight weeks, San Diego Magazine staff and I spoke to dozens of people, from long-time leaders at some of our biggest institutions to emerging artists working alone at night in studio apartments after

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  • From $5 Freestyles to a San Diego Phenomenon,Nicolle Monico

    From $5 Freestyles to a San Diego Phenomenon

    People remember the first time they see Joe Dreamz. Mine was a mile into the 2023 Carlsbad Half Marathon. He was standing on a speaker in the middle of the course, singing: “Hey you with the shoes, are you living Joe Dreamz?” Clearly not. I’m running uphill at 7 in the morning, I thought. Months lat

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