Alright, so this video is all about why people are leaving the city of Temecula, California. Let's go ahead and get into it.

Hey guys. Hey again. My name is Justin Short. I'm a realtor and team leader with the short real estate team here in Temecula, California at Keller Williams, and this video is all about why people are moving out of Temecula. Before we get to all the information, if you are liking real estate videos like this.

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Again, it's about why people are leaving Temecula, why people are moving out, and I guess I'll give the disclaimer up front. So I guess the video is a little bit of a hook. So the population in Temecula has actually stayed constant over the last about five years. So more or less it's changed by just about a thousand.

The population has gone up, gone up a thousand, gone down a thousand for the last five years or so. Um, so it has been very, very consistent. So it's not like there's this big flood of people that are leaving, and nobody is moving to replace them for the most part. As people move out, new people move in and, and that population has stayed very steady.

But, I did wanna make this video 'cause I do think it would be helpful. You know, I, I, I've mentioned this in a lot of my other videos, but I have lived here locally for a really long time, so it's over 25 years now. So I think that does help me, 'cause I can give you guys some really good perspective on what it's like to actually live here.

The pros and the cons. I think it's a great area. Um, I am married, I have. Two kids. We own our home here. We are raising our kids here in Temecula. We plan to stay here for the next 20 plus years, probably forever. Um, our kids right now are 10 years old and seven years old, and we are definitely rooted and we don't plan to go anywhere.

For me, I think it would be. Super, super difficult for me to find anywhere else in the US that would be as great of an area to raise your kids in as the city of Temecula. So this is, for me, I think it's a great area, especially being a part of Southern California and being in a relatively affordable area, you know, for, uh.

For, for, for what you get. So for me, I think it's hard to beat, but it is not a perfect area for everybody. You know, I do have clients all the time that, you know, are selling their home and they're making moves out of the area, out of, you know, out of the city, out of the state, um, and for all, all types of different reasons.

But I thought this would be helpful so you guys know what those reasons are. So maybe you can help define that. Define this search for you. Decide if Temecula is gonna be the right place. Again, I think it's a great area. It's where I plan to be, but it might not be the right thing for you. So hopefully this gives you some, uh, some, I guess a good perspective on, on what's going on for people.

So, uh, so I came out with the top four. So, the four major reasons that I see people leave Temecula and see them move out of the area, um, number one is gonna be as a job location. So, um, and this, this can be kind of a. Sev could be several different factors, but really do their job.

So, uh, number one that I see that's job related is people move out of Temecula because they're tired of the commute. So, um, if you don't know, you know, I have, I have a lot of other videos on it, or I'm sure you can, you know, find it out there on the internet. But the city of Temecula, it is a big suburb area.

Um, we are in southern California. We're just north of San Diego County. But it's a big bedroom community. So what that means is most people live here and then commute out for work. So they live in Temecula and they commute to San Diego, they commute to Orange County, they commute to la. The average commute time for somebody, they say it's about 37 minutes, but most of the people that I know, it's really closer.

About 45 minutes to an hour is that commute that they're gonna make each way. So if you're 45 minutes. You know, one way you're 45 minutes coming home, that's an hour and a half average on that commute, you know, and if you're doing that day, day after day after day, five days a week, you know, it can definitely really grind on you.

Um, and that is the number one reason that I see people leave is because they're, they're tired of the commute. So if you are lucky enough to where you can live here in Temecula, work remotely, or have a local job, that's a huge plus that's gonna take away really the biggest pain point. For most people. Um, but if, if that's not the case and you're gonna make a community, just know it's gonna be a sacrifice, uh, but some people, it's gonna, it's gonna weigh on them.

They just can't do it anymore. They're over it. Or maybe the kids have gotten older and they're just, they're, they're gonna move somewhere closer to the job. So that's, that's the first thing. Uh, the second thing that's job related is just gonna be a, a new company, right? So they got a new job and, uh, the job used to be closer and now that commute's gonna be longer, or maybe it's outta the area, or maybe it's outta the city out of the state.

Right? And they're just moving for the new job. So that, that, that's gonna be relatively common. That's a lot of my clients as well. And then the third one that kind of goes right along with that is it's some type of a military transfer. In Temecula, we have a big military population. Um, there's several military bases in Southern California, so a lot of people will live in Temecula because it's a little more affordable than other parts of Southern California.

Other parts of San Diego, they live in Temecula and they commute to Camp Pendleton in the Oceanside area. They commute down to San Diego to be on, on base there, commute down to m to Miramar. Um, and, and so a lot of those are, are military people that do that. And if, If you don't know. So, you know, military transfers happen anywhere from every two to four years, depending on their situation. It might be a little bit longer, but they're gonna have this season where they're going to them and their family are gonna get moved and that's just kind of the lifestyle that they signed up for.

So, um, that is a lot of my clients as well, if they're doing some type of a military transfer where they're getting shipped out to. Japan, or they're getting shipped out to North Carolina or wherever it is that they're, they're going. Um, but there is such a heavy military population here where that is a, it's a factor.

Like it, it drives our real estate market for sure. So that's number one is job relocation. Uh, number two is I see people that move to be closer to family, um, because so many people do relocate here. So a lot of times people live, let's say in la. And, you know, they grew up in the LA area. They've gotten a little bit older.

They're, they're priced out, right? It's too expensive. So they move out here to the suburbs here in Temecula, uh, for more affordable living, right? So they can still be in Southern California. Then once I see the family comes with the kids, come right, it becomes. Too far of a distance to be able to see their family regularly and because it becomes too much of a strain on them.

So even though it's only an hour, hour and a half, maybe two hour drive, um, it's just too far for them on a daily basis. So to be closer to family and, and I see that with people that are moving down from Northern California and I see that from people that are moving from other states, right? Where just after a period of time.

It's just kind of, it's grinding on 'em. They want to be closer to family and maybe it looks good on a spreadsheet too, to live out here, to be in the suburbs, but in reality it's just, it's more strain on them and their family than they want to deal with. So that's number two is, you know, people to be closer to the family.

Um, and then number three are people that don't like the suburbs and really just think that the suburbs are too slow. So, uh, these are a lot of people that come up from the city. So maybe they live in San Diego, live in, you know, downtown San Diego or, uh, you know, Carlsbad or something maybe a little more trendy with a little bit more nightlife, um, a little more.

You know, it's happening right now. And when they come up here to Temecula, although it is a fully grown city, um, there's, you know, it's over a hundred thousand people that live here and in the surrounding area, really, it's about $500,000 people with the surrounding cities and, you know, county area. Um, so there, there's a ton of shopping and there's, you know, malls and.

Downtown areas and all that, all that type of stuff. But it is still in the suburbs. So you know, there's not, you know, if you're gonna go see a concert, you know you're probably gonna drive an hour back to the city to do that, right? Uh, if you're gonna go to the beach, you're about 45 minutes an hour back to the beach to do that, right?

So. You are used to a busier lifestyle and you want to still be a part of that living in a city. Um, sometimes it can be a tough transition for people to come out here to the suburbs too immaculate. They feel it's too slow, too boring, not enough going on, right? I mean, the reality is most of the city shuts down around 10 o'clock, you know, some, some couple places, you know, maybe in our old town area we'll stay up open closer to midnight, and then even at midnight, like it's, it's kind of, it's, it's done.

So, um. That's just the reality of being in the suburbs. If it's me and my lifestyle. I mean, I go to bed super early, so it's not something that I necessarily mind. But, uh, what I, I have had clients, you know, relocate here from busier areas and they feel like, uh, they feel it's quite like it's quiet and they feel like it's slow and slow and boring.

So, uh, something. To pay attention to. Um, and then number four, the fourth reason that I see people move out of the area is really they just get priced out. Um, and, and the, the case used to be that Temecula was super, super affordable, which it is still more affordable than some of these big cities. San Diego, la Orange County, right?

Right now the average home in Temecula is about $850,000. So, which is definitely by no means cheap, but what you get for $850,000, you can get quite a, quite a bit. You can get a 3000 square foot home that's big on its own, you have your yard and some space and you know, probably, you know, four bedrooms and a loft and you indoor, indoor laundry and you can get a really nice house, in my opinion, for that $800,000.

Right. But, um, if, you know, you still gotta, you gotta be able to buy that, right? So what I do meet is a lot of people, especially a lot of younger people that are in their twenties or thirties and they're trying to buy their first home, and they're not able to do that in Temecula. So, because the price point has gotten so high, you know, it used to be, you know, 200, 300, $400,000 years ago.

Like, everything was obviously a lot less expensive. But, um. You know, you used to be able, as a first time buyer, this was a great area for a first time buyer to come and buy their first home. Right? And it was very affordable. Now because pricing has gone up so much, it's really, it's really, really difficult.

Unless you're making a really high income or you have a ton of cash, maybe being gifted a ton of cash, uh, it can be really hard to make a down payment and have some type of an affordable mortgage. Right. Um. If you're gonna buy your first home with, let's call it, 5% down on an 850,000 home, I mean, your mortgage is probably gonna be close to six, six grand a month, you know, somewhere that's just off the top of my head, somewhere in that ballpark.

So it's, it's, it's definitely not cheap by any means, you know? And so it can be really, really hard. So we do see more people. In Temecula that are buying their second home or like a, some type of a move up buyer where maybe they bought a condo and you know, for 300, 400 grand, that's appreciated. It's worth 500.

They sell that, put a big down payment on that big home in Temecula, and they're able to do that. Um, or, or everyone has different situations, but that's more common where we see some type of a, a second home buyer. It can be really difficult for someone just 'cause the price point to buy your first home in Temecula.

Um, so because of that, I see a lot of people moving out of the area because they get priced out, right? They end up moving to Arizona or some other part of, maybe more in the desert part of Southern California that's gonna be a little more affordable. And they may move back here down the line. So, uh, those are the top four reasons that I see people moving out of Temecula.

Um, what I did not mention in all those things is, uh, really, really rare for me to see anybody that just didn't enjoy living here. I didn't like it. That wasn't really happy with the school district. It didn't feel like it was a really safe area because I think all those things are true pretty much, pretty much across the board.

I think 99% of people would love, love all those things about the area. Um, and those are the reasons that I love the city of Temec. That's why I love living here. Um, so there's, there's a lot of really, really good, it's just, it's not gonna be perfect for everybody. There's definitely gonna be some downsides and, uh, hopefully those are some things that help you guys out.

So anyways, feel free to reach out if you have any questions. Uh, you're gonna see my, my, my phone number. You can call, you can text, you can email. And hopefully talk to you soon. Thanks.