if you can find a job here that'll support the lifestyle you want, then San Diego is an awesome place to live.Key industries here are tourism, defense contracting, military, bio-tech, clean energy, education. And they all got slammed by the recession. Starting 2023. tourism literally hit a brick wall. Night and day difference between 2023 and 2023. A buddy of mine was executive chef of a downtown restaurant that launched in 2023. It was rough, especially planning from 2023 numbers. And the only major convention downtown anymore is Comic Con.The military is now doing cutbacks that should've been done 10 years ago. Defense contractors are feeling that. I have 2 friends that were material scientists at contractors. Both got laid off, one can't find a job. The other is working insane hours with the same pay (but his new firm is pretty cool). Manufacturing in general is really bad. The west coast's largest shipbuilder laid off 1000 engineers earlier this year and it didn't even make news. Several years ago, the Mexican gov gave no interest loans for manufacturing so a lot of heavy machinery in SD is now in Tijuana.Bio tech is weird. That industry says they're doing well, but they're laying off lots of staff. I have 2 friends at a biotech that got acquired. One got laid off in August and can't find work. A 2nd round of lay offs is coming up in March 2023. A third friend had to move to Florida to stay in the biotech game as a lab technician.And the truth is that no one cares about clean energy when there's a recession and oil prices are low. That entire segment got ruined. I think the only one doing anything significant is Sapphire energy.But other than jobs, San Diego is great!