Carmel Valley, Then and Now

by | Aug 22, 2014 | Carmel Valley | 12 comments

Here’s a sky photo of Carmel Valley, taken in 1989 (click to enlarge):

CV 1989

Here’s how it looks today:

CV 2014

12 Comments

  1. Jiji
    Jiji on August 22, 2014 at 11:44 am

    There still a lot or room.

    just need to change the zoning.

    Who needs open space?

    Just kidding.

    This is why Sprawl is unavoidable.

    Not everyone can fit into a high rise condo.

  2. Jiji
    Jiji on August 22, 2014 at 12:03 pm

    They need to design mass Transit that takes planned sprawl into account.
    Not High Speed Rail to nowhere.

  3. Jim the Realtor
    Jim the Realtor on August 22, 2014 at 12:05 pm

    How about a tunnel from CV to Qualcomm?

  4. daytrip
    daytrip on August 22, 2014 at 12:18 pm

    So much habitat loss. I remember back when that area was nothing but rolling hills full of coyotes, cougars, red tail hawks. Now coyote packs are broken up, red tail hawks are forced to prey on toy poodles, and the only fun local cougars have is bagging an occasional trail jogger.
    Sign of the times, I guess.

  5. Rob Dawg
    Rob Dawg on August 22, 2014 at 1:12 pm

    Not enough golf courses.

  6. Jiji
    Jiji on August 22, 2014 at 2:12 pm

    “Not enough golf courses.”
    Move to Temecula
    Just kidding.

    How about a Hi-Lux-QCOMbus LOL.

  7. avgjoe
    avgjoe on August 23, 2014 at 9:46 am

    seems like land is becoming a real issue for future growth. Not much new construction seems to be going on.

    Seems like construction was the main driver of growth in CA for a long time.

    What is going to be the next driver of growth in CA?

    Is it technology, healthcare and education? Its certainly not construction. what I see is a lot of maintenance of existing infrastructure.

  8. Jiji
    Jiji on August 23, 2014 at 10:23 am

    I think the building will start again (has too, not enough current homes to meet future population growth)..

    Yes it will be further out

  9. Jim the Realtor
    Jim the Realtor on August 23, 2014 at 10:30 am

    Drivers?

    Bio-tech, elder care, and CPAs to count rich people’s money.

  10. realbtl
    realbtl on August 23, 2014 at 2:55 pm

    This is the story of SoCal. Growing up in Carlsbad in the 50s and 60s I could ride my dirt bike from El Camino to Vista and never cross a paved road.

  11. Jiji
    Jiji on August 24, 2014 at 4:28 pm

    It just keeps going, I remember in the late 80’s when the defense and automotive industries packed up and move from L.A. they all said L.A will never be able to recover.
    Today there are move software engineers employed in L.A. than the bay area.
    Smaller more diverse, it just keeps going.

  12. New to LA
    New to LA on August 25, 2014 at 1:26 pm

    Realbtl said:
    “This is the story of SoCal. Growing up in Carlsbad in the 50s and 60s I could ride my dirt bike from El Camino to Vista and never cross a paved road.”

    I think 99% of us could say the same type of comment about the area/town we grew up in, be it in another state or country.

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