San Diego Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Neighborhoods=== {{Main|List of communities and neighborhoods of San Diego}} The City of San Diego recognizes 52 individual areas as Community Planning Areas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sandiego.gov/planning/community/profiles/index.shtml |title=City of San Diego Community Planning Areas |publisher=Sandiego.gov |access-date=May 4, 2011 |archive-date=May 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506014002/http://www.sandiego.gov/planning/community/profiles/index.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> Within a given planning area there may be several distinct neighborhoods. Altogether the city contains more than 100 identified [[Neighborhoods of San Diego, California|neighborhoods]]. [[Downtown San Diego]] is located on San Diego Bay. [[Balboa Park (San Diego)|Balboa Park]] encompasses several mesas and canyons to the northeast, surrounded by older, dense urban communities including [[Hillcrest, San Diego|Hillcrest]] and [[North Park, San Diego|North Park]]. To the east and southeast lie [[City Heights, San Diego|City Heights]], the [[College Area]], and [[Southeast San Diego]]. To the north lies [[Mission Valley]] and [[Interstate 8]]. The communities north of the valley and freeway, and south of [[Marine Corps Air Station Miramar]], include [[Clairemont, San Diego|Clairemont]], [[Kearny Mesa]], [[Tierrasanta]], and [[Navajo, San Diego|Navajo]]. Stretching north from Miramar are the northern suburbs of [[Mira Mesa]], [[Scripps Ranch]], [[Rancho Peñasquitos]], and [[Rancho Bernardo]]. The far northeast portion of the city encompasses [[Lake Hodges]] and the [[San Pasqual Valley]], which holds an agricultural preserve. [[Carmel Valley, San Diego|Carmel Valley]] and [[Del Mar Heights, San Diego|Del Mar Heights]] occupy the northwest corner of the city. To their south are [[Torrey Pines State Reserve]] and the business center of the [[Golden Triangle, San Diego|Golden Triangle]]. Further south are the beach and coastal communities of [[La Jolla]], [[Pacific Beach, San Diego|Pacific Beach]], [[Mission Beach, San Diego|Mission Beach]], and [[Ocean Beach, San Diego|Ocean Beach]]. [[Point Loma]] occupies the peninsula across [[San Diego Bay]] from downtown. The communities of [[South San Diego]] (an [[Exclave]]), such as [[San Ysidro, San Diego|San Ysidro]] and [[Otay Mesa]], are located next to the [[Mexico–United States border]], and are physically separated from the rest of the city by the cities of [[National City, California|National City]] and [[Chula Vista]]. A narrow strip of land at the bottom of San Diego Bay connects these southern neighborhoods with the rest of the city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/nonprofits/how-san-ysidro-became-part-of-the-city-of-san-diego/|title=How San Ysidro Became Part of the City of San Diego|date=May 8, 2019|website=Voice of San Diego|language=en-US|access-date=December 9, 2019}}</ref> <gallery mode="packed" heights="100" caption="Selection of [[List of communities and neighborhoods of San Diego|neighborhoods in San Diego]] "> File:La Jolla Shores photo D Ramey Logan (cropped).jpg|[[La Jolla]] File:North Park, San Diego, CA, USA - panoramio (11) (cropped).jpg|[[North Park, San Diego|North Park]] File:La Playa, San Diego, CA, USA - panoramio (10) (cropped).jpg|[[Point Loma, San Diego|Point Loma]] File:East Village, San Diego, CA, USA - panoramio (24).jpg|[[East Village, San Diego|East Village]] File:Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego-1.jpg|[[Gaslamp Quarter]] File:Guild Theater, San Diego.jpg|[[Hillcrest, San Diego|Hillcrest]] File:University of San Diego (cropped).jpg|[[Linda Vista, San Diego|Linda Vista]] File:San Diego - California - Yacht Harbor with Hotels (cropped).jpg|[[Columbia, San Diego|Columbia]] File:Normal Height's sign, Adams Avenue.jpg|[[Normal Heights, San Diego|Normal Heights]] File:Rancho Bernardo View (cropped).jpg|[[Rancho Bernardo, San Diego|Rancho Bernardo]] File:Marina, San Diego, CA, USA - panoramio (35) (cropped).jpg|[[Marina, San Diego|Marina District]] </gallery> For the most part, San Diego neighborhood boundaries tend to be understood by its residents based on geographical boundaries like canyons and street patterns.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1111/j.1538-4632.1990.tb00213.x|title=Residents' Spatial Knowledge of Neighborhood Continuity and Form', Geographical Analysis|author=Aitken, Stuart |author2=Prosser, Rudy|date=September 3, 2010|volume=22|issue=4|journal=Geographical Analysis|pages=301–325|doi-access=free}}</ref> The city recognized the importance of its neighborhoods when it organized its 2008 General Plan around the concept of a "City of Villages".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/18/city-sandag-win-planning-awards/ |title=City, SANDAG win planning awards| author=Roger Showley |work=San Diego Union-Tribune |date=April 18, 2010 |access-date=May 4, 2011}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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