I lived in La Mesa for about 9 years, just below Lake Murray, it is a very nice community, and I liked the close access to the freeway 8 that I had there. I'm just a few miles NW now, and like the community of Serra Mesa just as well, or better. At least here, we are in a muuch larger place, so I now can have a room just for my books/sewing/clothes/beads.. :) It's a small bedroom, already full of things, and needs organizing so I can get my sewing machine and fabric set up in there! Fortunately I have a window, and table and filing cabinet ready to go, just to get to it though, is almost a chore :)