Southeast San Diego
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Southeast San Diego | |
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Southeast San Diego | |
Nickname: "The Southeast" | |
Coordinates: 32.700833°N 117.055278°W / 32.700833; -117.055278 | |
Country | United States of America |
State | California |
County | San Diego |
City | San Diego |
Area | |
• Total | 55 km2 (21.2 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 195,000 |
• Density | 3,585/km2 (9,285/sq mi) |
Southeast San Diego refers to the southeastern portion of the City of San Diego, including the neighborhoods south of State Route 94 (Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway) and east of Downtown San Diego (but excluding South San Diego). Southeast San Diego has no official definition, but it may be considered coterminous with three official planning areas: Skyline-Paradise Hills, Encanto Neighborhoods, and Southeastern.
Largely urbanized in the areas nearer Downtown San Diego to the west[5] and characteristically hilly, with lower-density residential and semi-rural neighborhoods toward the east, Southeast San Diego is economically and ethnically diverse.
In 1992, Councilman George Stevens campaigned against any official usage of the name "Southeast San Diego," since the designation had long been viewed as shorthand for the community as being crime-ridden and impoverished. His campaign was successful and all official use of "Southeast San Diego" has been discontinued by the city.[6] Many residents and locals however, still refer to the area as "Southeast."