• 6 Local Hiking Groups to Join in San Diego,Claire Trageser

    6 Local Hiking Groups to Join in San Diego

    San Diego Day Hikers is one of the region’s most popular hiking groups on the social gathering website Meetup.com. But it has a pretty interesting past.“The group started in the 1980s as a monthly hike, usually on the last Saturday, led by a professor from SDSU, and loosely affiliated with the Liber

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  • San Diego Neighborhood Guide: Cardiff-by-the-Sea,Cole Novak

    San Diego Neighborhood Guide: Cardiff-by-the-Sea

    The coastal neighborhood of Cardiff-by-the-Sea is named after Cardiff, Wales—thanks to the earliest land developer’s wife and her hometown pride—which is also the reason so many of its streets bear the names of cities in the United Kingdom. “Cardiff” for short, this Encinitas community just north of

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  • What Is the Typical Ceiling Height?,Stefan Gheorghe

    What Is the Typical Ceiling Height?

    In modern residential construction, ceiling heights typically range from 2.4 m (8 ft) to 2.7 m (9 ft). Older homes vary widely: luxury and historic buildings often feature 3–4 m ceilings, while older farmhouses or worker housing may have ceilings as low as 2–2.2 m. Home Type / EraTypical Ceiling Hei

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