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                 A majority of people know the famous saying that is used every single year, “New year, New me.” For myself, I also use this saying half jokingly and half intent to actually have self-improvement, but the New year also came with new problems. I am an undergraduate student at SDSU, who has grown up in San Diego surrounded by the beaches, the malls, and good food. Now that I have my own car where I can go anywhere I want anytime, San Diego’s prices are booming up and parking in many popular spaces are required, even if I would just want to buy a drink. Not only is the rising prices and paid parking in San Diego affecting my lifestyle, but so is the Flu season. To start, I will talk about rising prices in San Diego, paid parking prices, and the flu season.
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San Diego Rising Prices

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       To begin with rising prices in San Diego, I love to hang out with my friends whatever chance I get, and most times we love going to the UTC shopping center, Sunset Cliffs, and eating multiple times in one hangout. But, as a student, I obviously have to watch out for my spending habits because this spring semester 2026, I have classes where I have to spend a fine amount of money out of pocket. These school funds and my want to hangout with friends, is kind of a problem for me because going out in general does require money. From thinking about who is going to pay, gas prices, and parking in the higher-end areas. This has me sometimes staying inside, rather than having outings because going out in San Diego now is a lot more expensive than when I was a child. It also affects me now in the way that I would want to move out of my parents’ house in my early twenties and be financially independent, but with San Diego’s prices right now, it is somewhat impossible for...
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Paid parking

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  To connect with the high prices in San Diego, having to pay for parking in the more well off areas or tourist attractions is a nuisance. UTC parking for 4 hours is 6 dollars. Parking at Seaport village for only threeish hours, was already 24 dollars. Balboa parking is now 14 dollars. Garage parking in downtown can range from 20 to 30 dollars. This is a problem for students like me, and people who live in San Diego in general because we just want to enjoy what our city has to offer without having to worry how much we are getting charged per hour, while our car is in the parking lot. link! people angry about parking rates
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Flu Season

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Lastly, my final problem is the flu season being back on the rise. Going into 2026, I was truly hoping I would not get sick as much as I did back in 2025. Unfortunately, I got sick a week before January would come to an end. If I was still on Winter break, this would not be much of a problem, and rather it would just be a bother. However I have it while having to go to school, which is a problem because everyone obviously knows what it is like to be sick during school. Sniffling during class, getting up to blow your nose, and constantly letting out a crunchy cough during lecture every three minutes. This was me during my statistics big lecture last week Thursday and it was embarrassing as I sat upfront. But the embarrassment isn’t the main problem, it is the way being sick makes me feel tired, doing homework feels like a workload, and I just want to be a bum and sleep all day. So, for people who are sick, take precautions and try to prevent it from spreading, because being sick feels...
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