If the heart of Escondido is a place not a mood, then the Mission Park Neighborhood might just be the spot. It's centralized location includes shopping centers, restaurants, entertainment spots and the Joslyn Senior Center. In addition, hundreds of professionals are employed there by institutions such as Chicago Title, Kaiser Permanente, Mission Middle School, and Escondido's Chamber of Commerce.It is a neighborhood dominated by apartment complexes and rental houses. As you drive through, you will see pedestrians on the sidewalks, young men on street corners, and children playing in parking lots. These are indications of an urban environment within a city comfortable with its suburban lifestyle. This density has been achieved despite the area's 35 foot height restrictions as most of it is R-3 Medium Multiple Residential zoned.
Perhaps the Mission Park Neighborhood, with all of its people, business, and professional employment does represent more to the pulse of the City than just its centralized location.
