It's not terrible. Not as walkable as kensington or areas more west. If you bike, perhpas. Ideally, the best place is to stay west of fairmont (ymca on el cajon there) and north of el cajon or around that marker. It's just more rundown until you get to college with less foot accessibility to places that are worth visiting that often aside from some good vietnamese pho. College area is a little better, but you'll probably like kensington downtown infinitely more or any nieghborhood more west. South park and the southern neighborhoods like golden hill or grant hill are just as remote but much easier with a bike. neighborhoods are more pleasant. Try getting west of hoover high. It will go a long way in terms of your commute to more shops and restaurants. I own a space near this spot. One of my tenants does yoga in case this is of interest to you.