Fredrich Bahrke moved to Lakeside 25 years ago, lured by the ranch-style homes that dot its open landscape and the slower pace of life in the town of 63,000.
“I’ve always been an out-in-the-country kind of boy. The rural life is more comfortable for me,” Bahrke said.
This portion of San Diego County, known as East County, is divided by its rural and urban areas in U.S. House maps. Lakeside sits in contrast to the county’s eastern, urban core on the outskirts of Democratic-leaning cities El Cajon and La Mesa…