I quit California and Join Idaho (Boise, Nampa: rental, HOA, credit)
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Sold my beach house. Moving to Idaho in less than 30 days. Have watched my once beautiful beach city ruined by elected officials, become over developed and turn into the arm pit of so Cal. I just want to be part of the community and make new friends.
The issue underlying resentment of newcomers (specifically Californians) is the impact they have on housing costs for locals.
The perception is that most Californians relocating here are equity-rich retirees, who don't rely on Idaho's meager jobs market to survive, and are able to pay cash for a house.
Contrast that with a young family with a couple kids struggling to put together a down payment.
I had to read this post 3 times, as the logic confuses me.
Those "equity-rich" retirees were once young families with kids struggling to put together a down payment.
Did my time, now it's time for me to enjoy the benefits of my hard labor, patience, and perseverance.
Don't begrudge people their desert, particularly when that desert is spread around for all to enjoy. We retirees spend a lot of money in Idaho, and most of the time, we've purchased houses from Idahoans, some who are natives.
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Well, I got my Willy Wonka Holden Ticket in the mail today in the form of a pension buyout offer from a former employer. So, I am 51, single, no house to sell, I own one business that I can liquidate piecemeal and another that i can ship with me. So, around 1 September, look for me and a full 26' U hail, bad credit, 10 years of self employment behind me and mid 5 figures in postal money orders on me showing up in Emmett. I will be looking for 5-10 acres, preferably with a well and an electrical panel, will start out with a small 5th wheel. Want to replace my duck farm, and use those proceeds to first build a 2-3 car garage with loft then start the home later. I was a licensed architect in Md from 1985-1991 and my dad was a union carpenter for 30 years. I actually know how to build a home.
I will be looking to rent and or buy depending on what i find. if I find a nice place to rent I will, but If I find a nice house I might buy. i wont rent a dump and I have two dogs( golden doodles) and their my best friends so if a landlord dont want them well i dont want his/her place either. Ive got great credit 800 and money so I aint worried.
Well, I got my Willy Wonka Holden Ticket in the mail today in the form of a pension buyout offer from a former employer. So, I am 51, single, no house to sell, I own one business that I can liquidate piecemeal and another that i can ship with me. So, around 1 September, look for me and a full 26' U hail, bad credit, 10 years of self employment behind me and mid 5 figures in postal money orders on me showing up in Emmett. I will be looking for 5-10 acres, preferably with a well and an electrical panel, will start out with a small 5th wheel. Want to replace my duck farm, and use those proceeds to first build a 2-3 car garage with loft then start the home later. I was a licensed architect in Md from 1985-1991 and my dad was a union carpenter for 30 years. I actually know how to build a home.
its really not that hard, hammer and nails as an old timer told me once. Thing is if you build it you can do it right.
Immigrants to the US, from all nations, used to be grateful and happy to be here, they used to assimilate (my great grandparents did, and quite quickly, using their own resources even though they were somewhat poor) because they realized the benefits (to them and their children) of assimilation.
Today, it seems that a large majority prefers not to. Sad.
I've heard this opinion expressed many many times, based on my own experiences usually from older and more conservative people. However, none of us were even around as late in American History as the 19th century, so I don't think we can be too sure. But you could be right about that trend.
One thing we do know about American history is that that same type of things were said about every different wave of immigrants by native-born citizens. Be them the Irish, the Germans, the Chinese or the most recent Mexicans.
I can't help but remember a big study that was done at the University of Wisconsin that found that there used to be over 500 individual German language newspapers in Wisconsin alone and many were available all the way up to the 1940's.
I expect increasingly more folks in California to be looking to move in the years to come. And more Arizonans as well. The West is heating up, has been consistently warming for a long time, and I firmly believe will continue for decades to come.
That heat is really going to affect S. California and Arizona especially. Both have huge populations of people living in deserts, and droughts, by the geologic record, have lasted in the southwest in the past for 100 years or more. Drought brings depopulation.
A lot of folks gripe about Cali's government and high costs, but that stuff comes and goes. They tend to be self leveling, as costs go up along with population, but they go down as population decreases. There is much less a single person can do about climate change. Moving away is the easiest, cheapest, and fastest.
'm not real sure Idaho will ever get huge swells of growth. There are a lot of cities in the midwest that have withered in the last century that still have favorable climates and fairly intact basic infrastructures, and the reasons why they grew large in the past haven't essentially changed.
I wouldn't be surprised to see a city like Detroit become a national hot spot to move to in the near future; while things look bad on the surface, all the necessaries underground remain, and property that was once very expensive is now cheap again. The city will become different, but it can rebound more easily that building from the ground up in places like Idaho.
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