Don't you guys get frusturated with the rent prices here? (Los Angeles: section 8, foreclosure)

[yeahthatguy]

Originally Posted by Ultrarunner

The rentals referenced are in Oakland zip 94602

K, that definitely makes sense now

[Capt. Dan]

Originally Posted by Snort

The weather, the beauty, the mountains, the ocean, the varied ethnic restaurants, the beautiful towns, etc...

No kidding! Where else can you snow ski in the morning and surf in the afternoon?

[AliveandWell]

By "here" I was referring to Los Angeles/So. Cal. This part of the country used to be a real affordable place to rent and or buy a home when I moved here in the early 1980s. But the problem is that CA has become overcrowded with too many people wanting to live here. It seems everyone wants to be here because they are so obsessed with sunny weather and blue skies. There's much more to life than blue skies, sun and surfing. I am not trying to put down LA or CA but I was just saying there are other things to consider besides weather. Sunny weather doesn't pay your mortgage and bills. I can't really do anything about the high cost of rents here. It is just a part of living in So. Cal. What can you do?

[westcoastbabe]

Ok..I pose this question....Would you rather live in sunny, vibrant, diverse Los Angeles or boring,Charlotte , NC...

[yeahthatguy]

Originally Posted by westcoastbabe

Ok..I pose this question....Would you rather live in sunny, vibrant, diverse Los Angeles or boring,Charlotte , NC...

As 'aliveandwell' said. .Sunny weather doesn't pay the bills. When I get married, have a family, and kids.. The economic stability is the most important priority to me.. In life, priorities change... At that point, owning a home, and having money in the bank are more important than 12-14 hour work days
> Never get a chance to enjoy the outdoors M-F anyway
> Limited time w/ my children family
So yeah, at that point in life, a state != CA's taxes/cost of living becomes very appealing. B.T.W - I come from boring South Florida and I loved every minute of my childhood and the island food.

[Ultrarunner]

Originally Posted by AliveandWell

By "here" I was referring to Los Angeles/So. Cal. This part of the country used to be a real affordable place to rent and or buy a home when I moved here in the early 1980s. But the problem is that CA has become overcrowded with too many people wanting to live here. It seems everyone wants to be here because they are so obsessed with sunny weather and blue skies. There's much more to life than blue skies, sun and surfing. I am not trying to put down LA or CA but I was just saying there are other things to consider besides weather. Sunny weather doesn't pay your mortgage and bills. I can't really do anything about the high cost of rents here. It is just a part of living in So. Cal. What can you do?

It really does vary enough that in a State as large as CA... some areas will have low vacancy rates and others high or much higher.

All about supply and demand.

I thought large areas of Southern CA have rent control?

[NorCal Dude]

Where ever there is a lack of affordability for the middle class to purchase homes, there will be a corresponding lack of affordable rents.

When would be middle class home owners get edged out of the market they put a strain on rental competetion. Hence why the bay area has the highest rents in CA.

When you add in things like rent control and anti growth attitudes prices jump even more.

Compare Folsom, Ca to Dublin, CA.

Two cities with near identical median family incomes, yet the cost of housing is twice as much in Dublin as it does in Folosm. With rents corresponding.

When the middle class has more options they don't sour up the rental market for the traditional renting class.

[steel7]

According to the cpi my rent increase will be 1.5% which is about $6.00 month. Last yr it was $5.00 Plus i pay $2.77 month for rent control (.50 cents in 1999). Since i moved here 12 yrs ago my rent has increased $79.00 monthly ($85.00 this summer). Sewer rates went from $14.00 month in 1999 to $36.00 now. Water has doubled as well as service charges. Trash should be going up again which has more then doubled since 99. If we werent under rent control im sure i would be paying much more rent. I dont mind a rent control fee but im against the paramedic fee.

[8bravo]

Originally Posted by AliveandWell

the problem is that CA has become overcrowded with too many people wanting to live here. It seems everyone wants to be here because they are so obsessed with sunny weather and blue skies.

You know that not everbody WANTS to come to Calif. Though I'm not sad about it, we for instance just don't have another choice since our comany is going to the LA area.

This is due to its important harbor facilities and all our products coming in from China. Their current distribution center is in Buffalo/NY which is pure nonsense. A big number of our customers are located on the West coast and as said logistics is a big part of that too. It just doesn't make any sense to truck containers across the country and then Fedex'em back to the West to our customers...

I personally am a bit crazy about guns in general and CA is probably the last place in the US where you want to go voluntarily if you want to build up a half-decent arsenal of sporting rifles.

[bentstrider]

Unless you already make a lot of money or can refrain from unleashing wrath upon roommates, then it's time to get to stepping.

Unless you have some sort of weird obsession with the coastlines, all of CAs other features could be found elsewhere in the country.