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That's an understatement ...
![]() Let me get this straight ... Escape California knowingly pays for a house that's "still too expensive" and wants to make OC money ... but he somehow wants OC to remain cheap. And now because things haven't worked out for him ... the entire state of California basically sucks, according to him. Well ... I'm not buying it. This is pretty lame. To expect a place like OC to remain cheap is ridiculous. And to cry over the fact that it will never be cheap again is even more crazy. It's OC for crying out loud. If you want it, you have to pay for it ... like anything else in life. And if you don't want to pay for it then, move on to something else. That's what we did. But I'm not going to sit here and bash OC because it's expensive. Of course it's expensive ... it's OC!!! And I don't buy the "there's no money in the sticks" argument either. We moved from OC out to the "sticks" taking a calculated, well researched risk that we could make OC money out here and, lo and behold, we are ... That is the beauty of California, actually ... the next boom town is the next great opportunity. |
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Well excuse me for being bitter over the price of housing in the county I call home. I didn't move here and get surprised by the cost of housing. I was born here. My life and my family is here. But because I was born just a little too late, I get shut out of the game.
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Hi there. I strongly believe , that people left CA for economical reasons. Like somebody saids in a prior message; people get tired of working so hard for so little. In order to live in a decent place. You need to have a job that pay very well, or work long hrs. Regardless , even with all those problems , Southern CA is beautifull.
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Zip Code 80920 Colorado Springs Briargate - Pine Creek – Photo Tour Near Palmer Lake, Eight miles from my house ![]() Greenland Open Space (one mile from my house) Pikes Peak from the US Air Force Academy (about eight miles from my house) ![]() Homes in the $350K to $500K range ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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The same goes for other, less expensive places in CA, Charles. Good point!
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Renting out rooms? Living with family while saving enough to make the payment affordable? Night jobs? Wife going to work instead of staying home to raise the kids?
There are ways to piece it together. For some people it is worth it. For other is just isn't. |
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My husband was born in OC too. His life and family was there. But because of a nasty divorce from his first wife he lost his (much cheaper) house there. We didn't want to pay outrageous prices for a new house during the boom ... so we moved. Is my husband bitter about it? No ... we go back to OC once a month (in fact, we were there this weekend) but he doesn't whine about what he lost. He never even mentions it. What's the point of crying about it anyway? OC didn't work out so we've built a new life elsewhere and are making plans for the future. Just because our personal circumstances didn't allow us to stay in OC .... doesn't mean the entire state of California has gone to hell either. Last edited by sheri257; 02-20-2008 at 04:35 AM. |
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Snow makes me VERY uncomfortable .... and there's a lot of snow in Colorado. ![]() |
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Check this out: http://www.hsvcity.com/video_files/brac.wmv ![]() ![]() ![]() Example: $429K, 3800 sqft, 5BR. Great home for a family in an excellent school district. What a gorgeous home. Brick. ![]() Last edited by Charles; 02-20-2008 at 07:20 AM. |
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This is an interesting point and one I have worried about, not for us necessarily, but for my own children. If we move back will my kids be able to afford a house in 15-20 years near us? Of course I understand my kids may want to move away for other reasons, but I would hate for them to HAVE to move away in order to be able to afford a home.
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