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Old 10-16-2014, 08:59 PM
 
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Chinese Home-Buying Binge Transforms California Suburb Arcadia - Businessweek

 
Old 10-16-2014, 09:20 PM
 
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Yay for McMansions!
 
Old 10-17-2014, 03:11 AM
 
Location: West Los Angeles and Rancho Palos Verdes
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Yay for McMansions used in the birth tourism industry!
 
Old 10-17-2014, 04:33 PM
 
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You are like 25 years too late on that assessment.
 
Old 10-17-2014, 04:56 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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^ lol "newsflash"
 
Old 10-17-2014, 06:02 PM
 
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Hey, I think we ought to have some exclusion laws. /sarc
 
Old 10-17-2014, 06:04 PM
 
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"For buyers from mainland China, Arcadia offers excellent schools, large lots with lenient building codes, and a place to park their money beyond the reach of the Chinese government."

BTW this is also happening in the Bay Area. The high end is insane right now.
 
Old 10-17-2014, 06:09 PM
 
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A family moved into a new home in 2008 and flanked the front walkway with two waist-high lion statues, the “fu dogs” that guard imperial Chinese palaces. A few years later, a developer named Ricky Tang began building his own home across the street. Tang didn’t care for the lions, but their owners refused to remove them. In January 2011, according to city records, Tang mounted two replica cannons on top of a construction trailer in the front of his lot, aiming back at the lions. A red sign reading “Cannon against dogs” in Chinese hung from each cannon. “The neighbor across the street took offense,” Kasama says. “He felt they looked threatening.” Soon a city-owned Prius pulled up, lights flashing, with an official entreating Tang to take down the weaponry. He acquiesced after a month of haggling.

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OMG, that is hilarious.
 
Old 10-17-2014, 10:48 PM
 
Location: San Antonio Texas
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We need legislation to keep foreigners from buying up our country. Americans need homes too.
 
Old 10-17-2014, 11:45 PM
 
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Originally Posted by wehotex View Post
We need legislation to keep foreigners from buying up our country. Americans need homes too.
It's called free markets. BTW, for every buyer there is a willing seller. No one is being cheated. If you think the prices are bid up, there is an American who is on the other side of the trade benefitting. As big as this country is in terms of geographic spread to blame foreigners for your inability to buy the home you want is laughable. Protectionism on full display IMO.
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