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Old 01-02-2011, 11:32 AM
 
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Hmmm, it sounds like things are working-out very well for the OP. To each his own, and he is managing his finances and accomplished quite a bit in a difficult housing market. Obviously, he wants to live in California, not Texas.
IMHO he sacrificed way too much.
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Old 01-02-2011, 08:47 PM
 
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What did he sacrifice? Short term pleasure for long term gain? Kudos to him for living the true American dream. Hard work. Sacrifice. Happiness. Man, that sucks. OP, I congratulate you!
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Old 01-03-2011, 10:14 AM
 
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As far as the folks who got upset because they were trying to compare living abroad or in other states, sorry for the offense but living in Germany doesn't compare when they don't have the same circumstances that I mentioned as reasons for my wife and I moving back to L.A. and we would never live in a place like Florida because I've heard that they are very intolerant towards black people there (and don't bring up Miami because I don't want to live anywhere that makes my wife feel alienated because she doesn't speak spanish).
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The irony of that part made me crack up.
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