L.A. Takes Grim Note of 28 Slain in Weekend : Violence (1992)

[UKWildcat1981]

Still safer than Ciudad Juarez lol

[caliguy92832]

Originally Posted by UKWildcat1981

Still safer than Ciudad Juarez lol

You got that right!

Even when LA was at it's all time worst, that's nothing compared to what Ciudad Juarez was like just a few years ago.

Murders in LA County in 1992: 1,919
Population for LA County: 9,000,000

Murders in Ciudad Juarez in 2010: 3,103
Population for Ciudad Juarez: 1,300,000

Juarez counts 3,000th homicide of 2010 - CNN.com

[MordinSolus]

Originally Posted by arleigh

I think the correct correlation is, since obama was elected, a lot more people took more responsibility for their own security, and bought a gun.

And got training

Please be joking please be joking please be joking please be joking please be joking please be joking please be joking

[disgruntled la native]

Originally Posted by BRinSM

call me crazy, but i'm guessing there's a strong correlation between the drop in violent crime and the increase in real estate.

Maybe but I'd rather have more violent crime in this city and more affordable housing

[disgruntled la native]

Originally Posted by tcmtcm

That was me. I wish I'd held on and bought a condo like my friends were doing then. Instead, I left in 1997 and now I want to go back and dammit, it's not the same!

Yep. And in 1997 there were deals in the Westside, or at least, if you bought a house back then it'd be worth 3 times more now.

[tcmtcm]

Originally Posted by disgruntled la native

Yep. And in 1997 there were deals in the Westside, or at least, if you bought a house back then it'd be worth 3 times more now.

Rub it in .

[disgruntled la native]

So in 2015, what are the places to invest in real estate? They say areas like Koreatown, Highland Park. But I dunno. I doubt it's the same as it being 1980 (or even 1995) and you buy a bunch of houses or apartments in Santa Monica or West Hollywood (whcih was dirt cheap at one time and not that desirable). I don't think you'd see the same return on your investment.

[UB50]

Originally Posted by MordinSolus

Please be joking please be joking please be joking please be joking please be joking please be joking please be joking

I think he's serious about a certain segment of the population. Fortunately, around here, that segment is very very small. So small, I think they number less than 100.

[SOON2BNSURPRISE]

Funny, few people were buying homes back in 2010 when we bought our home. Prices were very affordable. Now many are buying and the prices have increased. What happened to buy low and sell high? I remember back in 2006 - 2007 you could hardly get into a home that was having an open house because so many people were there trying to buy. That was when prices were way up there. Take my home for instance. Back at the top of the bubble homes in my neighborhood were topping out at $700,000. One neighbor on my street paid $600,000 for his home. At the end of 2010 we paid $310,000 for our home. We could never have afforded that home in 2007. We could not afford to buy it today at $440,000. I see the $300,000 mark as the new bottom. I remember looking at homes in this area that were selling for under $200,000. Had a friend that bought a home for $150,000 in 1992 and it went up to over $500,000 when they sold and moved from the area.

Home prices come up and down. I say it is possible to time the market. Watching people is a good indicator of how that it possible. The majority only seem to buy when everyone else is buying. They sell when everyone else is selling

[Taiko]

Originally Posted by UB50

I think he's serious about a certain segment of the population. Fortunately, around here, that segment is very very small. So small, I think they number less than 100.

Around here a greater proportion still suffer from the related illness, Bush derangement syndrome than therr are sufferers of Obama derangement syndrome.