[quote=all][quote=njtosd]…I would add that bearishgurl has a case of sour grapes that almost borders on hallucination.[/quote]
Show some sympathy – she had to walk through bad neighborhoods in order to be abused by her incompetent bosses for years and ended up in Chula Vista. Agreeing with you would mean accepting that all the sacrifice was for nothing.[/quote]
Actually, craptcha, those weren’t “bad neighborhoods” I had to walk uphill to after work to retrieve my car. It was Banker’s Hill, which was filled with the homeless at the time. However, today, YOU probably couldn’t afford to buy there as its SFRs, although large enough (mixed with multifamily and commercial bldgs), are likely wa-a-a-a-y too expensive for the avg Pigg currently in “family-raising mode.” Might that be your current station in life, craptcha?? If so, carry on with your brethren up north in your crowded subdivision where you can hear your neighbor’s toilets flush.
Oh … and my “sacrifice” (lol) wasn’t all for nothing. I earned a pension out of it as well as a guaranteed healthcare allowance … for life, which I have now begun to collect (thank you very much). AND … I have a large house with a nice lot in an area I didn’t “end up in” but was already highly familiar with and CHOSE to live in, which, depending on whom you ask, could be a step up or step down from those crowded *newer* subdivisions with 3500-4000 sf lots. Oh, and another thing, craptcha … it is ALL MINE, I have about 60% equity in it and am considering retiring the mortgage if I decide to move away next year and keep it. For instance, I don’t have to worry about a co-owner wanting to sell the property out from under me (or forcing a sale or refinance through divorce, partition or whatever), failing to make their portion of the payments and subjecting me to foreclosure, trashing it with their packrat ways or running up utilities and leaving me with the bills. I get to call ALL the shots and there’s a LOT to be said for that in my book.
If this forum is still here in 25 years, craptcha, I want you to personally post here and let everyone know how your life is going and how financially secure you feel. If I’m still around, I’ll pay attn from time to time between ski runs, hikes, off-roading, wine tasting and sitting in hot springs (if I’m still able to do all this, lol). Until then, keep soldiering on that l-o-o-o-ong road before you. It gets easier after you top the crest and make your way down the other side. But since you’re obviously not there yet, you can’t possibly predict what will happen to you between now and then and therefore are not in a position to judge someone who has already been where you are ;=]
