Don’t get me wrong, I love NY. When I read the NY Times, I want to at least go see what they are talking about.
Wait, so you’ve never been, yet you claim to know what NY is all about by reading the Times?
And just because you’re not “supposed” to care about money in San Diego doesn’t mean that people don’t. Or rather, they care about the *appearance* of money without managing it well.
Spain/Greece/Ireland aren’t really comparable to the US. Different cultures, different economies, different starting points. And there’s no reason why something in between can’t be achieved — though I’ll always go with something that favors the ants over the grasshoppers.
As I said, the governor of my home state of NJ isn’t right about a lot. But he’s right about not spending a dime of state funds to buy out foreclosures. Market those f**kers, full speed ahead, let the chips fall where they may.