Foreclosures come to McMansion country

[briansd1]

UCGal, I think that the city planning is not conducive to meeting interesting people. Everyone is isolated in a car and in far away suburbs in their own villages so how do you meet people? Remember the city of villages concept?

Back East, people walk around the city and they will meet friends of friends on the spur of the moment at cafes and restaurants. It’s easy to go back to a friend’s place in the city.

Advanced degrees mean nothing especially those technical degrees. Intellect comes from life knowledge and experience.

Except for Mexico next door, San Diego is geographically isolated so people here don’t really go anywhere. Back East, people are from DC, Virgina, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Rhodes Island, Mass, Canada, etc.. and from all over the world. All the embassies are in DC and the representatives to the UN in NYC. People can jump in an airplane at discounted rates and be in Europe in the time that it takes to fly to California.

Yes, in San Diego, you can easily go to the beach, hiking, biking or horseback riding at the drop of hat without having to worry about the weather.

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[quote=UCGal]
All this talk about intellectual elitism cracks me up. There are ignorant bozos back east, too. In fact they’re more common than the elite intellectuals touted by other posters here. San Diego doesn’t have a lock on ignorant bozos. If you think San Diego doesn’t have intellectuals, perhaps you should look at the people you’re hangin’ with. There are plenty of PhD types around. Perhaps they’re just less snobby here. Talk to the other parents at your kids school – I am always surprised to see how many parents, even SAHMs, have advanced degrees among the parents of my kids’ peers.

Maybe we’re just less snooty here.[/quote]

Sheesh, no doubt. Thanks for saying it UCGal. I have lived on both coasts including these metropolitan areas people here are touting and I couldn’t agree more. I’d also argue that people back East are hardly more open-minded in general either.

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[quote=UCGal]
All this talk about intellectual elitism cracks me up. There are ignorant bozos back east, too. In fact they’re more common than the elite intellectuals touted by other posters here. San Diego doesn’t have a lock on ignorant bozos. If you think San Diego doesn’t have intellectuals, perhaps you should look at the people you’re hangin’ with. There are plenty of PhD types around. Perhaps they’re just less snobby here. Talk to the other parents at your kids school – I am always surprised to see how many parents, even SAHMs, have advanced degrees among the parents of my kids’ peers.

Maybe we’re just less snooty here.[/quote]

Sheesh, no doubt. Thanks for saying it UCGal. I have lived on both coasts including these metropolitan areas people here are touting and I couldn’t agree more. I’d also argue that people back East are hardly more open-minded in general either.

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[quote=UCGal]
All this talk about intellectual elitism cracks me up. There are ignorant bozos back east, too. In fact they’re more common than the elite intellectuals touted by other posters here. San Diego doesn’t have a lock on ignorant bozos. If you think San Diego doesn’t have intellectuals, perhaps you should look at the people you’re hangin’ with. There are plenty of PhD types around. Perhaps they’re just less snobby here. Talk to the other parents at your kids school – I am always surprised to see how many parents, even SAHMs, have advanced degrees among the parents of my kids’ peers.

Maybe we’re just less snooty here.[/quote]

Sheesh, no doubt. Thanks for saying it UCGal. I have lived on both coasts including these metropolitan areas people here are touting and I couldn’t agree more. I’d also argue that people back East are hardly more open-minded in general either.

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[quote=UCGal]
All this talk about intellectual elitism cracks me up. There are ignorant bozos back east, too. In fact they’re more common than the elite intellectuals touted by other posters here. San Diego doesn’t have a lock on ignorant bozos. If you think San Diego doesn’t have intellectuals, perhaps you should look at the people you’re hangin’ with. There are plenty of PhD types around. Perhaps they’re just less snobby here. Talk to the other parents at your kids school – I am always surprised to see how many parents, even SAHMs, have advanced degrees among the parents of my kids’ peers.

Maybe we’re just less snooty here.[/quote]

Sheesh, no doubt. Thanks for saying it UCGal. I have lived on both coasts including these metropolitan areas people here are touting and I couldn’t agree more. I’d also argue that people back East are hardly more open-minded in general either.

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[quote=UCGal]
All this talk about intellectual elitism cracks me up. There are ignorant bozos back east, too. In fact they’re more common than the elite intellectuals touted by other posters here. San Diego doesn’t have a lock on ignorant bozos. If you think San Diego doesn’t have intellectuals, perhaps you should look at the people you’re hangin’ with. There are plenty of PhD types around. Perhaps they’re just less snobby here. Talk to the other parents at your kids school – I am always surprised to see how many parents, even SAHMs, have advanced degrees among the parents of my kids’ peers.

Maybe we’re just less snooty here.[/quote]

Sheesh, no doubt. Thanks for saying it UCGal. I have lived on both coasts including these metropolitan areas people here are touting and I couldn’t agree more. I’d also argue that people back East are hardly more open-minded in general either.

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[quote=briansd1]
Give me a break, it’s only a figure of speech… Of course, people know that San Diego is in California somewhere near Mexico.

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Settle down…just trying to reconcile the obvious contradictions between saying there is elite intellectualism and the fact that one doesn’t know where these places are located and the vast open-mindedness yet making negative comments about a place one has never visited. I’m not arguing just pointing out the irony and humor but maybe it’s just me. 🙂

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[quote=briansd1]
Give me a break, it’s only a figure of speech… Of course, people know that San Diego is in California somewhere near Mexico.

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Settle down…just trying to reconcile the obvious contradictions between saying there is elite intellectualism and the fact that one doesn’t know where these places are located and the vast open-mindedness yet making negative comments about a place one has never visited. I’m not arguing just pointing out the irony and humor but maybe it’s just me. 🙂

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[quote=briansd1]
Give me a break, it’s only a figure of speech… Of course, people know that San Diego is in California somewhere near Mexico.

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Settle down…just trying to reconcile the obvious contradictions between saying there is elite intellectualism and the fact that one doesn’t know where these places are located and the vast open-mindedness yet making negative comments about a place one has never visited. I’m not arguing just pointing out the irony and humor but maybe it’s just me. 🙂

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[quote=briansd1]
Give me a break, it’s only a figure of speech… Of course, people know that San Diego is in California somewhere near Mexico.

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Settle down…just trying to reconcile the obvious contradictions between saying there is elite intellectualism and the fact that one doesn’t know where these places are located and the vast open-mindedness yet making negative comments about a place one has never visited. I’m not arguing just pointing out the irony and humor but maybe it’s just me. 🙂

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[quote=briansd1]
Give me a break, it’s only a figure of speech… Of course, people know that San Diego is in California somewhere near Mexico.

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Settle down…just trying to reconcile the obvious contradictions between saying there is elite intellectualism and the fact that one doesn’t know where these places are located and the vast open-mindedness yet making negative comments about a place one has never visited. I’m not arguing just pointing out the irony and humor but maybe it’s just me. 🙂

[carli]

It’s funny that some are implying that I’m “touting” the east coast…I’m not trying to start a debate about which coast is “better” overall (as I said, there are reasons I choose to live here and visit there), but I think briansd1 has hit the nail on the head with his observations.

And it’s really silly to say that people on the east coast are snooty about having degrees or not having degrees – degrees are irrelevant in this discussion, and the fact that number/type of degrees one has is even mentioned in the same discussion shows a lack of awareness about what was being addressed. Enjoying the company of great thinkers and debaters and engaging in fascinating discussions with open minded people has nothing to do with what number/type of degrees anyone has. Degrees are irrelevant to the concept of intellectualism.

Not to say that degrees are not wonderful and worthwhile and obviously represent many years of hard work, commitment and study…but many times there is little correlation between someone who is a true intellectual and someone who has a lot of impressive degrees.

Sorry if I sound snooty, but that’s my take on it… by the way, I have lots of wonderful, accomplished friends here (many are PhDs), and I bet they’d even agree with that statement.

[carli]

It’s funny that some are implying that I’m “touting” the east coast…I’m not trying to start a debate about which coast is “better” overall (as I said, there are reasons I choose to live here and visit there), but I think briansd1 has hit the nail on the head with his observations.

And it’s really silly to say that people on the east coast are snooty about having degrees or not having degrees – degrees are irrelevant in this discussion, and the fact that number/type of degrees one has is even mentioned in the same discussion shows a lack of awareness about what was being addressed. Enjoying the company of great thinkers and debaters and engaging in fascinating discussions with open minded people has nothing to do with what number/type of degrees anyone has. Degrees are irrelevant to the concept of intellectualism.

Not to say that degrees are not wonderful and worthwhile and obviously represent many years of hard work, commitment and study…but many times there is little correlation between someone who is a true intellectual and someone who has a lot of impressive degrees.

Sorry if I sound snooty, but that’s my take on it… by the way, I have lots of wonderful, accomplished friends here (many are PhDs), and I bet they’d even agree with that statement.

[carli]

It’s funny that some are implying that I’m “touting” the east coast…I’m not trying to start a debate about which coast is “better” overall (as I said, there are reasons I choose to live here and visit there), but I think briansd1 has hit the nail on the head with his observations.

And it’s really silly to say that people on the east coast are snooty about having degrees or not having degrees – degrees are irrelevant in this discussion, and the fact that number/type of degrees one has is even mentioned in the same discussion shows a lack of awareness about what was being addressed. Enjoying the company of great thinkers and debaters and engaging in fascinating discussions with open minded people has nothing to do with what number/type of degrees anyone has. Degrees are irrelevant to the concept of intellectualism.

Not to say that degrees are not wonderful and worthwhile and obviously represent many years of hard work, commitment and study…but many times there is little correlation between someone who is a true intellectual and someone who has a lot of impressive degrees.

Sorry if I sound snooty, but that’s my take on it… by the way, I have lots of wonderful, accomplished friends here (many are PhDs), and I bet they’d even agree with that statement.

[carli]

It’s funny that some are implying that I’m “touting” the east coast…I’m not trying to start a debate about which coast is “better” overall (as I said, there are reasons I choose to live here and visit there), but I think briansd1 has hit the nail on the head with his observations.

And it’s really silly to say that people on the east coast are snooty about having degrees or not having degrees – degrees are irrelevant in this discussion, and the fact that number/type of degrees one has is even mentioned in the same discussion shows a lack of awareness about what was being addressed. Enjoying the company of great thinkers and debaters and engaging in fascinating discussions with open minded people has nothing to do with what number/type of degrees anyone has. Degrees are irrelevant to the concept of intellectualism.

Not to say that degrees are not wonderful and worthwhile and obviously represent many years of hard work, commitment and study…but many times there is little correlation between someone who is a true intellectual and someone who has a lot of impressive degrees.

Sorry if I sound snooty, but that’s my take on it… by the way, I have lots of wonderful, accomplished friends here (many are PhDs), and I bet they’d even agree with that statement.

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