Goodbye to San Diego

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=The-Shoveler]Hope it works for you EP, I think you maybe could have gotten about 80% or so of what you are looking for in TV or maybe Fallbrook and been a bit cooler and still driving distance to beach but have fun![/quote]

Tv has a nice mormon church, lots of mormons. No zion natl park tho.

Im starting to think the heat in tv and st george Might be a selling point. My joints feel better in the warmth. Id be very creaky in maine or vermont.

Still, id feel pretty smart selling my house and buying something just as nice for 70% less

[The-Shoveler]

The difference between TV and st George probably is not that much IMO maybe 25% but maybe I am behind the current TV prices, it has grown some.
No Zion true, but there are beaches to drive to.

[an]

[quote=sdrealtor][quote=Coronita][quote=spdrun]Hot? You bet. St. George, UT gets positively *glowing* recommendations! Come for the alphas, stay for the gammas … and bring a survey meter along!

https://old.reddit.com/r/Utah/comments/lngd5s/downwinders_exposed_to_radioactive_fallout/

Oh, and average high in St. G in high scummer is 102F. Sounds like there’s a reason why it’s cheap. Denying COVID, throwing anyone who’s homeless in jail, and a religious monoculture? More selling points! But, hey, whatever floats your dinghy.

Given the choice of somewhere rural, I’d probably go to Maine. Just as beautiful, briskly cold in winter, and smart people who don’t try to cram their idea of G-d down your gullet.[/quote]

dude. Is there a reason why you need to be an asshole on this thread?

Congrats EconProf. Glad you found Zen in your life .[/quote]

LETDLITA

It’s postcard beautiful there[/quote]LoL

[Coronita]

I’m holding out to be a citizen on Mars…. Then there’s lots of sand…

[gzz]

I don’t understanding the property tax unless schools are funded differently there. You have big Mormon families, but an especially large house is only 3K?

I like both SLC and Park City, but I felt there were some downsides. SLC had an unpleasant smell everywhere. Maybe you get used to it. And I saw a lot of homeless, not concentrated but wondering around or loitering all over the place in small groups. Park City was beautiful in the off season, but basically as expensive as here.

Downtown SLC had a ton of urban amenities and was really clean, new, and organized. They also did a good job of keeping it dense but on a walkable human scale. It reminded me a lot of downtown San Jose.

My top escape to the interior West would be Phoenix. Just as cheap or cheaper as other areas, but with big city amenities. They also got the best water deal, so water is cheaper and more plentiful than NV.

[an]

[quote=Coronita]I’m holding out to be a citizen on Mars…. Then there’s lots of sand…[/quote]
I rather live in the Sahara desert before living on Mars… unless they solve teleportation.

[scaredyclassic]

Its stressful to uproot and leave a place. Im getting scared just thinking about it.

So many new senior assisted living places in temecula. I can just decay in place and take an uber to a senior home when necessary.

[EconProf]

[quote=gzz]I don’t understanding the property tax unless schools are funded differently there. You have big Mormon families, but an especially large house is only 3K?

I like both SLC and Park City, but I felt there were some downsides. SLC had an unpleasant smell everywhere. Maybe you get used to it. And I saw a lot of homeless, not concentrated but wondering around or loitering all over the place in small groups. Park City was beautiful in the off season, but basically as expensive as here.

Downtown SLC had a ton of urban amenities and was really clean, new, and organized. They also did a good job of keeping it dense but on a walkable human scale. It reminded me a lot of downtown San Jose.

My top escape to the interior West would be Phoenix. Just as cheap or cheaper as other areas, but with big city amenities. They also got the best water deal, so water is cheaper and more plentiful than NV.[/quote]

gzz: I agree that $3000 property tax looks suspiciously low, so I need confirmation on that. And Salt Lake City did have a surprisingly large number of homeless people. I guess that goes with any big city.

[EconProf]

In case anyone is interested in seeing what their money will buy in St. George, go to lifeatbrio.com. Great scenery of the area too.
Brio is a development of about 400 homes and is about two-thirds built out. We signed for the house last July at a cost of about $495,000, but added about $50,000 of custom features. The same model is now about $45,000 more expensive now, so nice gain already.
Confession: We’ll be about two miles from my son, his wife, their four-year old boy and two-year old girl, and we fully intend to spoil them. So it is not my smarts that led me to St. George, but the good instincts of this happy couple.

[scaredyclassic]

I approve. I miss my grandpa. He was a really good guy. He moved to be two blocks from me.
Also that setup at brio looks damn nice. And i like this a lot…

https://intermountainhealthcare.org/locations/st-george-regional-hospital/hospital-information/

Financed or cash? What was your reasoning?

[sdrealtor]

[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=The-Shoveler]Hope it works for you EP, I think you maybe could have gotten about 80% or so of what you are looking for in TV or maybe Fallbrook and been a bit cooler and still driving distance to beach but have fun![/quote]

Tv has a nice mormon church, lots of mormons. No zion natl park tho.

Im starting to think the heat in tv and st george Might be a selling point. My joints feel better in the warmth. Id be very creaky in maine or vermont.

Still, id feel pretty smart selling my house and buying something just as nice for 70% less[/quote]

One of my best friends has been in Burlington VT for about 20 years. His oldest graduates HS this year and he cant wait to get the hell out of there and the cold. He’ll be in FLA as soon as possible

[sdrealtor]

[quote=EconProf]In case anyone is interested in seeing what their money will buy in St. George, go to lifeatbrio.com. Great scenery of the area too.
Brio is a development of about 400 homes and is about two-thirds built out. We signed for the house last July at a cost of about $495,000, but added about $50,000 of custom features. The same model is now about $45,000 more expensive now, so nice gain already.
Confession: We’ll be about two miles from my son, his wife, their four-year old boy and two-year old girl, and we fully intend to spoil them. So it is not my smarts that led me to St. George, but the good instincts of this happy couple.[/quote]

Honestly that website doesnt come close to showing how beautiful the area is. I could be very happy playing golf courses like these.

https://www.google.com/search?q=st+george+utah+golf&sxsrf=ALeKk02lOD5Fzg6XOBnUQaVwe9aOpdR2iA:1614235057181&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiL16qZtoTvAhW0On0KHc6bAxEQ_AUoAnoECBIQBA&biw=1920&bih=880

One of the biggest issues is as you said everything is new and antional chains. The lack of old family owned restaurants and interesting ethic food would kill me

[scaredyclassic]

Wow. The setting is nice enough for a natural course. The green detracts imo.

I guess id have to make my own thai food when i move across from econprof.

Theres a seller at the little italy farmers mkt who sells a great tom yum paste.

Ditch your weed at the border. Looks like 16 oz. Gets 5 years prison. Less is a up to a year in county lockup.

Personally im sick of intoxication. I think cheap legal weed may be harmful to young people. Too much, too easy to get, too cheap. Not as harmful as 5 y. Prison tho.

ive had my fill of intoxication and its time to be an old person just glad to wake up every morning. Been over a year without a drink, ever since that retreat at deerpark monastery in escondido. Might be better than rehab.

St george really is close enough to come back to escondido once in a while. And yelp has some nice eateries listed. Thai, indian peruvian others.

My grandpa used to give me little boxes of cookies. They dont sell them anymore. Every time i went there my brother and i got a box.. Good to have a thing like that.

https://www.google.com/search?q=vintage+box+cookies+1960s+chip&oq=vintage+box+cookies+1960s+chip&aqs=chrome..69i57j33i160l2.10511j0j4&client=ms-android-verizon&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#imgdii=Rm_a6nXbD1nnBM&imgrc=uEU1QzqifGrKzM

These. He really got a lot of pleasure from watching us eat these.

My mom recently gave me the old chess set we used to play with. So worn. Even has the old spool substitution for the long lost rook i can remember 50 years later. Econprof, u can make a profound impression on those kids.

[Hobie]

[quote=scaredyclassic]Econprof, u can make a profound impression on those kids.[/quote]

What a respectful, classy thing to say. Nicely done scaredy!

+1 here.

[sdrealtor]

Yes very nice sentiment scaredy.

As for the golf courses, they are just average. I posted the link to pictures which highlight the scenary around them more than the actual courses. Its visually stunning all over. If I lived there ‘d drive the 10 minute stretch on 15 through the Virgin River Canyon at least once a week. One of my Top 5 drives in America it feels like a videe game.

The food is a non-starter for me as I go right to my italian food barometer. Looked up top 10 rated italian restos. Five are what look like inadequate pizza places, there isnt a single one Id look forward to eating at, #8 is a steakhouse not an italian restaurtant and #9 is Olive Garden. That sucks.

And onto appreciation he mentioned, some is nice but not close to CA. I helped my niece pick out a townhouse to buy in Cucamonga back August. We got the best location in the community for her at $415K. Project closed out in january close to $500K for same model in the worst locations. She doesnt close/move in until April or May and will already be around 25% appreciation. Thats CA appreciation for ya.

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