I didn’t see this posted here….wonder why?

[Duck]

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=805

I guess just about everyone does want to live here.

[Arty]

It is a huge difference between want and can. I want to win the lottery, but I haven’t won yet.

[Duck]

See any correlation between the top “wants” and home prices? Where there is a will, there is a way.

[Arraya]

If everybody wants to live here why are they not moving here….?

[Arty]

Where there is a will, there is a way.

Of course, the way is buying a house you cannot afford and gets foreclosed on :).

[CarlsbadMtnBiker]

Econ 101 – future supply (low for N. County Coastal) vs future demand (seems to be holding strong.) Does this boost the simple argument?

[lendingbubblecontinues]

duck:

bullshit!

Until homes like the most recent entry in the worst picture in the MLS contest thread start selling for 1/3 to 1/2 of the asking prices , we are nowhere near a bottom and “everyone wants to live here” means absolutely nothing until we are there.

This bubble was all based on layers and layers of reckless lending standards and fraud.

“where there is a will there is a way”- there was a way, but that has all changed now….stated income products will soon be gone like T-Rex

finally- those who answer the survey saying “I want to live in SD” are not thinking about our ‘burbs and ghettos…of course, everyone wants to live in Coronado or La Jolla—but will people really trade everything to move to some tract home in Carmel Valley, Rancho Bernardo or San Marcos. F&*k no!

[CarlsbadMtnBiker]

“finally- those who answer the survey saying “I want to live in SD” are not thinking about our ‘burbs and ghettos…of course, everyone wants to live in Coronado or La Jolla—but will people really trade everything to move to some tract home in Carmel Valley, Rancho Bernardo or San Marcos. F&*k no!”

Answer: If you live in a hurricane prone state, I think so.

Every city has its bad side of town … think weather and beach (as is mentioned in the opening statement of the survey) as a primary factor here. Vista, CA has been listed as a top US city for the most prime weather and climate (e.g. most days with a temp at or near 70 degrees) People need to take a drive down 101 every once in awhile and touch some ocean water to see the light. We live in paradise .. even if u live in jamul (still a short drive to the ocean.)

Get out of your house and out from in front of that computer screen ! Go to the beach !!! Then you may get litte RE bull (vs. bear) back in ya.

[lendingbubblecontinues]

It was paradise 10 years ago too, when one could buy a house without committing financial suicide to do so.

Next fallacy, please…

[bubble_contagion]

Everybody wants to be thin, most people aren’t. Given how hard it is to live in San Diego with a lifestyle like it is portrayed in the media, very few people attempt it seriously.

[sdcellar]

You didn’t see it because that’s not news. I’m sure California would have been at or near the top of any such poll for longer than many of us have been alive.

It didn’t suddenly get nicer and people don’t suddenly want to move here any more than they did before the bubble.

Sheesh. You should duck.

[bob007]

i would love a 25 acre ranch on a cliff overlooking the coast

[capeman]

Yeah, I really WANT to live in my very own house in San Diego and even though I am in the top 5-10% in median family income I can’t reasonably do it. This rollercoaster is just getting started.

[Artifact]

Yes, San Diego is a desirable place to live – but the population numbers don’t show that we are having a major influx of new people – I think more “homeowner” age people are leaving actually. At the last report, wasn’t the only growing age group in San Diego due to births?

So yes, people “want” to live here, but apparently there are quite a few reasonable people out there that have refused to come here are live in debt just to be close to Legoland.

As much as I love living in San Diego, I have been exploring the opposite – a move to a place which costs less so I can actually hope to own something – We choose for my wife to stay home with our children and in San Diego 1 income is hard to live on if you want more than a 2 bedroom apartment. I make just over the median houseold income, but it takes a hell of a lot more than that to live nicely here. That is not to complain too much, we live with only a car payment and a student loan bill – other than that we are able to save a some each month, both for retirement and for a future down payment – it is just a long ways off I fear.

T

[Alex_angel]

It’s nothing new. California and NY have always been the most desired places to live but most people don’t due to cost of living. I want to live in St. Tropez but doesn’t mean that I will.

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