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[patientlywaiting]

It seems to me like the really old shacks need to sell for a substantially reduced price per square foot in order to compete with newer housing. That’s especially true given the fact that those old houses generally only have 1 outdated, functionally obsolete bathroom, not to mention bad electrical, plumbing, insulation.

Most of the remodeling cost is in the bathrooms and kitchen.

People who paid $500,000 for those shacks will be in for a rude awakening.

[Ricechex]

Well, I must chime in! IMO, overall, the houses in City Heights are smaller and less descript. There are more of those really plain box houses. I don’t know of any streets in City Heights to mirror the streets of Pershing, Granada, Alabama–the ones near Morley Field. I also think City Heights is MUCH more dense with apartment complexes. I suspect that there was less regulations in the 70’s and many low income apartment complexes were built.

About 7 years ago was the Price Charities project in City Heights (Price was the Priceclub guy, then Price Club became Costco) and that helped to revitalize City Heights to some extent. The Albertsons on Fairmount was built, and that shopping center. That was something for a neighborhood that for years only had liquor stores and small food marts.

My friend and I bought a rental house in City Heights in 2001, and I can tell you the area has improved. It has NOT improved nearly as much as North Park has.

Drunkle, whereabouts do you live? I RARELY hear ghetto birds. Mostly people walking their dogs, and some neighbors know each other. No drama, no chaos. Though, that was different back in the late 80s/early 90’s when I lived near El Cajon Blvd on Alabama Street. I live just west of the 805 and south of University.

[Ricechex]

Well, I must chime in! IMO, overall, the houses in City Heights are smaller and less descript. There are more of those really plain box houses. I don’t know of any streets in City Heights to mirror the streets of Pershing, Granada, Alabama–the ones near Morley Field. I also think City Heights is MUCH more dense with apartment complexes. I suspect that there was less regulations in the 70’s and many low income apartment complexes were built.

About 7 years ago was the Price Charities project in City Heights (Price was the Priceclub guy, then Price Club became Costco) and that helped to revitalize City Heights to some extent. The Albertsons on Fairmount was built, and that shopping center. That was something for a neighborhood that for years only had liquor stores and small food marts.

My friend and I bought a rental house in City Heights in 2001, and I can tell you the area has improved. It has NOT improved nearly as much as North Park has.

Drunkle, whereabouts do you live? I RARELY hear ghetto birds. Mostly people walking their dogs, and some neighbors know each other. No drama, no chaos. Though, that was different back in the late 80s/early 90’s when I lived near El Cajon Blvd on Alabama Street. I live just west of the 805 and south of University.

[Ricechex]

Well, I must chime in! IMO, overall, the houses in City Heights are smaller and less descript. There are more of those really plain box houses. I don’t know of any streets in City Heights to mirror the streets of Pershing, Granada, Alabama–the ones near Morley Field. I also think City Heights is MUCH more dense with apartment complexes. I suspect that there was less regulations in the 70’s and many low income apartment complexes were built.

About 7 years ago was the Price Charities project in City Heights (Price was the Priceclub guy, then Price Club became Costco) and that helped to revitalize City Heights to some extent. The Albertsons on Fairmount was built, and that shopping center. That was something for a neighborhood that for years only had liquor stores and small food marts.

My friend and I bought a rental house in City Heights in 2001, and I can tell you the area has improved. It has NOT improved nearly as much as North Park has.

Drunkle, whereabouts do you live? I RARELY hear ghetto birds. Mostly people walking their dogs, and some neighbors know each other. No drama, no chaos. Though, that was different back in the late 80s/early 90’s when I lived near El Cajon Blvd on Alabama Street. I live just west of the 805 and south of University.

[Ricechex]

Well, I must chime in! IMO, overall, the houses in City Heights are smaller and less descript. There are more of those really plain box houses. I don’t know of any streets in City Heights to mirror the streets of Pershing, Granada, Alabama–the ones near Morley Field. I also think City Heights is MUCH more dense with apartment complexes. I suspect that there was less regulations in the 70’s and many low income apartment complexes were built.

About 7 years ago was the Price Charities project in City Heights (Price was the Priceclub guy, then Price Club became Costco) and that helped to revitalize City Heights to some extent. The Albertsons on Fairmount was built, and that shopping center. That was something for a neighborhood that for years only had liquor stores and small food marts.

My friend and I bought a rental house in City Heights in 2001, and I can tell you the area has improved. It has NOT improved nearly as much as North Park has.

Drunkle, whereabouts do you live? I RARELY hear ghetto birds. Mostly people walking their dogs, and some neighbors know each other. No drama, no chaos. Though, that was different back in the late 80s/early 90’s when I lived near El Cajon Blvd on Alabama Street. I live just west of the 805 and south of University.

[Ricechex]

Well, I must chime in! IMO, overall, the houses in City Heights are smaller and less descript. There are more of those really plain box houses. I don’t know of any streets in City Heights to mirror the streets of Pershing, Granada, Alabama–the ones near Morley Field. I also think City Heights is MUCH more dense with apartment complexes. I suspect that there was less regulations in the 70’s and many low income apartment complexes were built.

About 7 years ago was the Price Charities project in City Heights (Price was the Priceclub guy, then Price Club became Costco) and that helped to revitalize City Heights to some extent. The Albertsons on Fairmount was built, and that shopping center. That was something for a neighborhood that for years only had liquor stores and small food marts.

My friend and I bought a rental house in City Heights in 2001, and I can tell you the area has improved. It has NOT improved nearly as much as North Park has.

Drunkle, whereabouts do you live? I RARELY hear ghetto birds. Mostly people walking their dogs, and some neighbors know each other. No drama, no chaos. Though, that was different back in the late 80s/early 90’s when I lived near El Cajon Blvd on Alabama Street. I live just west of the 805 and south of University.

[JerseyGrl]

Toots

Well, the stucco “shack” that we’re renting in Burlingame near Switzer Canyon cost our landlord $650K in 2005. I am sitting on a heating pad with a blanket over my lap. No central heat, no insulation, one bathroom, about 1000 sq ft.
She got a deal at 650, no? I think our deal is better; we rent it for less than 2k a month. I’d say these houses are WAY overpriced!

We hear the ghetto birds every week and seems like every other day. SDPD uses the bullhorn to flush the crooks out of the canyon warning them they’re about to let the dogs loose…

There are things we like about the neighborhood and I’ve been a city kid all my life so I can put up with a lot more than most suburbanites BUT the prices of houses in North PARK are just absurd. Anyone who purchases a residence (now) here either has too much money and doesn’t know what to do with it or they’re just plain stupid. You can get a lot more living space for your rental dollar than you if you’re buying.

Two years ago houses on this street would sell in less than a week for asking price. Those days are way over. One of our neighbors has dropped her asking price from 650 to 499 and still no takers. We are seeing more and more of that here. it’s going to get interesting……

[JerseyGrl]

Toots

Well, the stucco “shack” that we’re renting in Burlingame near Switzer Canyon cost our landlord $650K in 2005. I am sitting on a heating pad with a blanket over my lap. No central heat, no insulation, one bathroom, about 1000 sq ft.
She got a deal at 650, no? I think our deal is better; we rent it for less than 2k a month. I’d say these houses are WAY overpriced!

We hear the ghetto birds every week and seems like every other day. SDPD uses the bullhorn to flush the crooks out of the canyon warning them they’re about to let the dogs loose…

There are things we like about the neighborhood and I’ve been a city kid all my life so I can put up with a lot more than most suburbanites BUT the prices of houses in North PARK are just absurd. Anyone who purchases a residence (now) here either has too much money and doesn’t know what to do with it or they’re just plain stupid. You can get a lot more living space for your rental dollar than you if you’re buying.

Two years ago houses on this street would sell in less than a week for asking price. Those days are way over. One of our neighbors has dropped her asking price from 650 to 499 and still no takers. We are seeing more and more of that here. it’s going to get interesting……

[JerseyGrl]

Toots

Well, the stucco “shack” that we’re renting in Burlingame near Switzer Canyon cost our landlord $650K in 2005. I am sitting on a heating pad with a blanket over my lap. No central heat, no insulation, one bathroom, about 1000 sq ft.
She got a deal at 650, no? I think our deal is better; we rent it for less than 2k a month. I’d say these houses are WAY overpriced!

We hear the ghetto birds every week and seems like every other day. SDPD uses the bullhorn to flush the crooks out of the canyon warning them they’re about to let the dogs loose…

There are things we like about the neighborhood and I’ve been a city kid all my life so I can put up with a lot more than most suburbanites BUT the prices of houses in North PARK are just absurd. Anyone who purchases a residence (now) here either has too much money and doesn’t know what to do with it or they’re just plain stupid. You can get a lot more living space for your rental dollar than you if you’re buying.

Two years ago houses on this street would sell in less than a week for asking price. Those days are way over. One of our neighbors has dropped her asking price from 650 to 499 and still no takers. We are seeing more and more of that here. it’s going to get interesting……

[JerseyGrl]

Toots

Well, the stucco “shack” that we’re renting in Burlingame near Switzer Canyon cost our landlord $650K in 2005. I am sitting on a heating pad with a blanket over my lap. No central heat, no insulation, one bathroom, about 1000 sq ft.
She got a deal at 650, no? I think our deal is better; we rent it for less than 2k a month. I’d say these houses are WAY overpriced!

We hear the ghetto birds every week and seems like every other day. SDPD uses the bullhorn to flush the crooks out of the canyon warning them they’re about to let the dogs loose…

There are things we like about the neighborhood and I’ve been a city kid all my life so I can put up with a lot more than most suburbanites BUT the prices of houses in North PARK are just absurd. Anyone who purchases a residence (now) here either has too much money and doesn’t know what to do with it or they’re just plain stupid. You can get a lot more living space for your rental dollar than you if you’re buying.

Two years ago houses on this street would sell in less than a week for asking price. Those days are way over. One of our neighbors has dropped her asking price from 650 to 499 and still no takers. We are seeing more and more of that here. it’s going to get interesting……

[JerseyGrl]

Toots

Well, the stucco “shack” that we’re renting in Burlingame near Switzer Canyon cost our landlord $650K in 2005. I am sitting on a heating pad with a blanket over my lap. No central heat, no insulation, one bathroom, about 1000 sq ft.
She got a deal at 650, no? I think our deal is better; we rent it for less than 2k a month. I’d say these houses are WAY overpriced!

We hear the ghetto birds every week and seems like every other day. SDPD uses the bullhorn to flush the crooks out of the canyon warning them they’re about to let the dogs loose…

There are things we like about the neighborhood and I’ve been a city kid all my life so I can put up with a lot more than most suburbanites BUT the prices of houses in North PARK are just absurd. Anyone who purchases a residence (now) here either has too much money and doesn’t know what to do with it or they’re just plain stupid. You can get a lot more living space for your rental dollar than you if you’re buying.

Two years ago houses on this street would sell in less than a week for asking price. Those days are way over. One of our neighbors has dropped her asking price from 650 to 499 and still no takers. We are seeing more and more of that here. it’s going to get interesting……

[drunkle]

cereal guy:

i’ve lived in various places in np/nh since the later ninties. off hamilton and madison, off swift and orange and off howard and kansas.

now that i think about it, the birds are less intrusive than they used to be. or i’m desensitized to it. they’re still there, of course, making announcements of lost geezers, wandering axe murders and such.

[drunkle]

cereal guy:

i’ve lived in various places in np/nh since the later ninties. off hamilton and madison, off swift and orange and off howard and kansas.

now that i think about it, the birds are less intrusive than they used to be. or i’m desensitized to it. they’re still there, of course, making announcements of lost geezers, wandering axe murders and such.

[drunkle]

cereal guy:

i’ve lived in various places in np/nh since the later ninties. off hamilton and madison, off swift and orange and off howard and kansas.

now that i think about it, the birds are less intrusive than they used to be. or i’m desensitized to it. they’re still there, of course, making announcements of lost geezers, wandering axe murders and such.

[drunkle]

cereal guy:

i’ve lived in various places in np/nh since the later ninties. off hamilton and madison, off swift and orange and off howard and kansas.

now that i think about it, the birds are less intrusive than they used to be. or i’m desensitized to it. they’re still there, of course, making announcements of lost geezers, wandering axe murders and such.

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