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January 17, 2014 at 1:37 PM #20926January 17, 2014 at 1:51 PM #769825
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ParticipantLast I check, Bakersfield, Fresno, Sacramento are not suburbs.
January 17, 2014 at 1:55 PM #769826spdrun
ParticipantIt’s also found in inland SD Co…
January 17, 2014 at 9:57 PM #769836paramount
ParticipantWow, I had never heard of this pathogen/condition.
I was planning on retiring in the Central Valley (clovis specifically), no wonder the real estate is cheap.
January 17, 2014 at 11:12 PM #769837an
Participant[quote=paramount]Wow, I had never heard of this pathogen/condition.
I was planning on retiring in the Central Valley (clovis specifically), no wonder the real estate is cheap.[/quote]I’m pretty sure Valley Fever is not the reason real estate there is cheap. I’m pretty sure it has to do with lack of jobs.
As to Clovis for retirement, why? You won’t care about schools when you retire, so why not Fresno instead? It’s even cheaper.
January 18, 2014 at 12:59 AM #769838paramount
Participant[quote=AN][quote=paramount]Wow, I had never heard of this pathogen/condition.
I was planning on retiring in the Central Valley (clovis specifically), no wonder the real estate is cheap.[/quote]I’m pretty sure Valley Fever is not the reason real estate there is cheap. I’m pretty sure it has to do with lack of jobs.
As to Clovis for retirement, why? You won’t care about schools when you retire, so why not Fresno instead? It’s even cheaper.[/quote]
I guess fresno and clovis are sort of like temecula and murrieta, twin cities attached at the hip. I do like clovis since it’s a bit more modern, it’s a college town and I really like having the Sierra’s for a backyard.
January 18, 2014 at 2:30 PM #769849Essbee
ParticipantI’ve been a physician here in California for 11 years. I’ve seen a few cases but not many. The most memorable was a ~20 year old Type I diabetic woman (from Delano, I think) who had it in her brain/spinal fluid. I wonder if she is still alive. I also found out that there are zero Infectious Disease doctors in many of the counties in the Valley. (That was the reason that the woman was transferred to LA for her medical care rather than remaining at her local hospital).
The Midwest has histoplasmosis, but you hardly ever hear about that, either.
January 19, 2014 at 10:36 AM #769865EconProf
ParticipantThe whole article was scary and apocalyptic, which made me wonder why we haven’t heard more about this medical condition. The article claimed massive harm, increasing at a frightening rate, so why haven’t we heard more about it in the news?
I really stopped reading when they reported a family that had six-inch deep dust accumulating near openings in their house, dust so thick they had to wear dust masks inside their house, and dust so bad they could not see each other across the living room. This was a middle-class family, and I really doubt they would stay in such a house. Sorry, New Yorker Magazine, I’m not buying it till I see collaborating evidence.January 19, 2014 at 11:05 AM #769866spdrun
ParticipantI didn’t gather that from the article — they said the harm has been there since at least WW 2. As far as the family that had to move — this was based on the journo’s interview of them, and perhaps they exaggerated. However, if you look at pictures of the Oklahoma Dust Bowl, there are pictures of equipment and homes buried in FEET of dust, so maybe it’s not 100% surprising.
As far as why they didn’t move ASAP, people are surprisingly attached to their homes, and if a “middle-class” family dropped $300-400k on a home, do they really have money for mortgage, taxes, insurance, etc AND rent on an apartment or a motel room for weeks on end?
January 19, 2014 at 10:19 PM #769880urbanrealtor
Participant[quote=EconProf]The whole article was scary and apocalyptic, which made me wonder why we haven’t heard more about this medical condition. The article claimed massive harm, increasing at a frightening rate, so why haven’t we heard more about it in the news?
I really stopped reading when they reported a family that had six-inch deep dust accumulating near openings in their house, dust so thick they had to wear dust masks inside their house, and dust so bad they could not see each other across the living room. This was a middle-class family, and I really doubt they would stay in such a house. Sorry, New Yorker Magazine, I’m not buying it till I see collaborating evidence.[/quote]Good Christ.
Do this:
Type “valley Fever” into Google News.
Or even just google.
It will help you deal with your skepticism.Also, I think you mean corroborating and not collaborating.
January 20, 2014 at 3:20 AM #769886CA renter
Participant[quote=EconProf]The whole article was scary and apocalyptic, which made me wonder why we haven’t heard more about this medical condition. The article claimed massive harm, increasing at a frightening rate, so why haven’t we heard more about it in the news?
I really stopped reading when they reported a family that had six-inch deep dust accumulating near openings in their house, dust so thick they had to wear dust masks inside their house, and dust so bad they could not see each other across the living room. This was a middle-class family, and I really doubt they would stay in such a house. Sorry, New Yorker Magazine, I’m not buying it till I see collaborating evidence.[/quote]My dad lived in the Central Valley for a number of years. Pretty much everyone who lives there has long known about Valley Fever.
January 22, 2014 at 12:12 AM #770052an
Participant[quote=paramount]I guess fresno and clovis are sort of like temecula and murrieta, twin cities attached at the hip. I do like clovis since it’s a bit more modern, it’s a college town and I really like having the Sierra’s for a backyard.[/quote]Uh, have you been to Fresno/Clovis area? It’s Fresno State, not Clovis State. Also, both have their new and old stock of houses. Fresno have a much bigger price variance than Clovis IMHO. Fresno have your really cheap houses in the Southern part, but it also have its “extremely” expensive part (Northern part, Van Ness Lake, Woodward Lake, etc). The Sierra’s as a background can be had in both Fresno and Clovis. I guess, I was just trying to see why you’d pick Clovis over Fresno, when you’re retiring and school no longer matter.
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