San Diego now cheaper than Seattle

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[quote=ctr70]It will be interesting if Portland and Seattle get hammered in price as bad as Cali has. They peaked later.

I remember thinking it crazy that Las Vegas and Phoenix had much higher medians than Denver during the height of the bubble. That has corrected itself big time. Denver is back to having a higher median than those 2 towns.[/quote]

I don’t think Seattle will fair that bad, because again i think the commerce/business activity is pretty good there.

Where it think things are going to get really ugly is Portland (and Oregon in general). I was considering buying an investment property there (I have a friend that works there). While housing prices were much cheaper than here in CA ($500k can buy you good homes in Portlandregion), the biggest issue i have is the price/income in Oregon (from my guessimate) seems really really bad. Oregon wages are nowhere near what we see out here in CA. Oregon has historically had unemployment problems. Property tax in Oregon is also not cheap (since it has no sales tax). It’s a nice area, but most homes should not be in the $400k-$500k region. Back when I was looking, inventory was ridiculously low(you had to buy preconstruction). Partly was because a lot of CA folks were buying there.. Today, if you take a glance at the MLS in Portland area, you’ll notice it’s flooded with inventory.

Then again, what do I know….I’m just an idiot saver.

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[quote=flu_aka_idiot saver]Seattle was never cheap. Too many Amazon and MSFT millionaires

But people are pretty cool there. You want to talk about cultured people, it’s a great place to be. Just have to deal with the rain.[/quote]

how many can there be?

the Seattle MSA has 25 Million are there 250,000 Millionaires there?

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[quote=flu_aka_idiot saver]Seattle was never cheap. Too many Amazon and MSFT millionaires

But people are pretty cool there. You want to talk about cultured people, it’s a great place to be. Just have to deal with the rain.[/quote]

how many can there be?

the Seattle MSA has 25 Million are there 250,000 Millionaires there?

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[quote=flu_aka_idiot saver]Seattle was never cheap. Too many Amazon and MSFT millionaires

But people are pretty cool there. You want to talk about cultured people, it’s a great place to be. Just have to deal with the rain.[/quote]

how many can there be?

the Seattle MSA has 25 Million are there 250,000 Millionaires there?

[patb]

[quote=flu_aka_idiot saver]Seattle was never cheap. Too many Amazon and MSFT millionaires

But people are pretty cool there. You want to talk about cultured people, it’s a great place to be. Just have to deal with the rain.[/quote]

how many can there be?

the Seattle MSA has 25 Million are there 250,000 Millionaires there?

[patb]

[quote=flu_aka_idiot saver]Seattle was never cheap. Too many Amazon and MSFT millionaires

But people are pretty cool there. You want to talk about cultured people, it’s a great place to be. Just have to deal with the rain.[/quote]

how many can there be?

the Seattle MSA has 25 Million are there 250,000 Millionaires there?

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[quote=ctr70]If Seattle had even close to SD’s weather I’d much prefer living up there. Much prettier, more character, more culture, better class of people… the weather just sucks 9 mos a year.[/quote]

I don’t think Seattle would have the culture/character you describe if they had our weather. Up there when it rains, you go into your garage and make some music, or read a book, or paint a painting, etc. Why do any of that here when you can just go to the beach? The weather of any particular city shapes its culture a lot more than people think. Seattle also has one of the highest suicide rates in the country — coincidentally it also has one of the highest cloudy/rainy-day rates.

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[quote=ctr70]If Seattle had even close to SD’s weather I’d much prefer living up there. Much prettier, more character, more culture, better class of people… the weather just sucks 9 mos a year.[/quote]

I don’t think Seattle would have the culture/character you describe if they had our weather. Up there when it rains, you go into your garage and make some music, or read a book, or paint a painting, etc. Why do any of that here when you can just go to the beach? The weather of any particular city shapes its culture a lot more than people think. Seattle also has one of the highest suicide rates in the country — coincidentally it also has one of the highest cloudy/rainy-day rates.

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[quote=ctr70]If Seattle had even close to SD’s weather I’d much prefer living up there. Much prettier, more character, more culture, better class of people… the weather just sucks 9 mos a year.[/quote]

I don’t think Seattle would have the culture/character you describe if they had our weather. Up there when it rains, you go into your garage and make some music, or read a book, or paint a painting, etc. Why do any of that here when you can just go to the beach? The weather of any particular city shapes its culture a lot more than people think. Seattle also has one of the highest suicide rates in the country — coincidentally it also has one of the highest cloudy/rainy-day rates.

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[quote=ctr70]If Seattle had even close to SD’s weather I’d much prefer living up there. Much prettier, more character, more culture, better class of people… the weather just sucks 9 mos a year.[/quote]

I don’t think Seattle would have the culture/character you describe if they had our weather. Up there when it rains, you go into your garage and make some music, or read a book, or paint a painting, etc. Why do any of that here when you can just go to the beach? The weather of any particular city shapes its culture a lot more than people think. Seattle also has one of the highest suicide rates in the country — coincidentally it also has one of the highest cloudy/rainy-day rates.

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[quote=ctr70]If Seattle had even close to SD’s weather I’d much prefer living up there. Much prettier, more character, more culture, better class of people… the weather just sucks 9 mos a year.[/quote]

I don’t think Seattle would have the culture/character you describe if they had our weather. Up there when it rains, you go into your garage and make some music, or read a book, or paint a painting, etc. Why do any of that here when you can just go to the beach? The weather of any particular city shapes its culture a lot more than people think. Seattle also has one of the highest suicide rates in the country — coincidentally it also has one of the highest cloudy/rainy-day rates.

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[quote=patb][quote=flu_aka_idiot saver]Seattle was never cheap. Too many Amazon and MSFT millionaires

But people are pretty cool there. You want to talk about cultured people, it’s a great place to be. Just have to deal with the rain.[/quote]

how many can there be?

the Seattle MSA has 25 Million are there 250,000 Millionaires there?[/quote]

Don’t take me literally… My point was that I believe employment in the Seattle area is still pretty strong. (I still get calls from headhunters asking if I want to move there for opportunities). Yes yes, microsoft had a layoff…But, again, if was such a problem, I wouldn’t be getting recruiters calling.

[Coronita]

[quote=patb][quote=flu_aka_idiot saver]Seattle was never cheap. Too many Amazon and MSFT millionaires

But people are pretty cool there. You want to talk about cultured people, it’s a great place to be. Just have to deal with the rain.[/quote]

how many can there be?

the Seattle MSA has 25 Million are there 250,000 Millionaires there?[/quote]

Don’t take me literally… My point was that I believe employment in the Seattle area is still pretty strong. (I still get calls from headhunters asking if I want to move there for opportunities). Yes yes, microsoft had a layoff…But, again, if was such a problem, I wouldn’t be getting recruiters calling.

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[quote=patb][quote=flu_aka_idiot saver]Seattle was never cheap. Too many Amazon and MSFT millionaires

But people are pretty cool there. You want to talk about cultured people, it’s a great place to be. Just have to deal with the rain.[/quote]

how many can there be?

the Seattle MSA has 25 Million are there 250,000 Millionaires there?[/quote]

Don’t take me literally… My point was that I believe employment in the Seattle area is still pretty strong. (I still get calls from headhunters asking if I want to move there for opportunities). Yes yes, microsoft had a layoff…But, again, if was such a problem, I wouldn’t be getting recruiters calling.

[Coronita]

[quote=patb][quote=flu_aka_idiot saver]Seattle was never cheap. Too many Amazon and MSFT millionaires

But people are pretty cool there. You want to talk about cultured people, it’s a great place to be. Just have to deal with the rain.[/quote]

how many can there be?

the Seattle MSA has 25 Million are there 250,000 Millionaires there?[/quote]

Don’t take me literally… My point was that I believe employment in the Seattle area is still pretty strong. (I still get calls from headhunters asking if I want to move there for opportunities). Yes yes, microsoft had a layoff…But, again, if was such a problem, I wouldn’t be getting recruiters calling.

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