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[scaredyclassic]

Spdrun, you have no clue how much laundry a family of 5 can generate.

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=FlyerInHi]Haha..
You have to understand the desirability of new places such as Temecula. 6pack is right that Temecula sucks less. But I’d add that it doesn’t wow more either. Kinda blah.

Temecula doesn’t suck for the average person.

Spd, your friends in SD are the exception rather than the rule. Point being that if you don’t have conveniences Inside your home, it takes more effort to achieve the same goal. Either you put in more effort or you do it less or not at all.

If you got 2 kids, you don’t have time to go to the laundromat. And the costs add up quick.[/quote]

If as Tennyson asserts the entire universe can be seen in one mere flower in a crannied wall, certainly there is more than enough in all of temecula to hold ones interest for a short lifespan.

[spdrun]

You’re exaggerating — my family used to have an old beach house which we rented in winter and lived in during the summer. 30 amp 120V service for the whole house, so not much chance of a washer/dryer; mom, dad, my sister, myself, and frequently my grandma. It really wasn’t a big deal.

And again, what’s the big deal about doing laundry in your building’s basement? It’s not much harder than doing so in your own house.

When a people say they suddenly “need” x the day after they pop out a kid, they mean “want and the kid is a good excuse.”

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=spdrun]You’re exaggerating — my family used to have an old beach house which we rented in winter and lived in during the summer. 30 amp 120V service for the whole house, so not much chance of a washer/dryer; mom, dad, my sister, myself, and frequently my grandma. It really wasn’t a big deal.

And again, what’s the big deal about doing laundry in your building’s basement? It’s not much harder than doing so in your own house.

When a people say they suddenly “need” x the day after they pop out a kid, they mean “want and the kid is a good excuse.”[/quote]

Summer beach house. Swimsuit. No shirts. Nice and cool.

I grew up in Brooklyn. It was cramped and icky compared to temecula. I go back and the town smells like a giant toilet. Weird I hadn’t noticed when I was there

[SDHopes]

Beaches here we come!

[paramount]

[quote=6packscaredy]
I grew up in Brooklyn. It was cramped and icky compared to temecula. I go back and the town smells like a giant toilet. Weird I hadn’t noticed when I was there[/quote]

Since I’m a foodie, I guess I was thinking of all those great restaurants/eateries in NYC/Brooklyn.

I like to order Ravioli’s from Pastosa’s in Brooklyn; although I find the Ravioli (Seviroli Ravioli) from Costco on par with Pastosa’s.

http://www.pastosa.com/

[NotCranky]

[quote=spdrun]The-Shoveler: “downtown” SD is crap, I agree. If you want to live in a nice/walkable area you have your choice:
(1) North Park
(2) Uni Heights
(3) PB or OB
(4) South Park/Golden Hill
(5) Parts of coastal North County (read: Carlsbad, Encinitas, or even Oceanside).

Downtown SD is the equivalent of parts of Midtown Manhattan or areas near Wall St. Great for business but deadski after hours.[/quote]

1-4 definitely are interesting and walkable, not really “nice”. These areas come with a lot to make one grimace each and every day. Condoms iand dog stuff on the sidewalks and in the street , unfortunate homeless crazies and drug addicts wandering the alleys and sleeping who knows where. Gang bangers. Surface street traffic galore even on a lot of the side streets, but definitely on the main roads. Dirty streets. Terrible parking competition. Stinky grease traps and other restaurant and business garbage stockpiled in the allies. People dumping stuff randomly from trucks there too. Potential muggings and lots of small theft/burglary. I guess I could go on but it’s been a while since I lived there so my memory may be failing me.

5) Also known as “gridlocked Nirvana” hat tip BG.

[spdrun]

You’re just talking about normal city stuff here; it’s not perfectly clean, so what? Potheads, poop, and prophylactics — we get them in my neighborhood as well, can be annoying but it’s just part of life; there are always some tradeoffs.

Traffic is a lot less than parts of Manhattan or Brooklyn on the side streets, and parking is child’s play by comparison. I’ve never found a good spot further than a block from my destination in any of those places.

I’m also thinking that “gang bangers” is a not-so-slight exaggeration for most parts of 1-4.

[CA renter]

[quote=6packscaredy]Spdrun, you have no clue how much laundry a family of 5 can generate.[/quote]

+ 1 million

[scaredyclassic]

I’m pretty cheap but I have a fancy front loading washer that runs it seems pretty much continuously.

And I wear raw denim jeans I only wash one time every 6 months.

Not sure whose laundry this all is.

[spdrun]

Whereas the commercial f/l washer/dryers in my building’s basement do their thing in an hour for a normal load. Combined. It’s actually faster than doing it in your own laundry if you come later on a week night since you can dump in 2-3 loads at once.

And getting back to SD, plenty of apts in areas 1-4 have either a laundry room in the complex or a laundry closet.

Personally, I’d rather just have building laundry and pay for some other poor SOB to deal with maintaining the machines.

[FlyerInHi]

That gets back to my point that NY stinks for the middle class.

If you pile up 1 week of laundry in a small apartment, the place will stink. It won’t stink to high heavens but there will be a funny smell that you won’t smell but other people will.

There is more air in a 3000sf house with high ceilings.

Don’t take things personal. Embrace the truth and go with it.

The standard now is to shower and change clothes at least once a day. And it’s a pain to go to the laundry room. You have to schlep down to the basement w/ your basket, detergent, bleach, etc…

When I step into an apartment building in NY, I smell that odd smell beginning in the hallway. Of course, that’s after I take the smelly subway to get there.

Old cars and cabs have funny smells too.

[scaredyclassic]

the problem i have is it’s me that smells funny.

[paramount]

Well, at least New York is friendly compared to So Cal…

[SK in CV]

[quote=paramount]Well, at least New York is friendly compared to So Cal…[/quote]

Of course it is. And if you dare to suggest otherwise, they’ll be the first to tell you to blow it out your ass.

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