Upper MId to Lower High End Market in NCC

[bearishgurl]

[quote=sdrealtor]BG
Lots of great points and thanks for the history lessons. This area has changed and the permabears are using the same tired arguments that worked 3 years ago but no longer work nquite so well.

BTW, most of the tracts I speak of east of 5 are not $1M+ they are between 600 and 900K which is well within the affordability of an upper middle class household looking for a nice newer home surrounded by their peers living with great schools in safe clean neighborhoods. Listening to your background over the last couple months we come from very different worlds so i dont expect you to appreciate my world. I grew up in place much like where I live today in South Carlsbad. It was an upper middle class nirvana and we all lived there to be surrounded by people like us rather than living in big estate homes that we could afford. Behind me was a doctor with 4 boys (now 3 drs and the other an Envinronmental Attorney who does work for Trump). Next to me a Doctor with 4 boys (now 2 drs, an oil/gas attorney and a logistics expert for the largest RR company in the US). Across the street was an engineer with 3 boys (now Sports Editor at Pulitzer Prize winning major daily newspaper , one a Stanford Professor and the other a Berkley Professor). Those stories continue out for miles from where i grew up with success stories like that and actually far greater. I know many wall street execs and financial guys that make 7 figure incomes. One of my HS friends sold his company ( alarge defense IT company in DC) for about $80M a couple years back. I graduated from a public school with 800 kids and 100 went ivy league. My perspective is very differrent than many of yours and where I live today looks very much like the place I grew up in 40 years ago. That is the type of environment I have chosen to raise my children in because I see what it can do for them.[/quote](emphasis added)

You’re very welcome, sdr. I just happen to have a long memory which serves me well on occasion 😉

sdr, are you describing above your current neighborhood (Carlsbad?) or the neighborhood in which you grew up in?

If it is the neighborhood in which you grew up in, where was that? Forgive me if you’ve posted it somewhere before as I haven’t been able to read older threads, but, where are you from?

And, if you don’t mind my asking, what is your educational background?

sdr, what exactly is it about my “background” that would give you the impression that we came from “completely different worlds?”

Kinda puzzled here and . . . just wondering.

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[sdrealtor]

I have one of those memories also. I was describing where I grew up but it is very much like where i grew up today. I grew up in Cherry Hill NJ which has 2 sides – east and west. I grew up on the east side. Zip code is 08003 and in case you are wondering the median income in 2008 was $122K. Its a very nice suburb about 15 minutes outside Philadelphia.

Along my travels I picked up a BS with 2 majors – accounting and economics. Had a CPA way back when. Went back mid career to get an MBA and then MS in Financial Management. I’ve worked in corporate america and made alot more money than I do now. I made a conscious decision never to miss a single thing my children do if possible. That was my choice and I am very happy with it.

You just view things from a perspective very different from me. Here is an example: My grandparents (and those of my childhood friends) immigrated here and lived in ghettos. They gave up everything for their children to get the best education possible. They never asked for anything in return and their joy came from seeing their children have a better life than they did. Our parents did the same for us and we will do the same for ours. We value education above all else and being a suspension tecnician at Sears while a noble career for some is not what we aim for. We were raised not to do well but to do the absolute best we were capable of. Attending less than top schools because they all teach the same curiculumn is not what we do. Saving a few bucks by doing the first 2 years at a community college ands then transferring to a university is not the way we do things. We want the best schools and we pay to live where they are because we have seen the difference it makes to be immersed in that kind of environment. While you obviously love your children very much, you seem to take your responsibility to them as pointing them in the right direction and letting them find their way while becoming independent. There is nothing wrong with that and its much better than most people do. However, I want more for mine and do whatever I can to make that happen. My ancestors had alot and it was taken from them. We have been taught not to take things for granted and our goal – No make that our responsibility to our ancestors is to make sure the next generation has a better life than the previous one. We sacrifice alot but that is what we value.

[sdrealtor]

I have one of those memories also. I was describing where I grew up but it is very much like where i grew up today. I grew up in Cherry Hill NJ which has 2 sides – east and west. I grew up on the east side. Zip code is 08003 and in case you are wondering the median income in 2008 was $122K. Its a very nice suburb about 15 minutes outside Philadelphia.

Along my travels I picked up a BS with 2 majors – accounting and economics. Had a CPA way back when. Went back mid career to get an MBA and then MS in Financial Management. I’ve worked in corporate america and made alot more money than I do now. I made a conscious decision never to miss a single thing my children do if possible. That was my choice and I am very happy with it.

You just view things from a perspective very different from me. Here is an example: My grandparents (and those of my childhood friends) immigrated here and lived in ghettos. They gave up everything for their children to get the best education possible. They never asked for anything in return and their joy came from seeing their children have a better life than they did. Our parents did the same for us and we will do the same for ours. We value education above all else and being a suspension tecnician at Sears while a noble career for some is not what we aim for. We were raised not to do well but to do the absolute best we were capable of. Attending less than top schools because they all teach the same curiculumn is not what we do. Saving a few bucks by doing the first 2 years at a community college ands then transferring to a university is not the way we do things. We want the best schools and we pay to live where they are because we have seen the difference it makes to be immersed in that kind of environment. While you obviously love your children very much, you seem to take your responsibility to them as pointing them in the right direction and letting them find their way while becoming independent. There is nothing wrong with that and its much better than most people do. However, I want more for mine and do whatever I can to make that happen. My ancestors had alot and it was taken from them. We have been taught not to take things for granted and our goal – No make that our responsibility to our ancestors is to make sure the next generation has a better life than the previous one. We sacrifice alot but that is what we value.

[sdrealtor]

I have one of those memories also. I was describing where I grew up but it is very much like where i grew up today. I grew up in Cherry Hill NJ which has 2 sides – east and west. I grew up on the east side. Zip code is 08003 and in case you are wondering the median income in 2008 was $122K. Its a very nice suburb about 15 minutes outside Philadelphia.

Along my travels I picked up a BS with 2 majors – accounting and economics. Had a CPA way back when. Went back mid career to get an MBA and then MS in Financial Management. I’ve worked in corporate america and made alot more money than I do now. I made a conscious decision never to miss a single thing my children do if possible. That was my choice and I am very happy with it.

You just view things from a perspective very different from me. Here is an example: My grandparents (and those of my childhood friends) immigrated here and lived in ghettos. They gave up everything for their children to get the best education possible. They never asked for anything in return and their joy came from seeing their children have a better life than they did. Our parents did the same for us and we will do the same for ours. We value education above all else and being a suspension tecnician at Sears while a noble career for some is not what we aim for. We were raised not to do well but to do the absolute best we were capable of. Attending less than top schools because they all teach the same curiculumn is not what we do. Saving a few bucks by doing the first 2 years at a community college ands then transferring to a university is not the way we do things. We want the best schools and we pay to live where they are because we have seen the difference it makes to be immersed in that kind of environment. While you obviously love your children very much, you seem to take your responsibility to them as pointing them in the right direction and letting them find their way while becoming independent. There is nothing wrong with that and its much better than most people do. However, I want more for mine and do whatever I can to make that happen. My ancestors had alot and it was taken from them. We have been taught not to take things for granted and our goal – No make that our responsibility to our ancestors is to make sure the next generation has a better life than the previous one. We sacrifice alot but that is what we value.

[sdrealtor]

I have one of those memories also. I was describing where I grew up but it is very much like where i grew up today. I grew up in Cherry Hill NJ which has 2 sides – east and west. I grew up on the east side. Zip code is 08003 and in case you are wondering the median income in 2008 was $122K. Its a very nice suburb about 15 minutes outside Philadelphia.

Along my travels I picked up a BS with 2 majors – accounting and economics. Had a CPA way back when. Went back mid career to get an MBA and then MS in Financial Management. I’ve worked in corporate america and made alot more money than I do now. I made a conscious decision never to miss a single thing my children do if possible. That was my choice and I am very happy with it.

You just view things from a perspective very different from me. Here is an example: My grandparents (and those of my childhood friends) immigrated here and lived in ghettos. They gave up everything for their children to get the best education possible. They never asked for anything in return and their joy came from seeing their children have a better life than they did. Our parents did the same for us and we will do the same for ours. We value education above all else and being a suspension tecnician at Sears while a noble career for some is not what we aim for. We were raised not to do well but to do the absolute best we were capable of. Attending less than top schools because they all teach the same curiculumn is not what we do. Saving a few bucks by doing the first 2 years at a community college ands then transferring to a university is not the way we do things. We want the best schools and we pay to live where they are because we have seen the difference it makes to be immersed in that kind of environment. While you obviously love your children very much, you seem to take your responsibility to them as pointing them in the right direction and letting them find their way while becoming independent. There is nothing wrong with that and its much better than most people do. However, I want more for mine and do whatever I can to make that happen. My ancestors had alot and it was taken from them. We have been taught not to take things for granted and our goal – No make that our responsibility to our ancestors is to make sure the next generation has a better life than the previous one. We sacrifice alot but that is what we value.

[sdrealtor]

I have one of those memories also. I was describing where I grew up but it is very much like where i grew up today. I grew up in Cherry Hill NJ which has 2 sides – east and west. I grew up on the east side. Zip code is 08003 and in case you are wondering the median income in 2008 was $122K. Its a very nice suburb about 15 minutes outside Philadelphia.

Along my travels I picked up a BS with 2 majors – accounting and economics. Had a CPA way back when. Went back mid career to get an MBA and then MS in Financial Management. I’ve worked in corporate america and made alot more money than I do now. I made a conscious decision never to miss a single thing my children do if possible. That was my choice and I am very happy with it.

You just view things from a perspective very different from me. Here is an example: My grandparents (and those of my childhood friends) immigrated here and lived in ghettos. They gave up everything for their children to get the best education possible. They never asked for anything in return and their joy came from seeing their children have a better life than they did. Our parents did the same for us and we will do the same for ours. We value education above all else and being a suspension tecnician at Sears while a noble career for some is not what we aim for. We were raised not to do well but to do the absolute best we were capable of. Attending less than top schools because they all teach the same curiculumn is not what we do. Saving a few bucks by doing the first 2 years at a community college ands then transferring to a university is not the way we do things. We want the best schools and we pay to live where they are because we have seen the difference it makes to be immersed in that kind of environment. While you obviously love your children very much, you seem to take your responsibility to them as pointing them in the right direction and letting them find their way while becoming independent. There is nothing wrong with that and its much better than most people do. However, I want more for mine and do whatever I can to make that happen. My ancestors had alot and it was taken from them. We have been taught not to take things for granted and our goal – No make that our responsibility to our ancestors is to make sure the next generation has a better life than the previous one. We sacrifice alot but that is what we value.

[briansd1]

[quote=sdrealtor] I grew up in Cherry Hill NJ which has 2 sides – east and west. I grew up on the east side. Zip code is 08003 and in case you are wondering the median income in 2003 was $122K. Its a very nice suburb about 15 minutes outside Philadelphia.
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I’ll be in Philly later this month. I’ll drive to Cherry Hill just to check it out. 😉

Any place in particular I should go?

As you know, I enjoy visiting Philly. But so far, I have no interest in the suburbs.

[briansd1]

[quote=sdrealtor] I grew up in Cherry Hill NJ which has 2 sides – east and west. I grew up on the east side. Zip code is 08003 and in case you are wondering the median income in 2003 was $122K. Its a very nice suburb about 15 minutes outside Philadelphia.
[/quote]

I’ll be in Philly later this month. I’ll drive to Cherry Hill just to check it out. 😉

Any place in particular I should go?

As you know, I enjoy visiting Philly. But so far, I have no interest in the suburbs.

[briansd1]

[quote=sdrealtor] I grew up in Cherry Hill NJ which has 2 sides – east and west. I grew up on the east side. Zip code is 08003 and in case you are wondering the median income in 2003 was $122K. Its a very nice suburb about 15 minutes outside Philadelphia.
[/quote]

I’ll be in Philly later this month. I’ll drive to Cherry Hill just to check it out. 😉

Any place in particular I should go?

As you know, I enjoy visiting Philly. But so far, I have no interest in the suburbs.

[briansd1]

[quote=sdrealtor] I grew up in Cherry Hill NJ which has 2 sides – east and west. I grew up on the east side. Zip code is 08003 and in case you are wondering the median income in 2003 was $122K. Its a very nice suburb about 15 minutes outside Philadelphia.
[/quote]

I’ll be in Philly later this month. I’ll drive to Cherry Hill just to check it out. 😉

Any place in particular I should go?

As you know, I enjoy visiting Philly. But so far, I have no interest in the suburbs.

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