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Allan from Fallbrook
Participantraptorduck: Well, geez, who wouldn’t? I love Los Altos and LAH, as well as Palo Alto Hills (near the country club).
I went to Saint Francis in Mountain View (off of Miramonte) and spent a considerable amount of time in Los Altos and LAH.
Participantraptorduck: Well, geez, who wouldn’t? I love Los Altos and LAH, as well as Palo Alto Hills (near the country club).
I went to Saint Francis in Mountain View (off of Miramonte) and spent a considerable amount of time in Los Altos and LAH.
Participantraptorduck: Well, geez, who wouldn’t? I love Los Altos and LAH, as well as Palo Alto Hills (near the country club).
I went to Saint Francis in Mountain View (off of Miramonte) and spent a considerable amount of time in Los Altos and LAH.
ParticipantRus: I would definitely agree with that sentiment. I grew up in the SF/Bay Area, and my dad was an aerospace engineer with Ford Aerospace in Palo Alto working on defense projects (the IntelSat program). I mention the Bay Area because Silicon Valley’s dirty little secret was that defense dollars funded most of those “entrepreneurial” little start ups in the 1970s and early 1980s.
During the height of the Cold War, a good segment of both California’s (Southern and Northern) economies were dependent on defense spending. I would certainly opine that housing prices were driven by that reality, and given that Reagan spent the Russians into oblivion during the closing years of the Cold War, well, it would stand to reason that he bears a large amount of the responsibility.
It is something of a paradox in my mind, because I credit him for having the cojones to stare the Soviets down and ultimately put them out of business, but he did so at a very high price, both in terms of blood and treasure.
ParticipantRus: I would definitely agree with that sentiment. I grew up in the SF/Bay Area, and my dad was an aerospace engineer with Ford Aerospace in Palo Alto working on defense projects (the IntelSat program). I mention the Bay Area because Silicon Valley’s dirty little secret was that defense dollars funded most of those “entrepreneurial” little start ups in the 1970s and early 1980s.
During the height of the Cold War, a good segment of both California’s (Southern and Northern) economies were dependent on defense spending. I would certainly opine that housing prices were driven by that reality, and given that Reagan spent the Russians into oblivion during the closing years of the Cold War, well, it would stand to reason that he bears a large amount of the responsibility.
It is something of a paradox in my mind, because I credit him for having the cojones to stare the Soviets down and ultimately put them out of business, but he did so at a very high price, both in terms of blood and treasure.
ParticipantRus: I would definitely agree with that sentiment. I grew up in the SF/Bay Area, and my dad was an aerospace engineer with Ford Aerospace in Palo Alto working on defense projects (the IntelSat program). I mention the Bay Area because Silicon Valley’s dirty little secret was that defense dollars funded most of those “entrepreneurial” little start ups in the 1970s and early 1980s.
During the height of the Cold War, a good segment of both California’s (Southern and Northern) economies were dependent on defense spending. I would certainly opine that housing prices were driven by that reality, and given that Reagan spent the Russians into oblivion during the closing years of the Cold War, well, it would stand to reason that he bears a large amount of the responsibility.
It is something of a paradox in my mind, because I credit him for having the cojones to stare the Soviets down and ultimately put them out of business, but he did so at a very high price, both in terms of blood and treasure.
ParticipantRus: I would definitely agree with that sentiment. I grew up in the SF/Bay Area, and my dad was an aerospace engineer with Ford Aerospace in Palo Alto working on defense projects (the IntelSat program). I mention the Bay Area because Silicon Valley’s dirty little secret was that defense dollars funded most of those “entrepreneurial” little start ups in the 1970s and early 1980s.
During the height of the Cold War, a good segment of both California’s (Southern and Northern) economies were dependent on defense spending. I would certainly opine that housing prices were driven by that reality, and given that Reagan spent the Russians into oblivion during the closing years of the Cold War, well, it would stand to reason that he bears a large amount of the responsibility.
It is something of a paradox in my mind, because I credit him for having the cojones to stare the Soviets down and ultimately put them out of business, but he did so at a very high price, both in terms of blood and treasure.
ParticipantRus: I would definitely agree with that sentiment. I grew up in the SF/Bay Area, and my dad was an aerospace engineer with Ford Aerospace in Palo Alto working on defense projects (the IntelSat program). I mention the Bay Area because Silicon Valley’s dirty little secret was that defense dollars funded most of those “entrepreneurial” little start ups in the 1970s and early 1980s.
During the height of the Cold War, a good segment of both California’s (Southern and Northern) economies were dependent on defense spending. I would certainly opine that housing prices were driven by that reality, and given that Reagan spent the Russians into oblivion during the closing years of the Cold War, well, it would stand to reason that he bears a large amount of the responsibility.
It is something of a paradox in my mind, because I credit him for having the cojones to stare the Soviets down and ultimately put them out of business, but he did so at a very high price, both in terms of blood and treasure.
Participantcondogrrl: Not a huge fan of Reagan myself, especially given my experiences in the Army during his Presidency, but I have never questioned his ideological priorities.
Given the pathetic history of the Democratic Party when it comes to ideology, and the waffling of the present group of candidates on foreign policy and national security issues, almost makes one long for the Reagan years.
Almost.
Participantcondogrrl: Not a huge fan of Reagan myself, especially given my experiences in the Army during his Presidency, but I have never questioned his ideological priorities.
Given the pathetic history of the Democratic Party when it comes to ideology, and the waffling of the present group of candidates on foreign policy and national security issues, almost makes one long for the Reagan years.
Almost.
Participantcondogrrl: Not a huge fan of Reagan myself, especially given my experiences in the Army during his Presidency, but I have never questioned his ideological priorities.
Given the pathetic history of the Democratic Party when it comes to ideology, and the waffling of the present group of candidates on foreign policy and national security issues, almost makes one long for the Reagan years.
Almost.
Participantcondogrrl: Not a huge fan of Reagan myself, especially given my experiences in the Army during his Presidency, but I have never questioned his ideological priorities.
Given the pathetic history of the Democratic Party when it comes to ideology, and the waffling of the present group of candidates on foreign policy and national security issues, almost makes one long for the Reagan years.
Almost.
Participantcondogrrl: Not a huge fan of Reagan myself, especially given my experiences in the Army during his Presidency, but I have never questioned his ideological priorities.
Given the pathetic history of the Democratic Party when it comes to ideology, and the waffling of the present group of candidates on foreign policy and national security issues, almost makes one long for the Reagan years.
Almost.
Participantraptorduck: What part of the Bay Area do you live in? I grew up in Mountain View and my dad worked in Palo Alto. Just curious.
I have a buddy of mine that works for Intel in Sta Clara and lives in Los Altos. He has been keeping an eye on the Bay Area market since 1995, and reporting on the various ups and downs (dot.com boom and bust, then housing bubble following).
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