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Participant[quote=flu]AN, these homes end up sitting in CV are worth $800k. And it’s been proven… Can you say Carriage Run?
Careful AN… You’re posts are starting to exceed the 500 character/4 paragraph limit :)[/quote]
500+ characters with a lot of abbreviations and numbers? Damn, I suck at getting my point across succinctly.Update: You scared me for a bit there. I cut and paste it Word and it says my post is <390 words 😛
Participant[quote=flu]Personally, I’m not a big fan of Pardee (with the exception of Derby Hills). But I’m not going to say that, because it would come across as me having a sour grapes syndrome…It would be like me saying a new porsche is a POS and I don’t understand why anyone would want to drive a new porsche.[/quote]
I actually don’t mind Pardee one bit. My house is a Pardee house and after 30 years, it’s still doing fine. It lacks some of new modern features (like the 10+ feet ceiling), but at the very least, the 2nd floor squeaks less than a 2004 custom home I’ve been in.What is it about Pardee that you don’t like flu? Their floor plans seems to be pretty similar to the industry right now.
Participant[quote=bpnbpn]All said, 700K+$ is not worth for the zip code 92126 and the schools it offers (you at least need 1000$ per month for a private school for one kid).[/quote]
There are plenty of $700k+ houses that goes to Mira Mesa’s school. Just look a little west of Sorrento Heights to 92121 zip code. same school, same road, just a 1+ blocks west. The elementary school has API rank of 10, the middle school and HS have API rank of a 9. I assumed you’d think it would be worth $700k if the MS and HS gets bumped to a 10 from a 9? Keep in mind, La Jolla HS also have an API rank of a 9. MMHS API score is 844 and LHS score is 849. I see plenty of high priced homes there, even with LJH’s API scores. So, the school’s API score might not be as important as you think it is.I personally don’t think these house are worth $700k+, even if it sits in 92130. Maybe because I don’t really like the floor plan and the tiny lots. But there seem to be many who would disagree with me and you. People are snapping these up (they already sold 1/2 of the 1st phase on the grand opening).
Also, keep in mind that private school have a better reputation that even the best private school. Great private elementary school is about $800/month, while great private MS/HS are around $2k/month. But that $2k will get you LJ Country Day and Bishop. I personally think LJ Country Day/Bishop trumps the best public in SD County. So, if you only have 1 kid, to send your kid to 100% private school would cost you around $250k. To some, that would be better value than paying $150-200k more for the 92130 zipcode. My neighbor is a prime example. They sent all 4 of their kids to Bishops while living in Mira Mesa. I’m sure a house in MM + 4 kids all the way through Bishops cost them WAY more than a house in Carmel Valley. I didn’t ask them why they didn’t just live in Carmel Valley for the great schools, but that’s the path they chose.
Also, keep in mind there are over 900 households in Mira Mesa with anual income of over $200k/year and over 1000 households making between $150-200k. Maybe these households decide to live in MM and send their kids to private schools, for whatever reason.
Participant[quote=joec]Always good to do AP classes if possible, downside in the UC system is if you have too many credits, it could be a bad thing when I went (20 years ago). Maybe it’s different now, but if you major in engineering, your classes are pretty much set and many upper division classes are only offered once a year so it’s really hard to graduate in 4 years. Maybe they will be ok with it now since I read about kids with like 15 AP classes now and some crazy 4.6 gpa.
With some classes curved and then failing half (half gets a C- or lower), that alone will keep you another year around college (good times though!).
My brother almost got kicked out of UC since he had so many credits from being double engr and pre-med major.
I also had a ton from taking other “fun” classes and changing majors and always had so many units that I always got my classes since my registration times were the same as people a year ahead like you said.[/quote]
When I went to UCSD 10+ years ago, the average HS GPA for the entering engineering students was ~4.7 and SAT was ~1500 (max was 1600 back then). So, I don’t think high GPA is a modern phenomenon.Yes, the engineering class are set, but your math, your GE, your physics classes are not set. IIRC, AP calculus can give you credit, but you still had to take the UC’s calculus class. However, since I took my calculus at a JC, I was able to get my 1st two calculus class cleared.
Upper division classes wasn’t that limited at UCSD 10+ years ago. I’m not sure how it is today. But it might be what you’re describing, due to budget cuts.
Like you, I had so many credits entering UCSD that I had no problem signing up for class, since my registration times were before my classmates.
Participant[quote=spdrun]I wasn’t speaking to sprawl vs non-sprawl, as much as age of home. As long as it’s well-built, when it was built matters much less to me, and I can always add amenities.[/quote]
What do you mean by well-built? Adding feature sometimes is just as expensive as (if not more than) replacing insulation or re-pipping. Features like 10 feet ceiling would be very expensive to add.ParticipantCorelle dinnerware are also made in the USA. They’re my favorite dinnerware.
Participant[quote=bearishgurl]To answer your questions about identity theft, AN, I suppose one can use a minor’s SSN to apply for credit, etc. Since a minor doesn’t really NEED to use their SSN yet, when they become an adult and run their credit reports, they will find out someone else used their SSN to open new credit accounts and pretended to be them when they were too young to take out any credit. I imagine this could take awhile to clear up.
I would presume persons using a decedent’s SSN could attempt to take out credit in that decedent’s name and get away with it for awhile or even indefinitely. This would depend on how long the SSN-holder has been dead, their age at time of death and whether their estate was still open.[/quote]
Why are you assuming the identity only belong to minor and the deceased? As someone who got their identity stolen and said “person” tried but unsuccessfully to open credit and buy stuff with my identity, I have 0 tolerance for people who do this. It took me many hours and constant headaches for months to make sure that person won’t be successful trying to open an account under my name. I can’t imagine what it would be like for a minor to grow and find out they owe many thousands for many years. With regards to the deceased, it’s no different than if these thieves goes into the bank and rob them of thousands at gun point. So, I have NO sympathy for anyone who steal other’s identity. I hope they’ll get boot ASAP.BTW, if one truly really want to fix immigration, they would allow ALL foreign students to have permanent resident status. They should also allow the children of illegals to get permanent resident status too (assuming they commit no crime, including identity theft). We should create some kind of special Visa for migrant workers who just want to come here to work in the field during picking seasons. If we give them a legal way to get in, then we can monitor that. We should also fine all corporations who purposefully hire illegals. I don’t expect true reform to happen, because both side have something to lose. So, the “Dream Act” is nothing more than pandering. It, in no way will fix the immigration problem.
Participant[quote=spdrun]
So please explain how an illegal can pay state or federal income tax when they do not have a SSN or TIN?
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A lot of the wages for illegals are handled as cash under the table – Cash = not track-able. Note that I highlighted income which is not the same as sales tax.Actually, a lot of illegals are paid using stolen SSNs these days. From what I’ve read, probably more than are paid the old way via cash under the table. They’re paying the taxes — they’ll just never see any benefits.[/quote]
Is there anyway to validate this statement?BTW, where do they get the stolen SSNs? Identity theft? Do they also open credit cards with those SSNs too?
Participant[quote=spdrun]Do more people necessarily want to live closer to the core? This is San Diego, not Manhattan or Capitol Hill/DC. Given unlimited money, I’d probably take La Jolla or PB over the immediate downtown area/Little Italy.[/quote]
Given unlimited money, I’d rather live in Oceanside than anywhere downtown or little Italy. Before you ROFLYAO, this is the kinds of O-side house I’m talking about: http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-110063904-1935_S_Pacific_St_Oceanside_CA_92054 or this one: http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-120028172-1727_S_Pacific_St_Oceanside_CA_92054. O-side is pretty up there, when you’re talking about far flung.Participant[quote=temeculaguy][quote=teacherSD][quote=AN]
Based on my own experiences and seeing my cousins who just graduated HS this year, students taking AP classes tend to hang out with each other.[/quote]
As an AP teacher I can assure you this is correct for most students, not just your cousins. Oftentimes AP kids will play the same sports together and tend to date other AP kids.
When my own kids are old enough for high school I’ll want them to be in AP classes just so they’ll hopefully have a better peer group.[/quote]
Here’s a little tip for those of you with school aged kids, encourage them to take AP classes, not just for the friends but for the college credit. Mine is now at a University and I was pleasantly suprised to see that online he has almost a year of school knocked out just because of the AP classes. I don’t believe that he will finish a year early, but it should make it easier to finish in 4 years. When your kid takes an AP class there is a private comapany that charges $70 per class to take a test (which I thought was a racket) and when they get into college that same company charges for you to send the test results to the university (another racket). But now that it’s in the rear view mirror, that was money well spent. I’m burping up about 20k per year, per kid for college, so that $70 test seems like a bargain if it will save me 10k or 20k by not having them go an extra semester or two. At these prices, I’d rather they don’t spend 5 1/2 years on their undergraduate degree like I did. If you get them to take the AP classes and pay for the tests, the odds will increase that they wont.
Another helpful tactic is that the AP classes give you credit for many of the 101 classes. Many universities give incoming freshman first dibs at classes, then graduating seniors, then seniors, then juniors, and sophmores go last. If your AP kid uses their freshman year class selection trump card to take sophmore level courses, when they are toiling around trying to crash classes as a sophmore they won’t be taking the same classes as other sophmores. I remember having to pick up sophmore classes at junior colleges or at wacky hours just because of the overcrowding. Just getting classes was responsible for at lease one semester of dealay in my graduation. Beer, girls and fraternity life can be blamed for the rest.[/quote]
Here’s another tip. Take classes at JC instead of AP class. Not all AP class (at least back when I went to college) can be used to replace UCSD’s GE class but JC class are 100% transferable. So, I only took about 3-4 AP classes. But I took so many JC class that I cleared almost all of my GE, which is about a year worth of classes. That allow me to only need to take 3 classes each quarter and still graduate in 4. Which then allow me to work more during school, so I have a lot of working experiences by the time I graduate college. Not just summer intern.ParticipantThis is the way you want to go if you want to get on the 15 to go north: http://goo.gl/maps/3820 or to go south: http://goo.gl/maps/SNOS. To go Norht, There’s about 7 lights and 3 stop sign with 1 speed bump. You’d rarely be stuck at a red light for long on Calle Cristobal. 2 of the lights are right turns, so you don’t have to wait for it to turn green. I’ve done that drive many times and average is 5-10 minutes, depending on how long the left turn is for getting onto Black mountain.
To get to the 5: http://goo.gl/maps/6vYv, with about 3-4 lights. Even Google map show 6 minutes. http://binged.it/LcxZiD, 5 minutes with Bing.
To get to the 805: http://goo.gl/maps/I19s, http://binged.it/Lcy4me. Google & Bing estimate 8 minutes.
To the 56: http://goo.gl/maps/v5Jt. Google estimate 11 minutes. http://binged.it/KQ3E4V, 8 minutes with Bing.
To 52/805: http://goo.gl/maps/t750, Google estimate 12 minutes. http://binged.it/KQ3w5s with Bing.
To 52/5: http://goo.gl/maps/u5EG, Google estimate 13 minutes. http://binged.it/LcxIMp, Bing estimate 9 minutes.
To La Jolla Shores: http://goo.gl/maps/8PWE, 17 minutes. http://binged.it/KQ4636, Bing estimate 14 minutes.
To Torrey Pines Beach: http://binged.it/KQ2E0B & http://binged.it/LcyitF or http://binged.it/LcyjxS, 12-15 minutes to Torrey Pines.
To Downtown: http://binged.it/KQ2PsR or http://binged.it/KQ4BKr, 17-20 minutes.
Keep in mind all of the directions with freeway assume you’re driving 65 MPH.
Participant[quote=bpnbpn][quote=AN]
Traffic time won’t affect your time, since its inside road.
[/quote]I agree, it is inside road but you still have to drive down to Mira Mesa Blvd and drive through Mira Mesa Blvd to go to I-15 though.[/quote]
No you don’t. Black mountain and mercy will get you to the 15. Also, taking capricorn is the wrong way to go.June 15, 2012 at 4:01 PM in reply to: My next door neighbor was a cop, still under 60, been retired for more than 5 yrs #745851Participant[quote=no_such_reality]CAR, the plan is very simple, the Union’s must accept a reduction in their retirement benefit. A further conversion to 401K style plan eliminates the long term risk to the taxpayer.[/quote]
That’s too simple. Something must be wrong with that plan.Participant[quote=bpnbpn]woww for home with schools in mira mesa, the price is too high…The other problem is, this place is away from all the high ways…so it takes at least 15 minutes (up to 30 mins during peak hour) to get to I-15. It would take 10 to 15 minutes to go to I-5, It would take 10 to 15 minutes to go to I-805. It would take 20 minutes to go to CA-56…not a good location except that you will get the ocean breeze during summer.[/quote]
Your time are off. 3-5 minutes to the 5, 5-10 minutes to the 805, 5-10 minutes to the 56, and 5-10 minute to the 15. Traffic time won’t affect your time, since its inside road.Agree about the school. It’s pretty ghetto.
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