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Participant[quote=The-Shoveler]I would also spend a lot more time worrying about the zimbabwe-fication of the USD LOL, which would probably cause me to do something really stupid. Sometimes better to be just average I think.[/quote]I would load up on RE with 30 years loan if I’m worried about zimbabwe-fication of the USD. I don’t think we’ll get that crazy, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we see a repeat of late 70s/early 80s inflation again.
ParticipantOooh, let’s play what would I do if I have a net worth of $30-60m… I would build a $2M house in SD and use that as my primary residence (love the weather and the people). Then I would have a house/condo in Colorado mountain (Vail, Aspen, etc), Park City, Whistler, US Virgin Island, Hawaii, Sedona, and maybe the Bahamas.
ParticipantAt that kind of net worth, you can afford to live anywhere. So the first question you have to ask yourself is, if money isn’t an issue, where would you want to live. If I have that kind of net worth, I would stay in San Diego. You can’t buy weather and you can’t build view. You might be able to get a bigger house somewhere else, but at $10M, you can get a pretty big house in La Jolla Farms with an ocean view. So, is a 10-15k sq-ft house more important to you or a 7k sq-ft house on an acre in La Jolla Farms enough?
ParticipantWith unbearable HEAT!
ParticipantMo walls mo $$
Participant[quote=spdrun]MarketWatch and similar are geared towards people who want low taxes over good healthcare, don’t care about “culture”, and want a hot climate. Not everyone (not even white people) want those things.[/quote]
Healthcare or health insurance? 2 totally different thing.Participant[quote=Coronita]I’m holding out to be a citizen on Mars…. Then there’s lots of sand…[/quote]
I rather live in the Sahara desert before living on Mars… unless they solve teleportation.Participant[quote=sdrealtor][quote=Coronita][quote=spdrun]Hot? You bet. St. George, UT gets positively *glowing* recommendations! Come for the alphas, stay for the gammas … and bring a survey meter along!
https://old.reddit.com/r/Utah/comments/lngd5s/downwinders_exposed_to_radioactive_fallout/
Oh, and average high in St. G in high scummer is 102F. Sounds like there’s a reason why it’s cheap. Denying COVID, throwing anyone who’s homeless in jail, and a religious monoculture? More selling points! But, hey, whatever floats your dinghy.
Given the choice of somewhere rural, I’d probably go to Maine. Just as beautiful, briskly cold in winter, and smart people who don’t try to cram their idea of G-d down your gullet.[/quote]
dude. Is there a reason why you need to be an asshole on this thread?
Congrats EconProf. Glad you found Zen in your life .[/quote]
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It’s postcard beautiful there[/quote]LoL
Participant[quote=sdrealtor]Whoever said life was fair besides a kindergarten teacher?
And Asians have been here just as long. My hypothesis applies more to a person than a race. Once that family has been here a few generations those differences in social networks as a means of getting ahead seem to even out quite a bit. I think your kids are on the cusp of that. An example would be you were likely driven to succeed through education alone by your parents and may not have participated in lots of youth sports leagues. I’m sure your weekends are consumed with kids soccer when growing up yours likely weren’t. Maybe they were but I think you’ll get my point[/quote]
Again, 100% agree. Being an immigrant, I know and experienced firsthand the statement of “life’s not fair”. I don’t expect life to be fair. I teach my kids that life is not fair, and you will have people making it hard for them. There’s no point in dwelling on things that you can’t control and work on things that you can (your mindset and perseverance). You can’t change how people think about you, but you can work twice as hard as the next person.I’m just pointing out the hypocrisy of all the people who make these policy decisions to make “life fair”, only to end up hurting Asians even more than if they do nothing. That’s my main gripe. Stop proposing discriminating policy to solve discrimination. Policies in government, schools, and businesses. I’ve seen them all.
Participant[quote=sdrealtor]I was referring to assimilation out in the working world not colleges. At the top colleges children of alumni also have a huge advantage. Also your first generation American born, I think your kids will have it better as will theirs even better. My parents were first generation and I noticed advantages growing up to families that had been here a generation earlier. We learn to play the game better the longer we are here. Lastly you only know life in CA. Having spent half my life back east the power of social networks is far more powerful there than here. Things seem much more merit based out here which works to your advantage compared to there[/quote]
100% agree. However, it’s unfair to give Asian 1 generation when both Blacks and Hispanics have been here in America much longer than Asians.Participant[quote=ucodegen]
I do know that there is a significant difference between the different ‘Asians’. One thing that tends to be more significant overall is the tendency to help family members. It is something that I am seeing getting lost in white and black families these days… of course there are always exceptions.[/quote]
What you describe here is correct in general when compare Asian vs white. But the help that Asian family give each other is nowhere near enough to compensate for the cultural and racial advantage of being white. It’s also sad that you’re comparing Asian to white, instead of being compared to blacks and hispanics. Asian is still a minority group.[quote=ucodegen]Reference for the statistics??
BTW; I assume you are referring to this lawsuit.. ???
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/03/politics/yale-university-affirmative-action-lawsuit/index.html%5B/quote%5D
Yep, that’s the one and that’s where I got my stats.Participant[quote=ucodegen][quote=an]Coronita, when it comes to higher education, it’s worst being Asian than white.[/quote]I would have to disagree with you there. A surprising number of white families do not pull together to help their college bound students.[/quote]
You can correct me if I’m wrong, but I think you’re assuming at all Asians are the same. There’s a huge difference between Chinese/Korean/Japanese with highly educated parents immigrant vs Hmong, Laotian, Cambodian who in general don’t value education as much. But colleges don’t ask what was your socio-economic status or what kind of Asian you are.Search up the term “Jungle Asian”.
As the Yale lawsuit shows, you’re 1/10 likely to get into Yale as an Asian compare to Black, but only 1/4 less likely if you’re White. So, as a whole, you’re worst off being Asian.
Participant[quote=sdrealtor]I think he was referring to admission policies. Honestly hearing these stories makes my heart ache for the unfairness. At the same time I wonder if some of this has to do with being first genereation American born or immigrants. Im not saying its fair but people like to work with people like them and the more recent arrivals are less assimilated to Amercian culture. Looking at friends that are second generation American born many are diehard fans of the American pro sports, golf etc. They interact seamlessly with us “white folk” whereas the first generation ones struggle more. I wonder if just being here a few generations has something to do with ones ability to socially network. Again not saying its right or fair but Id hypothosize that your kids may have an easier time just due to being more assimilated to American culture their whole lives.[/quote]
Assimilation can only take you so far. If you’re Asian w/ an Asian last name, you’ll still be discriminated at top tier universities (except for UC, since affirmative action was removed 20ish years ago. But democrats here have been proposing to bring it back for the last few years) when applying, or when applying for a job in tech. I had one boss tell me diversity is not hiring all Asian male and that I need to try harder to increase the diversity of my team.This would only be a non-issue if you’re a mix race and hide your Asian-ness.
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