[barnaby33]

Thanks for moving this off the RE board where we, myself included, started it.

Josh

[barnaby33]

Because a rectangle is clearly not representative of the one true faith.

Its not a war memorial, its a cross, and its on public land. Nobody I know of wants to remove the memorial portion. I too have not that much interest in its removal, except for the vociferous objections of those that want to keep it, namely Christians.

The sooner the defenders of the cross own up to their true motives, the sooner we can have a more civil discussion of the place of religious symbols in public life.

Mostly I veer away from the more inflamatory subjects ie immigration politics. Not this time. I wonder why? At the base of my soul I really don’t care whether a cross sits on Soledad. I do care that those wanting to defend it have been so disingenuous about it.

Josh

[barnaby33]

Think of it this way. You want to buy a house, and so do x number of other people. You also know what you can reasonably afford, as do others. When a market is in decline you gravitate towards the best area you can afford. Areas worse off in terms of general desirability have to “compete harder” to attract buyers. In simple terms those areas need to lower their prices ever more in order to pull in buyers.

At a certain point when prices have fallen a large enough percentage, buyers stop considering these lesser areas altogether, regardless of price. This also assumes that the buyer pool has shrunk enough that not all units can find a buyer at almost any price.

If they can afford Del Mar, CV probably isn’t really an option at that point. Then the competition is between a much smaller group of sellers for a particular buyer.

Josh

[barnaby33]

Damn straight, fight for something useful for once! Crazy civil liberties crowd, trying to enforce civil liberties. Who do they think they are? I mean its a cross, symbol of the ONE true faith, whats wrong with that?

Josh

[barnaby33]

Because as Private Banker mentioned, it could take a long time to get your money from the FDIC. It could also be a major time hassle.

Josh

[barnaby33]

What sort of fees could they typically charge?

Josh

[barnaby33]

Ok, ok, I get it. Smart people can be wrong. Now what about the rest of us?

Josh

[barnaby33]

Yes CCD website has the info about what is online now as well as the future. It was posted previously (6 months ago). From a quick perusal of the list, it looks like east village is the 800 lb gorilla of the communities. No shock to me as thats where I see the most towers going up.

I have to say, I don’t have any real desire to live downtown, but do have a morbid curiosity about downtown. I cannot reconcile the two.

http://www.ccdc.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/projects.home/category/residential

Josh

[barnaby33]

It seems there is an un-natural amount of interest in Carmel Valley on this board. By un-natural I mean more than in any other area, by volume of discussion. Could the folks who are really interested please give me reasons why this is so as opposed to say Del Mar, or PQ which border it on either side?

Josh

[barnaby33]

AsiaNautica, I can find you a link that says the earth is flat, that doesn’t make it so. Prices definitely did NOT stay flat or drop 3% a year in the last downturn.

Josh

[barnaby33]

14. When a man named Troy is selling stress-less mortgages from a billboard in PB by powerhouse gym… HERE IS A SIGN

15. When all the pretty young women you meet are RE/mortgage agents… HERE IS A SIGN

16. When the phrase “,it cash flows,” has some meaning to you… HERE IS A SIGN

Josh

[barnaby33]

I have a hard time believing anyone is unbiased. The question is one of visible bias. As long as you know what someone’s bias is you can account for what they say. All forecasting is based on bias, because its an act of interpretation.

Josh

[barnaby33]

if( (“50,000”.length() == 6) == true)
{
// TODO figure out how to express this as code!
// goto dictionary.com
// submit “figure”
// read definition 2 && read definition 4
}
return true;

Josh

[barnaby33]

Its really really eerie to hear people hold up singapore as a model of what a good government is, seriously eerie. Their laws are draconian. Most Americans couldn’t stand living in that place. Sure its clean, because they cain you if you aren’t. Sure its peaceful, there are ghurkas there to knock sense into people if they get out of line. Sure there is housing, its all govt built (talk about govt meddling in your personal life). Oh there is even a govt agency to help ugly people find spouses. Lovely place, simply stunning.

I hate being a flag waving American, that kind of jingoism really rankles me. On the other hand this place offers alot of freedom while still providing a structure most people can live within. Caining wouldn’t be a bad idea though…

Josh

[barnaby33]

It depends PS, right out of college most software engineers make around 50k (So far as I know). At about 8-10 years its 80-110. You can break that 120k level but you need a niche. The only way to make good money anymore is to own your own company and be successfull. Its the second part that gets most of us in trouble.

I only posted my comment because it seems too many people here are willing to throw around the 6-figure income in a most unseemly fashion. It does not matter what any one of us earns; what matters is what the median person earns and can afford. Statistics aren’t built off the few thousand engineers who have access to this website at work all day(me). Nor are they built off the illegal immigrants washing lettuce at your favorite tacqueria(lots of them). They are built by the massive interactions of the millions of people in this city (2 or so million to my knowledge) blindly going about their ways.

I’d be alot happier if this blog were frequented by a fuller cross section of society but you gotta take what you can get.

One last item, yes if you include the comma, 50,000 is indeed six digits. I am glad we got that fleshed out, I was going to loose sleep over it.

Josh

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