[carlsbadworker]

[quote=flu]jimyle, you really only need to worry about this if you go into remote areas.[/quote]

That’s wishful thinking. As long as there is profit opportunity, it could happen. Here is some picture taken in Shanghai:
[img_assist|nid=13636|title=Collecting oil|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=300|height=237]

But yes, food from street vendors have more risks. And it is not as prevalent as the media indicates.

There is one trick to determine if the cooking oil is new or not. You can order some soy sauce, mix it with the oil in a glass cup and shake. If they separate quickly and clearly, the oil is fresh. If there’re soy sauce mixed with the oil at the seperation layer, then it is questionable.

[carlsbadworker]

[quote=flu]jimyle, you really only need to worry about this if you go into remote areas.[/quote]

That’s wishful thinking. As long as there is profit opportunity, it could happen. Here is some picture taken in Shanghai:
[img_assist|nid=13636|title=Collecting oil|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=300|height=237]

But yes, food from street vendors have more risks. And it is not as prevalent as the media indicates.

There is one trick to determine if the cooking oil is new or not. You can order some soy sauce, mix it with the oil in a glass cup and shake. If they separate quickly and clearly, the oil is fresh. If there’re soy sauce mixed with the oil at the seperation layer, then it is questionable.

[carlsbadworker]

[quote=flu]jimyle, you really only need to worry about this if you go into remote areas.[/quote]

That’s wishful thinking. As long as there is profit opportunity, it could happen. Here is some picture taken in Shanghai:
[img_assist|nid=13636|title=Collecting oil|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=300|height=237]

But yes, food from street vendors have more risks. And it is not as prevalent as the media indicates.

There is one trick to determine if the cooking oil is new or not. You can order some soy sauce, mix it with the oil in a glass cup and shake. If they separate quickly and clearly, the oil is fresh. If there’re soy sauce mixed with the oil at the seperation layer, then it is questionable.

[carlsbadworker]

[quote=flu]jimyle, you really only need to worry about this if you go into remote areas.[/quote]

That’s wishful thinking. As long as there is profit opportunity, it could happen. Here is some picture taken in Shanghai:
[img_assist|nid=13636|title=Collecting oil|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=300|height=237]

But yes, food from street vendors have more risks. And it is not as prevalent as the media indicates.

There is one trick to determine if the cooking oil is new or not. You can order some soy sauce, mix it with the oil in a glass cup and shake. If they separate quickly and clearly, the oil is fresh. If there’re soy sauce mixed with the oil at the seperation layer, then it is questionable.

[carlsbadworker]

[quote=flu]jimyle, you really only need to worry about this if you go into remote areas.[/quote]

That’s wishful thinking. As long as there is profit opportunity, it could happen. Here is some picture taken in Shanghai:
[img_assist|nid=13636|title=Collecting oil|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=300|height=237]

But yes, food from street vendors have more risks. And it is not as prevalent as the media indicates.

There is one trick to determine if the cooking oil is new or not. You can order some soy sauce, mix it with the oil in a glass cup and shake. If they separate quickly and clearly, the oil is fresh. If there’re soy sauce mixed with the oil at the seperation layer, then it is questionable.

[carlsbadworker]

[quote=CDMA ENG]And would still eat anything they serve at Ba Ren…[/quote]

Not that safe. Remember they still use ingredients from 99ranch which imported from China. And I swear that many of the items on the shelf of 99ranch do not even have an expiration date.

But still I think that food safety is over-rated. Chinese’s life expectancy is five years above the world average (that’s including the effect of air/water pollution). And it was expected to keep increasing in the next 50 years. The human body can adapt.

[carlsbadworker]

[quote=CDMA ENG]And would still eat anything they serve at Ba Ren…[/quote]

Not that safe. Remember they still use ingredients from 99ranch which imported from China. And I swear that many of the items on the shelf of 99ranch do not even have an expiration date.

But still I think that food safety is over-rated. Chinese’s life expectancy is five years above the world average (that’s including the effect of air/water pollution). And it was expected to keep increasing in the next 50 years. The human body can adapt.

[carlsbadworker]

[quote=CDMA ENG]And would still eat anything they serve at Ba Ren…[/quote]

Not that safe. Remember they still use ingredients from 99ranch which imported from China. And I swear that many of the items on the shelf of 99ranch do not even have an expiration date.

But still I think that food safety is over-rated. Chinese’s life expectancy is five years above the world average (that’s including the effect of air/water pollution). And it was expected to keep increasing in the next 50 years. The human body can adapt.

[carlsbadworker]

[quote=CDMA ENG]And would still eat anything they serve at Ba Ren…[/quote]

Not that safe. Remember they still use ingredients from 99ranch which imported from China. And I swear that many of the items on the shelf of 99ranch do not even have an expiration date.

But still I think that food safety is over-rated. Chinese’s life expectancy is five years above the world average (that’s including the effect of air/water pollution). And it was expected to keep increasing in the next 50 years. The human body can adapt.

[carlsbadworker]

[quote=CDMA ENG]And would still eat anything they serve at Ba Ren…[/quote]

Not that safe. Remember they still use ingredients from 99ranch which imported from China. And I swear that many of the items on the shelf of 99ranch do not even have an expiration date.

But still I think that food safety is over-rated. Chinese’s life expectancy is five years above the world average (that’s including the effect of air/water pollution). And it was expected to keep increasing in the next 50 years. The human body can adapt.

[carlsbadworker]

[quote=Ren]Kind of a sweeping generalization, don’t you think?[/quote]

First of all, I don’t mean to look down on anyone. I bought in Temecula before you do and I commute to Carlsbad as well. But I have data to back up my claim. Although Temecula is a rich city (as rich as Carlsbad, as pointed out by TG a while back), that’s looking at its median income. But if you look at $150K-$200K category, TV only has 2.3% of population in that category, that compares to 5.3% in SD, 6.4% of Carlsbad. Therefore, Carlsbad residents are more affordable of Carlsbad home prices (~600K) than Temecula residents.
Second, if you look at other demographic info. Temecula residents have very good eduction as well, so I attribute the reason that they have lower high income category to their ages. Temecula is very young, and these young professionals have yet to climb up their corporate ladder. That’s why I think their jobs are less stable and marginal.
Third, I have good faith in TV’s long-term future (that’s one of the reason I bought). But in near-term, it has more delinquency and more foreclosure, that will certainly add downward price pressure. A house on my street was just listed and it was purchased for less than 2 years. In the last two years, there’re so many homes bought in TV with FHA or VA loan, which are essentially almost no down payment bet for the buyers. That is a time bomb for the next few years.
Of course, I admit that whether San Diego will have less downward price pressure is just an opinion on my part. I have not studied it close enough to have any data to back that up.

[carlsbadworker]

[quote=Ren]Kind of a sweeping generalization, don’t you think?[/quote]

First of all, I don’t mean to look down on anyone. I bought in Temecula before you do and I commute to Carlsbad as well. But I have data to back up my claim. Although Temecula is a rich city (as rich as Carlsbad, as pointed out by TG a while back), that’s looking at its median income. But if you look at $150K-$200K category, TV only has 2.3% of population in that category, that compares to 5.3% in SD, 6.4% of Carlsbad. Therefore, Carlsbad residents are more affordable of Carlsbad home prices (~600K) than Temecula residents.
Second, if you look at other demographic info. Temecula residents have very good eduction as well, so I attribute the reason that they have lower high income category to their ages. Temecula is very young, and these young professionals have yet to climb up their corporate ladder. That’s why I think their jobs are less stable and marginal.
Third, I have good faith in TV’s long-term future (that’s one of the reason I bought). But in near-term, it has more delinquency and more foreclosure, that will certainly add downward price pressure. A house on my street was just listed and it was purchased for less than 2 years. In the last two years, there’re so many homes bought in TV with FHA or VA loan, which are essentially almost no down payment bet for the buyers. That is a time bomb for the next few years.
Of course, I admit that whether San Diego will have less downward price pressure is just an opinion on my part. I have not studied it close enough to have any data to back that up.

[carlsbadworker]

[quote=Ren]Kind of a sweeping generalization, don’t you think?[/quote]

First of all, I don’t mean to look down on anyone. I bought in Temecula before you do and I commute to Carlsbad as well. But I have data to back up my claim. Although Temecula is a rich city (as rich as Carlsbad, as pointed out by TG a while back), that’s looking at its median income. But if you look at $150K-$200K category, TV only has 2.3% of population in that category, that compares to 5.3% in SD, 6.4% of Carlsbad. Therefore, Carlsbad residents are more affordable of Carlsbad home prices (~600K) than Temecula residents.
Second, if you look at other demographic info. Temecula residents have very good eduction as well, so I attribute the reason that they have lower high income category to their ages. Temecula is very young, and these young professionals have yet to climb up their corporate ladder. That’s why I think their jobs are less stable and marginal.
Third, I have good faith in TV’s long-term future (that’s one of the reason I bought). But in near-term, it has more delinquency and more foreclosure, that will certainly add downward price pressure. A house on my street was just listed and it was purchased for less than 2 years. In the last two years, there’re so many homes bought in TV with FHA or VA loan, which are essentially almost no down payment bet for the buyers. That is a time bomb for the next few years.
Of course, I admit that whether San Diego will have less downward price pressure is just an opinion on my part. I have not studied it close enough to have any data to back that up.

[carlsbadworker]

[quote=Ren]Kind of a sweeping generalization, don’t you think?[/quote]

First of all, I don’t mean to look down on anyone. I bought in Temecula before you do and I commute to Carlsbad as well. But I have data to back up my claim. Although Temecula is a rich city (as rich as Carlsbad, as pointed out by TG a while back), that’s looking at its median income. But if you look at $150K-$200K category, TV only has 2.3% of population in that category, that compares to 5.3% in SD, 6.4% of Carlsbad. Therefore, Carlsbad residents are more affordable of Carlsbad home prices (~600K) than Temecula residents.
Second, if you look at other demographic info. Temecula residents have very good eduction as well, so I attribute the reason that they have lower high income category to their ages. Temecula is very young, and these young professionals have yet to climb up their corporate ladder. That’s why I think their jobs are less stable and marginal.
Third, I have good faith in TV’s long-term future (that’s one of the reason I bought). But in near-term, it has more delinquency and more foreclosure, that will certainly add downward price pressure. A house on my street was just listed and it was purchased for less than 2 years. In the last two years, there’re so many homes bought in TV with FHA or VA loan, which are essentially almost no down payment bet for the buyers. That is a time bomb for the next few years.
Of course, I admit that whether San Diego will have less downward price pressure is just an opinion on my part. I have not studied it close enough to have any data to back that up.

[carlsbadworker]

[quote=Ren]Kind of a sweeping generalization, don’t you think?[/quote]

First of all, I don’t mean to look down on anyone. I bought in Temecula before you do and I commute to Carlsbad as well. But I have data to back up my claim. Although Temecula is a rich city (as rich as Carlsbad, as pointed out by TG a while back), that’s looking at its median income. But if you look at $150K-$200K category, TV only has 2.3% of population in that category, that compares to 5.3% in SD, 6.4% of Carlsbad. Therefore, Carlsbad residents are more affordable of Carlsbad home prices (~600K) than Temecula residents.
Second, if you look at other demographic info. Temecula residents have very good eduction as well, so I attribute the reason that they have lower high income category to their ages. Temecula is very young, and these young professionals have yet to climb up their corporate ladder. That’s why I think their jobs are less stable and marginal.
Third, I have good faith in TV’s long-term future (that’s one of the reason I bought). But in near-term, it has more delinquency and more foreclosure, that will certainly add downward price pressure. A house on my street was just listed and it was purchased for less than 2 years. In the last two years, there’re so many homes bought in TV with FHA or VA loan, which are essentially almost no down payment bet for the buyers. That is a time bomb for the next few years.
Of course, I admit that whether San Diego will have less downward price pressure is just an opinion on my part. I have not studied it close enough to have any data to back that up.

[Author]

Posts