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Is Mandolin the motor court condo thing? If so, what are they asking for them now?

I looked at those when they first opened. They were asking around $500K for them then (January 08, I think). I can’t justify that price point for that type of living. Especially combined with HOA and Mello-Roos. If I remember correctly, the combined tax rate was in the neighborhood of 1.7%.

I last drove by there a few months ago and there hadn’t been much construction going on in the area around Mandolin. The think the houses across the grassy area is called Pasado, they hadn’t done much with those either.

I wonder if they are having a hard time selling? I really want to like Del Sur but, the area seems so tightly packed and rediculously expensive even for North County.

While we are on the topic of Del Sur, does anyone know what is going on with the empty lots North side of Del Sur between Camino Del Sur and Paseo Del Sur? There has to be about 20 lots that have just been layed out with services but they are just sitting there.

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Is Mandolin the motor court condo thing? If so, what are they asking for them now?

I looked at those when they first opened. They were asking around $500K for them then (January 08, I think). I can’t justify that price point for that type of living. Especially combined with HOA and Mello-Roos. If I remember correctly, the combined tax rate was in the neighborhood of 1.7%.

I last drove by there a few months ago and there hadn’t been much construction going on in the area around Mandolin. The think the houses across the grassy area is called Pasado, they hadn’t done much with those either.

I wonder if they are having a hard time selling? I really want to like Del Sur but, the area seems so tightly packed and rediculously expensive even for North County.

While we are on the topic of Del Sur, does anyone know what is going on with the empty lots North side of Del Sur between Camino Del Sur and Paseo Del Sur? There has to be about 20 lots that have just been layed out with services but they are just sitting there.

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I think the problem isn’t with any particular vehicle. The real problem is the drivers of the vehicles. Whether large or small there is a tendancy to over estimate the capabilities of both the driver and the vehicle. When the limits of both machine and driver are exceeded havoc ensues.

I have heard several people say that they prefer a large vehicle because it’s safer. My first thought is, safer for whom? The potential damage inflicted upon a person or object by a 2500-3000 lbs. vehicle is much less than that of a 4000-6000 lbs. vehicle. This is simple physics.

This country (this is the only country I have ever driven in) has experienced a vehicular arms race of sorts. In my experience drivers of larger vehicles tend to believe that “right of way” is assigned by tonnage.

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I think the problem isn’t with any particular vehicle. The real problem is the drivers of the vehicles. Whether large or small there is a tendancy to over estimate the capabilities of both the driver and the vehicle. When the limits of both machine and driver are exceeded havoc ensues.

I have heard several people say that they prefer a large vehicle because it’s safer. My first thought is, safer for whom? The potential damage inflicted upon a person or object by a 2500-3000 lbs. vehicle is much less than that of a 4000-6000 lbs. vehicle. This is simple physics.

This country (this is the only country I have ever driven in) has experienced a vehicular arms race of sorts. In my experience drivers of larger vehicles tend to believe that “right of way” is assigned by tonnage.

[creechrr]

I think the problem isn’t with any particular vehicle. The real problem is the drivers of the vehicles. Whether large or small there is a tendancy to over estimate the capabilities of both the driver and the vehicle. When the limits of both machine and driver are exceeded havoc ensues.

I have heard several people say that they prefer a large vehicle because it’s safer. My first thought is, safer for whom? The potential damage inflicted upon a person or object by a 2500-3000 lbs. vehicle is much less than that of a 4000-6000 lbs. vehicle. This is simple physics.

This country (this is the only country I have ever driven in) has experienced a vehicular arms race of sorts. In my experience drivers of larger vehicles tend to believe that “right of way” is assigned by tonnage.

[creechrr]

I think the problem isn’t with any particular vehicle. The real problem is the drivers of the vehicles. Whether large or small there is a tendancy to over estimate the capabilities of both the driver and the vehicle. When the limits of both machine and driver are exceeded havoc ensues.

I have heard several people say that they prefer a large vehicle because it’s safer. My first thought is, safer for whom? The potential damage inflicted upon a person or object by a 2500-3000 lbs. vehicle is much less than that of a 4000-6000 lbs. vehicle. This is simple physics.

This country (this is the only country I have ever driven in) has experienced a vehicular arms race of sorts. In my experience drivers of larger vehicles tend to believe that “right of way” is assigned by tonnage.

[creechrr]

I think the problem isn’t with any particular vehicle. The real problem is the drivers of the vehicles. Whether large or small there is a tendancy to over estimate the capabilities of both the driver and the vehicle. When the limits of both machine and driver are exceeded havoc ensues.

I have heard several people say that they prefer a large vehicle because it’s safer. My first thought is, safer for whom? The potential damage inflicted upon a person or object by a 2500-3000 lbs. vehicle is much less than that of a 4000-6000 lbs. vehicle. This is simple physics.

This country (this is the only country I have ever driven in) has experienced a vehicular arms race of sorts. In my experience drivers of larger vehicles tend to believe that “right of way” is assigned by tonnage.

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[quote=thegobblin]
What I’m wondering is how to get them (the banks) to see that these tables are turned, probably permanently – and how to rescue our current housing so that people keep the homes they’re in without unjustly rewarding the irresponsible nor punishing the responsible.
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That’s easy. Let events unfold without intervention.

Those that are to able to afford the cost of ownership stay, those that can’t go. Those that can’t probably shouldn’t have bought to begin with.

High home prices doesn’t benefit anyone but, the guy heading for the exit.

If I were to buy even at today’s “affordable” prices, none of my income would go back into the community. I would make my payments and not do much else. That isn’t a very health life for me or the community I live in.

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[quote=thegobblin]
What I’m wondering is how to get them (the banks) to see that these tables are turned, probably permanently – and how to rescue our current housing so that people keep the homes they’re in without unjustly rewarding the irresponsible nor punishing the responsible.
[/quote]

That’s easy. Let events unfold without intervention.

Those that are to able to afford the cost of ownership stay, those that can’t go. Those that can’t probably shouldn’t have bought to begin with.

High home prices doesn’t benefit anyone but, the guy heading for the exit.

If I were to buy even at today’s “affordable” prices, none of my income would go back into the community. I would make my payments and not do much else. That isn’t a very health life for me or the community I live in.

[creechrr]

[quote=thegobblin]
What I’m wondering is how to get them (the banks) to see that these tables are turned, probably permanently – and how to rescue our current housing so that people keep the homes they’re in without unjustly rewarding the irresponsible nor punishing the responsible.
[/quote]

That’s easy. Let events unfold without intervention.

Those that are to able to afford the cost of ownership stay, those that can’t go. Those that can’t probably shouldn’t have bought to begin with.

High home prices doesn’t benefit anyone but, the guy heading for the exit.

If I were to buy even at today’s “affordable” prices, none of my income would go back into the community. I would make my payments and not do much else. That isn’t a very health life for me or the community I live in.

[creechrr]

[quote=thegobblin]
What I’m wondering is how to get them (the banks) to see that these tables are turned, probably permanently – and how to rescue our current housing so that people keep the homes they’re in without unjustly rewarding the irresponsible nor punishing the responsible.
[/quote]

That’s easy. Let events unfold without intervention.

Those that are to able to afford the cost of ownership stay, those that can’t go. Those that can’t probably shouldn’t have bought to begin with.

High home prices doesn’t benefit anyone but, the guy heading for the exit.

If I were to buy even at today’s “affordable” prices, none of my income would go back into the community. I would make my payments and not do much else. That isn’t a very health life for me or the community I live in.

[creechrr]

[quote=thegobblin]
What I’m wondering is how to get them (the banks) to see that these tables are turned, probably permanently – and how to rescue our current housing so that people keep the homes they’re in without unjustly rewarding the irresponsible nor punishing the responsible.
[/quote]

That’s easy. Let events unfold without intervention.

Those that are to able to afford the cost of ownership stay, those that can’t go. Those that can’t probably shouldn’t have bought to begin with.

High home prices doesn’t benefit anyone but, the guy heading for the exit.

If I were to buy even at today’s “affordable” prices, none of my income would go back into the community. I would make my payments and not do much else. That isn’t a very health life for me or the community I live in.

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[quote=bubble_contagion]Crime rate has also gone up and I see more minorities (not Asian).
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I think I know but, I’m curious what the racial backgrounds of the community here.

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[quote=bubble_contagion]Crime rate has also gone up and I see more minorities (not Asian).
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I think I know but, I’m curious what the racial backgrounds of the community here.

[creechrr]

[quote=bubble_contagion]Crime rate has also gone up and I see more minorities (not Asian).
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I think I know but, I’m curious what the racial backgrounds of the community here.

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