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[quote=briansd1]Actually, if Americans can no longer afford “Carlsbad-like” neighborhoods and everything in San Diego deteriorates to “El Cajon-like” and people have to move to apartments, it still won’t be the end of the world.[/quote]

None too soon: good riddance to Stepford, I say.

Most of the “nice” neighborhoods coveted by many around here just give me the creeps. I can’t understand why anyone would aspire to live amid such horrifying HOA-enforced uniformity.

Note that from an economic perspective, the marginal utility of a bigger house is zero at best. The only reason to have a big house is to provide shelter and sanitation for a big family. Otherwise it’s just a warehouse for used consumer goods.

My family of four is happy in our quiet patch of 92020, thank you, and somehow we manage to not feel imprisoned in the 1,000 sq. ft. 3/1 we bought last year. I’ll never move again if I can avoid it–just bury me in the back yard when I croak.

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[quote=briansd1]Actually, if Americans can no longer afford “Carlsbad-like” neighborhoods and everything in San Diego deteriorates to “El Cajon-like” and people have to move to apartments, it still won’t be the end of the world.[/quote]

None too soon: good riddance to Stepford, I say.

Most of the “nice” neighborhoods coveted by many around here just give me the creeps. I can’t understand why anyone would aspire to live amid such horrifying HOA-enforced uniformity.

Note that from an economic perspective, the marginal utility of a bigger house is zero at best. The only reason to have a big house is to provide shelter and sanitation for a big family. Otherwise it’s just a warehouse for used consumer goods.

My family of four is happy in our quiet patch of 92020, thank you, and somehow we manage to not feel imprisoned in the 1,000 sq. ft. 3/1 we bought last year. I’ll never move again if I can avoid it–just bury me in the back yard when I croak.

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[quote=walterwhite]Gosh I feel torn. I agree with arrays but I also agree with temekuguy. Can they both be right in som way? Does it come down to how you view the proper measure of happiness societally?[/quote]

Success, a reasonable proxy for happiness, boils down to “doing better than the other guy”.

If the Flying Spaghetti Monster appeared in the sky and magically made us all equally rich, we’d find or invent another definition of success because that’s the human thing to do.

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
–Epicurus

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[quote=walterwhite]Gosh I feel torn. I agree with arrays but I also agree with temekuguy. Can they both be right in som way? Does it come down to how you view the proper measure of happiness societally?[/quote]

Success, a reasonable proxy for happiness, boils down to “doing better than the other guy”.

If the Flying Spaghetti Monster appeared in the sky and magically made us all equally rich, we’d find or invent another definition of success because that’s the human thing to do.

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
–Epicurus

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[quote=walterwhite]Gosh I feel torn. I agree with arrays but I also agree with temekuguy. Can they both be right in som way? Does it come down to how you view the proper measure of happiness societally?[/quote]

Success, a reasonable proxy for happiness, boils down to “doing better than the other guy”.

If the Flying Spaghetti Monster appeared in the sky and magically made us all equally rich, we’d find or invent another definition of success because that’s the human thing to do.

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
–Epicurus

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[quote=walterwhite]Gosh I feel torn. I agree with arrays but I also agree with temekuguy. Can they both be right in som way? Does it come down to how you view the proper measure of happiness societally?[/quote]

Success, a reasonable proxy for happiness, boils down to “doing better than the other guy”.

If the Flying Spaghetti Monster appeared in the sky and magically made us all equally rich, we’d find or invent another definition of success because that’s the human thing to do.

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
–Epicurus

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[quote=walterwhite]Gosh I feel torn. I agree with arrays but I also agree with temekuguy. Can they both be right in som way? Does it come down to how you view the proper measure of happiness societally?[/quote]

Success, a reasonable proxy for happiness, boils down to “doing better than the other guy”.

If the Flying Spaghetti Monster appeared in the sky and magically made us all equally rich, we’d find or invent another definition of success because that’s the human thing to do.

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
–Epicurus

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I’m going to convert everyone to agnosticism.

Maybe.

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I’m going to convert everyone to agnosticism.

Maybe.

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I’m going to convert everyone to agnosticism.

Maybe.

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I’m going to convert everyone to agnosticism.

Maybe.

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I’m going to convert everyone to agnosticism.

Maybe.

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[quote=IT.MOM]I don’t want to sound like I am advertising for the agent.
But there is no GFE fee or any other ancillary fees.
Sounds too good to be true. I really don’t know how did she ( the agent) do it.

Before refinance my rate is 5.0%[/quote]

Our fellow piggs will correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think there’s a problem with posting information like this–quite the contrary!

Seriously, if I could refi down to the rate you got and break even in less than a year I’d jump on it.

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[quote=IT.MOM]I don’t want to sound like I am advertising for the agent.
But there is no GFE fee or any other ancillary fees.
Sounds too good to be true. I really don’t know how did she ( the agent) do it.

Before refinance my rate is 5.0%[/quote]

Our fellow piggs will correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think there’s a problem with posting information like this–quite the contrary!

Seriously, if I could refi down to the rate you got and break even in less than a year I’d jump on it.

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[quote=IT.MOM]I don’t want to sound like I am advertising for the agent.
But there is no GFE fee or any other ancillary fees.
Sounds too good to be true. I really don’t know how did she ( the agent) do it.

Before refinance my rate is 5.0%[/quote]

Our fellow piggs will correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think there’s a problem with posting information like this–quite the contrary!

Seriously, if I could refi down to the rate you got and break even in less than a year I’d jump on it.

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