[Dukehorn]

Let’s see low humidity and high winds and “just a few bales of hay/straw” in a residential neighborhood. Nothing to worry about according to Ms. 4S.

Here’s a picture from a neighbor’s blog. That looks really safe to leave out during a fire evacuation? Right? Especially with all those young saplings knocked down by the non-existent winds in 4S.

http://eternalsunshineofmel.blogspot.com/2007/10/evacuation.html

[Dukehorn]

Let’s see low humidity and high winds and “just a few bales of hay/straw” in a residential neighborhood. Nothing to worry about according to Ms. 4S.

Here’s a picture from a neighbor’s blog. That looks really safe to leave out during a fire evacuation? Right? Especially with all those young saplings knocked down by the non-existent winds in 4S.

http://eternalsunshineofmel.blogspot.com/2007/10/evacuation.html

[Dukehorn]

Let’s see low humidity and high winds and “just a few bales of hay/straw” in a residential neighborhood. Nothing to worry about according to Ms. 4S.

Here’s a picture from a neighbor’s blog. That looks really safe to leave out during a fire evacuation? Right? Especially with all those young saplings knocked down by the non-existent winds in 4S.

http://eternalsunshineofmel.blogspot.com/2007/10/evacuation.html

[Dukehorn]

Learn to read your own writing. You said “no singed landscaped” and now your changed assertion is that not all of 4S ranch but the part south of Camino Del Norte is “protected”.

The funny thing is you don’t challenge my assertion that it is not protected against stupidity or arson?

Please understand your own arguments before you go out and attack other people. If any idiot drops a cigarette in the “protected area” of 4S ranch, it will go. We were lucky that those haybales got called in, there were quite a few and the wind would have driven them right through Silhouette. You can call them straw bales. I’m pretty sure the ones left behind were the haybales but I guess you went to check, eh?? I guess it strengthens your “argument” since straw isn’t flammable. Oh wait….

[Dukehorn]

Learn to read your own writing. You said “no singed landscaped” and now your changed assertion is that not all of 4S ranch but the part south of Camino Del Norte is “protected”.

The funny thing is you don’t challenge my assertion that it is not protected against stupidity or arson?

Please understand your own arguments before you go out and attack other people. If any idiot drops a cigarette in the “protected area” of 4S ranch, it will go. We were lucky that those haybales got called in, there were quite a few and the wind would have driven them right through Silhouette. You can call them straw bales. I’m pretty sure the ones left behind were the haybales but I guess you went to check, eh?? I guess it strengthens your “argument” since straw isn’t flammable. Oh wait….

[Dukehorn]

Learn to read your own writing. You said “no singed landscaped” and now your changed assertion is that not all of 4S ranch but the part south of Camino Del Norte is “protected”.

The funny thing is you don’t challenge my assertion that it is not protected against stupidity or arson?

Please understand your own arguments before you go out and attack other people. If any idiot drops a cigarette in the “protected area” of 4S ranch, it will go. We were lucky that those haybales got called in, there were quite a few and the wind would have driven them right through Silhouette. You can call them straw bales. I’m pretty sure the ones left behind were the haybales but I guess you went to check, eh?? I guess it strengthens your “argument” since straw isn’t flammable. Oh wait….

[Dukehorn]

After these fires, you’re trying to pump up 4S ranch and call us idiots? You’re going to play the lottery game by saying that 4S ranch will never be affect by Santa Anas even though it is a totally artificial neighborhood built on dry scrubland? Who’s the moron?

And you’re a liar since the haybales at that elementary school off of Camino del Norte did catch on fire. Whoever decided to leave all the haybales sitting out there after the pumpkin festival should be fired. But if folks hadn’t called that in, Silhouette, Gardenwalk, etc. and everything westward in that valley would have been torched, so don’t even pretend there wasn’t a large element of luck.

[Dukehorn]

After these fires, you’re trying to pump up 4S ranch and call us idiots? You’re going to play the lottery game by saying that 4S ranch will never be affect by Santa Anas even though it is a totally artificial neighborhood built on dry scrubland? Who’s the moron?

And you’re a liar since the haybales at that elementary school off of Camino del Norte did catch on fire. Whoever decided to leave all the haybales sitting out there after the pumpkin festival should be fired. But if folks hadn’t called that in, Silhouette, Gardenwalk, etc. and everything westward in that valley would have been torched, so don’t even pretend there wasn’t a large element of luck.

[Dukehorn]

After these fires, you’re trying to pump up 4S ranch and call us idiots? You’re going to play the lottery game by saying that 4S ranch will never be affect by Santa Anas even though it is a totally artificial neighborhood built on dry scrubland? Who’s the moron?

And you’re a liar since the haybales at that elementary school off of Camino del Norte did catch on fire. Whoever decided to leave all the haybales sitting out there after the pumpkin festival should be fired. But if folks hadn’t called that in, Silhouette, Gardenwalk, etc. and everything westward in that valley would have been torched, so don’t even pretend there wasn’t a large element of luck.

[Dukehorn]

Errr, timeout…

Who’s doing 8th grade algebra in 5th grade? The Santee elementary schools? So you’re suggesting that the “gifted” kids in Santee are going to be doing calculus by 9th grade? I’m going to have to roll my eyes right there. Don’t overstate your case, it ruins everything else you have to say.

And in terms of “impressive” school districts, it’s those high schools that churn out 5+ National Merit Scholars every year and send a slew of students off to Stanford and the Ivy Leagues. Santee isn’t in that league, and being 70% (as someone said earlier) isn’t going to attract people (and probably won’t scare them away either).

PS I think what confused people with the 10 minutes to La Jolla argument is that you talk about enjoying the beach in LaJolla but then pick a non-beach boundary to determine time and distance. Bad arguing technique…

[Dukehorn]

I have to ask Mint why you would trade Austin for North Dallas (unless its job related).

Austin may be smaller than Dallas but it has a LOT more charm. Dallas and Houston are hell (worked in the former and grew up in the latter)

Lakes: Lake Travis > anything in Dallas
Hills: Hill Country in Austin > flatlands of Dallas
Mountain Biking: Austin
Road Biking: Austin (why Lance moved down)
Culture: lot more activities go through UT than through SMU, though Dallas has a good symphony

Pancakes: Kerbey Lane/Magnolia Cafe slight edge over Cafe Brazil

BBQ: Salt Lick, Stubb’s > Dallas

Sushi: Dallas > Austin

More diversity: Austin > Dallas

Pretentiousness: Dallas >>>> Austin

Anyway, my friends in Austin and San Antonio are jealous when I bike around San Diego in the mornings and hit LaJolla for a swim in the afternoons (just on the weekends mind you–it was worth giving up my 2500+ ft home in Austin just to avoid the mosquitos and the heat).

[Dukehorn]

It’s not the fact that he asked the question. One wonders how many times he has to ask it and how many responses that he will accept before he STOPS asking the same question in literally the same time frame.

We know the resets are coming and the last I heard, there was no discussion of a bailout. If the situation hasn’t changed, why is the same question being repetitively asked?

Let’s pretend that Countrywide laying off 12,000 jobs is going to impact the RE market in a positive fashion while we’re at this exercise….

[Dukehorn]

This is moronic,

Why would you even speculate on the inventory numbers when there’s a whole set of ARM resets over the next two years? Is there a definite bailout out there that most of us are unaware about?

You have your opinion which seemingly differs from everyone else’s. Go act on it…. Please.

[Dukehorn]

My sister and her husband bought a house in 4S ranch last December against my recommendation. They wanted to get out of their apartment and have a place to call their own. I guess I appreciate the sentiment but the pragmatic person in me still thought it was a poor idea based on the economic situation.

Since they’re planning on holding for awhile and both make good salaries, they’re not afraid of being underwater for awhile. I personally thought holding out another year would have made a pretty significant difference in how much house they buy.

It’s a personal decision dictated by your relationship and where you are in life. A house shouldn’t be a pure economic decision nor should it be a pure emotional one. Got to balance it out (I guess).

[Dukehorn]

Again, people prioritize certain things. If you want mountains, beaches, access to lots of high tech (cutting edge, I’m not talking Nortel in Dallas), you are better off in California. If you want cheaper housing, more yard, industry based on oil and gas, go to Texas.

I grew up in Houston, went to school in Austin, and bought homes in Dallas and Austin (and DC).

Austin is a great little city but there’s no biotech (so out for me). San Antonio-nice to visit but that’s it.

Houston–sprawl, flat, with tar in the water in Galveston (and the beach is at least an hour plus away). Comparing Galveston to Santa Monica or Redondo Beach? Can’t do it. You have awesome mountain biking in Malibu all the way down to San Diego, Can’t match that in Texas. You have peaks that break 10,000 ft an hour from the beach in LA. You need to trek 8 hours through west texas to get any sort of altitude hiking in. No mountain biking, crappy road biking

Dallas, as pretentious as LA without any of the outdoor advantages.

Add in a healthy does of heat, humidity, mosquitoes and toss in an ice storm in the winter and you won’t be surprised why most of the college friends from UT-Austin are now in California.

That being said, Austin is nice and is the only place I would choose to live if I went back to Texas. But it is the only semi-liberal county in Texas, which is painful to someone who works with stem cells.

Plus one year during Spring Break, I got pulled over by some troopers 30 minutes outside of San Antonio. I was asked if I “had crossed the river”. I had to think about it a few seconds about which river in Texas and then ventured a “are you talking about the Rio Grande” (which was a very very fair distance away). But I guess Asians and Latinos all look alike……

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