[FormerOwner]

Funny story: my wife thought I was a little crazy at first, but I sold a car recently and got paid several thousand dollars in cash. I tried my best to check the bills myself and tried to make sure I could track down the buyer if I needed to then signed over the title and gave him the keys. I decided to randomly pick 100’s out of the stack and spend them at local stores to make sure they were OK. Once I got through 5 or 6, I felt confident enough to deposit the rest into my bank account. I sort of felt like a criminal doing this but I just didn’t want to lose all that money if the bank confiscated it!

[FormerOwner]

We’re lucky that the FEDERAL government isn’t cutting back the way the local governments are. Military, defense contractors, Border Patrol, Drug Enforcement, FBI jobs, etc. are a SIGNIFICANT part of the SD economy and a lot of those people make fairly high salaries + a pension. That is a lot of what is keeping SD afloat economically. If the Federal government ever gets its budget under control, SD will be VERY hard hit.

[FormerOwner]

We’re lucky that the FEDERAL government isn’t cutting back the way the local governments are. Military, defense contractors, Border Patrol, Drug Enforcement, FBI jobs, etc. are a SIGNIFICANT part of the SD economy and a lot of those people make fairly high salaries + a pension. That is a lot of what is keeping SD afloat economically. If the Federal government ever gets its budget under control, SD will be VERY hard hit.

[FormerOwner]

We’re lucky that the FEDERAL government isn’t cutting back the way the local governments are. Military, defense contractors, Border Patrol, Drug Enforcement, FBI jobs, etc. are a SIGNIFICANT part of the SD economy and a lot of those people make fairly high salaries + a pension. That is a lot of what is keeping SD afloat economically. If the Federal government ever gets its budget under control, SD will be VERY hard hit.

[FormerOwner]

We’re lucky that the FEDERAL government isn’t cutting back the way the local governments are. Military, defense contractors, Border Patrol, Drug Enforcement, FBI jobs, etc. are a SIGNIFICANT part of the SD economy and a lot of those people make fairly high salaries + a pension. That is a lot of what is keeping SD afloat economically. If the Federal government ever gets its budget under control, SD will be VERY hard hit.

[FormerOwner]

We’re lucky that the FEDERAL government isn’t cutting back the way the local governments are. Military, defense contractors, Border Patrol, Drug Enforcement, FBI jobs, etc. are a SIGNIFICANT part of the SD economy and a lot of those people make fairly high salaries + a pension. That is a lot of what is keeping SD afloat economically. If the Federal government ever gets its budget under control, SD will be VERY hard hit.

[FormerOwner]

Convenience and a short commute are #1 for me. And no, I don’t have kids. Right now I live and work in Mission Valley and I *walk* to work most days. I used to live in Temecula but got REALLY tired and bored living in the exurbs. Plus, living there my career options were a lot more limited. I would take an apartment in Mission Valley over a McMansion in the exurbs any day. Maybe that would be different if I had kids though.

[FormerOwner]

Convenience and a short commute are #1 for me. And no, I don’t have kids. Right now I live and work in Mission Valley and I *walk* to work most days. I used to live in Temecula but got REALLY tired and bored living in the exurbs. Plus, living there my career options were a lot more limited. I would take an apartment in Mission Valley over a McMansion in the exurbs any day. Maybe that would be different if I had kids though.

[FormerOwner]

Convenience and a short commute are #1 for me. And no, I don’t have kids. Right now I live and work in Mission Valley and I *walk* to work most days. I used to live in Temecula but got REALLY tired and bored living in the exurbs. Plus, living there my career options were a lot more limited. I would take an apartment in Mission Valley over a McMansion in the exurbs any day. Maybe that would be different if I had kids though.

[FormerOwner]

Convenience and a short commute are #1 for me. And no, I don’t have kids. Right now I live and work in Mission Valley and I *walk* to work most days. I used to live in Temecula but got REALLY tired and bored living in the exurbs. Plus, living there my career options were a lot more limited. I would take an apartment in Mission Valley over a McMansion in the exurbs any day. Maybe that would be different if I had kids though.

[FormerOwner]

Convenience and a short commute are #1 for me. And no, I don’t have kids. Right now I live and work in Mission Valley and I *walk* to work most days. I used to live in Temecula but got REALLY tired and bored living in the exurbs. Plus, living there my career options were a lot more limited. I would take an apartment in Mission Valley over a McMansion in the exurbs any day. Maybe that would be different if I had kids though.

[FormerOwner]

This problem dates back to at least the 1920’s. Google “technocrat” or “technocracy” and you’ll see what I mean. The more automated things become, the lower the value that human labor has. Sad, but true. The only labor that’s truly valuable anymore is labor that only a small number of people can do for which there is a great demand. The odd thing is that there is also labor that is not truly valuable to society but for which people get paid a lot due to the way our system is set up – a lot of government jobs, finance jobs, sales jobs, some management jobs, etc. I happen to have one of these jobs myself and always have. I am good at what I do and try to do my best to contribute to society but seriously, how long can this all continue?

[FormerOwner]

This problem dates back to at least the 1920’s. Google “technocrat” or “technocracy” and you’ll see what I mean. The more automated things become, the lower the value that human labor has. Sad, but true. The only labor that’s truly valuable anymore is labor that only a small number of people can do for which there is a great demand. The odd thing is that there is also labor that is not truly valuable to society but for which people get paid a lot due to the way our system is set up – a lot of government jobs, finance jobs, sales jobs, some management jobs, etc. I happen to have one of these jobs myself and always have. I am good at what I do and try to do my best to contribute to society but seriously, how long can this all continue?

[FormerOwner]

This problem dates back to at least the 1920’s. Google “technocrat” or “technocracy” and you’ll see what I mean. The more automated things become, the lower the value that human labor has. Sad, but true. The only labor that’s truly valuable anymore is labor that only a small number of people can do for which there is a great demand. The odd thing is that there is also labor that is not truly valuable to society but for which people get paid a lot due to the way our system is set up – a lot of government jobs, finance jobs, sales jobs, some management jobs, etc. I happen to have one of these jobs myself and always have. I am good at what I do and try to do my best to contribute to society but seriously, how long can this all continue?

[FormerOwner]

This problem dates back to at least the 1920’s. Google “technocrat” or “technocracy” and you’ll see what I mean. The more automated things become, the lower the value that human labor has. Sad, but true. The only labor that’s truly valuable anymore is labor that only a small number of people can do for which there is a great demand. The odd thing is that there is also labor that is not truly valuable to society but for which people get paid a lot due to the way our system is set up – a lot of government jobs, finance jobs, sales jobs, some management jobs, etc. I happen to have one of these jobs myself and always have. I am good at what I do and try to do my best to contribute to society but seriously, how long can this all continue?

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