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ParticipantHi Radelow,
I came here from LA in 1991 to attend UCSD and have spent most of my time here since then but also travel quite a bit (the longest being a one-year stint in Tokyo). I bought my condo in SD in 1999. Tokyo is like home to me, I speak the language and accumulated over 5 years traveling, working, and schooling in Japan. Nothing can even come close to the numerous things you can do and see for free in a country which is smaller than half the size of California. When my friends or family visit San Diego, I am ashamed to not have anything to do besides take them to the beach (we’re not Sea World or Legoland types) but that gets boring quickly.
I like Tokyo because I’m very much a city person. I like active, vibrant places with a pulse. To me San Diego is flat-line. I spoil myself every year going to Vienna for Opera (it’s not boring when you see it as it’s supposed to be). I collect art. Balboa park has very little of any interest, it’s more of a strip mall with some mildly interesting architecture than anything else. The museum exhibits are decrepit relics (as opposed to fascinating antiquities). I see better displays at granny’s house.
Chicago is superior in food, parks, and museums, as is New York, L.A., San Francisco, and Boston to name a few. If you like clubs, pretty much anywhere is better than SD (I mean come on, how many pseudo-salsa dance places or techno-trance-hip-hop clubs filled with drunken white people do we need in the gaslamp?). I’ve tried all the jazz clubs, no thrill there. Comedy? Lame (Avenue Q was nice, but it’s from NYC). Restaurants? Nope. I think all the cooks in SD were trained by the Denny’s master chef (unless, of course, you go high-end). I went to a restaurant that called itself Indian (downtown) and it was blond-haired waitresses (I think they also came from Denny’s) with bindi on their forehead serving week-old bread and calling it nan. Most sushi places here serve Korean versions of Japanese food but SD folks don’t know the difference as long as someone yells irashai when you walk in.
I have so much to write about but don’t want to overdo it any more than I already have. Just to answer your question cities I personally find superior in some ways are:
NYC
Vienna
Tokyo
SF
Chicago
Boston
BudapestLike you said, SD is all about the weather. The places I listed above don’t fare as well in that respect and don’t have proximity to the Pacific (though I am an avid snowboarder). For me, it’s also about the money.
ParticipantHi Radelow,
I came here from LA in 1991 to attend UCSD and have spent most of my time here since then but also travel quite a bit (the longest being a one-year stint in Tokyo). I bought my condo in SD in 1999. Tokyo is like home to me, I speak the language and accumulated over 5 years traveling, working, and schooling in Japan. Nothing can even come close to the numerous things you can do and see for free in a country which is smaller than half the size of California. When my friends or family visit San Diego, I am ashamed to not have anything to do besides take them to the beach (we’re not Sea World or Legoland types) but that gets boring quickly.
I like Tokyo because I’m very much a city person. I like active, vibrant places with a pulse. To me San Diego is flat-line. I spoil myself every year going to Vienna for Opera (it’s not boring when you see it as it’s supposed to be). I collect art. Balboa park has very little of any interest, it’s more of a strip mall with some mildly interesting architecture than anything else. The museum exhibits are decrepit relics (as opposed to fascinating antiquities). I see better displays at granny’s house.
Chicago is superior in food, parks, and museums, as is New York, L.A., San Francisco, and Boston to name a few. If you like clubs, pretty much anywhere is better than SD (I mean come on, how many pseudo-salsa dance places or techno-trance-hip-hop clubs filled with drunken white people do we need in the gaslamp?). I’ve tried all the jazz clubs, no thrill there. Comedy? Lame (Avenue Q was nice, but it’s from NYC). Restaurants? Nope. I think all the cooks in SD were trained by the Denny’s master chef (unless, of course, you go high-end). I went to a restaurant that called itself Indian (downtown) and it was blond-haired waitresses (I think they also came from Denny’s) with bindi on their forehead serving week-old bread and calling it nan. Most sushi places here serve Korean versions of Japanese food but SD folks don’t know the difference as long as someone yells irashai when you walk in.
I have so much to write about but don’t want to overdo it any more than I already have. Just to answer your question cities I personally find superior in some ways are:
NYC
Vienna
Tokyo
SF
Chicago
Boston
BudapestLike you said, SD is all about the weather. The places I listed above don’t fare as well in that respect and don’t have proximity to the Pacific (though I am an avid snowboarder). For me, it’s also about the money.
ParticipantI agree, it’s got weather but not much else. Unless you like not being able to find an open restaurant after 9PM (10PM on weekends), or you like the restaurant service typical of tourist spots (they’re not aiming for return customers, so jack up the prices and forget about quality). There are dozens of cities which rank much higher on public art, parks, libraries, etc. Balboa Park is a joke. I feel like there must be some subliminal brainwashing that hasn’t penetrated my thick skull but is convincing others that “San Diego is great, you are happy here, life is good here, marry here, consume here, reproduce here, have a beer and don’t think about it”. It’s like a retirement home for old folks.
Wow now I’m raving. Anyhow, a simplistic (read: San Diegan) rebuttal might be: so why don’t you leave? Well smarty-pants it’s simply because I make good money here in Telecom and I’m hooked on ocean/beach related sports. Really if it weren’t for the telecom industry, I wouldn’t be here. I wonder if that is the same for others. I think San Diego is darn lucky that the world needs telecom. I thank Irwin Jacobs.
ParticipantI agree, it’s got weather but not much else. Unless you like not being able to find an open restaurant after 9PM (10PM on weekends), or you like the restaurant service typical of tourist spots (they’re not aiming for return customers, so jack up the prices and forget about quality). There are dozens of cities which rank much higher on public art, parks, libraries, etc. Balboa Park is a joke. I feel like there must be some subliminal brainwashing that hasn’t penetrated my thick skull but is convincing others that “San Diego is great, you are happy here, life is good here, marry here, consume here, reproduce here, have a beer and don’t think about it”. It’s like a retirement home for old folks.
Wow now I’m raving. Anyhow, a simplistic (read: San Diegan) rebuttal might be: so why don’t you leave? Well smarty-pants it’s simply because I make good money here in Telecom and I’m hooked on ocean/beach related sports. Really if it weren’t for the telecom industry, I wouldn’t be here. I wonder if that is the same for others. I think San Diego is darn lucky that the world needs telecom. I thank Irwin Jacobs.
ParticipantI agree, it’s got weather but not much else. Unless you like not being able to find an open restaurant after 9PM (10PM on weekends), or you like the restaurant service typical of tourist spots (they’re not aiming for return customers, so jack up the prices and forget about quality). There are dozens of cities which rank much higher on public art, parks, libraries, etc. Balboa Park is a joke. I feel like there must be some subliminal brainwashing that hasn’t penetrated my thick skull but is convincing others that “San Diego is great, you are happy here, life is good here, marry here, consume here, reproduce here, have a beer and don’t think about it”. It’s like a retirement home for old folks.
Wow now I’m raving. Anyhow, a simplistic (read: San Diegan) rebuttal might be: so why don’t you leave? Well smarty-pants it’s simply because I make good money here in Telecom and I’m hooked on ocean/beach related sports. Really if it weren’t for the telecom industry, I wouldn’t be here. I wonder if that is the same for others. I think San Diego is darn lucky that the world needs telecom. I thank Irwin Jacobs.
ParticipantCheck out this one. If she undid just one more button on that blouse, I’d buy the house. The picture of the realtor is bigger than all the pics of the house combined.
ParticipantCheck out this one. If she undid just one more button on that blouse, I’d buy the house. The picture of the realtor is bigger than all the pics of the house combined.
ParticipantCheck out this one. If she undid just one more button on that blouse, I’d buy the house. The picture of the realtor is bigger than all the pics of the house combined.
ParticipantFDIC: I have spoken with the managers of my banks, and you are only covered to $100k per bank per account holder. If you and your wife are on the account, you’re covered for $200k. If you name some beneficiaries, they are each covered for $100k but you have to die to get that coverage. Even if you have one account which is a CD and one which is checking you are only covered for a combined $100k.
Wanna guess when the FDIC came about? After the last great depression in 1933 when people lost funds in accounts at crashed banks. Scary thought, no?
There are networks of banks which spread your account over several banks in the network, thus giving you FDIC insurance up to $30 Million. These are called CDARs:
Links from that site will help you find CDAR banks in your area. You usually get a slightly lower CD rate but are covered up to $30M with one easily accessible account and you get to sleep at night knowing your hard-earned cash is safe.
ParticipantFDIC: I have spoken with the managers of my banks, and you are only covered to $100k per bank per account holder. If you and your wife are on the account, you’re covered for $200k. If you name some beneficiaries, they are each covered for $100k but you have to die to get that coverage. Even if you have one account which is a CD and one which is checking you are only covered for a combined $100k.
Wanna guess when the FDIC came about? After the last great depression in 1933 when people lost funds in accounts at crashed banks. Scary thought, no?
There are networks of banks which spread your account over several banks in the network, thus giving you FDIC insurance up to $30 Million. These are called CDARs:
Links from that site will help you find CDAR banks in your area. You usually get a slightly lower CD rate but are covered up to $30M with one easily accessible account and you get to sleep at night knowing your hard-earned cash is safe.
ParticipantAmazing story. Just replace a few words (“farms” with “McMansions”, “Cadillacs” with “BMW SUVs”) and you’ve got 2007.
ParticipantAmazing story. Just replace a few words (“farms” with “McMansions”, “Cadillacs” with “BMW SUVs”) and you’ve got 2007.
ParticipantOh my god he is freaking out. That reporter lady looked scared! I’m really happy though… I shorted BSC on Monday for $128… Nothing like a 12% return in 5 days.
ParticipantOh my god he is freaking out. That reporter lady looked scared! I’m really happy though… I shorted BSC on Monday for $128… Nothing like a 12% return in 5 days.
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