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The planned solution to I-5 traffic is to add eight lanes – four going north and four going south.

I would prefer the money be invested in a public transportation plan.

How about a subway that runs under I-5?

How about free public transportation – this would get a lot of people to consider using it and help balance the inconvenience.

The bigger the demand on public transportation the better the possibilities.

The biggest obstacle is that not enough people have experienced good public transportation.

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Up here in North County you can forget public transit, believe me I’ve tried; I love public transportation having lived in NYC and San Francisco.

However my husband and I did manage to do just fine with one car and public transportation for five years up here in North County. I don’t work but use the car mostly to get the kids to school, etc.. I would either take my husband to/from work or he’d use public transportationif possible. Sometimes it was inconvenient but whenever I thought about getting a second car it didn’t seem worth it.

Now my husband works in east San Clemente and there’s not a workable public transit option so we got a second car.

The point is that maybe some of these 2+ car families could use public transportation but keep one car for those trips to Mira Mesa at night.

I do believe that in San Diego County it would be impossible to rely solely on public transportation, you do need a car to fall back on.

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HEY! I’m “Peace” here and I am not PS

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We’ve been asking ourselves this question for years and watched the prices go up and up.

But the real question for us is how do people figure for retirement? We are maybe 15 years out on retirement and have been planning since our mid-20’s. Seeing our parents living into their 80’s and 90’s we can’t imagine going into retirement with huge property taxes and maintenance.

Maybe they have more retirement money than we can imagine or maybe they plan to trade down. There should be a Sh** load of used McMansions on the market in about 25 years.

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You used to always hear “motivated buyers only”

now that the tables have turned I would certainly check out a realtor that advertised “Motivated Sellers Only”

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Be very specific about the location of the fridge – make sure you add it to the heading. Take into consideration that many of the people looking for home furnishings may be newcomers and are not familiar with the area and may need more information than someone who has lived here for a long time.

The only problem I have with Craigslist is that it covers such a huge area that I want to know exactly where the item is – especially if I need to see it before I decide to buy.

I was looking for a used car on Craigslist and didn’t even look at ads that didn’t say exactly where the car was.

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Be very specific about the location of the fridge – make sure you add it to the heading. Take into consideration that many of the people looking for home furnishings may be newcomers and are not familiar with the area and may need more information than someone who has lived here for a long time.

The only problem I have with Craigslist is that it covers such a huge area that I want to know exactly where the item is – especially if I need to see it before I decide to buy.

I was looking for a used car on Craigslist and didn’t even look at ads that didn’t say exactly where the car was.

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Thank you for sharing. It’s a new world – with all the access to information, it will be interesting how this shakes down.
I say it won’t play out like the last downturn – this time it’s gonna be worse.

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Thank you for sharing. It’s a new world – with all the access to information, it will be interesting how this shakes down.
I say it won’t play out like the last downturn – this time it’s gonna be worse.

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Does anyone know who is buying these foreclosures/auctions? Noticed that a house on my Mom’s street has a NOD and wonder who the typical buyers are: landlords looking for rentals? Flippers/Investors? People looking for a home? Who bids at the auctions?

I went to a courthouse auction once in Dallas in 1989 – the first bid was always the bank for the loan balance which was always more than the house was worth.

Is there a free online site that gives the details on foreclosures? I don’t know which house it is, but if it’s the one I think it is, then it is a POS that is hardly worth fixing up; a very uncharming tract home, a stones throw from interstate 5.

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Does anyone know who is buying these foreclosures/auctions? Noticed that a house on my Mom’s street has a NOD and wonder who the typical buyers are: landlords looking for rentals? Flippers/Investors? People looking for a home? Who bids at the auctions?

I went to a courthouse auction once in Dallas in 1989 – the first bid was always the bank for the loan balance which was always more than the house was worth.

Is there a free online site that gives the details on foreclosures? I don’t know which house it is, but if it’s the one I think it is, then it is a POS that is hardly worth fixing up; a very uncharming tract home, a stones throw from interstate 5.

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The argument that if we were to have a universal system, then everybody would be going to the doctor for every little ailment. How rediculous is that? Like everyone goes to to doctor for fun – at this time I have very good PPO coverage and no one in my family has been to a doctor in over a year.

The better policy would be to fine people who don’t go to the doctor – people who don’t go to the doctor when necessary and in a timely fashion cost a lot more.

And to say we’ll bring on all those illegals is also a stupid argument because they are getting care at emergency rooms as it is, showing up when they are really sick (after working in the kitchens of the restaurants where you eat) instead of seeing a doctor right away.

We could control a lot of our sicknesses with readily available healthcare.

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The argument that if we were to have a universal system, then everybody would be going to the doctor for every little ailment. How rediculous is that? Like everyone goes to to doctor for fun – at this time I have very good PPO coverage and no one in my family has been to a doctor in over a year.

The better policy would be to fine people who don’t go to the doctor – people who don’t go to the doctor when necessary and in a timely fashion cost a lot more.

And to say we’ll bring on all those illegals is also a stupid argument because they are getting care at emergency rooms as it is, showing up when they are really sick (after working in the kitchens of the restaurants where you eat) instead of seeing a doctor right away.

We could control a lot of our sicknesses with readily available healthcare.

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What’s wrong with the Medicare system – its track record, and my experience with my elderly parents and in-laws has been really good. Just expand the Medicare system to cover everybody. Plus, when everybody is covered – including our elected representatives, and all those who have been lucky enough to experience the good in our medical system, you can bet that medical service will not suffer. Why compare a universal health care system with public schools, the better comparison would be to compare it to the already in existence universal model.

To say that you fear our medical system will become corrupted sounds like you don’t think the current system is corrupted. There are so many levels of payment for the same treatment, it’s about time so ultimate authority figures this out.

I believe that if something isn’t done our medical system will be the loser because international medical/dental care is catching on quick – more and more people will “outsource” their medical care. The word is out that you can get better care for less money in many cases already.

Medical care should not compete in a capatalist system because the economic model is… the bigger the damand, the bigger the price, the bigger the profit. But in our medical care system it works like this: the bigger the demand, the bigger the price, but the lesser the profit.

Also, in a universal (single payer – government) system the government will have an incentive to finally get behind serious “public health” policies – like the Dr. in England making bonus pay for getting his patients healthy.

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What’s wrong with the Medicare system – its track record, and my experience with my elderly parents and in-laws has been really good. Just expand the Medicare system to cover everybody. Plus, when everybody is covered – including our elected representatives, and all those who have been lucky enough to experience the good in our medical system, you can bet that medical service will not suffer. Why compare a universal health care system with public schools, the better comparison would be to compare it to the already in existence universal model.

To say that you fear our medical system will become corrupted sounds like you don’t think the current system is corrupted. There are so many levels of payment for the same treatment, it’s about time so ultimate authority figures this out.

I believe that if something isn’t done our medical system will be the loser because international medical/dental care is catching on quick – more and more people will “outsource” their medical care. The word is out that you can get better care for less money in many cases already.

Medical care should not compete in a capatalist system because the economic model is… the bigger the damand, the bigger the price, the bigger the profit. But in our medical care system it works like this: the bigger the demand, the bigger the price, but the lesser the profit.

Also, in a universal (single payer – government) system the government will have an incentive to finally get behind serious “public health” policies – like the Dr. in England making bonus pay for getting his patients healthy.

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