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Remember also that those shows are taped a year or two before they are shown so many are pre-housing bust.

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Actually, I have. Ironically it was an episode where the only house worth less than the owners hoped it would be was in SD. I don’t recall which part of SD (I think around the University City or surrounding areas), but the owners were hoping for over $1M and it came in at the mid $800k’s. Anyone recall that episode? The house overlooked a highway (805?, 162? 8?).

I think that was the only one I have seen where the house was worth less than the owner’s hoped. I think there was at least one other I saw where it was worth less, but I can’t recall the details on that one.

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Actually, I have. Ironically it was an episode where the only house worth less than the owners hoped it would be was in SD. I don’t recall which part of SD (I think around the University City or surrounding areas), but the owners were hoping for over $1M and it came in at the mid $800k’s. Anyone recall that episode? The house overlooked a highway (805?, 162? 8?).

I think that was the only one I have seen where the house was worth less than the owner’s hoped. I think there was at least one other I saw where it was worth less, but I can’t recall the details on that one.

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Actually, I have. Ironically it was an episode where the only house worth less than the owners hoped it would be was in SD. I don’t recall which part of SD (I think around the University City or surrounding areas), but the owners were hoping for over $1M and it came in at the mid $800k’s. Anyone recall that episode? The house overlooked a highway (805?, 162? 8?).

I think that was the only one I have seen where the house was worth less than the owner’s hoped. I think there was at least one other I saw where it was worth less, but I can’t recall the details on that one.

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Actually, I have. Ironically it was an episode where the only house worth less than the owners hoped it would be was in SD. I don’t recall which part of SD (I think around the University City or surrounding areas), but the owners were hoping for over $1M and it came in at the mid $800k’s. Anyone recall that episode? The house overlooked a highway (805?, 162? 8?).

I think that was the only one I have seen where the house was worth less than the owner’s hoped. I think there was at least one other I saw where it was worth less, but I can’t recall the details on that one.

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Actually, I have. Ironically it was an episode where the only house worth less than the owners hoped it would be was in SD. I don’t recall which part of SD (I think around the University City or surrounding areas), but the owners were hoping for over $1M and it came in at the mid $800k’s. Anyone recall that episode? The house overlooked a highway (805?, 162? 8?).

I think that was the only one I have seen where the house was worth less than the owner’s hoped. I think there was at least one other I saw where it was worth less, but I can’t recall the details on that one.

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My 1/2 cent, why not.

I used to live in CV some years ago, off Carmel Creek and Carmel Country. I also lived in Del Mar 50yds from the water. I went there from here, the Bay Area. Now Del Mar was the nicest place I have ever lived in my life, full stop.

Ok, I also loved CV. I had never lived in an area of mostly newer homes of a general style I prefer to the all too common ranch and Eichler’s in the parts of the Bay Area I came from.

Funny thing about perspective. People up here can in some areas be very very stuffy and aloof. Soccer mom’s up here in some places really do think they own the road, the town, the school, and that you are benieth them. I have found that if you start to make a little money, just enough to leverage debt to lease/buy nice things, like german cars, and nicer houses, but not enough money to be truly financially comfortable, independent, secure, you push a sense of entitlement and privilage ahead of your means and project it on others as a sense of superiority. As you go up that income ladder and find folks with real money, you tend to find humility once again, like you did in the true middle class.

Ok, so I say that because you no doubt find that in CV. Many people there are upwardly moble professionals and junior executives and have worked hard to get there, and some want the world to know that. But compared to where I came from, I found the CV folk to be just fine. Yes I did encounter lots of those “get out of my way I’m important” soccer mom types, but I also found many nice people just trying to raise families in a nice community. Go to the Soup Plantation any Friday night and ask yourself are these people mean and rude, or just trying to live their family lives.

CV is just fine. Perhaps 4s has a few more modest folk, but you should try up here if you really want to find arrogance.

As for the homes, well, tract homes yes. There are plusses and minuses to living in areas where your house is the exact same as 25% of your neighbors, but at least everybody’s house is pretty nice. Is CV worth the premium, for schools, probably; commute, probably; anything else, up to you.

As for 4S, there is a resident on this board named 4Ssomething or other who loves the area and can give you some info.

Overall, most of the advice you got on this thread from others is spot on. Take it all in and consider your options.

Either way, as a Bay Area resident I can tell you that you have a win-win situation, because you will still be in SD!

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My 1/2 cent, why not.

I used to live in CV some years ago, off Carmel Creek and Carmel Country. I also lived in Del Mar 50yds from the water. I went there from here, the Bay Area. Now Del Mar was the nicest place I have ever lived in my life, full stop.

Ok, I also loved CV. I had never lived in an area of mostly newer homes of a general style I prefer to the all too common ranch and Eichler’s in the parts of the Bay Area I came from.

Funny thing about perspective. People up here can in some areas be very very stuffy and aloof. Soccer mom’s up here in some places really do think they own the road, the town, the school, and that you are benieth them. I have found that if you start to make a little money, just enough to leverage debt to lease/buy nice things, like german cars, and nicer houses, but not enough money to be truly financially comfortable, independent, secure, you push a sense of entitlement and privilage ahead of your means and project it on others as a sense of superiority. As you go up that income ladder and find folks with real money, you tend to find humility once again, like you did in the true middle class.

Ok, so I say that because you no doubt find that in CV. Many people there are upwardly moble professionals and junior executives and have worked hard to get there, and some want the world to know that. But compared to where I came from, I found the CV folk to be just fine. Yes I did encounter lots of those “get out of my way I’m important” soccer mom types, but I also found many nice people just trying to raise families in a nice community. Go to the Soup Plantation any Friday night and ask yourself are these people mean and rude, or just trying to live their family lives.

CV is just fine. Perhaps 4s has a few more modest folk, but you should try up here if you really want to find arrogance.

As for the homes, well, tract homes yes. There are plusses and minuses to living in areas where your house is the exact same as 25% of your neighbors, but at least everybody’s house is pretty nice. Is CV worth the premium, for schools, probably; commute, probably; anything else, up to you.

As for 4S, there is a resident on this board named 4Ssomething or other who loves the area and can give you some info.

Overall, most of the advice you got on this thread from others is spot on. Take it all in and consider your options.

Either way, as a Bay Area resident I can tell you that you have a win-win situation, because you will still be in SD!

[raptorduck]

My 1/2 cent, why not.

I used to live in CV some years ago, off Carmel Creek and Carmel Country. I also lived in Del Mar 50yds from the water. I went there from here, the Bay Area. Now Del Mar was the nicest place I have ever lived in my life, full stop.

Ok, I also loved CV. I had never lived in an area of mostly newer homes of a general style I prefer to the all too common ranch and Eichler’s in the parts of the Bay Area I came from.

Funny thing about perspective. People up here can in some areas be very very stuffy and aloof. Soccer mom’s up here in some places really do think they own the road, the town, the school, and that you are benieth them. I have found that if you start to make a little money, just enough to leverage debt to lease/buy nice things, like german cars, and nicer houses, but not enough money to be truly financially comfortable, independent, secure, you push a sense of entitlement and privilage ahead of your means and project it on others as a sense of superiority. As you go up that income ladder and find folks with real money, you tend to find humility once again, like you did in the true middle class.

Ok, so I say that because you no doubt find that in CV. Many people there are upwardly moble professionals and junior executives and have worked hard to get there, and some want the world to know that. But compared to where I came from, I found the CV folk to be just fine. Yes I did encounter lots of those “get out of my way I’m important” soccer mom types, but I also found many nice people just trying to raise families in a nice community. Go to the Soup Plantation any Friday night and ask yourself are these people mean and rude, or just trying to live their family lives.

CV is just fine. Perhaps 4s has a few more modest folk, but you should try up here if you really want to find arrogance.

As for the homes, well, tract homes yes. There are plusses and minuses to living in areas where your house is the exact same as 25% of your neighbors, but at least everybody’s house is pretty nice. Is CV worth the premium, for schools, probably; commute, probably; anything else, up to you.

As for 4S, there is a resident on this board named 4Ssomething or other who loves the area and can give you some info.

Overall, most of the advice you got on this thread from others is spot on. Take it all in and consider your options.

Either way, as a Bay Area resident I can tell you that you have a win-win situation, because you will still be in SD!

[raptorduck]

My 1/2 cent, why not.

I used to live in CV some years ago, off Carmel Creek and Carmel Country. I also lived in Del Mar 50yds from the water. I went there from here, the Bay Area. Now Del Mar was the nicest place I have ever lived in my life, full stop.

Ok, I also loved CV. I had never lived in an area of mostly newer homes of a general style I prefer to the all too common ranch and Eichler’s in the parts of the Bay Area I came from.

Funny thing about perspective. People up here can in some areas be very very stuffy and aloof. Soccer mom’s up here in some places really do think they own the road, the town, the school, and that you are benieth them. I have found that if you start to make a little money, just enough to leverage debt to lease/buy nice things, like german cars, and nicer houses, but not enough money to be truly financially comfortable, independent, secure, you push a sense of entitlement and privilage ahead of your means and project it on others as a sense of superiority. As you go up that income ladder and find folks with real money, you tend to find humility once again, like you did in the true middle class.

Ok, so I say that because you no doubt find that in CV. Many people there are upwardly moble professionals and junior executives and have worked hard to get there, and some want the world to know that. But compared to where I came from, I found the CV folk to be just fine. Yes I did encounter lots of those “get out of my way I’m important” soccer mom types, but I also found many nice people just trying to raise families in a nice community. Go to the Soup Plantation any Friday night and ask yourself are these people mean and rude, or just trying to live their family lives.

CV is just fine. Perhaps 4s has a few more modest folk, but you should try up here if you really want to find arrogance.

As for the homes, well, tract homes yes. There are plusses and minuses to living in areas where your house is the exact same as 25% of your neighbors, but at least everybody’s house is pretty nice. Is CV worth the premium, for schools, probably; commute, probably; anything else, up to you.

As for 4S, there is a resident on this board named 4Ssomething or other who loves the area and can give you some info.

Overall, most of the advice you got on this thread from others is spot on. Take it all in and consider your options.

Either way, as a Bay Area resident I can tell you that you have a win-win situation, because you will still be in SD!

[raptorduck]

My 1/2 cent, why not.

I used to live in CV some years ago, off Carmel Creek and Carmel Country. I also lived in Del Mar 50yds from the water. I went there from here, the Bay Area. Now Del Mar was the nicest place I have ever lived in my life, full stop.

Ok, I also loved CV. I had never lived in an area of mostly newer homes of a general style I prefer to the all too common ranch and Eichler’s in the parts of the Bay Area I came from.

Funny thing about perspective. People up here can in some areas be very very stuffy and aloof. Soccer mom’s up here in some places really do think they own the road, the town, the school, and that you are benieth them. I have found that if you start to make a little money, just enough to leverage debt to lease/buy nice things, like german cars, and nicer houses, but not enough money to be truly financially comfortable, independent, secure, you push a sense of entitlement and privilage ahead of your means and project it on others as a sense of superiority. As you go up that income ladder and find folks with real money, you tend to find humility once again, like you did in the true middle class.

Ok, so I say that because you no doubt find that in CV. Many people there are upwardly moble professionals and junior executives and have worked hard to get there, and some want the world to know that. But compared to where I came from, I found the CV folk to be just fine. Yes I did encounter lots of those “get out of my way I’m important” soccer mom types, but I also found many nice people just trying to raise families in a nice community. Go to the Soup Plantation any Friday night and ask yourself are these people mean and rude, or just trying to live their family lives.

CV is just fine. Perhaps 4s has a few more modest folk, but you should try up here if you really want to find arrogance.

As for the homes, well, tract homes yes. There are plusses and minuses to living in areas where your house is the exact same as 25% of your neighbors, but at least everybody’s house is pretty nice. Is CV worth the premium, for schools, probably; commute, probably; anything else, up to you.

As for 4S, there is a resident on this board named 4Ssomething or other who loves the area and can give you some info.

Overall, most of the advice you got on this thread from others is spot on. Take it all in and consider your options.

Either way, as a Bay Area resident I can tell you that you have a win-win situation, because you will still be in SD!

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“You want to rent!? Are you Serious? Is all my sacrafice raising your kids while you live at work so we can rent? Is that what you want me to tell my mother? And you want to rent for “years” so we can be pushed out by the owner when the market recovers and he wants to sell. Are you on drugs? That’s it, I am going to my mother’s!”

I swear I thought I asked my wife previously about possibly renting. I did didn’t I? I must have shared that with you guys in the past. Tell me I did. This was essentially the response I got last night when I suggested we consdider renting. It was like I never brought it up before. I know I did. I am sure I did.

It was in the context of selling our current house before we buy a new one. The logic of that did not stand a chance once I used the “R” word.

I am typing with a high pitch key stroke in real time and can hardly walk. I am not sure I physically able to continue to populate the planet after that reaction. I need medical attention.

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“You want to rent!? Are you Serious? Is all my sacrafice raising your kids while you live at work so we can rent? Is that what you want me to tell my mother? And you want to rent for “years” so we can be pushed out by the owner when the market recovers and he wants to sell. Are you on drugs? That’s it, I am going to my mother’s!”

I swear I thought I asked my wife previously about possibly renting. I did didn’t I? I must have shared that with you guys in the past. Tell me I did. This was essentially the response I got last night when I suggested we consdider renting. It was like I never brought it up before. I know I did. I am sure I did.

It was in the context of selling our current house before we buy a new one. The logic of that did not stand a chance once I used the “R” word.

I am typing with a high pitch key stroke in real time and can hardly walk. I am not sure I physically able to continue to populate the planet after that reaction. I need medical attention.

[raptorduck]

“You want to rent!? Are you Serious? Is all my sacrafice raising your kids while you live at work so we can rent? Is that what you want me to tell my mother? And you want to rent for “years” so we can be pushed out by the owner when the market recovers and he wants to sell. Are you on drugs? That’s it, I am going to my mother’s!”

I swear I thought I asked my wife previously about possibly renting. I did didn’t I? I must have shared that with you guys in the past. Tell me I did. This was essentially the response I got last night when I suggested we consdider renting. It was like I never brought it up before. I know I did. I am sure I did.

It was in the context of selling our current house before we buy a new one. The logic of that did not stand a chance once I used the “R” word.

I am typing with a high pitch key stroke in real time and can hardly walk. I am not sure I physically able to continue to populate the planet after that reaction. I need medical attention.

[raptorduck]

“You want to rent!? Are you Serious? Is all my sacrafice raising your kids while you live at work so we can rent? Is that what you want me to tell my mother? And you want to rent for “years” so we can be pushed out by the owner when the market recovers and he wants to sell. Are you on drugs? That’s it, I am going to my mother’s!”

I swear I thought I asked my wife previously about possibly renting. I did didn’t I? I must have shared that with you guys in the past. Tell me I did. This was essentially the response I got last night when I suggested we consdider renting. It was like I never brought it up before. I know I did. I am sure I did.

It was in the context of selling our current house before we buy a new one. The logic of that did not stand a chance once I used the “R” word.

I am typing with a high pitch key stroke in real time and can hardly walk. I am not sure I physically able to continue to populate the planet after that reaction. I need medical attention.

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