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All depends in the individual town and state. Some towns in NJ have tax rates similar to California. Massachusetts has a similar law to Prop 13, though the cap is 2.5%, not 1%…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposition_2%C2%BD

Anyone who moves to Florida is a blithering idiot, BTW. The state is a hot, humid, mostly unwalkable cesspool. It’s known as “G-d’s waiting room” for good reason.

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Even if taxes were merely capped at ~1.2% of value with no cap on increases, it would still be a good deal. There are towns in NJ where people pay $10,000 per year tax on a $100,000 house.

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During the time that Freddie Gray was in the paddy wagon and they were accused of driving like maniacs, no one’s life was in danger other than Gray’s. The issue isn’t the arrest as much as the possibility of them carrying out an illegal “punishment”, resulting in Gray’s death.

They have a history of doing that. Not only to career crooks like Gray (who was more of a small-time dealer and thief than a violent hardened crim), but also to university librarians who filmed the cops responding to a noise complaint and may have displayed some attitude.

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No one here is wrong. The deal didn’t make sense versus renting in 2011 and makes even less sense now. The figure of $5k+/mo is off-base, sorry to say.

You can rent a dog-friendly 3-bedroom in Encinitas for $3150.

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/apa/5016043874.html

How about 4-bedrooms (cats only) for the same price?

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/apa/5013325431.html

4 beds, no pets, $2600..
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/apa/5011035755.html

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http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/apa/5007505824.html

Even if you rent, you can find a decent place within walking distance to a beautiful beach for a reasonable price in SD. Try that trick in SF Bay Area.

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I don’t know about in SD, but a lot of cops in NY join because their parents and grandparents were police. But maybe the more compassionate ones either quit early, or find a niche that doesn’t involve street work. Investigations, or perhaps doing something like community relations.

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Low property taxes. Relatively low housing cost if you’re willing to settle. Income and sales taxes are high, but they’re similar in most parts of the US that don’t blow chunks.

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^^^

Risking having your butt shot isn’t very cushy.

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I don’t see the naval facilities, Pendleton, Miramar, etc going anywhere any time soon. That’s why the defense contractors are in SD and will likely remain.

The people I know are busy, but they still work fairly normal hours by NY or SF standards.

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That’s not true. Ask Qualcomm engineer that works in QCT or any Broadcom engineer that is in Rancho Bernardo or Intel engineer that works in Rancho Bernardo or many of the tech startups here or many of the defense contractors here (the ones that are left).

I know more defense contractor types than QC/BC people, and the former seem to work fairly normal hours. Just driving, I’ve also seen “rush hour” as being basically done by 6-6:30 pm, meaning that people leave before 6 pm.

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San Diego vs Sillycon Valley: in San Diego, you see people actually GOING HOME at 5-6 pm. Not as much silliness like people taking company-store buses home at 10 pm. Not so much tech-hipster-startup-dudebro culture either. Normal people. Good unpretentious restaurants. Very little stuff catering to pretentious hipster twits.

Quantity of money may be lower, but standards for “work ethic” are fairly normal, not encouraging of martyrdom.

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Let’s hope that any new stadium is mired in the EIS and permitting process for 20 years! Generally, sportsball stadia lose money for cities. Why should San Diego support a welfare queen of a football team? If the Chargers want to pick up stakes and leave, good riddance. Who needs ’em? Hope the door hits them in their steroid-bloated posteriors.

Not as if tourists will stop coming and people will stop moving to SD because of lack of a modern-day bloodsport.

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The 50″ LCDs are a dime a dozen on Craigslist. Like under $300. Why pay $1000?

I grew up in a house — I think our CRT was 25″ and that was considered big. I don’t watch the glass tit enough to waste an additional $700 on a TV. That would be pearls before swine.

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^^^

That’s actually higher than pricing in much of NYC (outside of “lower” Manhattan below 100th St and certain very specific parts of Brooklyn), and the Bay Area doesn’t have the excuse of density to support that.

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I’ll probably be the equivalent of one of the old folks still watching a CRT TV in 50 years…

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