[The-Shoveler]

IMO it is a tale of many countries, South Korea they are dealing with mass layoffs, in Japan they have a severe labor shortage.

I saw this morning that China was letting US soy shipments in (well at least some).

When you need it, you need it.

[The-Shoveler]

You would never know it from being at the Temecula Costco yesterday, that place was just crazy mobbed with customers with over stuffed carts.

[The-Shoveler]

[quote=flu]now is a great excuse to get solar and an electric car like an i8

i am planning to get solar once I start running both of the ac units at the new place.[/quote]

Congrats on your new home flu.

Move up to Carlsbad area or just upgraded in or near CV?

We almost never need to turn our AC on, but have a little lately.
Box fan at the screen door in morning/night is usually all we need.

[The-Shoveler]

I can see how downtown type environments would appeal to some single people (or maybe some childless couples).

Enough probably to create demand for a limited (very limited in SoCal) supply.

Me I need an enclosed private garage (the bigger the better) and some out door yard space (preferably with a view).

To each their own.

[The-Shoveler]

It’s a brave new world LOL.

San Angeles is a fictional futuristic concept of Southern California, United States, typically configured by commentators and films producers to include the areas of Los Angeles to San Diego and sometimes even San Bernardino to Riverside

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Angeles

Los Diegos is not far off either

Los Andiegoles (and Arnold Schwarzenegger is Prez)

[The-Shoveler]

One day after having coffee on my patio over looking the canyon, I will go out to my three car garage, jump in my car and say take me to the beach etc…

[The-Shoveler]

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.

Being spread out a little can reduce risk in many ways.

That said it has been predicted that all of SoCal will become one big Mega City 50 years from now.

“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”

This is the reason the internet was created BTW.

[The-Shoveler]

I doubt very much HSR in CA will ever reach that speed consistently IMO.

I don’t know, by the time you get everything you want to take with you and pack up the kids etc…

single guy with a back pack maybe.

Think like a soccer Mom.

[The-Shoveler]

Metro Rail has a future,

HSR is very likely to disappoint (underwhelm) in CA if it ever gets built, California is not Flat, most places where HSP works are flat and straight.

Anyway IMO it is a big Waste (in CA), I still think by the time you get to and from stations, From where you are coming from to where you want to go, self driving cars will be much more convenient 90% of the time.

Also where HSR works it goes though un-populated areas, not through 12 -13 major metros.

[The-Shoveler]

All I can say is the future is not here yet.

Self driving cars, flying taxis buses etc..
Telecommuting, these are the future.

[The-Shoveler]

Cars, Robots, etc…

Making things in the USA is actually a lot more efficient due to energy cost etc…, once you subtract the labor costs.

Robots are bring manufacturing back
https://www.recode.net/2017/5/26/15656120/manufacturing-jobs-automation-ai-us-increase-robot-sales-reshoring-offshoring

IMO things like High Speed rail are a waste of time and resources as tech will soon make it obsolete, Tech actually enables independence from infrastructure (more off grid etc..).

[The-Shoveler]

[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=The-Shoveler]Actually IMO the end goal is to end up with “zero” tariffs (on both sides).

We will see I guess.[/quote]

That would be a huge win for China. It might work with Europe, but not China.

China confounded all experts in that it was able to globalize, become capitalist and still keep central planning, even doubling down on planning in certain areas while liberalizing in other areas.

We are not yet sure if the China model has long term staying power. But we are already very worried that it does.[/quote]

It will be an even bigger win for the USA.

[The-Shoveler]

Actually IMO the end goal is to end up with “zero” tariffs (on both sides).

We will see I guess.

[The-Shoveler]

People like to go on weekend excursions. Just another reason most people will want their personal cars.

lots of people from all over SoCal visit Temecula all the time. (almost every weekend something is happening at old town front street). Gets kind or annoying sometimes actually having all these tourist around.

Its fun to go places.

We go to Laguna beach probably once a month or so just because its a beautiful place to have fun. Then we may end up in Monterey park just to go shopping and to eat etc.. maybe once every 3 months or so.

Every time I go to the Temecula mall it always seems full of people shopping, eating etc…

That said I do think it will be harder and harder for Mom and Pop retail shops to survive.

[The-Shoveler]

When you think about it everything from Cars to whole communities is designed for soccer Mom’s

If you want to know the future (in Socal) think like a Soccer Mom.

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