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The Canadians I know (mostly from the Northeast parts, Ottawa etc..).

They want to retire out of the snow, they are not rich (well maybe one is) so they look for more affordable warm areas.

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Eastvale CA and Cornoa CA,

These are really the two new hot spots for foreign Asian buyers in SoCal.

Follow the ranch 99

The Rich ones will be found in San Gabriel or Irvine however or Pasadena and Arcadia.

I have not seen them buy condos really they tend to like Big new homes.

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IMO they are just forcing the issue too much.

Everyone is now being strongly advised to go to a 4 year college (primed from grade school on).

It used to not be that way and I expect there are a number who really would be better off not incurring the expense and time of college.

Before I think only those who were really inclined would go.

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I think you missed the point BG

The point is there is growth and sprawl even in the bay area and its unlikely to stop or slow down.

And bedroom communities turn into Big cities an CA.

but I give up,

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[quote=AN][quote=flu][quote=FlyerInHi]I just saw a 2000sf condo. That would be fine for a family.
Why is a house a necessity if you have kids? I’m enjoying condo living and never want a house again.

I wish they’d build more condos. Mid to high rises over 4 stories so they are solid concrete and steel. I think in Irvine and Carmel Valley, the Asians and tech workers would buy them up like hot cakes.[/quote]

Buying a 2000 sqft attached home in a given area might not me that much more affordable than an sfh. It depends on what the hoa will be. For example, if a condos hoa ends up being $400/month, that would be equivalent to borrowing more on a 30year with monthly payments being $400 more.[/quote]
Also, mortgage payment will end, while HOA will not.[/quote]

IMO a condo has to be much cheaper or it does not make sense (unless there is something special about it like an ocean view etc..).

and it’s better suited for single people (like I said, I have never known a married couple who owned/lived in a condo and were happy about it).

Maybe as a rental.

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[quote=flyer]Many of our relatives who have lived in the Bay Area for years can’t believe where people are willing to buy homes up there now.

It’s understandable that affordability is the driving factor, but if/when things slow down again, they might have some challenges getting rid of some of those outlier properties, and, in the meantime, I don’t think the lifestyle is really be what you might call optimum.

It’s just my opinion that life is too short not to live the life you want to live, where you want to live it. We’ve known quite a few people who have waited for “retirement,” and never made it to that point, or found their time was cut short later in life, so–to the OP–find something you like, and start enjoying it now.[/quote]

That sound all good and all but then you have a few kids and your choices start to go out the window.

Reality sucks.

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OK Last one here too,

It’s a price thing. and its about 90 minutes not 3 hours.

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Whatever you should try buying a home in Norco. it’s quite expensive these days.

Its about the same commute to Stockton as it is to SF time wise. Who would want to do that and pay SF prices, I guess they are both crazy commutes but people do it.

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LOL BG Again whatever, that is where they are building and that is where people who work in SJ are buying and living.

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I think Condos are great to single people, Married I think it becomes kind cramped and limiting like BG was saying I guess.

Or if it is single level (or elevator convenient) retire single may be fine.

I have never known a married couple who were happy in their condo.

foreign Asian buyers tend to like bigger new SFH’s near a UC. (you would be surprised at the demand for places like eastville).

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Out by Tracy (to the east) then Stockton to the north etc..
to the south I am not sure the towns current name(s) but I know co-workers to bought new homes to the south (not cheap by the way)
They are not great areas currently but I bet they improve quickly.

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Whatever BG, Even SJ is growing (building) quite a bit to the north, east and south.

I guess we will see.

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Then they are sure wasting a lot on money building freeways and roads along the I-15 LOL.

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[quote=poorgradstudent]When did this board become Pro-Temecula?

I remember the good old days during the bubble when Temecula was the poster child for everything wrong with the housing bubble.

Has SD county just sprawled so far that Temecula no longer seems crazy?

I actually drove through Temecula over the holiday weekend. I was actually surprised how it feels like a bustling suburb full of Big Box stores now instead of nothing.[/quote]

I am not sure I saw anything in this thread that was pro TV, but that said Temecula is following the path of many many bedroom communities before it, Woodland-hills, WestLake, Newbury park, Valencia etc…

Its starting to have its own Jobs and former exurbs like Carlsbad are not too far and are becoming job centers in their own right.

Its not all down south.

The whole I-15 corridor is getting primed for growth in the next cycle.

SoCal is growing at about 1500 people PER-DAY.

Growth, its got to go somewhere.

IMO The current building cycle has been very slow getting started so this housing cycle is really just getting started and may last another 4 or 5 years, anyway IMO.

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Seriously Scaredy?

In TV?

Wait I get it, that be you! LOL

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