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[quote=asianautica]Neighborhood > price > view > house[/quote]
I’m with asianautica. We live in a relatively small house on a hill in a neighborhood that is somewhere between middle class and upper middle class. We love the view — stretches all the way across the city to the ocean (which, admittedly, we can only see on a very, very clear Santa Ana day with binoculars!). But the twinkling night lights are great and the view is unobstructable…unless someone gets a permit to build a house in the middle of the street that leads to our house.

It is interesting, as others have pointed out, how your priorities change over the years…especially in regard to neighborhood preference. Our neighborhood has virtually no young kids. Everyone is older with grown, out-of-the-house children (in our situation, our kid is away at college most of the year). Our first house was in a neighborhood with plenty of kids, who played in the street and in the many backyards. We wanted that then, but not now.

Disadvantage of our present house: People higher on the hill can look right into our relatively small backyard, so I don’t spend much time out there. When we are BBQing, I always feel self-conscious about what we’re talking about because I know some neighbors can hear us and there is the usual number of nosy neighbors. Paranoia strikes deep!

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[quote=asianautica]Neighborhood > price > view > house[/quote]
I’m with asianautica. We live in a relatively small house on a hill in a neighborhood that is somewhere between middle class and upper middle class. We love the view — stretches all the way across the city to the ocean (which, admittedly, we can only see on a very, very clear Santa Ana day with binoculars!). But the twinkling night lights are great and the view is unobstructable…unless someone gets a permit to build a house in the middle of the street that leads to our house.

It is interesting, as others have pointed out, how your priorities change over the years…especially in regard to neighborhood preference. Our neighborhood has virtually no young kids. Everyone is older with grown, out-of-the-house children (in our situation, our kid is away at college most of the year). Our first house was in a neighborhood with plenty of kids, who played in the street and in the many backyards. We wanted that then, but not now.

Disadvantage of our present house: People higher on the hill can look right into our relatively small backyard, so I don’t spend much time out there. When we are BBQing, I always feel self-conscious about what we’re talking about because I know some neighbors can hear us and there is the usual number of nosy neighbors. Paranoia strikes deep!

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[quote=asianautica]Neighborhood > price > view > house[/quote]
I’m with asianautica. We live in a relatively small house on a hill in a neighborhood that is somewhere between middle class and upper middle class. We love the view — stretches all the way across the city to the ocean (which, admittedly, we can only see on a very, very clear Santa Ana day with binoculars!). But the twinkling night lights are great and the view is unobstructable…unless someone gets a permit to build a house in the middle of the street that leads to our house.

It is interesting, as others have pointed out, how your priorities change over the years…especially in regard to neighborhood preference. Our neighborhood has virtually no young kids. Everyone is older with grown, out-of-the-house children (in our situation, our kid is away at college most of the year). Our first house was in a neighborhood with plenty of kids, who played in the street and in the many backyards. We wanted that then, but not now.

Disadvantage of our present house: People higher on the hill can look right into our relatively small backyard, so I don’t spend much time out there. When we are BBQing, I always feel self-conscious about what we’re talking about because I know some neighbors can hear us and there is the usual number of nosy neighbors. Paranoia strikes deep!

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[quote=asianautica]Neighborhood > price > view > house[/quote]
I’m with asianautica. We live in a relatively small house on a hill in a neighborhood that is somewhere between middle class and upper middle class. We love the view — stretches all the way across the city to the ocean (which, admittedly, we can only see on a very, very clear Santa Ana day with binoculars!). But the twinkling night lights are great and the view is unobstructable…unless someone gets a permit to build a house in the middle of the street that leads to our house.

It is interesting, as others have pointed out, how your priorities change over the years…especially in regard to neighborhood preference. Our neighborhood has virtually no young kids. Everyone is older with grown, out-of-the-house children (in our situation, our kid is away at college most of the year). Our first house was in a neighborhood with plenty of kids, who played in the street and in the many backyards. We wanted that then, but not now.

Disadvantage of our present house: People higher on the hill can look right into our relatively small backyard, so I don’t spend much time out there. When we are BBQing, I always feel self-conscious about what we’re talking about because I know some neighbors can hear us and there is the usual number of nosy neighbors. Paranoia strikes deep!

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[quote=asianautica]Neighborhood > price > view > house[/quote]
I’m with asianautica. We live in a relatively small house on a hill in a neighborhood that is somewhere between middle class and upper middle class. We love the view — stretches all the way across the city to the ocean (which, admittedly, we can only see on a very, very clear Santa Ana day with binoculars!). But the twinkling night lights are great and the view is unobstructable…unless someone gets a permit to build a house in the middle of the street that leads to our house.

It is interesting, as others have pointed out, how your priorities change over the years…especially in regard to neighborhood preference. Our neighborhood has virtually no young kids. Everyone is older with grown, out-of-the-house children (in our situation, our kid is away at college most of the year). Our first house was in a neighborhood with plenty of kids, who played in the street and in the many backyards. We wanted that then, but not now.

Disadvantage of our present house: People higher on the hill can look right into our relatively small backyard, so I don’t spend much time out there. When we are BBQing, I always feel self-conscious about what we’re talking about because I know some neighbors can hear us and there is the usual number of nosy neighbors. Paranoia strikes deep!

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[quote=temeculaguy]It is not a police code and it’s origin is nothing other than some high school kids made it up because that is the time of day they would meet to smoke back in 1971. Shockingly it was in Northern California, San Rafael to be exact. Like most doper legends, the story drifts from the truth over time and few of the people that use the term know it’s true origin.

http://www.snopes.com/language/stories/420.asp

Wiki even credits it on the city page, I bet that makes the city elders so proud.

80s. ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael,_California

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Thanks, temeculaguy. I just did the barest of research and didn’t even think to try Snopes, where I go frequently to answer my dad’s e-mails which are always urban legends. My dad is in his late 80s. Our kid just isn’t into mj because, like most of my side of the family, she has allergies to cig smoke, mj smoke, and incense. What’s weird is that in 1971, when I was a baby hippie, that term wasn’t even heard in So Cal.

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[quote=temeculaguy]It is not a police code and it’s origin is nothing other than some high school kids made it up because that is the time of day they would meet to smoke back in 1971. Shockingly it was in Northern California, San Rafael to be exact. Like most doper legends, the story drifts from the truth over time and few of the people that use the term know it’s true origin.

http://www.snopes.com/language/stories/420.asp

Wiki even credits it on the city page, I bet that makes the city elders so proud.

80s. ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael,_California

[/quote]

Thanks, temeculaguy. I just did the barest of research and didn’t even think to try Snopes, where I go frequently to answer my dad’s e-mails which are always urban legends. My dad is in his late 80s. Our kid just isn’t into mj because, like most of my side of the family, she has allergies to cig smoke, mj smoke, and incense. What’s weird is that in 1971, when I was a baby hippie, that term wasn’t even heard in So Cal.

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[quote=temeculaguy]It is not a police code and it’s origin is nothing other than some high school kids made it up because that is the time of day they would meet to smoke back in 1971. Shockingly it was in Northern California, San Rafael to be exact. Like most doper legends, the story drifts from the truth over time and few of the people that use the term know it’s true origin.

http://www.snopes.com/language/stories/420.asp

Wiki even credits it on the city page, I bet that makes the city elders so proud.

80s. ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael,_California

[/quote]

Thanks, temeculaguy. I just did the barest of research and didn’t even think to try Snopes, where I go frequently to answer my dad’s e-mails which are always urban legends. My dad is in his late 80s. Our kid just isn’t into mj because, like most of my side of the family, she has allergies to cig smoke, mj smoke, and incense. What’s weird is that in 1971, when I was a baby hippie, that term wasn’t even heard in So Cal.

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[quote=temeculaguy]It is not a police code and it’s origin is nothing other than some high school kids made it up because that is the time of day they would meet to smoke back in 1971. Shockingly it was in Northern California, San Rafael to be exact. Like most doper legends, the story drifts from the truth over time and few of the people that use the term know it’s true origin.

http://www.snopes.com/language/stories/420.asp

Wiki even credits it on the city page, I bet that makes the city elders so proud.

80s. ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael,_California

[/quote]

Thanks, temeculaguy. I just did the barest of research and didn’t even think to try Snopes, where I go frequently to answer my dad’s e-mails which are always urban legends. My dad is in his late 80s. Our kid just isn’t into mj because, like most of my side of the family, she has allergies to cig smoke, mj smoke, and incense. What’s weird is that in 1971, when I was a baby hippie, that term wasn’t even heard in So Cal.

[TuVu]

[quote=temeculaguy]It is not a police code and it’s origin is nothing other than some high school kids made it up because that is the time of day they would meet to smoke back in 1971. Shockingly it was in Northern California, San Rafael to be exact. Like most doper legends, the story drifts from the truth over time and few of the people that use the term know it’s true origin.

http://www.snopes.com/language/stories/420.asp

Wiki even credits it on the city page, I bet that makes the city elders so proud.

80s. ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael,_California

[/quote]

Thanks, temeculaguy. I just did the barest of research and didn’t even think to try Snopes, where I go frequently to answer my dad’s e-mails which are always urban legends. My dad is in his late 80s. Our kid just isn’t into mj because, like most of my side of the family, she has allergies to cig smoke, mj smoke, and incense. What’s weird is that in 1971, when I was a baby hippie, that term wasn’t even heard in So Cal.

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[quote=Aecetia]Just in time for the fair formerly known as the Del Mar Fair and racing season. Enjoy![/quote]
Hey, girl, I’m ancient and have lived here forever. It was called the “San Diego County Fair” for many years. Not sure when it changed to the “Del Mar Fair” or when it changed back. We still go, every year. Had planned to go today till we heard it was gonna be 90 in DM. Hibernated in the A/C instead. Napping…reading…napping…reading. The kid is now watching anime (blech), so I’m online catching up on the news, etc.

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[quote=Aecetia]Just in time for the fair formerly known as the Del Mar Fair and racing season. Enjoy![/quote]
Hey, girl, I’m ancient and have lived here forever. It was called the “San Diego County Fair” for many years. Not sure when it changed to the “Del Mar Fair” or when it changed back. We still go, every year. Had planned to go today till we heard it was gonna be 90 in DM. Hibernated in the A/C instead. Napping…reading…napping…reading. The kid is now watching anime (blech), so I’m online catching up on the news, etc.

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[quote=Aecetia]Just in time for the fair formerly known as the Del Mar Fair and racing season. Enjoy![/quote]
Hey, girl, I’m ancient and have lived here forever. It was called the “San Diego County Fair” for many years. Not sure when it changed to the “Del Mar Fair” or when it changed back. We still go, every year. Had planned to go today till we heard it was gonna be 90 in DM. Hibernated in the A/C instead. Napping…reading…napping…reading. The kid is now watching anime (blech), so I’m online catching up on the news, etc.

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[quote=Aecetia]Just in time for the fair formerly known as the Del Mar Fair and racing season. Enjoy![/quote]
Hey, girl, I’m ancient and have lived here forever. It was called the “San Diego County Fair” for many years. Not sure when it changed to the “Del Mar Fair” or when it changed back. We still go, every year. Had planned to go today till we heard it was gonna be 90 in DM. Hibernated in the A/C instead. Napping…reading…napping…reading. The kid is now watching anime (blech), so I’m online catching up on the news, etc.

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[quote=Aecetia]Just in time for the fair formerly known as the Del Mar Fair and racing season. Enjoy![/quote]
Hey, girl, I’m ancient and have lived here forever. It was called the “San Diego County Fair” for many years. Not sure when it changed to the “Del Mar Fair” or when it changed back. We still go, every year. Had planned to go today till we heard it was gonna be 90 in DM. Hibernated in the A/C instead. Napping…reading…napping…reading. The kid is now watching anime (blech), so I’m online catching up on the news, etc.

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