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I’m a holdout against smart phones. I like tech gadgets – but I don’t like the monthly hit on the data plan. I love to surf the net, but don’t have a strong enough desire to do so while not at work or home. (Have internet access in both places.) It’s not worth the monthly charge for the few times a month I might want to use a data plan on a smart phone.

I’m the opposite of Enron-by-the-sea… I would give up cell phone all together before I’d give up cable tv. I don’t see a reason to give up the wii… no monthly budget hit on that. Different preferences, I guess.

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I’m a holdout against smart phones. I like tech gadgets – but I don’t like the monthly hit on the data plan. I love to surf the net, but don’t have a strong enough desire to do so while not at work or home. (Have internet access in both places.) It’s not worth the monthly charge for the few times a month I might want to use a data plan on a smart phone.

I’m the opposite of Enron-by-the-sea… I would give up cell phone all together before I’d give up cable tv. I don’t see a reason to give up the wii… no monthly budget hit on that. Different preferences, I guess.

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I’m a holdout against smart phones. I like tech gadgets – but I don’t like the monthly hit on the data plan. I love to surf the net, but don’t have a strong enough desire to do so while not at work or home. (Have internet access in both places.) It’s not worth the monthly charge for the few times a month I might want to use a data plan on a smart phone.

I’m the opposite of Enron-by-the-sea… I would give up cell phone all together before I’d give up cable tv. I don’t see a reason to give up the wii… no monthly budget hit on that. Different preferences, I guess.

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[quote=temeculaguy]Because I read that alot on other threads, how 40 years ago a blue collar worker could live in carlsbad with a stay at home wife and life was good. It’s probably true, but it’s not true anymore and I don’t believe it will be true again. [/quote]

I’m one of the folks who’s made comments along those lines. But what people expect to buy now is not the same as what they expected to buy 40 years ago.

Jim the Realtor posted a trulia.com article about McMansions… turns out the term was coined here in San Diego in 1990 – probably in response to the Carlsbad tracts that went in around that time. Bigger and bigger houses, on smaller lots.

From the article

For a little historical context, 1,200 square feet was the average home size in America in the 1960s. That grew to 1,710 square feet in the 1980s and 2,330 square feet in the 2000s.

50 years ago 1200 sf houses were the norm. You can extrapolate that 40 years ago it was around 1500 sf. Now people feel deprived if they can’t get 3000 sf.

I have friends who bought in the early 90’s up in Carlsbad. At the time, it was a trade off of commute time for size of home the same way this thread talks about commuting from Temecula. But my friends were a Marine who worked at MCRD and his wife who was an office manager in Del Mar. They were thrilled to get a 3000 sf house… less thrilled to have a backyard that was only 15 feet deep.

I worked in Oceanside in the late 80’s – commuting from downtown San Diego. For me, personally, I made the decision to never have a commute over 30 minutes each way again. I’ve lived in less fancy, but more expensive, homes as a consequence. But it’s a decision I have not regreted. But, that’s my metrics/choice. I understand the desire for a bigger, affordable house, and the tradeoffs people make.

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[quote=temeculaguy]Because I read that alot on other threads, how 40 years ago a blue collar worker could live in carlsbad with a stay at home wife and life was good. It’s probably true, but it’s not true anymore and I don’t believe it will be true again. [/quote]

I’m one of the folks who’s made comments along those lines. But what people expect to buy now is not the same as what they expected to buy 40 years ago.

Jim the Realtor posted a trulia.com article about McMansions… turns out the term was coined here in San Diego in 1990 – probably in response to the Carlsbad tracts that went in around that time. Bigger and bigger houses, on smaller lots.

From the article

For a little historical context, 1,200 square feet was the average home size in America in the 1960s. That grew to 1,710 square feet in the 1980s and 2,330 square feet in the 2000s.

50 years ago 1200 sf houses were the norm. You can extrapolate that 40 years ago it was around 1500 sf. Now people feel deprived if they can’t get 3000 sf.

I have friends who bought in the early 90’s up in Carlsbad. At the time, it was a trade off of commute time for size of home the same way this thread talks about commuting from Temecula. But my friends were a Marine who worked at MCRD and his wife who was an office manager in Del Mar. They were thrilled to get a 3000 sf house… less thrilled to have a backyard that was only 15 feet deep.

I worked in Oceanside in the late 80’s – commuting from downtown San Diego. For me, personally, I made the decision to never have a commute over 30 minutes each way again. I’ve lived in less fancy, but more expensive, homes as a consequence. But it’s a decision I have not regreted. But, that’s my metrics/choice. I understand the desire for a bigger, affordable house, and the tradeoffs people make.

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[quote=temeculaguy]Because I read that alot on other threads, how 40 years ago a blue collar worker could live in carlsbad with a stay at home wife and life was good. It’s probably true, but it’s not true anymore and I don’t believe it will be true again. [/quote]

I’m one of the folks who’s made comments along those lines. But what people expect to buy now is not the same as what they expected to buy 40 years ago.

Jim the Realtor posted a trulia.com article about McMansions… turns out the term was coined here in San Diego in 1990 – probably in response to the Carlsbad tracts that went in around that time. Bigger and bigger houses, on smaller lots.

From the article

For a little historical context, 1,200 square feet was the average home size in America in the 1960s. That grew to 1,710 square feet in the 1980s and 2,330 square feet in the 2000s.

50 years ago 1200 sf houses were the norm. You can extrapolate that 40 years ago it was around 1500 sf. Now people feel deprived if they can’t get 3000 sf.

I have friends who bought in the early 90’s up in Carlsbad. At the time, it was a trade off of commute time for size of home the same way this thread talks about commuting from Temecula. But my friends were a Marine who worked at MCRD and his wife who was an office manager in Del Mar. They were thrilled to get a 3000 sf house… less thrilled to have a backyard that was only 15 feet deep.

I worked in Oceanside in the late 80’s – commuting from downtown San Diego. For me, personally, I made the decision to never have a commute over 30 minutes each way again. I’ve lived in less fancy, but more expensive, homes as a consequence. But it’s a decision I have not regreted. But, that’s my metrics/choice. I understand the desire for a bigger, affordable house, and the tradeoffs people make.

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[quote=temeculaguy]Because I read that alot on other threads, how 40 years ago a blue collar worker could live in carlsbad with a stay at home wife and life was good. It’s probably true, but it’s not true anymore and I don’t believe it will be true again. [/quote]

I’m one of the folks who’s made comments along those lines. But what people expect to buy now is not the same as what they expected to buy 40 years ago.

Jim the Realtor posted a trulia.com article about McMansions… turns out the term was coined here in San Diego in 1990 – probably in response to the Carlsbad tracts that went in around that time. Bigger and bigger houses, on smaller lots.

From the article

For a little historical context, 1,200 square feet was the average home size in America in the 1960s. That grew to 1,710 square feet in the 1980s and 2,330 square feet in the 2000s.

50 years ago 1200 sf houses were the norm. You can extrapolate that 40 years ago it was around 1500 sf. Now people feel deprived if they can’t get 3000 sf.

I have friends who bought in the early 90’s up in Carlsbad. At the time, it was a trade off of commute time for size of home the same way this thread talks about commuting from Temecula. But my friends were a Marine who worked at MCRD and his wife who was an office manager in Del Mar. They were thrilled to get a 3000 sf house… less thrilled to have a backyard that was only 15 feet deep.

I worked in Oceanside in the late 80’s – commuting from downtown San Diego. For me, personally, I made the decision to never have a commute over 30 minutes each way again. I’ve lived in less fancy, but more expensive, homes as a consequence. But it’s a decision I have not regreted. But, that’s my metrics/choice. I understand the desire for a bigger, affordable house, and the tradeoffs people make.

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[quote=temeculaguy]Because I read that alot on other threads, how 40 years ago a blue collar worker could live in carlsbad with a stay at home wife and life was good. It’s probably true, but it’s not true anymore and I don’t believe it will be true again. [/quote]

I’m one of the folks who’s made comments along those lines. But what people expect to buy now is not the same as what they expected to buy 40 years ago.

Jim the Realtor posted a trulia.com article about McMansions… turns out the term was coined here in San Diego in 1990 – probably in response to the Carlsbad tracts that went in around that time. Bigger and bigger houses, on smaller lots.

From the article

For a little historical context, 1,200 square feet was the average home size in America in the 1960s. That grew to 1,710 square feet in the 1980s and 2,330 square feet in the 2000s.

50 years ago 1200 sf houses were the norm. You can extrapolate that 40 years ago it was around 1500 sf. Now people feel deprived if they can’t get 3000 sf.

I have friends who bought in the early 90’s up in Carlsbad. At the time, it was a trade off of commute time for size of home the same way this thread talks about commuting from Temecula. But my friends were a Marine who worked at MCRD and his wife who was an office manager in Del Mar. They were thrilled to get a 3000 sf house… less thrilled to have a backyard that was only 15 feet deep.

I worked in Oceanside in the late 80’s – commuting from downtown San Diego. For me, personally, I made the decision to never have a commute over 30 minutes each way again. I’ve lived in less fancy, but more expensive, homes as a consequence. But it’s a decision I have not regreted. But, that’s my metrics/choice. I understand the desire for a bigger, affordable house, and the tradeoffs people make.

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[quote=Russell]http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/new-economy/2010/0812/Mortgage-rates-at-50-year-lows.-Should-you-refinance-Maybe-not

The calculator linked in the article is interesting?
http://zwicke.nber.org/refinance/index.py%5B/quote%5D
That calculator rocks, Russell. Thanks.

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[quote=Russell]http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/new-economy/2010/0812/Mortgage-rates-at-50-year-lows.-Should-you-refinance-Maybe-not

The calculator linked in the article is interesting?
http://zwicke.nber.org/refinance/index.py%5B/quote%5D
That calculator rocks, Russell. Thanks.

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[quote=Russell]http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/new-economy/2010/0812/Mortgage-rates-at-50-year-lows.-Should-you-refinance-Maybe-not

The calculator linked in the article is interesting?
http://zwicke.nber.org/refinance/index.py%5B/quote%5D
That calculator rocks, Russell. Thanks.

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[quote=Russell]http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/new-economy/2010/0812/Mortgage-rates-at-50-year-lows.-Should-you-refinance-Maybe-not

The calculator linked in the article is interesting?
http://zwicke.nber.org/refinance/index.py%5B/quote%5D
That calculator rocks, Russell. Thanks.

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[quote=Russell]http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/new-economy/2010/0812/Mortgage-rates-at-50-year-lows.-Should-you-refinance-Maybe-not

The calculator linked in the article is interesting?
http://zwicke.nber.org/refinance/index.py%5B/quote%5D
That calculator rocks, Russell. Thanks.

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[quote=briansd1][quote=sdrealtor] I grew up in Cherry Hill NJ which has 2 sides – east and west. I grew up on the east side. Zip code is 08003 and in case you are wondering the median income in 2003 was $122K. Its a very nice suburb about 15 minutes outside Philadelphia.
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I’ll be in Philly later this month. I’ll drive to Cherry Hill just to check it out. 😉

Any place in particular I should go?

As you know, I enjoy visiting Philly. But so far, I have no interest in the suburbs.[/quote]

Cherry Hill is a nice suburb. (I have former coworkers who live there)… but it’s very much the burbs… with a nice mall, too. Not sure it’s worth a trip to see it, though.

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[quote=briansd1][quote=sdrealtor] I grew up in Cherry Hill NJ which has 2 sides – east and west. I grew up on the east side. Zip code is 08003 and in case you are wondering the median income in 2003 was $122K. Its a very nice suburb about 15 minutes outside Philadelphia.
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I’ll be in Philly later this month. I’ll drive to Cherry Hill just to check it out. 😉

Any place in particular I should go?

As you know, I enjoy visiting Philly. But so far, I have no interest in the suburbs.[/quote]

Cherry Hill is a nice suburb. (I have former coworkers who live there)… but it’s very much the burbs… with a nice mall, too. Not sure it’s worth a trip to see it, though.

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