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ParticipantI have to agree with some of the negative comments.
I left San Diego in 1990 because
a) I felt I couldn’t afford to own a house here despite being in a decent paying field (engineering.)
b) I was sick of being judged by what my car and zipcode were.
c) plastic perfect people… Blonde hair, tanning salon tans, bleached teeth… Pressure to conform to the barbie look – and I am sooooo NOT barbie material. (It may be better for guys – but as someone who was in my late 20’s at the time I couldn’t take the competition from the perfec plastic barbie girls.I’ve lived in Washington State, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. I liked WA and PA. (Not so much GA).
I chose to move back and have no regrets. While I prefer a neighborhood that is less cookie cutter – the older the neighborhood – the more the homes personalize… so even in a tract home community like University City, after 45 years, the houses all look different.
San Diego has the weather… but that’s not the draw. San Diego has a lifestyle that is good for people who like to DO stuff. Bike riding, the beach, hiking in the various canyons around town, kayaking. Unlike WA state where you could do stuff – but in the rain… or PA where you could do stuff, but in the snow… here you can do stuff year round.
I don’t surf – but I taught my boys to boogie board as soon as they could handle the waves safely. Now my 8 year old has been exposed to surfing and is begging me to buy him a surfboard. He LOVES the water. You can’t get that in NYC. (And the Jersey shore waves aren’t conducive to surfing… as he discovered on a family trip there last summer.)
ParticipantI have to agree with some of the negative comments.
I left San Diego in 1990 because
a) I felt I couldn’t afford to own a house here despite being in a decent paying field (engineering.)
b) I was sick of being judged by what my car and zipcode were.
c) plastic perfect people… Blonde hair, tanning salon tans, bleached teeth… Pressure to conform to the barbie look – and I am sooooo NOT barbie material. (It may be better for guys – but as someone who was in my late 20’s at the time I couldn’t take the competition from the perfec plastic barbie girls.I’ve lived in Washington State, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. I liked WA and PA. (Not so much GA).
I chose to move back and have no regrets. While I prefer a neighborhood that is less cookie cutter – the older the neighborhood – the more the homes personalize… so even in a tract home community like University City, after 45 years, the houses all look different.
San Diego has the weather… but that’s not the draw. San Diego has a lifestyle that is good for people who like to DO stuff. Bike riding, the beach, hiking in the various canyons around town, kayaking. Unlike WA state where you could do stuff – but in the rain… or PA where you could do stuff, but in the snow… here you can do stuff year round.
I don’t surf – but I taught my boys to boogie board as soon as they could handle the waves safely. Now my 8 year old has been exposed to surfing and is begging me to buy him a surfboard. He LOVES the water. You can’t get that in NYC. (And the Jersey shore waves aren’t conducive to surfing… as he discovered on a family trip there last summer.)
ParticipantTwo thoughts:
– 50 years ago (or more) houses had front porches and no AC – so people would hang on the porch and say high to their neighbors. Then the fenced backyard patio culture took over… People now congregate in the backyard and don’t interact with their neighbors.
– kids/dogs help form bridges to the neighbors. But we don’t let our kids run loose in the neighborhood or play in front yards or the street anymore… so it takes more effort, outside activities, or school interaction for the kids to meet/forge bonds… and drag their parents into interactions with their friend’s parents.
I live in the neighborhood I grew up in. When I was a kid all the kids in the neighborhood played out front. Cars did NOT go 35 mph down our dead end street. Its dangerous for kids to play out front. But the dogs and their owners are still the glue that makes for neighborliness. I know all of the local dog walkers and chat with them. It helps that many are the parents of kids I was friends with growing up. (Advantage of buying in the same hood I grew up in.)
ParticipantTwo thoughts:
– 50 years ago (or more) houses had front porches and no AC – so people would hang on the porch and say high to their neighbors. Then the fenced backyard patio culture took over… People now congregate in the backyard and don’t interact with their neighbors.
– kids/dogs help form bridges to the neighbors. But we don’t let our kids run loose in the neighborhood or play in front yards or the street anymore… so it takes more effort, outside activities, or school interaction for the kids to meet/forge bonds… and drag their parents into interactions with their friend’s parents.
I live in the neighborhood I grew up in. When I was a kid all the kids in the neighborhood played out front. Cars did NOT go 35 mph down our dead end street. Its dangerous for kids to play out front. But the dogs and their owners are still the glue that makes for neighborliness. I know all of the local dog walkers and chat with them. It helps that many are the parents of kids I was friends with growing up. (Advantage of buying in the same hood I grew up in.)
ParticipantTwo thoughts:
– 50 years ago (or more) houses had front porches and no AC – so people would hang on the porch and say high to their neighbors. Then the fenced backyard patio culture took over… People now congregate in the backyard and don’t interact with their neighbors.
– kids/dogs help form bridges to the neighbors. But we don’t let our kids run loose in the neighborhood or play in front yards or the street anymore… so it takes more effort, outside activities, or school interaction for the kids to meet/forge bonds… and drag their parents into interactions with their friend’s parents.
I live in the neighborhood I grew up in. When I was a kid all the kids in the neighborhood played out front. Cars did NOT go 35 mph down our dead end street. Its dangerous for kids to play out front. But the dogs and their owners are still the glue that makes for neighborliness. I know all of the local dog walkers and chat with them. It helps that many are the parents of kids I was friends with growing up. (Advantage of buying in the same hood I grew up in.)
ParticipantTwo thoughts:
– 50 years ago (or more) houses had front porches and no AC – so people would hang on the porch and say high to their neighbors. Then the fenced backyard patio culture took over… People now congregate in the backyard and don’t interact with their neighbors.
– kids/dogs help form bridges to the neighbors. But we don’t let our kids run loose in the neighborhood or play in front yards or the street anymore… so it takes more effort, outside activities, or school interaction for the kids to meet/forge bonds… and drag their parents into interactions with their friend’s parents.
I live in the neighborhood I grew up in. When I was a kid all the kids in the neighborhood played out front. Cars did NOT go 35 mph down our dead end street. Its dangerous for kids to play out front. But the dogs and their owners are still the glue that makes for neighborliness. I know all of the local dog walkers and chat with them. It helps that many are the parents of kids I was friends with growing up. (Advantage of buying in the same hood I grew up in.)
ParticipantTwo thoughts:
– 50 years ago (or more) houses had front porches and no AC – so people would hang on the porch and say high to their neighbors. Then the fenced backyard patio culture took over… People now congregate in the backyard and don’t interact with their neighbors.
– kids/dogs help form bridges to the neighbors. But we don’t let our kids run loose in the neighborhood or play in front yards or the street anymore… so it takes more effort, outside activities, or school interaction for the kids to meet/forge bonds… and drag their parents into interactions with their friend’s parents.
I live in the neighborhood I grew up in. When I was a kid all the kids in the neighborhood played out front. Cars did NOT go 35 mph down our dead end street. Its dangerous for kids to play out front. But the dogs and their owners are still the glue that makes for neighborliness. I know all of the local dog walkers and chat with them. It helps that many are the parents of kids I was friends with growing up. (Advantage of buying in the same hood I grew up in.)
ParticipantIf you park the 401k loan money in CD’s what money will you use to “pay back” the 401k? Most 401k loans require a monthly payment (with interest to yourself). Do you have the cash flow to cover the servicing of the 401k loan?
ParticipantIf you park the 401k loan money in CD’s what money will you use to “pay back” the 401k? Most 401k loans require a monthly payment (with interest to yourself). Do you have the cash flow to cover the servicing of the 401k loan?
ParticipantIf you park the 401k loan money in CD’s what money will you use to “pay back” the 401k? Most 401k loans require a monthly payment (with interest to yourself). Do you have the cash flow to cover the servicing of the 401k loan?
ParticipantIf you park the 401k loan money in CD’s what money will you use to “pay back” the 401k? Most 401k loans require a monthly payment (with interest to yourself). Do you have the cash flow to cover the servicing of the 401k loan?
ParticipantIf you park the 401k loan money in CD’s what money will you use to “pay back” the 401k? Most 401k loans require a monthly payment (with interest to yourself). Do you have the cash flow to cover the servicing of the 401k loan?
ParticipantThe quibble I have with Santelli’s rant is his insistence that the floor traders are a cross sectional representation of Americans. Um, not quite.
ParticipantThe quibble I have with Santelli’s rant is his insistence that the floor traders are a cross sectional representation of Americans. Um, not quite.
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