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Wyoming?

This thread brings up one of the things that I think people overlook. We whine about how expensive housing in San Diego is, and get lots of talk from politicians about how they are going to create affordable housing. But expensive housing is how we discourage people from moving here (or to stay if they are here). Expensive housing is how we keep San Diego from being even more congested than it is.

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[quote=sdrealtor]
Only way to solve this is more inventory and where it comes from I havent a clue at this point[/quote]

Well, not to nitpick… but it could also be solved with higher interest rates. (Not saying that’s likely mind you! Just there’s more than one way to skin a cat.)

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[quote=Coronita]
one of my officemate is this 24year old… is total WallStreetBets member. He cashed in on his Gamestop call options. $1.3million haul…. [/quote]

I’ve often felt that being in the right place at the right time is one of the keys to generating wealth. (It’s certainly been true with my success) This kid and others like them were on WallStreetBets at the right time, that’s for sure. While others might disagree, I doubt that kind of opportunity will come along again any time soon.

Unfortunately all too many of those that score from this debacle will think they’ve scored because they are so smart and good at predicting the future. Hopefully your office mate will instead follow their first intentions, pay off their loans and get a rent free condo.

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The biggest piece of advice you can give anyone regarding careers is, “Go into something you are good at.” Don’t recommend being x or y because you are passionate, passion will fade. Don’t recommend being x or y because it is a good stable job, the tedium could well destroy that person’s spirit. But if you are good at something you will be successful at it, and that success will bring you happiness and fulfillment. Always, the answer to this question is “Go into something you are good at.” (Knowing what you’re good at can be a problem though…)

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Do you mix the superglue and the backing soda before applying? If so, how long do you have from when you start mixing until it hardens?

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[quote=svelte]That book must have a Democratic slant because now Amazon is presenting me with a laundry-list of Democratic-leaning books to buy![/quote]

When I read it in 2017, (maybe 2018) I didn’t notice much democratic slant. But like any author, he’s got opinions, and as I recall they lean a bit left. I remember the book not so much about current politics but instead about what people have thought throughout the history of this country. Many of the people who first came from Europe thought there would be gold in abundance, (but instead most of them starved to death – Jamestown) many believed in witches. (can you say Salem?) And throughout our history, Americans have had way more of a tendency to believe stuff that most people find completely crazy. ie, John Smith and the Golden Tablets from God. (Mormonism) When talking about current beliefs I was particularly surprised by a lot of the statistics he quotes about how Americans compare to other developed nations. We seem particularly prone to fantastical beliefs.

More than I see this book as leftist, I would say it is likely to offend the far right. All those QAnon’ers are likely to recognize themselves a bit too much.

Hope you enjoy.
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[quote=scaredyclassic]
The game will be to see how long i can go without discovering the winner of the election. [/quote]

Might be that when you get back we still won’t have it settled. Hard to know what’s going to happen.

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I read this book:

“Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500 Year History.” by Kurt Andersen

and found it very enlightening. Note that it was published in 2017 so doesn’t cover any of the more recent beliefs. As I recall it mentions Trump a little, but way more ink is spilled covering the history of crazy in America. (Of which we have a very long involved history.) Bottom line, I highly recommend it.

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Yet another article:

https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/remote-work-is-reshaping-san-francisco-as-tech-workers-flee-and-rents-fall

What I’m wondering is if people leaving these major metropolises is driving the current hot real estate market in San Diego? Or is it just low interest rates allowing people a good opportunity to buy their first house or move up? What happens if people move out of London, NYC, San Fran, but in a year employers are done with work from home?

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Thanks Flu, I figured we had a couple of people on the board who had some ideas about this.

Anyone else?

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I can’t help but think the last couple of days are a great example of how dangerous the OP’s proposal is. Interest rates are dropping a good bit, and that means that more than likely there isn’t going to be much if any house price drop. It just seems to me way too hard to know where the market is going and by how much in the next couple of years. Those of use who timed the last market correction correctly like to think we’re smart, but in truth we just got lucky more than anything.

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TG,
In the past I’ve always enjoyed your posts. Your writing has always been original, often witty, and sometimes downright funny. But this post… well, let’s say it’s just not up to your standards. Let’s take a look at what you wrote:

[quote=temeculaguy]But alas, the site is awash in liberal drivel, socialism, politics and trump derangement syndrome. What the hell happened? This place was the “red pill” to the main stream media circa 2006 and look at it now. To quote Bunk from the Wire “Makes me sick how far we done fell” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wmgghlEagA

So when does piggington become a forum for the economic punk rockers again, those who would never listen to the main stream media and want to beat the sheeple and the system. Or will it remain a place democratic socialists go when the Rachael Maddow show has a guest host?
[/quote]

So what is it you’d like to see discussed? Non-main stream economic topics? The only thing that I can think of that fits that bill is Modern Monetary Theory and how it is being used (abused?) by some to justify things it doesn’t justify. But the writing between the lines of your post leads me to think that any discussion of MMT would be dismissed by you as crazy socialist crap. The rantings of immature liberals who haven’t got a clue.

Perhaps you’d like to discuss how we need to curb deficits and restore some financial responsibility to our government. But that’s hardly non-main stream, so presumably not.

Maybe you’d like to talk about housing. Certainly we can agree that’s a good topic. The problem is there isn’t much to say. Housing prices continue to go up. (Maybe slowing their pace a bit now, but meh.. not very controversial there.) So, what would we discuss?

[quote=temeculaguy]I’ve also seen the treatment of some old friends by the rabid progressives and have been tempted to intervene, but wisdom prevents me from doing so because they need to age out of it. As the old saying goes, “if you are not a socialist by 20 you have no heart but if you are not a conservative by 40 you have no brain.” They need to age out of it and I will not convince them otherwise, however at some point someone has to declare “adult swim, everyone under 18, out of the pool.” Plus I hate politics and despise both sides and never put that much faith in another human.

BTW interesting history about that socialist quote, https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/02/24/heart-head/
there’s debate about who said it and what they said, but any of those credited and any of the versions still make the point.[/quote]

I first heard a variation of this quote when I was in my early 20s. (Maybe even high school) And yes, I admit it, I was pretty liberal at that time. At the time I found the quote condescending. Then when I was in my 40s, registered as a Republican, and a small business owner, it seemed to make sense. But now that I’m in my 60s, it just seems like another platitude we tell ourselves to reassure ourselves that we are right.

Pehaps there should be a third part to this quote? Seems to me that it’s really saying, if you don’t have a sense of compassion when your 20 your an ass, if you haven’t had that sense of compassion beat out of you by the time your 40, you’re a slow learner. But is losing any sense of compassion for others a good thing? Given that rewording maybe the third part should be, if you don’t regain your sense of compassion by the time you are 60 you aren’t trying.

Perhaps the topic worth discussion is: As we change going through life is it a line going from idealistic youth to cynical middle age to angry old person, or is it a circle from idealist to conservative and then back to optimistic? Or maybe some other variation? And why do some people seem to follow the path to anger and some don’t? Do we pick our path, or is our fate predestined? And what does your path say about the person you are?

Or maybe that’s just a bunch of touchy feely liberal crap. You call it.

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[quote=Hatfield]It may be that the parcel is two lots already. [/quote]

In this particular case it is one lot.

From what little I know I think FlyerInHi is on track with pointing out the issue will be setbacks and such. The lot is more or less square so splitting it and maintaining setbacks will be tough.

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[quote=scaredyclassic]all countries’ peoples are good looking and well above average[/quote]

I’ve been missing this kind of comment…

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I’ve had good results from Bear Fence.

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