Top 5 Reasons California Is The Best

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by mrg666

It was the house prices I guess.

Not so great if looking to buy but I bet people that have owned their home for 20 or 30 years are laughing all the way to the bank!

[mrg666]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Not so great if looking to buy but I bet people that have owned their home for 20 or 30 years are laughing all the way to the bank!

True! But my main reason was a job offer I wanted to accept. Housing cost made it easier to decide. Otherwise, we could have managed I am sure.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by mrg666

True! But my main reason was a job offer I wanted to accept. Housing cost made it easier to decide. Otherwise, we could have managed I am sure.

The whole thing is that people look at things such as housing prices out of context with the bigger picture. Generally the housing prices cab be directly linked to the local income levels. Sure there will be outliers but even in California the income levels have to be there for the prices to exist.
That $80,000 5 bedroom ranch in Buttfuck Arkansas may look really cheap until you find out the local average annual income is $25,000.
Hear it all the time here since the guys in Toronto say "Must be nice to be able to buy $200,000 homes". My only reply is "must be nice to earn triple what I do for the same job just because you work in Toronto".

[mrg666]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

The whole thing is that people look at things such as housing prices out of context with the bigger picture. Generally the housing prices cab be directly linked to the local income levels. Sure there will be outliers but even in California the income levels have to be there for the prices to exist.
That $80,000 5 bedroom ranch in Buttfuck Arkansas may look really cheap until you find out the local average annual income is $25,000.
Hear it all the time here since the guys in Toronto say "Must be nice to be able to buy $200,000 homes". My only reply is "must be nice to earn triple what I do for the same job just because you work in Toronto".

That is right, my next job in MA paid 10% less and I was expecting that it was going to feel like 30% more.

Anyway, lessons learned. NY and MA are wonderful states too. And, I have my eye on Arizona or Nevada for retirement.

[TylerLieberman]

Originally Posted by mrg666

That is right, my next job in MA paid 10% less and I was expecting that it was going to feel like 30% more.

Anyway, lessons learned. NY and MA are wonderful states too. And, I have my eye on Arizona or Nevada for retirement.

Nah, stay there. We’re all full here.

[mrg666]

Originally Posted by TylerLieberman

Nah, stay there. We’re all full here.

Who is we?

[TylerLieberman]

Originally Posted by mrg666

Who is we?

The entire state of AZ

[mrg666]

Originally Posted by TylerLieberman

The entire state of AZ

You are just a single moron, not so hard to deal with. Stop by when I come.

[TylerLieberman]

Originally Posted by mrg666

You are just a single moron, not so hard to deal with. Stop by when I come.

Lmao ok

[IceFyre13th]

Originally Posted by TylerLieberman

Lmao ok

IKR............

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by TylerLieberman

Lmao ok

Originally Posted by IceFyre13th

IKR............

The population there just doubled!

[mrg666]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

The population there just doubled!

That was funny

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by mrg666

True! But my main reason was a job offer I wanted to accept. Housing cost made it easier to decide. Otherwise, we could have managed I am sure.

I remember back during the dot-com recession when my employer closed shop in Minnesota and offered to transfer a few of us to their HQ in Irvine... no cost-of-living adjustment. Haaaa hahahahahaha...

[mrg666]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I remember back during the dot-com recession when my employer closed shop in Minnesota and offered to transfer a few of us to their HQ in Irvine... no cost-of-living adjustment. Haaaa hahahahahaha...

I was working in Silicon Valley at the time. The whole.area turned into a ghost town in a matter of months. So many companies went out of business or did massive layoffs. It was depressing. Although the rents went way down, house prices did not change much.