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Replying to: 1stpik (Jan 18, 2008 9:07 am) When I retired we went out to Fredericksburb area to look for a home. I like the Hill Country, but found the places we liked on the water a bit high priced and those 2%+ property taxes are stiff. Yes TJ serves us well as a low rent district. 2.5 million people living close by to mow lawns and clean homes. I lived in Rosarito for a year in 1996. I should have bought the place. It was $75k overlooking the Pacific. Same place today is $300k or more. And you really do not own the land. Letting your engine idle at the border for over two hours would be expensive with $3 gas. PS We moved from Santee to Alpine and love it up here.
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Drive my car. 
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Replying to: gagrice (Jan 18, 2008 8:19 am) La Jolla is at least 10 miles outside of San Diego, Del Mar another 5-10 miles. How much do you save by moving to these areas? In Southern CA it's not so much moving away from the city as it is moving away from the ocean. |
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Replying to: gagrice (Jan 18, 2008 5:53 am) Are you serious? I'm sure the high-rises in CA are constructed to withstand 7.0 earthquakes. The quality homes in the southeast are designed to withstand hurricane force winds. In flood plains levies are erected to mitigate this risk. Sure these efforts aren't 100% successful but are you stating they are completely futile? With that rational why would you open an umbrella, put on a jacket, turn on the AC or heat. Obviously man has become quite adept at subverting all but the most extreme that nature can throw at us.
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Replying to: lemko (Jan 18, 2008 5:52 am) Hate to say this but throughout history cities have been crime infested cesspools.
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Replying to: tpe (Jan 18, 2008 3:04 pm) In a simple word yes. Sure we can resist some of what nature has to throw at us. Volcanos, earthquakes, floods, fires and hurricanes have all proven the futility of man trying to resist nature. We have had very recent examples with Katrina and the CA fires. I guess I have a much lower opinion of man than you do. |
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jan 17, 2008 9:04 am) Actually, right now the issue is too many people aren't putting their regular gas cap on right and bringing it in because the check engine light came on, making a PITA for the dealers to scan the code and reset the computer. |
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Replying to: bumpy (Jan 17, 2008 10:32 am) Having benchmarked stuff at NAIAS, I found 1 car out of all the ones there that had a release in the glove box, and I can't even remember what car it was now.
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Replying to: snakeweasel (Jan 18, 2008 3:18 pm) That would be my opinion of even the best of cities. Criminals migrate to where the pickin's are easy & plentiful.
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Replying to: gagrice (Jan 18, 2008 3:37 pm)
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