tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post893317461194056963..comments2024-02-25T08:16:25.546-08:00Comments on Exurban Nation: California DecantingRob Dawghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10042154106850545479noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-60991080891518180422007-12-20T19:42:00.000-08:002007-12-20T19:42:00.000-08:00@chickenlittleI think you have the correct use of ...@chickenlittle<BR/><BR/>I think you have the correct use of decant here. People without jobs are going to float away, while those who work or have assets will stay around. This pretty much happens every time California has a recession.serinitishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683669075670531409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-24070333776449742742007-12-20T18:37:00.000-08:002007-12-20T18:37:00.000-08:00Most of them seem to be coming here. Fine by me. W...Most of them seem to be coming here. Fine by me. We could use equity locusts, what with all the foreclosed $100k houses. Housing prices have been flatlined here since 2000.Lou Minattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16096986232572086745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-3105691529819306492007-12-20T14:23:00.000-08:002007-12-20T14:23:00.000-08:00Interesting twist on the meaning of "decant". To ...Interesting twist on the meaning of "decant". To a chemist, the bad stuff (or at least the undesired "mother liquor" is what usually gets decanted away. And to be honest, that's how I first took your meaning of the verb several months ago when you described "decanting" of value from California RE.<BR/> As a CA homeowner invested in a property swollen with "value" since 2000, I'm giving back my share of that phony value- it's OK because I saw the bubble coming before it inflated, and never cashed out. <BR/>As for the present HB mess, isn't there enough blame on both sides of the transaction to take sides?chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-77815774864397115322007-12-20T13:53:00.000-08:002007-12-20T13:53:00.000-08:00Add 2 more to the exodus from Ventura County. Wife...Add 2 more to the exodus from Ventura County. Wife and I are moving (returning, actually) to Las Vegas next month. I get to keep my CA software job and work remote. My wife is a teacher, and she'll actually make more in Vegas than here (not to mention that her long term prospects here are dim, what with all the families leaving). Between taxes and cost of living, it's like a 30% raise. Try asking your boss for that some time.<BR/><BR/>Vegas isn't perfect, of course, but it's a good fit for us and it sure beats staying here. I really don't see how young families are expected to have any success in California. Teachers here seem to be paid on the assumptions that they're all young women, and that they're all married to husbands who make enough money to let their wives indulge their desire to help the children.simi.uber.alleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16305663692988931858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-7273230298890882202007-12-20T12:08:00.000-08:002007-12-20T12:08:00.000-08:00Murst. There is a similar problem where I used the...Murst. There is a similar problem where I used the live - the Hamptons. <BR/>The long term middle class are being driven out - to be replaced by illegals who'll work for the wealthy at a wage the traditional middle/working class could not live on. They live many families to a house, are causing strain on the school system and social services, and are prominent by their weekly apperances in the police report. Of course, being a blue state ground zero, it has probably been declared a sanctuary area.Mariellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06828072722718375335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-32250577222640535072007-12-20T11:35:00.000-08:002007-12-20T11:35:00.000-08:00Is this a first?Is this a first?Tyronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04226876002855072090noreply@blogger.com