Comments on: California has the most milionaires! http://www.burbed.com/2008/08/23/california-has-the-most-milionaires/ San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley House Price and Mortgage Insanity Blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:46:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DreamT http://www.burbed.com/2008/08/23/california-has-the-most-milionaires/#comment-14517 DreamT Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:01:16 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=2236#comment-14517 That said, better to drive in a <a href="http://www.santaclaraweekly.com/1026.html" rel="nofollow">wrong zip code</a> than on San Jose's 101 That said, better to drive in a wrong zip code than on San Jose’s 101

]]> By: DreamT http://www.burbed.com/2008/08/23/california-has-the-most-milionaires/#comment-14516 DreamT Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:06:11 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=2236#comment-14516 I feel it is my duty to apologize to all. I live in the wrong zip code and I am very sorry about it. I promise I'll try to do better as soon as my neighborhood's prices stop defying gravity. The lack of Aghani restaurants within two miles is especially hard to bear, as my 10 month-son reminds me daily. Fortunately, neighboring Sunnyvale's prime resident madhaus has the good sense to occasionally put me back in my place. Again, sorry on behalf of the entire (wrong) zip code. I feel it is my duty to apologize to all. I live in the wrong zip code and I am very sorry about it. I promise I’ll try to do better as soon as my neighborhood’s prices stop defying gravity.
The lack of Aghani restaurants within two miles is especially hard to bear, as my 10 month-son reminds me daily.
Fortunately, neighboring Sunnyvale’s prime resident madhaus has the good sense to occasionally put me back in my place. Again, sorry on behalf of the entire (wrong) zip code.

]]> By: madhaus http://www.burbed.com/2008/08/23/california-has-the-most-milionaires/#comment-14515 madhaus Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:38:02 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=2236#comment-14515 <b>DreamT</b>, I don't think we in boring, uncultured Sunnyvale have any Kyo-Po markets, but let me check on money-losing ($674 trillion!) Google... nope, the 2 locations are near the Sunnyvale border but are definitely in Santa Clara. However, we have Kabul Afghan restaurant plus 3 other Afghan places, so in your face, Mr. Sorry Wrong Zip Code. DreamT, I don’t think we in boring, uncultured Sunnyvale have any Kyo-Po markets, but let me check on money-losing ($674 trillion!) Google… nope, the 2 locations are near the Sunnyvale border but are definitely in Santa Clara. However, we have Kabul Afghan restaurant plus 3 other Afghan places, so in your face, Mr. Sorry Wrong Zip Code.

]]> By: madhaus http://www.burbed.com/2008/08/23/california-has-the-most-milionaires/#comment-14514 madhaus Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:35:22 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=2236#comment-14514 um... what on earth does any of this have to do with confusing 2% with 50%? Or are you suggesting that your anti-Bay Area rants are just as accurate as your demographic reporting? This just in... Yahoo announces they are abandoning their business model and will henceforth operate a nationwide chain of drive-through liquor stores. um… what on earth does any of this have to do with confusing 2% with 50%? Or are you suggesting that your anti-Bay Area rants are just as accurate as your demographic reporting?

This just in… Yahoo announces they are abandoning their business model and will henceforth operate a nationwide chain of drive-through liquor stores.

]]> By: bob http://www.burbed.com/2008/08/23/california-has-the-most-milionaires/#comment-14513 bob Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:20:32 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=2236#comment-14513 "Happy" was meant to indicate "delusional". Sorry. I suppose I should have been more specific. Anyhow, I have now realized the errors of my ways. In reality, every million dollar 800 sq foot house posted for sale in the BA is worth every single penny. The Bay Area is truly the most culturally advanced, intellectually superior, most blessed area not only in the US, but perhaps the world. It is so European in its ways, so unlike the rest of the heathens who are too dumb to realize how unfashionable and un-forward-thinking that their respective cities are. Who are people in Seattle kiddin'? Seattle might smell like SF... but it ain't by any means. Yes, the Bay Area... so few understand it, so few see why it truly is worth working 60 hours a week and climbing the career ladder in order to get into a home. That the home is small is only further proof of how environmentally conscious everyone in the Bay Area is. Why buy a medium sized house for 150k in Austin when in Austin, you'd have to cool it with AC and be miserable, with nothing to do? What if you didn't like music? Austin would SUCK! But not here in the BA, where we have a huge choice of things to do to keep us entertained 24 hours a day. Yes... the Bay Area: the epitome of the world. The sacrifices to me made to be one of its proud residents worth every ounce of valiant effort. “Happy” was meant to indicate “delusional”. Sorry. I suppose I should have been more specific.

Anyhow, I have now realized the errors of my ways. In reality, every million dollar 800 sq foot house posted for sale in the BA is worth every single penny. The Bay Area is truly the most culturally advanced, intellectually superior, most blessed area not only in the US, but perhaps the world. It is so European in its ways, so unlike the rest of the heathens who are too dumb to realize how unfashionable and un-forward-thinking that their respective cities are. Who are people in Seattle kiddin’? Seattle might smell like SF… but it ain’t by any means.

Yes, the Bay Area… so few understand it, so few see why it truly is worth working 60 hours a week and climbing the career ladder in order to get into a home. That the home is small is only further proof of how environmentally conscious everyone in the Bay Area is. Why buy a medium sized house for 150k in Austin when in Austin, you’d have to cool it with AC and be miserable, with nothing to do? What if you didn’t like music? Austin would SUCK! But not here in the BA, where we have a huge choice of things to do to keep us entertained 24 hours a day.

Yes… the Bay Area: the epitome of the world. The sacrifices to me made to be one of its proud residents worth every ounce of valiant effort.

]]> By: DreamT http://www.burbed.com/2008/08/23/california-has-the-most-milionaires/#comment-14512 DreamT Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:08:49 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=2236#comment-14512 bob - "arguing with all the happy-dappy “The Bay Area is the best in the world” crowd" Wait... Your actual purpose posting on burbed is crusading against a crowd of "happy" people, to get them out of their blissful state? This is not only sad, but also mean. bob – “arguing with all the happy-dappy “The Bay Area is the best in the world” crowd”
Wait… Your actual purpose posting on burbed is crusading against a crowd of “happy” people, to get them out of their blissful state? This is not only sad, but also mean.

]]> By: bob http://www.burbed.com/2008/08/23/california-has-the-most-milionaires/#comment-14511 bob Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:52:15 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=2236#comment-14511 WG, Its because in many ways, its true. I don't confuse working class suburban homes(the Peninsula) now mistaken for upscale neighborhoods as a defining moment in cultural enrichment. The fact of the matter is that the majority of the world's successful modern democracies relies heavily on the health and ingenuity of its middle class, which as far as I can see is effectively dead in the Bay Area for none other than the impossibly high cost of living. You cannot buy culture. You cannot invent culture. But you can kill culture, and in my opinion that comes when once class is displaced by another. Anyhow, this is pointless arguing with all the happy-dappy "The Bay Area is the best in the world" crowd, so I'm probably just wasting my fingers typing this. WG,
Its because in many ways, its true. I don’t confuse working class suburban homes(the Peninsula) now mistaken for upscale neighborhoods as a defining moment in cultural enrichment. The fact of the matter is that the majority of the world’s successful modern democracies relies heavily on the health and ingenuity of its middle class, which as far as I can see is effectively dead in the Bay Area for none other than the impossibly high cost of living. You cannot buy culture. You cannot invent culture. But you can kill culture, and in my opinion that comes when once class is displaced by another.

Anyhow, this is pointless arguing with all the happy-dappy “The Bay Area is the best in the world” crowd, so I’m probably just wasting my fingers typing this.

]]> By: WillowGlenner http://www.burbed.com/2008/08/23/california-has-the-most-milionaires/#comment-14510 WillowGlenner Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:43:48 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=2236#comment-14510 <i>the people who blindly and forever ignore the blaring ridiculousness of the cost of living here and its destructive impact on its people and culture</i> Bob, you've really hit a high note with this one, hooray! The use of the words <b>destructive</b>, <b>impact</b> and <b>culture</b> in one bloviating sentence is truly a work of beauty suitable only for premier publications such as National Geographic. Shall we create some time capsules for fossilization before life as we know it is literally wiped out from the ridiculousness? the people who blindly and forever ignore the blaring ridiculousness of the cost of living here and its destructive impact on its people and culture

Bob, you’ve really hit a high note with this one, hooray! The use of the words destructive, impact and culture in one bloviating sentence is truly a work of beauty suitable only for premier publications such as National Geographic.

Shall we create some time capsules for fossilization before life as we know it is literally wiped out from the ridiculousness?

]]> By: bob http://www.burbed.com/2008/08/23/california-has-the-most-milionaires/#comment-14509 bob Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:15:10 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=2236#comment-14509 Madhaus, You can carry on this pissing contest for as long as you want to if it makes you feel intelligent. Still doesn't change my opinions about the Bay Area and the people who blindly and forever ignore the blaring ridiculousness of the cost of living here and its destructive impact on its people and culture. Madhaus,
You can carry on this pissing contest for as long as you want to if it makes you feel intelligent. Still doesn’t change my opinions about the Bay Area and the people who blindly and forever ignore the blaring ridiculousness of the cost of living here and its destructive impact on its people and culture.

]]> By: DreamT http://www.burbed.com/2008/08/23/california-has-the-most-milionaires/#comment-14508 DreamT Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:04:20 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=2236#comment-14508 madhaus - Did you know that Santa Clara boasts TWO Kyo-Po markets? I wonder how many of them in Alameda. madhaus – Did you know that Santa Clara boasts TWO Kyo-Po markets? I wonder how many of them in Alameda.

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