Comments on: California is the 46th happiest state! http://www.burbed.com/2009/12/20/california-is-the-46th-happiest-state/ San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley House Price and Mortgage Insanity Blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:19:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: anon http://www.burbed.com/2009/12/20/california-is-the-46th-happiest-state/#comment-40919 anon Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:55:28 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=4557#comment-40919 Poor real estater. Can't even understand bob's reasoning. Good thing he doesn't try to "help" anyone anymore. Poor real estater. Can’t even understand bob’s reasoning.

Good thing he doesn’t try to “help” anyone anymore.

]]> By: Alex http://www.burbed.com/2009/12/20/california-is-the-46th-happiest-state/#comment-40918 Alex Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:01:53 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=4557#comment-40918 Real Estater, You numbnut, Bob has some valid points. Merry fvcking Xmas. Love, The Grinch Real Estater,

You numbnut, Bob has some valid points.

Merry fvcking Xmas.

Love,

The Grinch

]]> By: Real Estater http://www.burbed.com/2009/12/20/california-is-the-46th-happiest-state/#comment-40917 Real Estater Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:00:51 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=4557#comment-40917 Bob, So what you're saying is you made a decision to stay in land with no opportunity? What about the job you just landed? Isn't that an opportunity? Remember what you said before, that housing costs elsewhere is only a fraction of the cost here, so you only need a fraction of the income to sustain the same standard of living. What happened to your logic? Is your situation going to improve by continuing on the same path you disdain? Bob,

So what you’re saying is you made a decision to stay in land with no opportunity? What about the job you just landed? Isn’t that an opportunity?

Remember what you said before, that housing costs elsewhere is only a fraction of the cost here, so you only need a fraction of the income to sustain the same standard of living. What happened to your logic? Is your situation going to improve by continuing on the same path you disdain?

]]> By: bob http://www.burbed.com/2009/12/20/california-is-the-46th-happiest-state/#comment-40916 bob Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:39:46 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=4557#comment-40916 There were many complex elements involved with my decision and had I disclosed these, I can guarantee that all of you here would have made the same decision. I don't care to disclose these details. So make you want of it. I still feel very strongly that the Bay Area is no longer the land of opportunity. Sure- there are jobs here. Yes, innovation still happens around SV. But in regards to where the future is heading, its not going to be here. After experiencing what I've gone through I can see that the same kind of growth, with younger people moving to where they can have a fair chance at opportunity will namely be cities that enable them to live at a more reasonable price. I'm not exaggerating that virtually every other person I know in their 20's and early 30's is making similar decisions. So scoff if you want. Tell me I am a fool. Just don't be at all surprised when it suddenly becomes apparent that the Bay Area has lost its hold on innovation because a good chunk of its younger adults left the building. It won't happen overnight. But its happening now and unless more is done to correct the problems this area has, these problems will only create more pressure for those like myself to make the kinds of decisions. Happy Holidays. There were many complex elements involved with my decision and had I disclosed these, I can guarantee that all of you here would have made the same decision. I don’t care to disclose these details. So make you want of it. I still feel very strongly that the Bay Area is no longer the land of opportunity. Sure- there are jobs here. Yes, innovation still happens around SV. But in regards to where the future is heading, its not going to be here. After experiencing what I’ve gone through I can see that the same kind of growth, with younger people moving to where they can have a fair chance at opportunity will namely be cities that enable them to live at a more reasonable price. I’m not exaggerating that virtually every other person I know in their 20′s and early 30′s is making similar decisions.

So scoff if you want. Tell me I am a fool. Just don’t be at all surprised when it suddenly becomes apparent that the Bay Area has lost its hold on innovation because a good chunk of its younger adults left the building. It won’t happen overnight. But its happening now and unless more is done to correct the problems this area has, these problems will only create more pressure for those like myself to make the kinds of decisions.

Happy Holidays.

]]> By: anon http://www.burbed.com/2009/12/20/california-is-the-46th-happiest-state/#comment-40915 anon Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:15:40 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=4557#comment-40915 ">>Just as I thought, Bob never seriously considered living. Must be a Freudian slip. I meant “leaving”." Nah - probably just a typo by an idiot. “>>Just as I thought, Bob never seriously considered living.

Must be a Freudian slip. I meant “leaving”.”

Nah – probably just a typo by an idiot.

]]> By: DreamT http://www.burbed.com/2009/12/20/california-is-the-46th-happiest-state/#comment-40914 DreamT Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:21:17 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=4557#comment-40914 I gotta say that bob's decision makes zero sense to me, even though steve predicted it. I gotta say that bob’s decision makes zero sense to me, even though steve predicted it.

]]> By: Real Estater http://www.burbed.com/2009/12/20/california-is-the-46th-happiest-state/#comment-40913 Real Estater Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:58:17 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=4557#comment-40913 >>Just as I thought, Bob never seriously considered living. Must be a Freudian slip. I meant "leaving". >>Just as I thought, Bob never seriously considered living.

Must be a Freudian slip. I meant “leaving”.

]]> By: Real Estater http://www.burbed.com/2009/12/20/california-is-the-46th-happiest-state/#comment-40912 Real Estater Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:57:36 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=4557#comment-40912 Just as I thought, Bob never seriously considered living. If he did, why would he be looking for another job in the area he detests? Moral of the story: Silicon Valley has got the jobs. That's why people come here and stay. The more people stay, the more demand for housing. Cheap places are cheap for a reason. There are no jobs there. There is no life there. Bob's one dimensional thinking just got smacked by reality. Just as I thought, Bob never seriously considered living. If he did, why would he be looking for another job in the area he detests? Moral of the story: Silicon Valley has got the jobs. That’s why people come here and stay. The more people stay, the more demand for housing. Cheap places are cheap for a reason. There are no jobs there. There is no life there. Bob’s one dimensional thinking just got smacked by reality.

]]> By: anon http://www.burbed.com/2009/12/20/california-is-the-46th-happiest-state/#comment-40911 anon Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:51:21 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=4557#comment-40911 Guys, can we get back to objective discussions of the awesome benefits of home ownership please? Seriously. Guys, can we get back to objective discussions of the awesome benefits of home ownership please?

Seriously.

]]> By: DreamT http://www.burbed.com/2009/12/20/california-is-the-46th-happiest-state/#comment-40910 DreamT Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:20:30 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/?p=4557#comment-40910 you threw it to the fishes! Now they can dream of flying airplanes. you threw it to the fishes! Now they can dream of flying airplanes.

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