tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068162.post250525381431032927..comments2023-06-27T04:08:01.079-07:00Comments on ByJane: Foreclosures, Pot Houses & Bad ArchitectureByJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540902996183063666noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068162.post-33566501547452829412007-09-27T22:00:00.000-07:002007-09-27T22:00:00.000-07:00Me too, Jane. I wish we had the same forethought,...Me too, Jane. I wish we had the same forethought, although at the time, we thought we would be living there for a while and the housing market wouldn't matter in the long term. But since we high-tailed it out of there after only a year, (probably during the biggest drop in home prices) I have a morbid selfish hope that home prices will continue to drop (at least on those dang McMansions that we idiotically purchased with the ridiculous overpriced un-make-your-money-back-able upgrades) so that I won't feel that we sold at the very bottom. I don't know whether to celebrate or cry over the fact that our escrow closed today since we really took it in the shorts on this one and will have to postpone our retirement by about 5-10 years because of it. <BR/><BR/>But enuff about me...<BR/><BR/>I have to read more of <I>your</I> blog to get a clue as to what kind of shop you're thinking of opening.Nanny Goats In Pantieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019800312349427823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068162.post-58205349805954759082007-09-21T10:10:00.000-07:002007-09-21T10:10:00.000-07:00heather: I guess it depends on which part of SoCa...heather: I guess it depends on which part of SoCal you lived in. I was in W. Hollywood and sat on my porch everyday, knew all the neighbors, etc etc etc. I thought I would just be trading one locale for another when I moved up here. Ha!<BR/><BR/>john: wish I had your wisdom back then. instead, I was the naive buyer who purchased from pictures and a model. I was so totally shocked when the moving van pulled up and there were all these other houses on the street.<BR/><BR/>ratphooey: yes, lucky lucky you....ByJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540902996183063666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068162.post-66011285323814186252007-09-20T19:21:00.000-07:002007-09-20T19:21:00.000-07:00That's why I've got my whole village right in my h...That's why I've got my whole village right in my house. :-)Ratphooeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12342452167719213621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068162.post-43182122262898061002007-09-20T18:26:00.000-07:002007-09-20T18:26:00.000-07:00I think Elk Grove is a good example of the worst o...I think Elk Grove is a good example of the worst of what happens when a housing bubble bursts.<BR/><BR/>Four years ago, I was in the market for a bigger house. Actually, I was just along for the ride. Anyway, we looked in Elk Grove at several different subdivisions, but they were just too sterile, too "same."<BR/><BR/>Still, back then the Realtors couldn't keep up with the demand. Everyone wanted a new, shiny home in a new, shiny subdivision.<BR/><BR/>I think the thing that spooked us the most was that you couldn't tell how it would shake out -- how the neighborhood would settle. That's the reason we decided to focus our looking in established suburbs. <BR/><BR/>Builders can't construct a community. People do that. Now, when real estate values are depressed, is when you find out whether Elk Grove is a real community.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08070861046420451305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068162.post-83205335025199038112007-09-20T15:45:00.000-07:002007-09-20T15:45:00.000-07:00Jane,The bad architecture (of home and neighborhoo...Jane,<BR/>The bad architecture (of home and neighborhood) is a major reason we left Southern California. I wanted the front porch, the nosey neighbors, the knowledge that even though it means a bit less privacy, someone always knows what's going on. I live in an urban neighborhood, so we still have our share of broken windows and graffiti - and every day I wonder, "What can I do to stop this? What can I do to protect my little slice of the world?" I don't have any answers at the moment.<BR/><BR/>It kills me to think that neighborhoods - even faceless, McNeighborhoods - are dying.HeatherGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838565438925452493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068162.post-45529604281915892752007-09-20T12:50:00.000-07:002007-09-20T12:50:00.000-07:00queen: what's your take on the real problems and ...queen: what's your take on the real problems and what is the actual work required to make this a great place to live???? what can we do, in other words....! or, what were your plans for FRNA, before....?ByJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540902996183063666noreply@blogger.com