Sure am glad I gave up work as a bad habbit. Now I can live anywhere I
want. And as far away from people as I want. I want to be able to
stand on my roof and fire my 7MM mag any direction I want and not hit
anyone. Hopefully in the near future I will be able to do this.
73 Jim
Jim Brown wrote:
>On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 06:21:55 -0800, dennis o'connor wrote:
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>
>>Boy am I glad I'm too poor to live in nice areas like
>>silicon valley.
>>
>>
>
>Dollars can be deceiving. Palo Alto, the heart of silicon valley is
>nice, but not THAT nice. House prices have been nuts there for
>decades, and are getting that way in Chicago. My wife's daughter's
>home in Palo Alto, a modest 3-bedroom 2-story house on a lot about
>40x130, cost them nearly $1M five years ago. Homes near them in
>great condition are selling for >$1.5M and getting torn down to
>build bigger ones. The sad thing is that this is the low end, not
>the expensive homes where the rich folks live. In other words, if
>you want to work in that area, you are forced to pay a very high
>percentage of your income for a home, so you're "house poor." My
>modest home on a 40x160 lot in an ordinary part of Chicago cost me
>$96K in '86. Comparable homes near me are now selling for $850K.
>
>Jim K9YC
>
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