Affordable California Living?? - Beyond Tiki

AC Atomic Cocktail Tiki Socialite Land O' The Next Big One-L.A. Joined: Jun 25, 2002 Posts: 929	AC Atomic Cocktail Posted posted on Fri, Aug 15, 2003 11:43 AM Seamus, I am like you- I can't stand it when the temp. gets over 80 degrees. I was in Vegas Easter weekend for Mondo Tiki and it made my skin crawl. The reason houses are so cheap there is because IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT! If you are self employed and work at home that means you will be running you AC all the time (with the subsequent bills). If you work outside-be prepared for heat stroke. The AVERAGE temp. gets over 80 degrees Six months of the year. I hear it's the fastest growing city in the US. Yeah, they do have a big lake nearby but Las Vegas does not own that water. The states down river also have water rights and they are already screaming about the increased consumption. You get too many people in Vegas-well, you probably won't run out but your water bill will sure go up. Victorville is also in the desert and it gets ungodly hot in the summer. It seems every time I've been out there the dust has been blowing something fierce. It's 85 miles from LA - 1 1/2 hours WITHOUT Traffic-but you have to go through the Ontario/Pomona mess. A far as culture goes, well, I'm sure it's on par with Lebec... Now, LA ain't cheap. The neighborhood where I currently live (Adams Hill in Glendale) has seen the average home price jump 35 percent in the last year. L.A reminds me of NYC in the early 80's. I was paying $125 for a shitty one bedroom apartment on the Lower East Side and folks moved in next door for S700/month. Prices just went nuts (and have not come down yet). There seems to be more people willing to pay outrageous prices thus they stay high. We do though, have that darned earthquake problem. I am curious what is going to happen to home prices the next time we have a "big one" and a bunch of folks flee? Your current situation sounds nice: You own your home, you live near the beach and the weather is mild. If you can figure out how to better market your stuff then your pretty much set. Just some things to think about.

Seamus,

I am like you- I can't stand it when the temp. gets over 80 degrees. I was in Vegas Easter weekend for Mondo Tiki and it made my skin crawl. The reason houses are so cheap there is because IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT! If you are self employed and work at home that means you will be running you AC all the time (with the subsequent bills). If you work outside-be prepared for heat stroke. The AVERAGE temp. gets over 80 degrees Six months of the year.

I hear it's the fastest growing city in the US. Yeah, they do have a big lake nearby but Las Vegas does not own that water. The states down river also have water rights and they are already screaming about the increased consumption. You get too many people in Vegas-well, you probably won't run out but your water bill will sure go up.

Victorville is also in the desert and it gets ungodly hot in the summer. It seems every time I've been out there the dust has been blowing something fierce. It's 85 miles from LA - 1 1/2 hours WITHOUT Traffic-but you have to go through the Ontario/Pomona mess. A far as culture goes, well, I'm sure it's on par with Lebec...

Now, LA ain't cheap. The neighborhood where I currently live (Adams Hill in Glendale) has seen the average home price jump 35 percent in the last year. L.A reminds me of NYC in the early 80's. I was paying $125 for a shitty one bedroom apartment on the Lower East Side and folks moved in next door for S700/month. Prices just went nuts (and have not come down yet). There seems to be more people willing to pay outrageous prices thus they stay high.

We do though, have that darned earthquake problem. I am curious what is going to happen to home prices the next time we have a "big one" and a bunch of folks flee?

Your current situation sounds nice: You own your home, you live near the beach and the weather is mild. If you can figure out how to better market your stuff then your pretty much set.

Just some things to think about.

Post #47973 by Atomic Cocktail on Fri, Aug 15, 2003 11:43 AM