Affordable California Living?? - Beyond Tiki

H Hanalei_Pirate Member Joined: May 15, 2003 Posts: 136	H Hanalei_Pirate Posted posted on Fri, Aug 15, 2003 5:57 PM On 2003-08-15 14:13, seamus wrote: Thanks AC and Dawn, your points are well taken. The longer this thread continues, the more I really do appreciate our situation...... We have many friends in Portland and if we were a little closer I don't think we'd feel quite as isolated in the land of mullets, meth and motorhomes. Yeah, Seamus, WHAT WERE you thinking? (just kidding, but seriously now....) You are at the beach- the best property there is to be had. The inland empire (Riverside, San Bernardino) is full of mullets meth and motorhomes - there is no culture out there - you will feel just as culturally isolated in Palmdale or Apple Valley - you will have to tolerate the heat but then again you'd be 1 to 2 hours from L.A./O.C. Then again, you are already just 1 to 2 hours from Portland so you would not be moving yourself any closer to culture than if you just stayed right where you are and it sounds like you got a pretty nice place at the beach - can't beat that. Also what drive times are now with our traffic, you would find that what should seem like a short jaunt across town (for example from Santa Monica to Silverlake to go to Tiki Ti's) can take over an hour. after awhile you'd get burned out on the driving and just end up staying around your home in boonieville with the mullet crowd. I think Atomic Cocktail made a whole lot of really good points.

On 2003-08-15 14:13, seamus wrote:
Thanks AC and Dawn, your points are well taken. The longer this thread continues, the more I really do appreciate our situation...... We have many friends in Portland and if we were a little closer I don't think we'd feel quite as isolated in the land of mullets, meth and motorhomes.

Yeah, Seamus, WHAT WERE you thinking? (just kidding, but seriously now....) You are at the beach- the best property there is to be had. The inland empire (Riverside, San Bernardino) is full of mullets meth and motorhomes - there is no culture out there - you will feel just as culturally isolated in Palmdale or Apple Valley - you will have to tolerate the heat but then again you'd be 1 to 2 hours from L.A./O.C. Then again, you are already just 1 to 2 hours from Portland so you would not be moving yourself any closer to culture than if you just stayed right where you are and it sounds like you got a pretty nice place at the beach - can't beat that. Also what drive times are now with our traffic, you would find that what should seem like a short jaunt across town (for example from Santa Monica to Silverlake to go to Tiki Ti's) can take over an hour. after awhile you'd get burned out on the driving and just end up staying around your home in boonieville with the mullet crowd. I think Atomic Cocktail made a whole lot of really good points.

Post #48021 by Hanalei_Pirate on Fri, Aug 15, 2003 5:57 PM