Californians!

[rocco16 at sbcglobal.net (Larry Fry)]

Can't be of much help on this, I live in SoCal.

Larry
sandiego16v


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Collins" <kcollins@type53.net>
To: "Scirocco list" <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: Californians!


> Chris wrote:
>
>> I know that there are one or two of you out there...
>
> And some who have fled!
>
>> I am looking at the map and looking at commutes and such and I looked
>> at prices in Alameda... yea right! So...  Anyone familiar with Tracy
>> California?  It is close to I-5 and seems to be an easy commute to
>> Sacramento or SF.
>
> Tracy is WAY out in the middle of bumfuck egypt.  People are actually 
> commuting from there to The City and other places in the bay area. 
> Absolute insanity IMHO.  You can probably get a "bargain" house for 
> $400-$500k out in Tracy (1600 sf, no pool, small yard).  If you'd have 
> told anyone 20 years ago that Tracy would be that expensive someday, 
> they'd have laughed their ass off at you.  And the commute to just about 
> anywhere would be absolutely brutal.
>
> I was exiled to Phoenix almost 2 years ago now from SoCal (I'm originally 
> from the bay area) and it's the best thing that ever happened to me 
> (financially).  California is fine if you've owned a home for 15 years, or 
> are independently wealthy - but for the average working stiff, the cost of 
> housing is just too completely out of control.
>
> -- 
> Kevin Collins
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