"basskisser" wrote in message
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Mike wrote:
I must have that poster in the kill-bin. Bill, you and I both know, that
the
ONLY people that dis the Bay Area, or CA in general, are the folks that
either can't afford to come here, or couldn't cut it when they did. g
Yup,
my house with postage stamp back yard is worth almost One Million Dollars
(most being equity at this point), I wonder what a house with 10 times my
lot size is worth in hotlanta?

Shhhh... let everyone think the Bay Area sucks... we really don't want
anymore immigrants do we? :-

--Mike

What you fail to understand is that the cost of living there is ALSO 10
times what it is here, so your value is no more than mine. My in-laws
house is also worth close to a million. They are considering selling
and moving here. Partly because they've visited enough to know the love
it here, and partly to get out of that crime riddled sewer. Our kids
actually get to play outside. My kids walk through the woods, by
themselves to a friends house. Almost unheard of in the east bay.


Maybe where your in-laws live, but most of Pleasant Hill is nice. sure
there are bad places, just as there are real bad places in Atlanta. People
come and also leave. Some can not handle the life style, others can not
afford life here. Costs more as more people want to live here than in
Georgia. Nicer weather, nicer terrain. Cost of living is not 10x. Houses
may be 5x, but lots of other costs are the same or lower. Live where you
want. But do not knock others areas because you are ignorant or jealous.