[Phantom Lord]

Or you could get the hell out of California and get a lot more home for far less money.

[oc-flyfish]

Heck no, I am totally climatized to California. Everything else to too cold or too dry! :-)

[IYAS9YAS]

Exactly what I was thinking. My sister-in-law is just about to close on a little house in major fixer-upper condition (new roof, insect damage, pet damage and the like. She lives in the Napa Valley area. She's going to wind up shelling out over $250,000 for this 900 sq. foot home on a lot that is about 70 by 100. I live on a lot that is 70 x 95 with an 82 year old fixer-upper (600 upstairs and an unfinished part basement at about 250 sq ft) in southwestern Idaho and mine only cost me $36,000. The only drawback to mine is that is is one bedroom and in a not-so-great neighborhood. She lives in wine country.

[elfman2]

" Or you could get the hell out of California and get a lot more home for far less money."

That's what we did, but you know, there's a very ambiguous but perceptible value to living in California if you've done so and enjoyed it for several years.

[Dec31,1999]

Yeah, ya get more home, but ya don't get a job. Great for the retired, though.