RE: Looper Moving!

["Brother Sean" <info@brothersean.com>]

Thanks for the realty check fellows, I still would like to be closer to
the action but maybe bay area California has got enough loopers for now.
Although it seems as if all of California is pretty crazy expensive. Not
to use you guys as my virtual real estate agent or anything but is this
high cost of living pretty consistent throughout California. I've only
visited San Diego and I felt that while being a suburban jungle it
seemed like it had a rather high cost of living as well. Any thoughts
from Southern, CA loopers...

Again, thanks a lot for your advice!
Kevin
Brother Sean
www.brothersean.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Kim Flint [mailto:kflint@loopers-delight.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 3:40 PM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: Looper Moving!

hahahaha, you must be joking. according to a recent SF chronicle story,
the 
median home price in the bay area is now the highest ever, despite the 
economy, at $402,000. That includes all the bad neighborhoods and poor 
urban areas. You'll have to go more than 100 miles away to own a home
for 
150K, like perhaps Nevada. Of course, traffic is so bad that commuting
from 
100 miles away with all the other suburban refugees will take you longer

than it takes to fly here from Chicago.

And you're a web developer? oh sure, you'll find work easy. you and
about 
500,000 other recently unemployed dot-commers in the area will be
competing 
for the only available job, but assuming you can hack the competition, 
you'll get it!

Pack your bags and come on out! The weather is great here.

kim

At 12:57 PM 6/3/2002, Brother Sean wrote:
>After being on this list now for around 8 months I have to say I m
quite 
>jealous of you California Loopers.
>Having LoopStock and all I just can t resist anymore I feel compelled
to 
>move closer to the action.
>Currently I m located in Chicago, IL. I m considering moving near the
bay 
>area but very concerned
>about the cost of living. (Chicago isn t so inexpensive either but I
have 
>heard frightening things about San Francisco) I m a freelance web 
>developer and money is tight right now.
>
>Can any of you locals suggest any small towns within 50 100 miles of
San 
>Francisco that have a reasonable
>cost of living. (Reasonable meaning being able to buy a house for under

>$150,000) I m sorry if my question is rather
>vague but I figure house cost is a good place to start. I don t mind 
>living somewhat in the middle of nowhere either.

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Kim Flint                     | Looper's Delight
kflint@loopers-delight.com    | http://www.loopers-delight.com