Thread: To buy or not to buy, that is the question...

Originally Posted by BobH

Wish I could help but I can't get my head around living in a place where it feels like everything will fall apart shortly. I've been aware of dooms day preppers/survivalists since when I was in high school 60 years ago yet here we are. I guess if you say the sky is falling long enough sooner or later it just might. I'm still waiting. So far the human race has survived disastrous historical and economic events

If it is a major concern of yours you might not be in the right mind set to make that house purchase and if you do the worry would not let you enjoy it. OTH nobody is guaranteed a tomorrow.

Bob

You me and a few others live in such a nice part of the world eh.

Some great points by all of you, I appreciate the food for thought.

Bob and STF, perhaps a move to Ontario is in order if it's such a rosy place

Well, I lived a bit in the Valley in the 70s and out in Cucamonga for a while and lived 6 years in San Diego. Of course in those days you could buy a nice house in L.A for 130,000 and San Diego was still a paradise. These days I say a pox on most of California. When I left was one of the happiest days of my life.

These days I think you have to be crazy to live there. If you can move do it. Unless you make very good money meaning well into 6 figures things are just too expensive. yea the lifestyle can be great but I'd take a cue from the very rich who are moving.

Yeah, I lived there in '83-'84 for about 7 months and it wasn't for me. Of course I was raised in the south and it was just so different from what I knew that I was miserable the whole time. Still I found it very hard to survive on what I could make for a.20 year old with only a high school diploma and an unfinished/incomplete apprenticeship in a trade. For me much of my misery was about difference in flora and fauna as well as climate which was interesting but very unfamiliar. I didn't know until I came back to Florida that my favorite color was green. I missed the lushness and subtropical climate so much that I didn't even know was important to me before.
This is all off topic though. LA is a tough place to live in my estimation. Like New York, people either love it or hate it. It's just not for me.
One thing I will say is if the feces hits the windmill that is not where I would want to be.

You sound single and if you are I would say keep renting and spend your extra money on things that make you happy.

Family makes me want a place that I am grounded to along with my family.

Without family I could move any time I want and would not want to be tied down to such a thing as a house that even if the cost of ownership gained me some equity who would I leave it to?

Originally Posted by animalwithin

Bob and STF, perhaps a move to Ontario is in order if it's such a rosy place

It is only as rosy as you make it or not. I have been fortunate enough to see a fair bit of the planet and everywhere has it's pros and cons. So far I will stick with the devil I know.

Bob