I recently got back from a trip to sunny Southern Cal. for a couple of medical meetings. One was held at Liberty Station, former site of the Naval Training Center. (Between the beautiful locations and the really cool uniforms I knew I should have gone Navy instead of Air Force...) Really neat place. The second meeting was downtown at the Convention Center. I stayed in a REALLY COOL hotel--the Solamar--so cool they have catalogues where you can buy their furnishings. I did pay a visit to Coronado Island, with its famous hotel and beautiful beach.
The food was great, the weather was excellent, the scenery was spectacular. I heard jazz every night. I thought about moving there.
Then I read that the median housing price was $506,000. For a 2-BR fixer-upper. I could build a 4000-square foot house with a swimming pool, 5 bedrooms, a 3-car garage, on 5 acres for that price in Wisconsin--if I tried real hard and padded the building costs with curly maple cabinets, marble fixtures in the bathrooms, etc. And the typical price for a home on Coronado Island is $2-3 million. Even for a hut.
I guess I'll stay in the upper Midwest. We have snow and rain, but no fires or earthquakes. And at least I can afford to live here...
The food was great, the weather was excellent, the scenery was spectacular. I heard jazz every night. I thought about moving there.
Then I read that the median housing price was $506,000. For a 2-BR fixer-upper. I could build a 4000-square foot house with a swimming pool, 5 bedrooms, a 3-car garage, on 5 acres for that price in Wisconsin--if I tried real hard and padded the building costs with curly maple cabinets, marble fixtures in the bathrooms, etc. And the typical price for a home on Coronado Island is $2-3 million. Even for a hut.
I guess I'll stay in the upper Midwest. We have snow and rain, but no fires or earthquakes. And at least I can afford to live here...
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