A Farewell to ARM's

[foraker]

Forget mortgage mumbo-jumbo, I'm still trying to figure out what JayB's job is.

[JayB]

Low wage serial protein molester until the end of May...

[JayB]

I think that the San Diego median is now officially lower than the King County median.

 

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20080415-1114-bn15housing.html

 

Gotta wonder how long *that* delta will persist. I'd rather live in the Puget Sound, but that part of SoCal is pretty damned nice, and there's no comparing the climate between the two for most folks.

 

If it's cheaper to live in San Diego than KC on a straight house-to-house comparison. *and* you factor the savings you'll accrue from ditching the winter sunlight-therapy lamp, the seven cups of coffee, the prozac, and the closet full of gore-tex and polar fleece....

[Hugh Conway]

If it's cheaper to live in San Diego than KC on a straight house-to-house comparison. *and* you factor the savings you'll accrue from ditching the winter sunlight-therapy lamp, the seven cups of coffee, the prozac, and the closet full of gore-tex and polar fleece....

 

CA income tax is good for 10% or so.

[foraker]

Low wage serial protein molester until the end of May...

 

That's what I thought. What's with the unholy fascination with the mortgage industry? Is it like when people like to watch stuff get blown up?

[Hugh Conway]

Finance is where the money is....

[JayB]

Low wage serial protein molester until the end of May...

 

That's what I thought. What's with the unholy fascination with the mortgage industry? Is it like when people like to watch stuff get blown up?

 

Only if you're tethered to the bomb by an unbreakable bungee-cord that might not extend beyond the blast radius, and the blast will be triggered by the collapse of a "Jenga" set where the rules of the game establish disproportionate incentives and perceived rewards for everyone around you to yank a piece out of the stack and cross their fingers...or something.