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  • realJSOPR realJSOP

    In Los Angeles, Houses on postage-stamp-sized lots and with less than 2000 square feet (and that don't even have central air/heat) are selling for $700,000+. I moved from San Diego (where prices are comparable to those in L.A.) to Texas, and bought a 2200 sqft house on 3/4 acre for less than $109,000. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends

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    John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: In Los Angeles, Houses on postage-stamp-sized lots and with less than 2000 square feet (and that don't even have central air/heat) are selling for $700,000+. I moved from San Diego (where prices are comparable to those in L.A.) to Texas, and bought a 2200 sqft house on 3/4 acre for less than $109,000. But do you get the same kind of nice weather in Texas? You don't need central air/heat in San Diego, I am sure you need industry-strength-central-air in Texas to keep your brain from being fried. ;P

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    • realJSOPR realJSOP

      In Los Angeles, Houses on postage-stamp-sized lots and with less than 2000 square feet (and that don't even have central air/heat) are selling for $700,000+. I moved from San Diego (where prices are comparable to those in L.A.) to Texas, and bought a 2200 sqft house on 3/4 acre for less than $109,000. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends

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      In London, one bedroom apartments often sell starting at $300,000 and up... And that isn't the nice bits of London X| The tigress is here :-D

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        In London, one bedroom apartments often sell starting at $300,000 and up... And that isn't the nice bits of London X| The tigress is here :-D

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        Trollslayer wrote: In London, one bedroom apartments often sell starting at $300,000 and up... Egad!!! You could build a big house in the center of Trivandrum city for that much - 300K USD - and prolly have enough left for a decent car :-) Nish


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          John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: In Los Angeles, Houses on postage-stamp-sized lots and with less than 2000 square feet (and that don't even have central air/heat) are selling for $700,000+. I moved from San Diego (where prices are comparable to those in L.A.) to Texas, and bought a 2200 sqft house on 3/4 acre for less than $109,000. But do you get the same kind of nice weather in Texas? You don't need central air/heat in San Diego, I am sure you need industry-strength-central-air in Texas to keep your brain from being fried. ;P

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          Anonymous101 wrote: I am sure you need industry-strength-central-air in Texas to keep your brain from being fried. Do all Texas homes have central air conditioning? Nish


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          • realJSOPR realJSOP

            In Los Angeles, Houses on postage-stamp-sized lots and with less than 2000 square feet (and that don't even have central air/heat) are selling for $700,000+. I moved from San Diego (where prices are comparable to those in L.A.) to Texas, and bought a 2200 sqft house on 3/4 acre for less than $109,000. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends

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            Chris Losinger
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            2200 on .75 would be about $250K here in Raleigh NC, maybe $200K if you wanted to live 45 mins outside the city. -c CheeseWeasle

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              In London, one bedroom apartments often sell starting at $300,000 and up... And that isn't the nice bits of London X| The tigress is here :-D

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              Smitha Nishant
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              How much will a castle in a countryside cost? :rolleyes: How abt a cute little cottage? Smitha You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. -- Richard Bach

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              • realJSOPR realJSOP

                In Los Angeles, Houses on postage-stamp-sized lots and with less than 2000 square feet (and that don't even have central air/heat) are selling for $700,000+. I moved from San Diego (where prices are comparable to those in L.A.) to Texas, and bought a 2200 sqft house on 3/4 acre for less than $109,000. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends

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                Rocky Moore
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                But does that take in account of the Tornado relocation fees ;) All seriousness aside, that is a cheap price for tumbleweeds ;) Rocky Moore <><

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                • realJSOPR realJSOP

                  In Los Angeles, Houses on postage-stamp-sized lots and with less than 2000 square feet (and that don't even have central air/heat) are selling for $700,000+. I moved from San Diego (where prices are comparable to those in L.A.) to Texas, and bought a 2200 sqft house on 3/4 acre for less than $109,000. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends

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                  John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: moved from San Diego (where prices are comparable to those in L.A.) to Texas, and bought a 2200 sqft house on 3/4 acre for less than $109,000. You moved recently? Congratulations on your new house! Smitha You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. -- Richard Bach

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                    Anonymous101 wrote: I am sure you need industry-strength-central-air in Texas to keep your brain from being fried. Do all Texas homes have central air conditioning? Nish


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                    Nishant S wrote: Do all Texas homes have central air conditioning? I don't know. The last time I was in Houston (end of December 1995), the temperature outside the airport was 88 degrees! In the summer, the absolute temperature is not that high (only about 100), but the humidity will kill you.

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                      John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: 2200 sqft house on 3/4 acre for less than $109,000. Cool. That's cheap even by Trivandrum standards. In the main city area for USD 109K you would prolly be able to buy about 1/5 acre of land (just the land, no house) Nish p.s. What's the sub unit for an acre? Here I have heard people use cents as in 1 acre = 100 cents. But it feels somehow incorrect


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                      Now, I'm definately not native english, but I know that "prolly" is wrong ;P Whats wrong with "probably" ? Or is "prolly" some slang I haven't seen anywhere but here at CP ? Anyway, it looks kind of ugly. And your children will never learn to spell correctly when they're reading through dad's CP-posts. heh.. Just my 2 cent. /Jan Do you know why it's important to make fast decisions? Because you give yourself more time to correct your mistakes, when you find out that you made the wrong one. Chris Meech on deciding whether to go to his daughters graduation or a Neil Young concert

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                        Now, I'm definately not native english, but I know that "prolly" is wrong ;P Whats wrong with "probably" ? Or is "prolly" some slang I haven't seen anywhere but here at CP ? Anyway, it looks kind of ugly. And your children will never learn to spell correctly when they're reading through dad's CP-posts. heh.. Just my 2 cent. /Jan Do you know why it's important to make fast decisions? Because you give yourself more time to correct your mistakes, when you find out that you made the wrong one. Chris Meech on deciding whether to go to his daughters graduation or a Neil Young concert

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                        Hehe, the funny thing is that nish have corrected a lot of other people, and then he writes "prolly" himself ;) - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!"

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                          Nishant S wrote: Do all Texas homes have central air conditioning? I don't know. The last time I was in Houston (end of December 1995), the temperature outside the airport was 88 degrees! In the summer, the absolute temperature is not that high (only about 100), but the humidity will kill you.

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                          Nish Nishant
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                          Anonymous101 wrote: but the humidity will kill you. In Trivandrum 80% - 85% humidity is quite normal and so is a temperature of 80-85 F :-) I dont think I'll die. But if the temp gets to 100 F or above I might really become weak. Like super man and kryptonite Nish


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                            Now, I'm definately not native english, but I know that "prolly" is wrong ;P Whats wrong with "probably" ? Or is "prolly" some slang I haven't seen anywhere but here at CP ? Anyway, it looks kind of ugly. And your children will never learn to spell correctly when they're reading through dad's CP-posts. heh.. Just my 2 cent. /Jan Do you know why it's important to make fast decisions? Because you give yourself more time to correct your mistakes, when you find out that you made the wrong one. Chris Meech on deciding whether to go to his daughters graduation or a Neil Young concert

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                            Nish Nishant
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                            Jan R Hansen wrote: Or is "prolly" some slang I haven't seen anywhere but here at CP ? I picked it up when I first started IMing using ICQ. I havent managed to get rid of it yet :-( Nish


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                              Hehe, the funny thing is that nish have corrected a lot of other people, and then he writes "prolly" himself ;) - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!"

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                              Anders Molin wrote: Hehe, the funny thing is that nish have corrected a lot of other people, and then he writes "prolly" himself Yeah, I know :-( From now I am going to put an honest effort to try and avoid words like prolly, gonna, wanna etc. Nish p.s. It's "Nish has corrected" and NOT "Nish have corrected" ;-) ;P


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                              • realJSOPR realJSOP

                                In Los Angeles, Houses on postage-stamp-sized lots and with less than 2000 square feet (and that don't even have central air/heat) are selling for $700,000+. I moved from San Diego (where prices are comparable to those in L.A.) to Texas, and bought a 2200 sqft house on 3/4 acre for less than $109,000. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends

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                                Certainly real estate prices can be pretty daunting to home buyers, especially all the first time buyers. I live in a quiet, quaint little town of Bowmanville, Ontario and it stuns me that houses in our neighbourhood sell in excess $225K CAD ($170K USD). Coincidentally, I just received my tax bill yesterday for a cottage property my wife and I own. The township values it at $150K for assesment purposes. Not a bad investment, considering we bought it for $22K in 1985. :-O Chris Meech "what makes CP different is the people and sense of community, things people will only discover if they join up and join in." Christian Graus Nov 14, 2002. "And when you need to hire a programmer to do mostly VB programming, it's not good enough to hire a VB programmer, because they will get completely stuck in tar every time the VB abstraction leaks." Joel on Software Nov 11, 2002.

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                                  Now, I'm definately not native english, but I know that "prolly" is wrong ;P Whats wrong with "probably" ? Or is "prolly" some slang I haven't seen anywhere but here at CP ? Anyway, it looks kind of ugly. And your children will never learn to spell correctly when they're reading through dad's CP-posts. heh.. Just my 2 cent. /Jan Do you know why it's important to make fast decisions? Because you give yourself more time to correct your mistakes, when you find out that you made the wrong one. Chris Meech on deciding whether to go to his daughters graduation or a Neil Young concert

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                                  Well, I've seen "prolly" on many places, and on chats, so it is not something that belongs to CP only. I dunno, but prolly I'm not gonna like tis word :laugh: Philip Patrick Web-site: www.stpworks.com "Two beer or not two beer?" Shakesbeer

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                                    In Los Angeles, Houses on postage-stamp-sized lots and with less than 2000 square feet (and that don't even have central air/heat) are selling for $700,000+. I moved from San Diego (where prices are comparable to those in L.A.) to Texas, and bought a 2200 sqft house on 3/4 acre for less than $109,000. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends

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                                    post a picture of your house so we can see what its like Bryce --- Publitor, making Pubmed easy. http://www.sohocode.com/publitor

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                                      In Los Angeles, Houses on postage-stamp-sized lots and with less than 2000 square feet (and that don't even have central air/heat) are selling for $700,000+. I moved from San Diego (where prices are comparable to those in L.A.) to Texas, and bought a 2200 sqft house on 3/4 acre for less than $109,000. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends

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                                      Yeah, prices in Kentucky are pretty reasonable too. You pay a little more if you're in a city (e.g., Lexington), but you can still get a 1300-1400 square foot place on a decent sized lot for $100K or less. If you go out in the country, you can get that same house on like 20 acres for the same price. :omg: "When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity." - Albert Einstein

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                                        Trollslayer wrote: In London, one bedroom apartments often sell starting at $300,000 and up... Egad!!! You could build a big house in the center of Trivandrum city for that much - 300K USD - and prolly have enough left for a decent car :-) Nish


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                                        Do you have a picture of central Trivandrum just in case I feel for moving there? jhaga --------------------------------- Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. -Dave Barry-

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                                        • realJSOPR realJSOP

                                          In Los Angeles, Houses on postage-stamp-sized lots and with less than 2000 square feet (and that don't even have central air/heat) are selling for $700,000+. I moved from San Diego (where prices are comparable to those in L.A.) to Texas, and bought a 2200 sqft house on 3/4 acre for less than $109,000. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends

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                                          John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: and bought a 2200 sqft house on 3/4 acre for less than $109,000 That has to be out in the sticks, though. Near Greenville, SC I could get that house for about $125K, but it would be 10-15 min. outside of any main center, and about 30 min. from downtown. I visited a buddy up on Long Island, NY. about 30 min. from Manhattan, and he rents a house thats about 1800-2000 ft2, and virtually no yard. It's in some disrepair, and goes for about $450-500K. Crazy! Anything he would actually consider buying would be upwards of $600k BW "In a world full of people, only some want to fly,Isn't that crazy?" - Seal

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