Ridiculous Prices
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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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Nishant S wrote: NOT "Nish have corrected" I sure hope so, because that would imply that Nish is plural... :~ "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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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
I'll prolly never use it anyway... ;P 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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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.
Tax assessments don't seem to have anything to do with the market value. I'd consider you lucky, you don't have to may as much tax on it! :-D "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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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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I live in Houston. Yes, it's bloody hot in Texas, specially during summer. You have to have AC on your house. The temperature can get up to 100. Otherwise, it is a nice place to live, people here are nice, the living expense is low, the housing price is really reasonable.
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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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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
three years ago actually... ------- 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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I live in Houston. Yes, it's bloody hot in Texas, specially during summer. You have to have AC on your house. The temperature can get up to 100. Otherwise, it is a nice place to live, people here are nice, the living expense is low, the housing price is really reasonable.
I liked the grocery stores called Fiesta, very fresh fruits and vegetables. :) Housing is relatively cheap, but property tax is high.
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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
"I'm a bit bored at the moment so I'm thinking about writing a new programming language" - Colin Davies My book :- Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win] Review by Shog9 Click here for review[NW]
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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
brianwelsch wrote: That has to be out in the sticks, though Nope. I'm within the San Antonio city limits - 15 minutes from work, and 20 minutes from downtown (in normal traffic conditions). ------- 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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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
In defense of Nish: 'Prolly' - Literally wrong, but phonetically correct (in terms of English street slang). I have often when writing to close friends, use phonetic or SMS spelling instead of the 'correct' Queen's English. I know what i'm on about, they know what i'm on about, no harm done.
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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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Nishant S wrote: What's the sub unit for an acre? We don't usually use subunits when discussing land here. You use either a fraction of an acre, or square feet. Surveying is done by marking off square miles of land, called sections. One acre is 1/640 of a section, or 43,560 square feet. City lots are usually between 5,000 and 7,000 square feet.
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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
Here you can buy or build a nice house on the riverfront for that much. How well do you tolerate heat?:-O
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but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
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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
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+. Are you sure that price isn't for just you personally? After all, think what your neighbours would have to put up with ;) "The folly of man is that he dreams of what he can never achieve rather than dream of what he can." "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."
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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
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: 3/4 acre for less than $109,000. Must be City's westside, huah? Is it towards the Sea World or UTSA?? I was once frequent visitor to San Antonio when I was working at Austin.
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jhaga wrote: Do you have a picture of central Trivandum just in case I feel for moving there? Not now. But I have a new camera and Megan's been giving me some amazing tips on using it. I can take some city snaps and upload it some place :) Nish
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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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It figures... Now that you have corrupted my flawless diction and caused me to start using these shortcuts in chat rooms and elsewhere, you're going to abandon me and revert to proper English. Sheesh...:)
"The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
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It figures... Now that you have corrupted my flawless diction and caused me to start using these shortcuts in chat rooms and elsewhere, you're going to abandon me and revert to proper English. Sheesh...:)
"The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
Lazarus Long:-D Nish
"I'm a bit bored at the moment so I'm thinking about writing a new programming language" - Colin Davies My book :- Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win] Review by Shog9 Click here for review[NW]
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Nishant S wrote: What's the sub unit for an acre? We don't usually use subunits when discussing land here. You use either a fraction of an acre, or square feet. Surveying is done by marking off square miles of land, called sections. One acre is 1/640 of a section, or 43,560 square feet. City lots are usually between 5,000 and 7,000 square feet.
"The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
Lazarus LongThanks for the info Rog. I guess some Indian fellow here might know what the sub unit for acre is in India :-) I hope it's not a Trivandrum-originated non-word :suss: Nish
"I'm a bit bored at the moment so I'm thinking about writing a new programming language" - Colin Davies My book :- Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win] Review by Shog9 Click here for review[NW]
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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
Welcome back to the sane world! In my area, my house is 2200 sq. ft. on about 1/3 acre of land (80x200 lot size) and I had the contractor build an oriental garden in the lot. My kitchen was custom designed to give me the most cooking space (I do alot of gourmet cooking) and our master bedroom was designed around our bedroom set (which is huge). The kitchen and master open out to a large wooden deck and paths leads back to a 12x30 pond and waterfall. It was built for us for $180,000. I suppose in LA they'd want a cool mil for this. :-) _____________________________________________ The world is a dangerous place.
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