Sugar Magnolia Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Our brief brush of notoriety, even if it is just a paragraph. We are on page three of the column as Mr. Gage and his wife. It does sound like my husband, Mr. Gage, was the financial support in our family but we both had equal incomes which is why we were able to leave "the rat race" early. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/05/technolo...amp;oref=slogin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqualung Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Our brief brush of notoriety, even if it is just a paragraph. We are on page three of the column as Mr. Gage and his wife. It does sound like my husband, Mr. Gage, was the financial support in our family but we both had equal incomes which is why we were able to leave "the rat race" early. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/05/technolo...amp;oref=slogin Can I borrow a couple bucks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McNasty Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 But, can you do the Sunday crossword puzzle? Oh, and one more reason why Oregonians hate Californians, because we save up and move up there, where the land is still cheap... and maybe even more beautiful. Kudos on the well-earned early "retirement". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Get a job, slacker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Anybody else find it amazing all these people are still beavering away like maniacs because "a few million ain't what it used to be"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chargerz Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Nice!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar Magnolia Posted August 6, 2007 Author Share Posted August 6, 2007 (edited) But, can you do the Sunday crossword puzzle? Oh, and one more reason why Oregonians hate Californians, because we save up and move up there, where the land is still cheap... and maybe even more beautiful. Kudos on the well-earned early "retirement". Nope, can't do a crossword puzzle to save my life. Because of us Californians moving to Bend, we have a highest cost of living in Oregon-especially real estate- but wages are a lot lower than Portland, a thriving and healthy metropolis. I haven't found anyone who hates me, but my friends are all transplants and mostly from California. Edited August 6, 2007 by Sugar Magnolia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar Magnolia Posted August 6, 2007 Author Share Posted August 6, 2007 Anybody else find it amazing all these people are still beavering away like maniacs because "a few million ain't what it used to be"? I was left with the same thought... except it is true that it is so expensive to live in No. Cal. We would have had to work another 3-4 years to feel comfortable retiring in California, and we don't have kids to put through college or leave an inheritance. I think it's ludicrous to feel you still have to work with a networth of 10 mil., but if you have kids 5 mil is minimum, I think, and still live in the SF Bay Area. The feature article is about our friend, Hal Steger-and he brought our name up to the journalist. BTW, he was the one who introduced me to FF. He has two teenage daughters, one of whom has had to kidney transplant, with the kidney given by her mother. She has a rare disease and a doctor at Stanford and one in France were the only doctors in the world with experience with the auto-immune disease. Out of pocket has cost them six figures to help her as her medical bills have risen well beyond a mil. She will probably need at least one more transplant, maybe two, in her lifetime. They still have two kids to put through college. Their 1.3 million dollar house is a 2800 sq. ft. very simple tract home. I think the point of the article is how much income is required to live in the Silicon Valley, and you just get caught up in wanting more and more-this is why we got away and don't miss the lifestyle at all except for good restuarants and a plethora of fresh herbs and veggies and seafood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McNasty Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Nope, can't do a crossword puzzle to save my life. Because of us Californians moving to Bend, we have a highest cost of living in Oregon-especially real estate- but wages are a lot lower than Portland, a thriving and healthy metropolis. I haven't found anyone who hates me, but my friends are all transplants and mostly from California. I met a lot of folks in Eugene, when I lived there, that had a chip on their shoulder against Californians. It was never hostility, more resignation to the fact that the word had gotten out about how nice, and relatively cheap, it is up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_gop_liars Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 This is what you Californians do to my house. Thank you Nancy Peloti. *Top 20 Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Divisions WithHighest Rates of House Price AppreciationPercent Change in House Prices with MSA RankingsPeriod Ended March 31, 2007(Estimates use all-transactions HPI which includes purchase and refinance mortgages)MSANational Ranking** 1-Yr. Qtr. 5-Yr.[b]Wenatchee, WA 1 25.60 5.96 70.56[/b]Provo-Orem, UT 2 19.67 3.03 43.85Salt Lake City, UT 3 19.12 2.96 53.24Grand Junction, CO 4 16.82 2.56 60.11Ogden-Clearfield, UT 5 15.70 3.07 34.81Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 6 15.16 4.77 52.37Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 7 14.87 1.76 69.10Boise City-Nampa, ID 8 14.54 1.96 70.86Corvallis, OR 9 13.87 1.46 52.22Bend, OR 10 13.67 0.37 100.87Spokane, WA 11 13.64 2.20 66.42Asheville, NC 12 13.57 3.18 56.65Salem, OR 13 13.44 1.85 53.03Longview, WA 14 12.89 1.81 53.51Las Cruces, NM 15 12.62 2.50 60.13Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA (MSAD) 16 12.56 2.25 66.25Albuquerque, NM 17 12.18 1.64 57.18Wilmington, NC 18 12.14 1.72 69.48Tacoma, WA (MSAD) 19 11.90 1.52 76.09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 “The pressures to spend more are everywhere.” And this is the #1 reason people are broke. Just say no to debt to keep up with yer loser neighbors. I also moved to the country to get more house than I could in the city. Only wish I'd done it sooner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muck Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Interesting read. This is one reason we live in KC ... my clients could care less about where I live, so why not be where it's inexpensive, close to family, nice, etc. I was commenting to a business associate of mine that if I would have tried to start my business in SF or NYC, I would have had to fold up shop a LONG time ago due to the very high cost of doing business there. Here, in KC, everything didn't have to go absolutely perfectly in the first two or three years for me to make it ... I had a bigger room for error. Now, five and a half years into this, things are progressing pretty well and I'm so glad we're here (vs pretty much anywhere else). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgaddis Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Mr. Kremen estimated his net worth at $10 million. That puts him firmly in the top half of 1 percent among Americans, according to wealth data from the Federal Reserve, but barely in the top echelons in affluent towns like Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Atherton. So he logs 60- to 80-hour workweeks because, he said, he does not think he has nearly enough money to ease up. “You’re nobody here at $10 million,” Mr. Kremen said earnestly over a glass of pinot noir at an upscale wine bar here. Check out the ego on this one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Check out the lack of self-worth on this one... fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Its funny you should post this..The local paper just did a piece on my financial status. Here is the shot of me that accompanied the article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 beavering away Made me laugh. I know, I'm a child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgaddis Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 (edited) Its funny you should post this..The local paper just did a piece on my financial status. Here is the shot of me that accompanied the article wow...jealous of YOUR cart... that thing is loaded.... Edited August 6, 2007 by alexgaddis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Its funny you should post this..The local paper just did a piece on my financial status. Here is the shot of me that accompanied the article Brag post? Is there meat in that gawd-danged bowl? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 (edited) Ever had a rich person give you $50.00 a day to be their garden gnome? Well, I have and it sucks. Edited August 6, 2007 by TimC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Ever had a rich person give you $50.00 a day to be their garden gnome? Well, I have and it sucks. Quit taking jobs away from illegal immigrants! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Quit taking jobs away from illegal immigrants! Ever had an illegal immigrant weedeat around yer garden gnome head that some rich guy super-glued to your head? Lemme tell ya about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDFFFreak Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 (edited) I really just want to live somewhere in a warm climate, have some friends or family around, and by a big city (but doesn't have to be right in the city). In other words, I have to live somewhere expensive. Living in an environment where it doesn't snow is worth a lot of money to me. Edited August 6, 2007 by TDFFFreak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffeeman Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 I think it's ludicrous to feel you still have to work with a networth of 10 mil., but if you have kids 5 mil is minimum, I think, and still live in the SF Bay Area. Their 1.3 million dollar house is a 2800 sq. ft. very simple tract home. I can agree, sadly, with these two statements as they pertain to SoCal. Its not quite as bad as up in the Bay area, but in general a six figure income and a (almost) million dollar home just puts you solidly in the middle class around here. Private school bills add to the dilemma, as I have stated in the past. Now if you'll excuse me, I must get back to work.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Ever had an illegal immigrant weedeat around yer garden gnome head that some rich guy super-glued to your head? Lemme tell ya about it. No Sir... I'm ashamed to say that I haven't. But I don't look down on you because of it. Much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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