On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:40:39 -0700, "Nathan W. Collier" <no RemoveThis @way.com> wrote:
>"mac davis" <macsplinters RemoveThis @davisbaja.com> wrote in message
>news:djjgr396ba3r8lult2kkvdjh161p24617v@4ax.com...
>> http://www.davisbaja.com/sept-baja.htm
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>thats pretty dang neat mac! im surprised though, at the cost. 150k is what
>i would expect to pay in this country.
I can sure tell that you don't live in California, Nate... lol
We refinanced our old, run down house in CA for $320k to build this one.. we
were in what's a "starter" area in Fresno... anywhere near a big city and it
would of been twice that cost..
> in mexico where the typical worker makes $5 a day how do the locals afford to live if a nice hosue like that is
>150k?
Most of them can't or don't want to... The builders and business folks could if
they wanted to, but to the average worker it would be like an almost rich
persons house..
Some of the houses in town are little more than shacks (with dish and ac) and
some are far nicer than ours..
>how are you received in general? are you disliked for being able to afford such a house?
As I've told my friends here for 2 years, I haven't met a local yet that I
didn't like.. and that I sure can't say that for the gringos here..
In general, I think the locals are a mixture of curious
and grateful of the income.. maybe a bit envious, but I don't pick up on that
much...
The "trickle-down" theory works here.. We're building houses, so the builders
are busy and hiring, the trades are all doing well, the trucking industry is
booming and pushing for better roads, etc..
Most of the local stores and restaurants have been doing well enough to remodel
and direct marketing for the gringo customer... A lot of folks are doing very
well with us here and seem to enjoy absorbing us (and our bucks) into the
community..
> for example, so many californians are selling their homes and moving to montana bringing the millions of dollars that they got for selling their homes in california that the property values here are
>getting so outrageous that its getting difficult for the lower and lower-middle class to afford a decent home. this (amongst other political reasons) is why the natives tend to dislike californians (im not saying it
>is justified or not, im just saying how it is). do you run into the same thing there?
>
I saw a lot more of that in urban areas of CA than I do here... Folks would sell
their homes in the San Francisco area for a few million and come buy homes in
our area for cash, usually at over market prices..
I think it's sort of different here because we're driving the gringo home prices
up very fast but not really effecting the price of the local home, except that
the demand on material has really made those costs go up...
Then again, I'd guess than the average wage in the area has more than triples
in the last 5 years..
>i look foward to more pics, its really neat what you have done.
Thanks, we love it here...
I've got a freaking cold.. bout the 3rd one this winter, and still sitting in
the sun looking at the water..
One downside of being in a place like this is that between folks going to visit
family and family visiting here, we always seem to have some kind of bug going
around...
Must be all the huggin' and hand shakin' they do here..lol
mac
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