tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32592788.post7926373880180906379..comments2024-03-18T08:24:22.061-07:00Comments on Ali Blah Blah: Paradise LostAliBlahBlahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335907266347761153noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32592788.post-58990601609182015712009-12-08T18:25:42.791-08:002009-12-08T18:25:42.791-08:00oh man.... Is this just the story of modern life? ...oh man.... Is this just the story of modern life? Seems like he could have been talking about any of the 'desirable' places to live, just about anywhere in the U.S. and Europe... I was secretly hoping the credit crunch might bring us back to zero again so we could start over, reestablish decent working hours for a decent salary and a decent quality of life, but I don't know... I have a love/hate relationship with New York (love the life, the culture, the fun, hate the cost and the person I'm becoming by living here) and I can't imagine being able to afford to have kids here or buy a house. But I'm not yet ready to give it up to live a compromise somewhere else...Little Britainerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07483674331108503769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32592788.post-73781667390947458692009-11-17T18:07:39.631-08:002009-11-17T18:07:39.631-08:00Sometimes I think that a stranger comes along at p...Sometimes I think that a stranger comes along at precisely the moment we need them and they say precisely what we need them to say. <br /><br />karma? the universe? I dunno.<br /><br />But it happened to us recently, too.Life As I Know Ithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492465378321819342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32592788.post-89346457836272101722009-11-16T19:59:10.212-08:002009-11-16T19:59:10.212-08:00Visiting your blog thru Julia-- Take it from me, w...Visiting your blog thru Julia-- Take it from me, who lives within 15 minutes of Gary, Indiana... DEFINITELY not worth living in. I would MUCH rather move to Santa Barbara... so jealous. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32592788.post-66741082958595268332009-11-15T08:27:05.152-08:002009-11-15T08:27:05.152-08:00It reminds me of when I lived in New York, we'...It reminds me of when I lived in New York, we'd all be sitting around watching TV and consoling ourselves that it was nice to know that everything the city had to offer was just outside.<br /><br />*sigh*Eden Kennedy Onassishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11974659313094165781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32592788.post-22923364002407112582009-11-14T10:22:13.297-08:002009-11-14T10:22:13.297-08:00Wow! So refreshing to hear somebody who thinks the...Wow! So refreshing to hear somebody who thinks the same thoughts you do!<br /><br />I've thought a hundred times of selling our house (okay, not now that it's lost $50K in value) and moving to a double-wide in the middle of Nebraska. We could live on our savings for years and my husband and I could live in the same state! But really, what kind of view is THAT?Hyphen Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10129843526632243730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32592788.post-54279477890023230362009-11-12T20:06:25.840-08:002009-11-12T20:06:25.840-08:00Everything that you just wrote is the exact reason...Everything that you just wrote is the exact reason we left southern California. Living there was awesome and amazing, but it was so freakin' expensive that to this day I have no idea how we survived (and owned a home!) I am very thankful that hubby was not particularly attached to CA (having been born and raised there), as it made the decision to leave that much easier. How refreshing to have such a conversation!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32592788.post-25519422586655628272009-11-12T18:38:22.509-08:002009-11-12T18:38:22.509-08:00I'll tell you honestly - the ONLY way we can a...I'll tell you honestly - the ONLY way we can afford to live here is the sheer LUCK that we bought our house 7 1/2 years ago (and remember what a dump it was??). We "got in at the right time" - i've heard that so many times. And also, the fact that we are on a major, major budget. It's a damn miracle if Coby and i get a night out together, but ONLY with a free babysitter (and we've been known to sit in our car, watching a Netflix movie on the kids dual DVD player)!!! But at least it was a night out. I do LOVE this town and the weather, but yes it is expensive. I can't imagine living anywhere else though (of course i don't have anywhere else to go either) so for the time being, we are making the best of it. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32592788.post-67859819790066611502009-11-12T12:09:42.409-08:002009-11-12T12:09:42.409-08:00These are the kind of life questions you need to a...These are the kind of life questions you need to ask yourselves every now and then, particularly after the costs of kids are thrown in. You can live in the most beautiful place in the world but never experience the pleasure of it because you're working so hard to pay for a lifestyle. I never could understand why people live in huge houses that they never get time to enjoy because they're too busy trying to pay the mortgage.<br />If it gets too much, move to the NW. It's beautiful up here, cheaper and we really don't get as much rain as people say....but shhh, that's our little secret.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00085577423870971279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32592788.post-58056933808770971562009-11-12T12:07:40.978-08:002009-11-12T12:07:40.978-08:00That's an amazing experience, to have a strang...That's an amazing experience, to have a stranger speak your thoughts that way. <br /><br />My husband and I left the Bay Area so we could afford to have a second child. It's not all roses where we are but there is *much* less financial pressure on us.<br /><br />I can imagine the real estate bind where you are. I hope you get to cash in your chips one day.Nimblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16426446791363667887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32592788.post-10874062787165668942009-11-12T07:04:20.509-08:002009-11-12T07:04:20.509-08:00Are you sure he was American? Everyone raves about...Are you sure he was American? Everyone raves about Chicago too (except perhaps the winters). It is a fun city but again, it's really expensive and if you take out all the buildings, it's as flat as a pancake with not a hill in sight! I would prefer a more interesting landscape but we're not moving any time soon.Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32592788.post-17319743043186409122009-11-11T21:53:49.081-08:002009-11-11T21:53:49.081-08:00I grew up in Ventura and my husband went to elemen...I grew up in Ventura and my husband went to elementary school in Montecito and then lived in Oceanside....where do we live now? Portland, OR. Very few people we know can understand why we left. To me, it felt like a beautiful prison. We are two college educated, hard-working folk and I have NO IDEA how on earth we could ever, ever afford a mortgage in that area.<br /><br />I understand, I so understand.Morgan S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02234979814340759017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32592788.post-37206816765874075802009-11-11T21:30:38.153-08:002009-11-11T21:30:38.153-08:00Ohhhh... do I hear you more than you know, especia...Ohhhh... do I hear you more than you know, especially <br /><br />"working sooo freakin hard and long, that you don't get to see family..."<br /><br />LK must be crankin' out the hours, yeah?Dayne Gingrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00670846587449384876noreply@blogger.com