Recent content by GrewUpInIrvine_IHB

This boils down to builder greed. Put a project everywhere and anywhere. Here's an idea! Drain the two lakes in Woodbridge and build hundreds of new homes! Make the place as dense an urban sprawl as possible. Total BS. I've lived in Irvine since the 80's, and the build-out is upsetting...

Love it.

How about just cleaning out your garage? Or at least parking your car in your own driveway?

"...These places will get down to 650K..."?!?! Not sure I'd bet on that. These places started in the 1.1-1.25m range back in 2006ish... and even the model 2 and 3s that are being sold (brand new) today, are still going for 1.1... I think that the cheapest that Lennar ever had to drop prices...

I would tend to agree that environmental agencies are the best (reasonable) source of information for the average reader... the problem comes with the fact that so many instances of mal/misfeasance are hidden from even their review. While I cannot "point" to instances of inaccuracy, for any...

This plan has me upset more than any other. While all of these pathetic douche bags that can't run a company or cover their mortgage are getting bailouts, people like myself, who followed the fu**ing rules for years and saved and scrimped and planned in accordance with the rules, stand to get...

I think that the budget monstrosity coming out of Sacramento last night was "The death of the Republican party (in California)." With spending, borrowing, and taxation like that, what is the point of having a republican party? I couldn't be more pissed off about Bush and what he did to the...

Forget the national politics. How about that BS budget coming out of Sacramento?

If those are the current numbers, I'll be encouraging my children to consider transferring from junior college to Cal (after they realize they cannot spend high school studying for exams like some sort of robot.) Those GPAs are crazy.

Sell three homes to send your child to Stanford? Wow. Just make sure he/she applies to Cal, and keep two of the houses. Now if you start saying Yale (undergrad), then even as a Cal grad, I'd probably be with you. If we start talking about post-graduate... well, that is really where the...

I remember my acceptance to Cal in the mid-late 90's. I think it is fair to say that absent some grade/score inflation that I am unaware of, I'd never get in today... things were competitive then, but now it seems like they are out of control. Go Cal! As for 24inIrvine's rejection from...

Hey ! Get your own thread about GITMO. Sorry Trooper. I just saw that post (without reading all 4 preceding pages) and just "lost it." Back to your topic. I'm not sure why, but I'd have felt more comfortable if Warren would lose the beard/gottee thing. It just doesn't look right...

Comparing GITMO with a concentration camp? Wow. That is simply inaccurate and offensive. Have you been to Dachau? Comparing the rights of soldiers captured while fighting in uniform and under the flag of a sovereign nation with terrorists who have no uniform and represent no nation is...

At the rate that the gov't wants to put a "floor" into the housing market, I'd suspect that prices in Irvine might not see much more than a 10% discount from today. Builders are removing supply from the market... and many resellers are simply holding tight... so it is really a question of what...

Discrimination. Hmm. Makes me think about watching Maxine Waters on C-Span from a couple years ago (not to mention other members of the Congressional Black Caucus) getting all defensive when others suggested that Freddie and Fannie's lending practices needed to be reviewed.... over concern that...