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The trash business is a strange one... For you accounting types, I think of it as having a negative "cost of goods sold" on their income statement. A collection fee is charged at the front end -- to collect the garbage at the curb. A tipping fee is charged at the back end -- to dispose of...

From a document I'm reading, at least four residential developments were in some stage of planning by TIC in Santiago Canyon in 2004. These were known as Santiago Hills II, and East Orange Area I, II, and III. The last two were to include a golf course. Obviously, they didn't happen. Does...

I think that's a great idea, IR. How do you propose to handle topics where several threads, or off topic portions of threads, are involved? I'm thinking specifically about the multiple threads on the "Contamination under Irvine" and "Is our drinking water safe" topics that I often have...

I don't consider the current tax credit a good deal for a home buyer, unless it's a permanent part of the tax law (which it isn't). The purpose of the program is to temporarily keep prices high, so fewer current owners are under water on their loans and can therefore refinance their horrible...

So GM and Chrysler are forcing a bunch of their dealerships to close... How does that help GM and Chrysler corporate? I don't see how this saves the corporate entity ANY money. If we were to think of this in "housing" terms (this is a housing blog, after all!) it would be like the following...

May I offer a book recommendation? Troubled Hero: A Medal of Honor, Vietnam, and the War at Home by Randy Mills. It?s the incredibly sad story of a young man named Kenny Kays. He grew up in the same small town that I did, and I knew him slightly. Kenny was 3 years older than me...

How do you have kids here? I confess... I took the easy way out. I borrowed one when parental urges overcame sanity. Twenty years ago, I was best man at the wedding of some close friends. Nature took its course, and they now have a beautiful 16-year-old daughter. From age one to age twelve...

What struck me was the introductory sentence, "Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers..." combined with this photo: <img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/05/11/science/12suburb_600.JPG" alt="" /> <em>That's</em> "upscale"????

I guess Realtors back there are just like those here in Irvine. (At least the one listing the 330K property) <blockquote>See It To Believe It!! Original Faimily Owned. Meticulously Maintained Home On The 10th Tee. Large Eat-in Kitchen, 42" Cabinets With Alluring View. Spacious Master Suite...

GrewUpInIrvine, That report on the previous thread caught my eye also. But here's something to consider: If you look at the California Proposition 65 List of "Chemicals Known to the State of California to Cause Cancer or Reproductive Toxicty" <a...

Whew! A LOT of data posted above, but I question whether or not it is in any way balanced or truly informative. I get a sense that I'm reading a chapter from Cervantes. A rather long chapter. <em>Don Quixote</em> goes charging off to battle and Sancho (IR) follows along to pick him up...