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ha ha! not moving there - trying to figure out what to do with a house that is there - family owned. Fresno has become so smoggy - it is sad - there is definetely some beauty in the fig trees and grape vineyards and the warm valley summer nights!

'safe' is relative - depending on where you are moving from - Irvine is definetely not 'safe' compared to my last place of residence. However, compared to other cities Irvine is pretty safe! I agree with Skek in that the guard gates are pretty easy to get through - however, they do keep...

Have you already visited Irvine - it can be quite different from some places back East (not sure where you are moving from). We really like Woodbridge and Oak Creek (I think Oak Creek is gated, Woodbridge I don't think so). Woodbridge has a great swimming area (lagoons with real sand). Have...

There are many people who either don't know how to use the internet really well or who don't have jobs that are conducive to getting much time to research things (i.e., teachers who are on thier feet all day). Unfortunately, the general media just doesn't provide any information as to how to...

Not sure if this will be relevant to you or not but I know when we started out after college I thought we would be in our place for at least 5 years - only to discover that in certain fields moving is the key to getting promoted quickly. I know now that for us we can never know for sure we...

thanks zovall - I am sure that list will take awhile - I appreciate all your time and work!

If this has been answered somewhere else already please forgive - when I click on view new posts the list that comes up is not sorted by time of new post - so the ones at the top have new posts from 3-4 hours ago while further down are the threads with posts in the last few minutes. I can't...

Thanks for that post Irvinecommuter - that analysis is very interesting and it shoots down some of my preconceptions/notions about the candidates - specifically I have felt that Obama seems more liberal than Clinton and that McCain is more moderate than conservation - need to rethink that a bit.....

I know two people that have mentioned to me they are thinking of using their equity line to "take advantage" of the low prices and buy a second house and use one of them for rental.

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My daughter had tubes put in at 17 months - she had had numerous ear infections plus problems with asthma during the months preceding the tubes. They were a lifesaver for us - her tubes didn't fall out for an extra long time - about two years I think - and during that time I think we only had...

so glad you posted this information - this will definetely change my outlook as I go into my renewal this summer - those of you with lease renewals coming up please keep us updated! Part of the reason we went with IAC was because the lease break was simple if we chose to buy a house - 2500 and...

<p>acpme - that was exactly my impression at the college I worked at. </p> <p>This was similar in graduate school in the sense that they just didn't want people who had participated in research as an undergraduate - they wanted students who had actually done some sort of research in thier...

<p> most kids turn 6 during kindergarten - turn 18 during thier senior year - she will turn 6 the summer before kindergarten and 18 the summer before her senior year - she really wont be older except by a few months.</p>

this whole discussion just confirms my decision to not start my summer bday child in kind until she is 6 - it is hard to believe how incredibly competitive and demanding school has become.

don't get me started on this topic!!! Although I don't have kids in sports yet my experience I have already been astonished at the types of 'snacks' parents will bring to preschool for kids - why do we have to celebrate every single kids birthday with cupcakes - wouldn't a special b-day hat be...

<p>I am putting that on my 'to do' list!!</p>

Boston - that is a great idea to give your kids shares - do you mind me asking what age your kids were when you started doing that?

<p>I am no expert but I did work at a small private college for awhile (although not in admissions) and my personal opinion is that I want my kids to go to a good high school but unless there were other circumstances I will not go to crazy attempts to get them in the 'best' high school - my...