Search results

You may both be right, by the way. There are two developments with these floor plans, "Stonetree", and "Stonetree Manor". I think the Stonetree homes capped around the high $700s back in 03-04, but I know the Stonetree Manor homes have come down significantly in the last year. -OCR

<a href="../../../account/512/">S</a>, Easy there, dude. It's way too easy to start throwing around the race card these days. Let's be honest. Everyone makes generalizations about everyone, right? When people start screaming "racism", that's when we start devolving into a board...

But bkshpr, "Asians" encompass a pretty large variety of sub-cultures...even if what you've said holds true for certain segments of the population, are they true for the entire immigrant population from Asia? I'd venture to say that at the very least, Japanese Americans deviate rather...

Yeah. Born and raised in Huntington Beach. Uh oh...did I just bump into a Seahawk alum? -OCR

I'll second hopia's comments. Put aside the fallacy of generalizing an ethnic population on anecdotal observations, somehow we've forgotten that the various Asian populations in Southern California (Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, etc) are as different from each other as "Asians" in...

Interesting, as this represents a $2K drop from when we purchased. I wrote the JLH folks to see if their "John Laing Promise" is really a promise... In other news, our home is almost ready. If anyone's interested in seeing these homes without the frou-frou decorations, the fence is down...

The Quail Hill trail that runs through Shady Canyon is a challenging hill, especially since you end up in Turtle Rock. However, most of the San Diego creek trail appears to be closed by Oak Creek due to some kind of construction. Anyone have any insight about what this is? -OCR

Sogo and JUSCO? Can you even find that type of department store outside of Japan?

The only people I fear are the club cyclists. 99% are very courteous. 1% in a swarm gets tough to pass... -OCR

That's OK. Sexual innuendos are always a welcome topic!

Wendy: I think IAC probably contributes $$$ to the Woodbury HOA.... -OCR

I'm still perplexed at what makes the Jeffrey Open Space Trail a "bad" non-vehicular area, but the San Diego Creek a "good" one. Has anyone biked along Coyote Creek in Long Beach or the San Gabriel River trail lately? What's the difference between molesters that travel along the San Diego...

I think bk was in favor of multiple air returns... -OCR

<strong>Old Vine Cafe </strong>in Costa Mesa may be one of the best meals I've had in OC, if not Southern California (full disclosure: the chef and owner, two brothers, are friends of the family). I went Friday. Low key, small, out of the way, and very wine-oriented. Please give them a...

More interesting things from the construction tour: 1. Fluorescent can lighting in the kitchen, which I don't care for. I was told this was a legal requirement. 2. My circuit breakers are on the outside! I can lock them, but I'm used to having them inside. Does anyone else have...

CalGal: Plan 3.

It seems to me that all of these are the points that apply to Woodbury/Portola Springs as "bad design": 1. 4 high volume vehicular arterials 2. Large size 3. No armed guards 4. Major road alignment 5. Community without a back 6. Toll road 241 above the back of the...

Hey all...just got back from my construction tour. There were a few interesting notes that I'd like to get some input on... 1. Most of the water piping is made out of PEX versus copper. General consensus from the builder (and the internet) is that PEX is better. Anyone had any...

92618 is also Portola Springs...could this have an impact, as PS wasn't selling last year at this time (I think...) -OCR

This answer depends, I think, on whether one views a house as a home or an investment. Assuming that one pays $2,000/month in rent for 30 years for that $600K home, you're actually paying interest net of rent of about $10,000 (assuming $2,000 * 12 * 30 = $720,000 in rent over 30 years)...