Irvine2Irvine said:
If you are talking about the return from your wife, happy wife from a shiny new home will get you some also...
Fair point. And I've always said --- If I had a 40%+ downpayment, I'd buy into Irvine, too. But I don't have that --- and no loco, a couple $2k purses would not make a bit of difference. Irvine in 2010 is great if you:
1) Have the coin to put 40%+ to make an $800k - $1M house reasonable from a monthly outlay on a typical Irvine salary.
2) Or are willing to settle for what is affordable on a monthly basis to those of us with 20% or less down on that same salary.
I don't fall into either category, so we made a different decision. But by no means I will judge anyone else's decision. I'd love to be your and Jumpcut's neighbor, I2I. We could put those outdoor speakers in our backyard (the ones that look like rocks) and blast kpop down the whole block.
But as good as that sounds, I'd like to get my wife a nice new purse for her birthday, and still sleep at night. Maybe loco's girl gets excited at paying the tax bill. Hey, whatever floats your boat. Live and let live, baby.