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In article .com,
"ScottW" wrote:

I hate the So Cal & No Cal term though I have used it. Kind of
implies Monterey and Oakland are on par. Or San Diego and Compton.

I'll guess you haven't lived north of the Tehachapis.

Stephen

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"ScottW" wrote in message

I hate the So Cal & No Cal term though I have used it. Kind of
implies Monterey and Oakland are on par. Or San Diego and Compton.

Good point, but then Oakland and Compton are not exactly on par either! ;-)

The Bay Area really is ridiculous. Forget places like Pacific
Heights or any of the trendy San Francisco neighborhoods, a cookie cutter
house out in the wilderness of Fremont (east of the city) or Mountain
View
(south of the city) will set you back by at least $500,000.

Is this a good thing?

Not really, but it is a direct function of the income levels here. Plus,
after living in Austin (Texas is another state with no income tax and Austin
is usually high on 'quality of life' rankins) and New York (capital of the
world, 'nuff said), I think San Francisco is an ideal mix between the
idyllic and the frenetic.

Plus, we literally have the best parts of the country on the outskirts of
the city.

and a teachers union spending 18 million on political self interest :)

We can blame that one on the Guv. ;-)

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"Schizoid Man" wrote

Not really, but it is a direct function of the income levels here. Plus,
after living in Austin (Texas is another state with no income tax and
Austin is usually high on 'quality of life' rankins)


what are the property taxes like there?

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"Surf" wrote in message

"Schizoid Man" wrote

Not really, but it is a direct function of the income levels here. Plus,
after living in Austin (Texas is another state with no income tax and
Austin is usually high on 'quality of life' rankins)


what are the property taxes like there?

On average, I'd say property tax is about 1% higher in Texas than in
California, but the net result is still in Texas's favor with the overall
property costs being lower.

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On Tue, 24 May 2005 16:49:32 -0700, "Schizoid Man"
wrote:

[. . .]

Not really, but it is a direct function of the income levels here. Plus,
after living in Austin (Texas is another state with no income tax and Austin
is usually high on 'quality of life' rankins) and New York (capital of the
world, 'nuff said), I think San Francisco is an ideal mix between the
idyllic and the frenetic.

Plus, we literally have the best parts of the country on the outskirts of
the city.
[. . .]

Living in the People's Republic of Austin puts you right next to the
what is indeed some of the most geologically interesting area in the
state. "Eight counties of sheer beauty surrounded by 245 of stark
reality."

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"Bill" wrote in message

On Tue, 24 May 2005 16:49:32 -0700, "Schizoid Man"
wrote:

[. . .]

Not really, but it is a direct function of the income levels here. Plus,
after living in Austin (Texas is another state with no income tax and
Austin
is usually high on 'quality of life' rankins) and New York (capital of the
world, 'nuff said), I think San Francisco is an ideal mix between the
idyllic and the frenetic.

Plus, we literally have the best parts of the country on the outskirts of
the city.
[. . .]

Living in the People's Republic of Austin puts you right next to the
what is indeed some of the most geologically interesting area in the
state. "Eight counties of sheer beauty surrounded by 245 of stark
reality."

Well said...

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"George M. Middius" wrote in message

Where are the DBTs?

I have a friend who's a beer expert. He and a couple of other guys were
round one day; and as it happened, we had four different kinds of beer in
the house. All the beers were known to us; so we decided to have a
beer-tasting.

My wife would go to the kitchen, open a bottle, pour it out into four
wineglasses, and bring it in to the four of use. We would drink the beer,
holding it up to the light and making hilarious comments about hops from the
south side of the farm and so on; then we'd each write down in secret which
beer we thought it was.

We three lesser experts each got two out of four correct - well within the
results expected by chance.

The beer god respected by all of us actually got nought out of four - quite
an achievement given that one of the beers was a dark beer and the other
three light!

Tim

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"Tim Martin" wrote in message
...

"George M. Middius" wrote in message

Where are the DBTs?

I have a friend who's a beer expert. He and a couple of other guys were
round one day; and as it happened, we had four different kinds of beer in
the house. All the beers were known to us; so we decided to have a
beer-tasting.

My wife would go to the kitchen, open a bottle, pour it out into four
wineglasses, and bring it in to the four of use. We would drink the beer,
holding it up to the light and making hilarious comments about hops from
the
south side of the farm and so on; then we'd each write down in secret
which
beer we thought it was.

We three lesser experts each got two out of four correct - well within the
results expected by chance.

The beer god respected by all of us actually got nought out of four -
quite
an achievement given that one of the beers was a dark beer and the other
three light!


Very good Tim. You sound like a guy who should be eating his own feces for
breakfast. Why waste money on oatmeal since you cannot tell the difference
anyway.


Cheers,

Margaret

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"Tim Martin" wrote in message

The beer god respected by all of us actually got nought out of four -
quite
an achievement given that one of the beers was a dark beer and the other
three light!

So he was a beer 'normal' after all? Or was he visually challenged?

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"Margaret von B." wrote in message

Very good Tim. You sound like a guy who should be eating his own feces for
breakfast. Why waste money on oatmeal since you cannot tell the difference
anyway.

Q. What is Arny's favorite beer?

A. Kronenborg.

Hehehe.