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I'd be on easy street with a mortgage that low. |
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I understand that my mortgage is amazingly low compared to across the country. Hell, my brother pays close to $4500 a month for his house outside of Boston. I find that as lunacy. But to each his own. He laughs at me cause we buy new cars all the time, but two brand new cars and our house costs a little over $1400 a month combined. He drives a 97 Grand Prix with 145k miles on it, and an 02 explorer with 150k miles on it. But hey, at least they are paid for huh? lol.
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Check out this cool cost of living calculator I found: Cost of Living Comparison This calculator estimates that it's 46.2% more expensive to live in DC than in Gainesville!! EESH!
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I also checked out the difference between Gainesville and Carlsbad, and it would cost 16.7% more to live in Gainesville.
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Carlsbad migration! Imagine, we could all live on the same cul de sac. Matty and SS could be head of the homeowners association.
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My house is right around 2000 sq ft, and when we bought it in 99, we paid a hair over 50k. (no typo) The market has since gone up...for instance the house is now worth around 125k, but that's because I've redone every room and totally renovated the kitchen with granite tops and put in a hot tub in the back yard.
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Hell no, I can find stuff to do! I can shoot at beer cans or something. I would use all the money I save on mortgage to take vacations to places where there are more things to do. |
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I do go to the shooting range, but that is free...well, it costs the price of bullets. Seriously, you run out of stuff to do REALLY fast. You just don't understand until you live it.
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Oh I get it, believe me. I'll bet that once you have spent 4 years in Ludowici, GA you've essentially spent 4 years in Carlsbad. |
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Re: BMW 1 series
jsarno, I'd say pull the trigger and get one. From what I've read looks like
a nice car. I'm still in shock over a $490 mortgage. After reading your response, I'd say your in good position to buy one. Then you can mark it off your bucket list. Never been a bimmer person, but after my kids are gone I want a T-Bucket. No good reason why, just do. |
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I've read all about it too...motor trend did a review of it that turned up pretty good, and car and driver did one too that was equally impressive. But we all know, reading something doesn't actually translate to actual use from a REAL person.
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I work in Carlsbad(Ca). I'm 2 blocks from the beach, Weather is great year round, limitless things to do. Unfortunately, everything here is too damn expensive I can't afford to do anything! It's not like a flip burgers are In-N-Out, I'm an Engineer for a small company. I just can't afford to live here... back on topic: My boss is a BMW Fanatic(owned 5 in the last 3 years), He test drove the 1 series with 300 horses and he says he likes it better than his E46 M3. The power to weight differential makes it a fun car to drive and it doesn't have the hard suspension that the M3 has. |
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