Reply #20: Yes, we bought our property after we'd been here awhile...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

My husband didn't know how secure his job was, and we didn't want to commit to having house payments with that insecurity over our heads. We have done extremely well, IMHO. No, not a beach property. We talked about that, but there are drawbacks: no privacy, no parking, tiny lots that cost mega-bucks, etc. When I need to see the ocean, I drive 5 minutes, and there it is!

I said we've done well: in 2000, we decided to build a new house on our old lot (we'd moved out in the meantime) and so we did...Now we're back on our old lot in a custom home, and it is fantastic...We still love our builder and architect! We plan to live here till the toe tags go on...Life is good, at least at our local level! Now, if we could only fix the national level.....

How are you doing? Feel free to lie, if you like! lololol

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