tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post1872479344631986718..comments2023-12-30T10:06:37.450+00:00Comments on HousingPANIC - The Housing Bubble Blog with an Attitude Problem, 2005 - 2008: HousingPANIC Stupid Question of the Daybloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06585266242070350399noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-7783487984163765132008-06-06T13:38:00.000+01:002008-06-06T13:38:00.000+01:00--Japan,,,hummm, not bad, terrible weather, crowde...--Japan,,,hummm, not bad, terrible weather, crowded, nice folks, good food. Lived there several years. Never did get enough nerve to try driving. Good trains. Women are great until they get Americanized.--<BR/><BR/>UNTIL THEY GET AMERICANIZED... I hate hearing this from looser American men who want to bring back an Asian wife to be subservient. Japan's culture views modesty and acquiescence as signs of great integrity. Women with these characteristics are looked up to. So an American man wants to marry this type of woman bring her to the states where those exact characteristics are looked down upon. And then complains that she becomes Americanized.You are a pig.<BR/><BR/>Oh, by the way...<BR/>My choice would be the hills outside Byron Bay Australia. Beautiful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-55351231171227675572008-06-05T03:49:00.000+01:002008-06-05T03:49:00.000+01:00France.Because it's not Bushco mouth breather coun...France.<BR/><BR/>Because it's not Bushco mouth breather country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-47844643882575085872008-06-04T07:17:00.000+01:002008-06-04T07:17:00.000+01:00So, I was all set to read about Canada's intoleran...So, I was all set to read about Canada's intolerance. I wanted to think that CA was less free than my beloved US. (Even though my 2 lesbian friends could get married in Vancouver.. and not in NYC.)<BR/><BR/>*sigh* The hate speach case about posting bible quotes that talk about killing people cause they're gay. OK'ed by the 'cannuk court.<BR/><BR/>The other reference was to an editorial in the NY Post. Never convincing.<BR/><BR/>I'm not saying that Canada is all that. It's just somewhat more free than the US. Specifically in civil rights, immigration, and health care rights.<BR/><BR/>The US is much better in economic rights.<BR/><BR/>P.S. The irony is my friends moved to vancouver to get married... then 3 years later got divorced. Apparently gay marrages <B>are</B> the same as straight ones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-47852817138052358702008-06-04T06:37:00.000+01:002008-06-04T06:37:00.000+01:00New Jersey?Compton?Who are these people???New Jersey?<BR/>Compton?<BR/>Who are these people???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-18535622467719286442008-06-04T06:34:00.000+01:002008-06-04T06:34:00.000+01:00Austria. Really.Austria. Really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-17435638025199205952008-06-04T01:54:00.000+01:002008-06-04T01:54:00.000+01:00Actually, I hope to go to North Korea someday, aft...Actually, I hope to go to North Korea someday, after it opens, as a missionary.<BR/><BR/>I'd love to show those people some love after all of the suffering they have been through.<BR/><BR/>I'd like to teach English and computers there, as well as the Bible and the Christian Faith.<BR/><BR/>That would help out mr. anonymous a few posts back who wants to be away from the "right-wing religious nuts."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-6062741224556061622008-06-04T01:52:00.000+01:002008-06-04T01:52:00.000+01:00South Korea.My wife's family lives there. I lived...South Korea.<BR/><BR/>My wife's family lives there. I lived there for 3 1/2 years of the 1980's. I'd love to go back and live for between 2-6 years before coming back.<BR/><BR/>I was back last year for the first time in 15 years. I loved their 100 mb internet to the apartment! I love their Dunkin Donuts and Krispy Kreme (which use probably 1/3 - 1/5 the sugar ours do), I love my wife's family, and I loved that you can walk to just about anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-78482894169760728742008-06-03T22:17:00.000+01:002008-06-03T22:17:00.000+01:00Someplace where the liberals and conservatives hav...Someplace where the liberals and conservatives have some mutual respect.Refuse to buy overpricedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529128673944692315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-70038996937716073712008-06-03T16:49:00.000+01:002008-06-03T16:49:00.000+01:00The middle of nowhere in Alaska.The middle of nowhere in Alaska.jazzmanferghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00962881368580775799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-11016351506565982002008-06-03T14:24:00.000+01:002008-06-03T14:24:00.000+01:00South of France, possibly England in the countrysi...South of France, possibly England in the countryside.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-45948652114166682532008-06-03T10:18:00.000+01:002008-06-03T10:18:00.000+01:00Anyplace without even the scent of a liberal.Anyplace without even the scent of a liberal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-84803265112739830632008-06-03T07:10:00.000+01:002008-06-03T07:10:00.000+01:00prince edward island from march to november then s...prince edward island from march to november then somewhere warm for the winter monthsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-75767309045329405932008-06-03T03:20:00.000+01:002008-06-03T03:20:00.000+01:00I'd probably choose Canada as it's a democracy and...I'd probably choose Canada as it's a democracy and an oil exporter that is developed. <BR/><BR/>Second choice is Australia (already have language installed).<BR/><BR/>But I would leave the United States and leave the religious nuts and right-wingers behind.<BR/><BR/>Places to NOT go to include China, anywhere in the Middle East, Burma, Singapore, North Korea, and other unsavory regimes too numerous to list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-79435468924399774182008-06-03T00:50:00.000+01:002008-06-03T00:50:00.000+01:00Compton, CACompton, CAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-37674542762900308542008-06-02T23:09:00.000+01:002008-06-02T23:09:00.000+01:00If it had to be a city:London (my true home)San Fr...If it had to be a city:<BR/><BR/>London (my true home)<BR/>San Fransico<BR/>Haifa<BR/><BR/>Or - a place with big sky, interesting geology and few people:<BR/><BR/>Southern Utah<BR/>The Orkneys in Scotland<BR/>The Peloponnese in GreeceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-61375053271603427802008-06-02T22:15:00.000+01:002008-06-02T22:15:00.000+01:00Jersey ShoreJersey ShoreRefuse to buy overpricedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529128673944692315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-20670647796255942302008-06-02T21:41:00.000+01:002008-06-02T21:41:00.000+01:00A conservative in Italy is like a socialist anywhe...<I>A conservative in Italy is like a socialist anywhere else.<BR/><BR/>The most conservative Italian is light years more liberal than the right wing fascist garbage that we have here.</I><BR/><BR/>The usual hogwash from the Birkenstock crowd. Have you ever been or lived in Europe? Are you talking about the same Italy that brought us Mussolini?<BR/><BR/>Here's a bit of reality:<BR/><BR/><B>Emerging from his first cabinet meeting as Italy's new prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday presented a series of forceful measures - from new restrictions on immigrants to a military-style strategy to tackle a longstanding garbage crisis in Naples - that presaged a direct, no-nonsense style of leadership uncommon in Italian politics.<BR/><BR/>"The state has to return to being the state," Berlusconi said at a news conference in the port city of Naples, where he held his first meeting in order to underline his commitment to solving the garbage crisis.<BR/><BR/>It was an oblique reference, perhaps, to the center-left government of his predecessor, Romano Prodi, whose fractious coalition failed to pass effective policies either to clean up the estimated 50,000 tons of trash littering the streets of the city, or to assuage Italians' growing concerns about illegal immigration in the county. Berlusconi, a conservative, has a strong majority in Parliament.<BR/><BR/>To increase consumer spending and spur industrial growth in a lackluster economic landscape, the cabinet also announced plans Wednesday to eliminate a residential property tax and reduce taxes on overtime pay and incentives for productivity. Berlusconi said it was time to put a country with zero growth "back on the path of development."<BR/><BR/>"The security measures will allay the fear that citizens have," Berlusconi said. "It's their right not to be afraid anymore."<BR/><BR/>The most restrictive measures will affect immigration, making illegal permanence in the country an offense punishable by jail time. Illegal immigrants will also be expelled more easily and quickly, and it will be possible to detain them in holding centers for a maximum of 18 months. Immigrants without documents can now be held for only 60 days.<BR/><BR/>DNA tests will be carried out on immigrants hoping to join relatives already living legally in Italy to ensure that only close family members will be admitted to the country.<BR/><BR/>A wave of anti-Roma sentiment in recent weeks - as well as concerns about high rime rates among Romanian immigrants, who have been part of the European Union since 2007 - translated into tougher legislation affecting EU citizens living in Italy.<BR/><BR/>He also announced that Italy would join the so-called PrĂ¼m treaty - signed on May 27, 2005, and already adopted by several European countries - which allows police forces to compare and exchange data, including DNA, more easily.</B><BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/create.phpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-37199716513640954072008-06-02T20:40:00.000+01:002008-06-02T20:40:00.000+01:00The best place on the planet to live is without a ...The best place on the planet to live is without a doubt Phoenix Arizona.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-89477716984016644992008-06-02T19:53:00.000+01:002008-06-02T19:53:00.000+01:00"The most conservative Italian is light years more..."The most conservative Italian is light years more liberal than the right wing fascist garbage that we have here."<BR/><BR/>"liberal"??? Do you mean collectivist? or in the original Italian meaning of "fascism"; i.e. a bundle of sticks held together is stronger than one stick at a time?<BR/><BR/>"In fact, the most prosperous city in Italy and on many lists of the best places to live in the world is Bologna which has been run by communists for years."<BR/><BR/>The name "Bologna" should give a little hint. Ever thought of the subjectivity of people who compose those lists? There are half a dozen cities in Italy larger than Bologna, so it's obviously not the most popular by voting of the feet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-39295264874968820372008-06-02T19:32:00.000+01:002008-06-02T19:32:00.000+01:00Japan,,,hummm, not bad, terrible weather, crowded,...Japan,,,hummm, not bad, terrible weather, crowded, nice folks, good food. Lived there several years. Never did get enough nerve to try driving. Good trains. Women are great until they get Americanized.<BR/><BR/>Phoenix (live there) love it, 90% great weather, dry heat, great medical facilities, prices overall are good, close to Vegas, LA, Diego, Frisco. <BR/><BR/>Wisconsin Madison, (got a farm close by) great medicals facilities, weather not good cold/wet stormy. But, the farm is a good place to survive the coming world economy crash...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-82822467094600143892008-06-02T17:09:00.000+01:002008-06-02T17:09:00.000+01:00I avoid ignorant people and places.But I guess I w...I avoid ignorant people and places.<BR/>But I guess I would choose a tolerable<BR/>place where I could do the most good.<BR/>I can't live for security and comfort.<BR/><BR/>(Maybe I wasted my time in Vn, but<BR/>Korea and Cambodia showed what Reds<BR/>were capable of doing to people.<BR/>Maybe Jihadist would be the same.)edd brownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08825894326281481673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-81371559442294866812008-06-02T15:54:00.000+01:002008-06-02T15:54:00.000+01:00Dubai, most awesome place ever and the Dollar stil...Dubai, most awesome place ever and the Dollar still rules!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-39810591690694503742008-06-02T13:56:00.000+01:002008-06-02T13:56:00.000+01:00"Have you been beaten up by a secret police member..."Have you been beaten up by a secret police member?"<BR/><BR/>I guess you didn't watch 60 minutes last night about Chicago's rogue SOS, secret cop force...<BR/><BR/>Dope!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-8046737520300364232008-06-02T13:30:00.001+01:002008-06-02T13:30:00.001+01:00MaineMaineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-60384334943326991742008-06-02T13:30:00.000+01:002008-06-02T13:30:00.000+01:00Southern OregonSouthern OregonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com