I must have missed a memo, because if you listened to realtors, it would seem those are the only cities in the world that people want to live in. A rush of folks who need houses and condos, marching into the sunbelt and Florida to enjoy that great lifestyle that wasn't there 5 years ago, 10 years ago, 20 years ago.
As a matter of fact, I'm not even sure Florida had a beach five years ago - that must be new!
And since so many millions, tens of millions, are rushing there for not only the awesome weather, but the fabulous economy, a million dollars for a house is chump change. It can only go up and up and up!
Not.
Probably the funniest thing is that these cities really don't even have a real economy. People just build houses and sell them to each other. For now.
June 28, 2006
Silly question: Did the weather suddenly get nicer in Miami, Tampa, San Diego, LA, Phoenix or Tucson?
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Keith, you don't exactly invite the most intelligent commentary with your lead ons. "Who do you blame?" with stick figures? Nativist rants? Obscure, ad hominem whacks at George Soros? I mean, this blog is frigging eccentric, and that's putting it politely. So it's a little rich when you try to assume the role of adult moderator. You're the infant terrible who gets the rest of the idiots going.
ahhhh yeah, the weather is better in SD and Miami. I spend alot of time in Jupiter FL, 15 miles north of W Palm. It is the absolute balls. I walk to the ocean, the water is 78-84 degrees, and the weather Jan-April is 70-84 degrees mostdays and sunny. I am not a CA fan, but the weather in San Diego is tough to beat. AS for AZ, the fall, winter, and spring is really nice and dry. So, yes, the weather in these places IS better.
All of this may be true for the above over-hyped localities...however, in Boulder, our weather is the best in the US, if not the world.
Warm sunny summers with nice dry air so it never feels too hot. Winters are usually sunny and not too cold...perfect for skiing. When those real cold-snaps arrive, it is with deep-blue skies and 0% humidity.
No place- NO PLACE- has a more stimulating climate than Boulder, Colorado. And that's putting it mildly.
Oh, those Flatirons...
Florida's weather is great .. I especially enjoy the hurricanes ..
Born and raised in Florida. If you like temps in the 90's and high humidity, this is the place to be. Personally, I think it sucks. S. Florida is a "swamp" - too many bugs and alligators. The only good weather here is right on the beach during the winter. Other than that - blah!!!
Northern New Jersey Real Estate Bubble
had an updated reports for NEW JERSEY Housing Bubble !!!
My Motto for HOUSING in these boom areas is " LET IT ROT ..ON the LOT" !
joey, I stand corrected, LA does have an economy. I read it's the porn capital of the world
Tucson is generally thought to be the oldest continuously existing human settlement on the North American continent. It must have had something going for it all these years.
But overpopulation and environmental degradation are here as elsewhere. Our riverbeds are dried up and ugly because of damming upstream to redistribute water. Land is subsiding because we have depleted the water table underground. Tucson was once a refuge for people with asthma and other respiratory problems. Then we started installing golf courses and importing non-native plant species and our air is pollen-infested much of the time.
Where once there was untouched desert, or a dirt road, there is now pavement. The pavement absorbs and holds heat from the sun, raising the average mean temperature several degrees.
Too many people on the planet.
Not too many people on the planet, just your part of the planet.
Keith,
Sorry to burst your bubble Keith but California alone produces about 1.5 trillion dollars in goods every year (almost as much as the U.K.) Construction accounts for only about 7-10% of that gross product. Los Angeles is the largest manufacturing hub in the United States. Southern California (L.A. and San Diego) produces the lion's share of output. With the San Francisco bay area not far behind. You are being a little silly including San Diego and L.A. in your list.
Hello, Florida doesn't have beaches? They have always held the title of having at least 10 of the worlds best beaches! Haven't you been to Sarasota, Clearwater, Santa Rosa Island, Daytona?
As for climate, some like it hot, some like it cold. Some like it dry and some like it tropical. Every place has its trade offs. Humid summer, warm winter. Cool summers, cold winters. Just right weather? Too expensive for most of us to ever live there.
California would be one of the richest countries in the world if it were independant. I agree Florida is being ruined but not by climate or lack of beaches but by over populaton and uncontrolled growth along the coast. The Arizona desert? A magical place that is also being ruined by over developement but great fall, winter and spring weather.
Keith you do like to stir the pot but then that is why I love to return to this sight to see what people say and what they think and I'm sure you do to. How many hits a day do you get on this site and how much money do you make by people clicking on to your links, buying some of the books you put out there about gold, house bubbles, the economy etc? After all a lot of bloggers make good money by blogging once they get a theme and an audience. Isn't that how you can live and travel in Europe right now?
I'll have to agree with some of the previous posters re the economy in places like Southern California. There are LOTs of jobs here and many of them pay quite well. The California economy is about the size of France's.
Incidentally, I spent four hours at the Pheonix airport yesterday. It was 104 outside and about 64-69 depending on where you sat inside the terminal. It was difficult to find a spot where the forced refrigerated air didn't make me chilly and I had nothing more than a short sleeved shirt and jeans. On the inbound plane I had asked the guy sitting next to me why so many people moved to Pheonix. He said, "it's the weather," as if that were the most obvious thing in the world.
Weather really is dependent on the person. I HATE anything under 70 degrees and I happen to love very warm weather. My choices boiled down to CA, AZ or FL. Love Miami, but there are no mountains and I am an avid skier. So down to CA and AZ. Love SoCal more than life itself, but $1mil for a house ten miles from the beach did not work for me, plus for young people the business climate is tough and competitive. So chose PHX to get away from Midwest winters. Housing prices are obviously high, but not even in the same stratosphere as SoCal. The weather is perfect from October thorugh May and I really don't mind the summer months. Do I love 105 every day - hell no! But I don't HATE it like I did real Midwestern winters. Plus, I can escape to SoCal with a five hour drive or a 40 min flight. So I guess it is not really about good weather vs. bad weather, it is more about what one can tolerate. Heck, some people think the weather in SD sucks because there is no change of season at all, nothing. At least in PHX, you have summer and you have SUMMER!
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