Why I don't live there

[StevieP]

Person who has probably never been there.

Dude! Skiing INDOORS in the middle of the desert. Water cooled BEACHES. Awesome place.

Yeah, but not a hundred years ago...

 

[TomMontana]

This is like when nana joined FB, except everyone was too polite to ask grandma for clarification.

 

[Dennis in MA]

Chelsea is the gateway to Everett and with the new casino it should be a north Atlantic City.

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Of course Chelsea could be North Atlantic City. Smells funny, is really rough and gives you that bitter cold feeling.

 

[In God We Trust]

This is like when nana joined FB, except everyone was too polite to ask grandma for clarification.

 

[GaryO]

Of course Chelsea could be North Atlantic City. Smells funny, is really rough and gives you that bitter cold feeling.

And drugs and whores.

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[jhblaze1]

Person who has probably never been there.

Dude! Skiing INDOORS in the middle of the desert. Water cooled BEACHES. Awesome place.

WTF is a "water cooled" beach?

 

[GaryO]

WTF is a "water cooled" beach?

Every beach in the world.

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[Wrench75]

Can't say I've traveled the globe, but, I like New England, I like the four seasons, can't imagine life without them.
Can't imagine hanging ornaments on the tree in shorts, or not drinking a shot and a beer at midnight on a workday after both the snowblower and plow broke down during a big storm.

We have 4 seasons down here in SC. They are, spring, summer, spring, fall. In that order.

 

[Golddiggie]

We have 4 seasons down here in SC. They are, spring, summer, spring, fall. In that order.

Sounds boring...


Actually, the only part of the year I don't like is when it's above about 85F during the day, and doesn't drop below about 65F at night.

 

[beaker]

LMAO

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[headednorth]

We have 4 seasons down here in SC. They are, spring, summer, spring, fall. In that order.

We have 4 as well. Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter and Road Construction. ...[sad2]

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And drugs and whores.

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LOL

 

[IPSC_DRL]

Any booze in Dubai?

Yup. In the tourist hotels/bars. there was plenty of alcohol on sale at the airport terminal as well.

http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/everything-you-need-know-about-drinking-dubai

WTF is a "water cooled" beach?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/15/refrigerated-beach-in-dub_n_151155.html http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Dubai-Versace-refrigerated-sand-beach,news-29884.html

I remember hearing about it when I was there. Seems like it never got done but would have been awesome. I practically burned my feet on the sand there. It was like running across a frying pan to get to the water.

 

[Dadstoys]

No matter how shitty it is or how shitty a location, someone will buy it.
P.T. Barnam was right.

 

[GaryO]

Yup. In the tourist hotels/bars. there was plenty of alcohol on sale at the airport terminal as well.

http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/everything-you-need-know-about-drinking-dubai




http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/15/refrigerated-beach-in-dub_n_151155.html http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Dubai-Versace-refrigerated-sand-beach,news-29884.html

I remember hearing about it when I was there. Seems like it never got done but would have been awesome. I practically burned my feet on the sand there. It was like running across a frying pan to get to the water.

During the build up for the gulf wars ,my brother was an electrician in the ANG and he said anytime they worked outside that they needed to wear heavy leather gloves to prevent burns from the heat.

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[Coyote33]

Read the news!

Places that were determined to be be uninhabitable 100 years ago built up due to greed by states, cities, and banks to generate perpetual sources of income. There's a cost to pushing the "Easy Button"

Now everybody pays forever

You talking about Florida? Houston? Areas of Massachusetts towns on the outskirts, near swamps, with water and mosquito problems, no view, and crappy little swamp trees?

 

[mikeyp]

Just to one up you lol

 

[Tim_McD]

Ixnay on the Antarcticnay Isneyday and Oonbasenay.....those are ecrectsnay

Chinese island building in the South China Sea????

Antartica Disney????

Moonbase Alpa?

 

[Lank]

Fitchburg?

 

[Hetzer]

Ixnay on the Antarcticnay Isneyday and Oonbasenay.....those are ecrectsnay

Nyuk nyuk nyuk

 

[Coyote33]

Here's what I said over in the Irma CAT 5 thread:

You know, I am old enough to remember when the entire concept of buying land in Florida was a big joke, like buying the Brooklyn Bridge. "Hey, you want to buy some land in Florida."

Basically, just about all of Florida is a swamp. They took an excavator, and scooped up swamp-bottom, put it on one side. They called that scooped area "canal" and the dumped side "canal-frontage land". Even bigger "canals" are called "Intra-Coastal-Waterway". When a hurricane comes along, all it sees with that one big cyclops eye is "SWAMP", which means the tidal surge will come through just like any other swampland.

 

[1776]

CA...when it doesn't smell like smoke, it smells like a cesspool. Look at all those sewer stacks on all those houses and complexes.

I'm surprised we don't hear about septic sinkholes in FL

 

[Coyote33]

You ever notice in Eastern Massachusetts towns, even though they keep building like crazy, the lots are in what was once marginal land, and crappy at that. I'd much rather a nice lot in an established neighborhood on a nice hill with good drainage than a filled in swamp that will have nothing but drainage issues FOREVER, and mosquitoes all summer.

 

[1776]

PR.....Now the generations of corruption are complaining that they didn't get a chance to get a cut of the power line repair contract dollars That would be a cut of our tax dollars. At this point of their debt situation, just turn it into a military base.

 

[GlockJock]

You ever notice in Eastern Massachusetts towns, even though they keep building like crazy, the lots are in what was once marginal land, and crappy at that. I'd much rather a nice lot in an established neighborhood on a nice hill with good drainage than a filled in swamp that will have nothing but drainage issues FOREVER, and mosquitoes all summer.

Ever notice how those lots were purchased and developed by the big money guys who bought and "developed" them for one reason and one reason only?...

 

[Evadd]

You ever notice in Eastern Massachusetts towns, even though they keep building like crazy, the lots are in what was once marginal land, and crappy at that. I'd much rather a nice lot in an established neighborhood on a nice hill with good drainage than a filled in swamp that will have nothing but drainage issues FOREVER, and mosquitoes all summer.

Wouldn't everyone? It comes down to what you can afford for the area you want to live in.

I was living in Chelsea back in 2006 while looking for a house. Real estate agent says, " How about Chel..." Me- "NO.F*cking. Way."

You're right though. It's one of those places where prices go through the cellar floor during downturns and through the roof when insanity hits. Who could of ever guessed they'd be building a casino on top of an old Monsanto plant in Everett to top it off. Poorest city in MA with one of the highest violent crime rates in NE and you still could've doubled your money by buying literally anything and holding it for 10 years.

On a side note, you might have done better to throw that money into anything that makes decent compound interest and sit on it for the same 10 years. Instead of turning $150k into $300k (and having to pay property tax on it all those years), that same $150k at 9% over 10 years would be $350k. Yes, you'll be paying tax on that $200k profit when you cash out, but you'd also be paying capital gains on the income property when you sell.

On yet another note, to the OP: