This is true, Wes, but I would like to tell a story from my family that I think is related. My mother and aunt were born in England. My mom met my dad in Belgium during the war, got married, and came over here. She brought over two brothers and one sister - my Aunt Con. She (A. Con) was a nurse and lived and worked here in Calif. the whole time I was growing up- over 20 years. About 20 years ago, though, she moved to Seattle, WA. When I was last up there visiting, she made a disparaging comment about the d___ Californians coming up there and driving up all the prices, cluttering up the state with extra people, etc, etc. I thought this was pretty funny considering her background. When I pointed out that no one from California could buy land or homes in either Washington or Oregon unless there was first a Washingtonian or Oregonian who was willing to sell, she had nothing to say. I'm not saying that having too many people coming into your state is fun or desirable - you think it's fun living in the state that half the rest of the country and world want to move to is fun? Oh well, you learn to adapt. Jim C
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Wes Wada Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 2:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [VFB] Re: OT: Californians and Oregon To continue this discussion one more post... How'd you like to have this ticking timebomb sitting at your state border, with any number of the 35 million people looking for alternatives? <http://www.msnbc.com/news/941437.asp?0bl=-0> For many Californians, their most high-end asset is their family home. Prices have increased 15% during the last year alone. In some cases real estate values are five times that of surrounding states for the same size of property. All that is required is the decision and will to sell off and move. You can buy a house and have cash left over to last two or three years. Hundreds of thousands of people have done it already. Wes Wada Bend, Oregon
