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2/8/10, 08:28 PM
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You'd be surprised. Housing here is very affordable compared to almost anywhere else.
A brand spanking new 2,000 sq.ft. house on a 1/4 acre city lot would be about $230,000.00
A 20 year old house the same size on a similar lot in an older neighborhood would be about $160,000.00 right now. And that's about the same price it was 3 years ago. Prices have not fallen here, but they haven't gone up either.
2/8/10, 08:31 PM
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evening everyone
long freakin day. my test went okay, but I didnt really get finished, probably noone did though, so he should curve. then I totally forgot about a paper that was due. So I'm going to do it now, and take a letter grade penalty. 4 more days then I get to go to charleston and relax for a while
long freakin day. my test went okay, but I didnt really get finished, probably noone did though, so he should curve. then I totally forgot about a paper that was due. So I'm going to do it now, and take a letter grade penalty. 4 more days then I get to go to charleston and relax for a while
2/8/10, 08:40 PM
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You'd be surprised. Housing here is very affordable compared to almost anywhere else.
A brand spanking new 2,000 sq.ft. house on a 1/4 acre city lot would be about $230,000.00
A 20 year old house the same size on a similar lot in an older neighborhood would be about $160,000.00 right now. And that's about the same price it was 3 years ago. Prices have not fallen here, but they haven't gone up either.
A brand spanking new 2,000 sq.ft. house on a 1/4 acre city lot would be about $230,000.00
A 20 year old house the same size on a similar lot in an older neighborhood would be about $160,000.00 right now. And that's about the same price it was 3 years ago. Prices have not fallen here, but they haven't gone up either.
It costs about 500K here to get 2,500 sq.ft & 1/4 acre in a sub-development.
2/8/10, 08:43 PM
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Yup. $500k. Well $525k but thats essentially how it works. I plan on building my own 2,500-2,800 sq. ft. house on a 1/2 acre lot we have vacant for hopefully about $250k.
2/8/10, 08:47 PM
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The hide-a-way bracket is nice. I have it. I gotta get under there in a few weeks and pull it off. I'm thinking of the motorized version for the next Stang.
2/8/10, 08:50 PM
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2/8/10, 08:51 PM
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Who has that kinda money???
2/8/10, 08:52 PM
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2/8/10, 08:57 PM
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A month after having the car I got stopped for no plate. Cop was on the same side of the road as me sitting there in the car with radar. My detector was going off. I went by slow, but saw his lights come on to get me. He must have watching in his mirror and saw it missing. He told me I had no plate, but I said yes I do. I got out and pulled it up. Told him I was just coming back from a car show. I was actually just coming home from having it dynoed. He lectured me with a red plate I need two of them. I think he was just pissed that he left his speed trap and made no money off of me. Motorized one will be better. Pop it back up while the cop pulls you over. hehehe
2/8/10, 08:59 PM
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I drive the Mass Pike into work every day coming from a direction referred to a metro west. Thats where all of the $$$$ comes from. I would say 60% of the cars I pass are 50K+ and it is not unusual to see the occasional Rolls Royce, Bentley or Maybach.
2/8/10, 09:00 PM
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Still cheaper than finding a job closer to home. Any job I find is 40-50 miles away and pays diddly.
2/8/10, 09:01 PM
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A month after having the car I got stopped for no plate. Cop was on the same side of the road as me sitting there in the car with radar. My detector was going off. I went by slow, but saw his lights come on to get me. He must have watching in his mirror and saw it missing. He told me I had no plate, but I said yes I do. I got out and pulled it up. Told him I was just coming back from a car show. I was actually just coming home from having it dynoed. He lectured me with a red plate I need two of them. I think he was just pissed that he left his speed trap and made no money off of me. Motorized one will be better. Pop it back up while the cop pulls you over. hehehe
2/8/10, 09:03 PM
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2/8/10, 09:05 PM
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I took my front plate off when I installed my stripes. I was driving with it laying on the dash in the windshield when I got pulled over here by a State Trooper. He was writing a ticket to someone and was walking back to his car when I passed by. A mile up the road he pulled me over and said in the windshield wasn't good enough. I went home and bought the hide away bracket that night.
2/8/10, 09:09 PM
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I never wanted to be stopped for it by a home town cop, and that is who got me. Turns out it was one of the newer idiot cops and he was gone a few weeks later. Small town, no crime, so the cops don't do much but give speeding tickets. I go by them all the time and haven't been stopped since. I think they know the car and i'm not trouble so they leave me alone.
2/8/10, 09:09 PM
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My search is finding me jobs at $10-$12 an hour. Even the temp agencies i've been looking for work through shake their head when I say I need at least $14. And I thought i was underpaid at almost $23 before the layoff.
2/8/10, 09:10 PM
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I never wanted to be stopped for it by a home town cop, and that is who got me. Turns out it was one of the newer idiot cops and he was gone a few weeks later. Small town, no crime, so the cops don't do much but give speeding tickets. I go by them all the time and haven't been stopped since. I think they know the car and i'm not trouble so they leave me alone.
Did I mention that the cover was clear.....he said it caused a glare that prevented him from seeing it. $35 ticket.
2/8/10, 09:12 PM
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Thats just crazy Dennis, I thank the Lord every day I still have my job.
2/8/10, 09:14 PM
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I ran for weeks with it gone before that incident passing dozens of local cops and never got pulled over. It was the gung-ho state trooper that got me the very first time I took it out of town. I make it a point to notice other cars that don't have the front plate. The ugliest is when they make them put plates on a C5 Vette. It just looks wrong. Well a C6 looks like poop too. But the absolute worst is those older Chryslers like the Concordes and 300M's where there was just no provision made for a front plate. It's all grill and headlight there.
They should really do away with the front plate here. The registry is always complaining they are broke. Save money and only issue one plate! They did that when the single green ones came out years ago, they should do it again!
2/8/10, 09:16 PM
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We used to have one plate here, but like 20 years ago they decided to go back to two. If you still had the old green single plate, you were grandfathered in and could keep it. Plenty of those plates still on the road. I may be required to have two, but if it's still legal for single plates to be on the road, it shouldn't make a difference for me.
They should really do away with the front plate here. The registry is always complaining they are broke. Save money and only issue one plate! They did that when the single green ones came out years ago, they should do it again!
They should really do away with the front plate here. The registry is always complaining they are broke. Save money and only issue one plate! They did that when the single green ones came out years ago, they should do it again!