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But society has willfully embraced living "in the present"...who here would give up their SF rental in exchange for a property in Gilroy they will eventually ow
by claydavisss 8y ago
But society has willfully embraced living "in the present"...who here would give up their SF rental in exchange for a property in Gilroy they will eventually own? How many here would give up their leased 2018 BMW for a used Toyota Yaris?
- grasshopperpurp 8y ago>How many here would give up their leased 2018 BMW for a used Toyota Yaris? If someone gave me a BMW, assuming it wasn't a close friend or someone I had to worry about offending, I would sell it and continue using my old car.
- glitchc 8y agoYou would be in the minority.
- jfk13 8y agoSure. I don't feel any urge to pay several hundred per month for several years for a car, when I can have an equally functional (if less flashy) car that I bought outright for less than the up-front deposit on the BMW. (To be exact, I drive a 15-yr-old Skoda, not a Yaris, but you get the idea.)
- TaylorAlexander 8y agoI mean this is all what I’m considering. I hate working day in and day out in the Bay Area. I grew up in the Santa Cruz mountains in the forest and now I commute through an asphalt jungle to a concrete building where I’m pampered every day like a fragile snowflake. I’m constantly working to figure out how I could afford a home in the outskirts of this region. I’ve already moved from an Audi to a Honda although it’s kind of an expensive Honda, so I’m considering switching to something cheaper. And I’m dreaming of finding land in pescadero. So to answer your question... some of us?
- ModernMech 8y agoI did exactly this. I gave up my $3500 apartment in SF and moved to the central valley. People in SF and the Bay shit all over the central valley, but I've never been happier.