| 11/13/09 02:51 am - thatjen
I was feeling depressed, knowing that Las Vegas is going to be fucked for the next 10 years or so, and knowing that sort of takes the fun out of living here. So I spent 3 minutes on the Orange County and San Francisco Craig's List, and I feel better already! Sure I'm way overpaying for what condos are selling for now in Vegas, but my place is still way nicer than what I could rent near the beach in the OC, or in SF. I forgot to look at Walnut Creek. And the idea of renting again made me want to vomit. I only moved to Vegas because it was cheaper than anywhere decent in CA, but despite the bad economy, CA is still too pricey for me. I was never able to get a decent job in LA when I lived there in "good" economic times, so I don't see how things would be different now.
The one thing I really liked about Vegas was that new stuff was always being built, and there was always something new coming each and every week. Money was flowing, and it just seemed like the place to be. Now it's the place to run from after they foreclose on your house. Nothing is being built here anymore (now that City Center is done). There's a new Taco Bell I drive by all the time that was being built that they just stopped working on it when it was 90% complete. A Taco Bell isn't even viable? If you were a tourist, aside from the massive amount of commercial real estate that is sitting empty, and the half-built buildings everywhere, you wouldn't really notice anything amiss. It just sucks knowing nothing is going to change for years and years, and that it will get worse before it gets better. I wasn't exactly living the high life when things were good, so nothing has changed yet for me personally.
And I hate the idea of being stuck. I knew when I bought the condo I should hold onto it for 5 years, but it never dawned on me I wouldn't be able to sell it for about what I paid for it if I was desperate. Now there's no good way out, which is fine since I'm not going anywhere, but it still makes me feel trapped.
I thought of a new photoshoot idea, but it requires me to do it in Hawaii on an ongoing basis. Great.
I also need to say I hate the 90s. Every time I hear music from the 90s I want to vomit. Luckily my boyfriend hates it too. Everything about the 90s seems horrible! I had a lot of good times in the 90s, but aside from 90210, the music and TV shows were bad. Some of the clothes were okay, but not really. I did like the colorful plastic Goody hairclips. I love the 70s and 80s, and I haven't made up my mind yet about the 2000s.
edit: I looked at Zillow.com and there are a lot of affordable places in Walnut Creek, but then I found a condo that is totally comparable to mine, but it's $448k, so I feel better. I guess I'll just stay put til I can afford a loft condo that has a pool and ocean view. |